Celebrity moment

The weirdest thing happened yesterday when I was taking Bailey for his walk around the neighborhood. Some lady stopped me from across the street and asked if my dog was Bailey. Being 9 o'clock in the morning, I was a little a bit sleepy and confused. I am thinking, she not reading my blog is she. Wholly crap the web is more powerful then I thought. It turns out that she saw Bailey when I took him to the vet the day before in Los Altos and remembered the encountered. It was just weird to have someone you don't know to recognize your dog.

Visit to the vet

Lynn took Bailey to the vet on Wednesday to get this first check up. Everything seems a normal except Bailey appears to be a bit chubby to the vet. And we were worried that he wasn't eating enough.

Along with the last vaccination and de-worming shot. Our doggy is a now a druggie. Bailey got some flea and de-worm medication. The whopping cost of the drugs $100. Ridiculous. I get the feeling thats how the vet makes money.

Lessons learned

At last, there is some progress. Bailey has gotten better at not biting at people. I guess the flicking the nose thing does work. I kinda feel bad to hit that cute nose of his though. Bailey also learned how to sit. It doesn't work always but we are very excited when it does. Now, if only I can get him to go into his crate without any fuss. He's so smart that he leaves a leg or two out so I can't shut the door on him.

Bailey is not the only one learning. I am learning that being a pooper scooper is not all that bad. Maybe I am just a softy for the little rascal. Either way, I am happier with him around dispite all the work required. Maybe it is part of giving and recieving. We now get up early every morning and have breakfast togther. That rarely happened before Bailey. I am thankful for that. It is kinda nice.

Bailey pictures

Here are some pictures of Bailey. We only have a few pictures for now. Too busy playing and taking care of him. Will add more

Click on the picture below to see the album.

Bailey

First week with Bailey

First week was a real test to our parenting skills. I was learning how to accommodate Bailey's needs with our daily schedule and routine. Bailey will not fail to wake us up at 7 am every morning to let him out to the yard to potty. I was not used to starting my day this early, but I guess Bailey trained us pretty quickly. Being an inexperience mom, I was over reacting to all the small details and making many trips to the pet shop. I was trying too hard. I went into a post puppy confusion quickly.. to question if this is want I wanted. With support from Jack, who strongly believe we could handle this together. We have decided that Bailey will be with us for the long haul.

I am glad with my decision, as he brings a lot of joy to the both of us. He is almost potty trained, only barks when he needs to go potty. He always overflowing with energy when we take him out to play. We quickly learn to bribe him with doggie treats with traning excercise. There is a biting issue that we need to address next, was told by the breeder to flick him on the nose when he tries to bite.

New addition to the family.

We have a new addition to our family. Introducing Bailey, a miniature schnauzer (雪納瑞) born on July, 16th 2006. We picked up Bailey from a top breeder in Tracy on Lynn's birthday this past Wednesday. He had such a sweet temperament and ears so large that I was tempted to call him Dumbo. When he runs he kinda resembles a rabbit because of his years. His sweet temperament did not last to long as he got accustomed to being home. Day by day his puppy instincts came out. Now he is biting, chewing, jumping. I guess my ideal TV chill dog will have to wait until he grows up a bit.