A story of me and my dog (late dog).
My housemate, Kenny and I, we used to love playing with other's people dog. So, we used to went to SPCA and pay them a visit. With no intention of bringing home for ourselves, but one day we did!! We made a very very crazy decision when we first saw Bang Bang.
I still remember clearly what was happening that day. As usual, we went to SPCA, play with the dogs there, spend some free time there. Suddenly, we saw one golden colour dog. Wow......this dog very pretty. But one thing strange was, he was kept separately from the others in a very huge space which could keep about 5 or 6 dogs or more. But, he was left alone there.
We looked for the caretaker, she was a westerner, a veterinarian, asked her why he was kept alone there, how old is he, anyone adopted and how many days he has been there. The veterinarian said he was there for about 4 days, found him somewhere in Bangsar and he was about 5 or 6 years old at that time. But when we asked again why he was kept alone there, she didn't say much but just said he was new there and to keep in away from other dogs due to hygiene purposes. Without further explanation, she said he is ready for adoption and she chained him up and brought him out of the cage and asked us to spend sometimes with him and again, she emphasized, HE IS READY TO BE ADOPTED. YOU CAN TAKE HIM NOW!!!!
While walked him from the cage to the main office, i was looking at my housemate and he was looking at me, and we were stunned for a moment. hmmm......CAN TAKE HIM HOME NOW!!??!!! No doubt that we liked him a lot a lot. No doubt we were actually looking for a dog for ourselves every time when we visited SPCA. But, it was just a thought. ADOPT A DOG!?!? there was another breed, Beijing Dog, she was lovely and friendly compared to Bang Bang. But ended up, we adopted Bang Bang.
If you were to ask me now, how come?? i can't answer you. I don't even know how we ended adopted Bang Bang and to be more precisely, HOW COME WE ENDED UP ADOPTED A DOG?!?!?! It was a huge decision we made and quite a drastic one. I was not so sure whether it was a right decision to do so that time. But, i never regretted to bring him back home.
I still remember the first day at SPCA when we were bringing him home, while settling some adoption document, we only found out that he was not quite well. He was having diarrhea. We were quite puzzled then but we have paid for the adoption fees and he was ready to follow us home. Hmmm.....again, i looked at my housemate and he looked at him...speechless.......to be honest, we were quite worried and puzzled. He was adopted with RM200 adoption fees by the way. But one thing that wondered me was, SPCA has a rule that no adoption for owner who lives in Condominium but ..... they never asked us....hmmm.....anyhow, it doesn't matter now.
The memory was still fresh in my mind on the first day we brought him home. First, my housemate Leely was really in a SHOCK!!!!! she never expects us to bring back ONE from SPCA. She knows that we love dog, but never thought we will bring one back. Actually, we didn't notify her earlier as the decision was a drastic one. hahahha.....
First night at our house, we was staying at Genting Court Condominium. He never looks straight to our eyes. He was a dog that not very friendly after all for the first day. We can sense a little of sadness, disappointment and depression in him and that's what make us like him. He is unique and his is not just like other dogs. 有性格！hahahahha.... He must has been through a lot when he got lost from his previous owner i guessed.
After few days, i think 3 days later, he behaved much better. At least, he looked at us at the eye. hahahahha...he started to make friend now, make new friend. Not very friendly though, but started to have some communication, eye contact.
After much later, WE ARE ALL BEST FRIENDS. hahahahhha.....
He was a very obedient dog in a way that he never pee and poo in the house. That's for sure. He only does it outside the garden. Good!!! So, every morning, either me or kenny will walk him before we go to work and after work, we will walk him again. At night before sleep, we will walk him again. Sometimes, i was late from home, almost 10pm to 11pm, he will wait for him patiently at home without pee and poo in the house, just to wait for us to be home to bring him out. Very understanding dog, he was. He will wave his tail till drop, so happy and excited to see us home. It was such a warm welcome from our little friend. No wonder people used to say, dog is man's best friend.
To be honest, taking a dog is never an easy job. Apart from all the happiness and fun moment, it takes a lot of commitment, time and effort to look after him. Dog is not cat. Cat, very independence, but Dog is like a baby. They need to be loved, attention and cares. We can't just leave him there without bordering him as he will look at you, waiting for you to play with, waiting for you to show love and care. As all he has, is only you. His world is only you. That's a very huge commitment!!!! Sometimes we need to be away for few days and we need to put him my friend's house. Luckily, we have some friends who is a pet lover such as Keen Hong, Matt and James to help us out.
It was a challenge to bath him every week and cut his fur as he doesn't salon. He is become very violent when he saw the scissor and all the accessories in the salon. So, we have no choice to do it ourselves. So, i was the pet barber then. He was fine with me even though he will still get angry sometimes.
Back to the first day of adopting him. We thought of giving him a name, but instead of choosing for him, we let him decides for his new name. We called out few names, but he showed no response. hmmm...we were wondering what his ex-owner called him. Names after names, no response. Suddenly my housemate, Leely, she thought of a song 'Bang Bang, Shoot You Down'..it was a joke then i even said ' crazy ar you..'..guess what, he got response. He waved his tail and like smiled at us. Then we called him again, Bang Bang.. he showed that he really liked the name. So, that's why we called him Bang Bang. hehehehhe...
He loves everything we eat...always beg for food!! but of cause, we can't feed him human's food. His favorite fruit are PAPAYA and DURIAN!! hahhaha......very local dog..... support local product. He loves cake as much as i do. His favorite toy is Fifi, a pink colour little bear. When we said "fifi, fifi ler"..he will be very excited looking up and down, left and right for his toy and he knows who is Fifi. Amazing, is it? One more of his favorite, TISSUE PAPER. My gosh....the first time i saw, when i came back home from work. Never realize that he loves TISSUE PAPER so much. So, TISSUE PAPER is prohibited from putting on a table or somewhere which is reachable by him. He will patiently and nicely tear every pieces of it and ended up our house got SNOW!!!!! hahahha.....
Still remember when he did something wrong and when we punished him, he looked very sad too when we scolded him. He knows it actually. When we chased him out of the house when he did something bad, he will willingly stay outside the house and never dare to walk in. As he knows, he did something wrong and he has been punishing. Sometimes, he will pretend like nobody noticed him after all and he will quietly and slowly walk inside the house. Sometimes, when we said 'EHH!!'..he will walk back to the place when he was punished...but if we said nothing, he will also pretend nothing happen, quietly and slowly walk in and pretend to sleep or rest. hahahahahha.....
That was the fun part of having dog as they are like a kid. But it was a very huge commitment as we need to take care of them. With the schedule like what i have now, dog is definitely a NO for me.
It was a karma without us and Bang Bang. He died after 3 or 4 years with us. My housemate brought him back to Kelantan for a year or 2 before he passes away.
Thank you for bring such a lovely memory to us, Bang Bang. Thank you for being such an understanding dog.
Love you and Miss you always!!!
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