homemade food for Lola

Recently, I start cooking homemade meal for Lola using chicken & brown rice mainly. I reduce the commercial dry dog food, and add in this fresh cook meal. She loves this so much. And the biggest advantage is I know this is a nutritious and chemical free meal which is good for her health.

Would like to share my recipe here:

Ingredient: chicken, salmon fish, pork, celery, carrot, cabbage/cauliflower, brown rice, white rice.

Method:

Firstly, boil the chicken, fish and pork in a large pot. Then use this chicken stock to cook rice (brown rice + white rice). Spare some stock for boiling all the vegetable. Debone the chicken and salmon fish.

Put everything aside to cool to room temperature.

Lastly, mix everything together and yummy homemade dog food is done!

Pack them separetely for every meal, and put in the freezer. Defrost them for every meal later.

Lola's Sleeping Style... continue

This is style no 2. showing her beautiful leg. \(^o^)/

Lola's Sleeping Style

This is style no 1. Lola doing yoga?

Lola with Lump/Bump on her front leg

We noticed that Lola has a lump on the elbow of the front leg, it started about 2 months ago, from small to large, now back to medium size, about 4cm diameter. Vet says this is due to the protection fluid in the joint over-react, then more fluid is generated and making this lump. We feel so sad that it may need operation to get rid of it, if this lump not going to cease down by itself. Besides the expensive operation cost, it is painful for Lola too, moreover she needs to go through anaesthesia risk. The good news is this lump doesn't bring bad effect for her at the moment, and we can wait further few months to see if this lump getting smaller. Hopefully it will.

Demolishing a carton

This was what happen when Lola found an empty carton in my house. Yeah yeah.. she is a great helper, helping me to tear the carton in pieces, making it easier to throw it away. Ah... that means I was not supposed to complain much about this messy floor, wasn't it? hahaha.. I feel like a fool.

Lola Was Swimming

Finally Lola was swimming in the sea, competing with my husband. \(^o^)/
At first, she moved her front legs very fast to avoid sinking, only swam for small circle, very fast back to the shore. After few practices, then she gained confidence, and able to swim further away.

Lola Enjoyed The Wave

Lola started her first move, walking into the sea. She was there enjoying the waves come and go.

Lola Went To Beach

We have always want to let Lola try her swimming skill. All the while, searching for a suitable spot for her to swim. Finally we find a quiet beach where we can let her swim freely. When she first arrived at beach, she felt hesitate to step on the seaside, as the sand will be brought away by waves and sink. She moved her head to right, then pause for few seconds, and moved to the left. "eii.... What's this??", I believed this was the question that bothering her.

Lola's friend: Pooh-san

Lola with one of her favorite toy, Pooh-san. Pooh-san is wearing the rabbit costume, and Lola likes to bite the rabbit ear. She always picks it up and bring to us by pushing Pooh-san to our leg, inviting husband or I playing tug-a-war with her. We will try to grab the Pooh-san from her, then throw it far away, she will ran like hell to catch it before us, then repeat playing tug-a-war.

I'm 5 months old

Lola is 5 months old already. She has grown to 18 inch height, and 19kg in weight. I always look at her and imagine how small was she when she first came home. I feel so glad that she grows up. Actually we almost lost her in March, she suffered serious diarrhea and vomit, till required to admit to veterinary clinic for 3 days.
There, she had to take several injections, then supply with intravenous fluid (IV fluid) to avoid dehydration. including Vitamin C, anti-fever, antibiotic and etc... The Vitamin C injection is the most painful one for Lola, she cried in this injection.
She had to wear the "umbrella" liked cap on her neck to avoid her disturbing the IV fluid tube that injected to her hand.
She was diagnosed to have parvovirus with positive reaction to the detection kit. However, the doctor wasn't very convinced with the kit result after he knew that Lola just had her vaccination a week before this serious diarrhea. He assumed that the safe parvovirus from the vaccine may have turns into life virus due to her weak immune system.
Oh.. no.. everybody please don't get misunderstand and scared with the puppy vaccination, it is very low percentage that your puppy going to catch this virus from vaccination injection, very very unlikely. Just Lola is so "lucky" to catch this. Why don't she hit the jackpot instead, then can pay for her medication bill. hahaha.....
She felt so miserable when staying inside the clinic, I still remembered she whined and jumped in happiness when I brought her home from the clinic.

Repeat telling you this: I feel so glad she grows up.

Waiting for Orange

Lola is trying to convince husband & I that she is a nice obedient, and cute looking little puppy. She actually wants us to give her slice of orange which we eating right now. She likes orange very much. If the orange is sweet and juicy, she chews and swallows it very fast; If the orange is sour or dry, she will chews and spit it out, then again eat and spit it out for several times before really swallows it.

Playing With Water

I think Lola is a "water dog". Husband & I just like to laugh at her with this title because she likes to make the floor wet, then lie her body down. When we fill in the red water bowl just next to her, she put her front feet in the bowl, and steps on it, all the water splashes to floor, then she looks happily scratch the floor to wet the larger area, and finally lie her belly on the floor.... wow... I think she feels cool and comfortable.
I always tell my husband: "Hey, see.. our Lola is so afraid of hot weather, I believe this proof that she is origins from Germany... the country with winter. haha..."
Actually Lola got no birth certificate, and we don't know her parent, thus, we never know if she is pure breed. We don't really mind this, as long as she grows up become a good, and obedient dog. We just love her. In fact, I wish I would be successfully teaching her to say "I Love you", this is inspired by a movie clip which I saw in youtube, that Husky really can say "I Love you" in doggy tone.

Her Name

Lola is her name. mmhhh.... I choose this for I feel this name sounds cheerful and happy, and easy to call it out loud, already prepare this for might need to call her name when she playing happily out in the field and treats me as a dumb tree.

Besides, I recall an oldish "Hey, Lola, I love you.. Hey, Lola, I need you....". So, I wish my Lola behaves as tender as the song.... and grows up as a happy and healthy dog. My Lola.......

My Rottie First Day In My House

Rottweiler in short is called Rottie. Actually, Rottie sounds alike to "Roti" in Bahasa Melayu which means bun. Yeah, you can imagine the oven-fresh cooked bun every time you see a rottweiler. Then, you may forget the scaring attack ability of him.

My Rottie was born in November 2008, is a female. I have been told, if you are new to Rottie, you better get a female dog, female is less aggressive and more eager to guard your house. This is my first puppy to raise, so excited and anticipating of her growth.

She arrived my house in February 2009, so small and so fragile. She was a car sick puppy, secretes a lot of saliva during her ride in the car. She slept for the first night in the yard of her new home without whining much. Ohh.... how brave she was. Or... maybe she was just too tired of the car ride. :-)