So yeah, my dog Piles, a pain in the arse. After all this sorrow, despair and incomprehension over the sheer magnitude of the last ten days’ events; Myanmar, Sichuan, human error and evil, all the things that a brain that’s safely ensconced in Hong Kong can’t possibly take in, there comes a time when one wants to bond with one’s nearest and dearest.
In my case: Piles. So I bought him this ball (HK$75.00) , thinking we could have some fun on the beach together; something Beckhamesque: Tackling, some sliding tackles perhaps, Brazilian back-kicks, generally running together with a ball like men do.
Yeah, right. Piles’ idea of playing footbal is this: He takes the ball, crushes it between his not insignificant jaws and instead of heading it back to me, runs down the beach with it, with me galloping behind him, squeaking: “Offside! Yellow card! Nil points!”
Then he eats the shit out of it.
So much for male dog bonding. In future I’ll only do bone-ding with that ingrate. If a dog can show so little appreciation of my efforts but instead quite frankly shit all over my god intentions, how can people ever have children? In my next life I’ll be a technical appliance. Then I’ll get the gratitude and good treatment I deserve.
You are lucky to have only one dog (or so I think). I have three (used to have four, but one died last year), and one of them is a beast.
After reading the above link, you will realize that your dog is a saint. Photo (of the beast) via the link above (click on “Hugo”).
And talking about children, I have three kids. Three kids and three dogs. Imagine?
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Yes … I clicked. beautiful though. Husky is the dog du jour for Hong kong of course, perfectly suited to our climate as it is.
I don’t think it’s lucky to have only one dog. There is some skill involved.
a husky in hk. ohh yeah i forgaot it is hk. no to mention the climate
aspect, how do you manage to give the dog the 20-40km running each day?
where are the animal lovers to save the life of this dog. and why is nobody saying how barbaric ppl are who own huskys in hk??
@ah saa, aren’t there pieces of wood you can use with your dog. it is a fact that a dog won’t play with a ball. as long it is big enough to destroy it. you should buy a plastic ball for him. not so much to bite on it when the air is gone………..
ppl and dogs in hk. who leads, who follows….?
“Husky is the dog du jour for Hong kong of course, perfectly suited to our climate as it is.”
Ha ha. I know. Actually, the current craze for Huskies in Hong Kong is odd. Especially because of the climate.
Hugo’s previous master kept him in a balcony, where Hugo experienced extreme hot weather, at times (torrential) rain, and slept in his own feces (poor thing). We were told Hugo used to keep howling (day and night) like a wolf (and therefore disturbed neighbors). No wonders there, if he had to go through all that.
Luckily, for Hugo, and while I am not trying to brag or advertise, our house is one of the few houses in Hong Kong that has central air condition. Apart from our Thai maids (yes, we have more than one) who wear winter clothes in summer (in our house), everyone else feels at home (including Hugo).
Had we not rescued Hugo, I doubt my wife or I would actually go for a Siberian Husky (in Hong Kong).
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Chris:
Dude, I’m ah Sin not ah Sa.
Yes yes. All very earnest. Thanks for your doggie tips. Don’t worry, I don’t rely solely on football for Piles’ entertainment and exercise.
Nudolf: I had no intention of criticising your choice of dog! rescue is rescue innit. It’s to be commended.
Hey Chris,
Either you didn’t click the link I provided and realize that I was rescuing an ill-treated Husky, or you are just one smart ass (out of many who live in Hong Kong).
Don’t try to be an expert about dogs when your aforementioned tips simply show you don’t know what you are talking about.
Voluntary help and training in a reputed kennel is what you really need before you open your trap. Get it?
Cec, I know you were not criticizing. Just explained, in case experts like Chris missed it.
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ah sin:
tell ah sa to call you ah sin more often.
i just said all this because we had a dog before but we lived in a village. we had a big garden and many land around us, so he could live in a natural environment. perhaps i will accept the fact that ppl in hk villages have dogs (even though they are not educated, so they just lying around ,lazy) but i never accept the fact that ppl in estates have dogs, especially this kind of dogs which need to be outside, i believe the dog (husky) is very well and it is cold enough in your house. but he shares the problems as many other americans. the leak
of “sport”(huskys should run and run and run….) won’t be good for their health.
nude king: okay you saved his life. But still this kind of dogs shouldn’t live here. and especially not because they look so cute/nice.
all together i won’t understand why animal lovers never care about this problem.
a animal isn’t just a toy. it is a living creature as like we humans
Oh I do care about this problem. I certainly do. I don’t even eat dogs anymore.
Hey Chris,
Not only are you an amateur with dogs, you also sound like a woman. Bitchy and bickering (sorry, not you, Cec).
Hey, if you are tracing my IP, I have an office in the New Territories, where we deal with China. But Hugo still lives in our house on The Peak.
Satisfied?
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Yeah I don’t do bitchy. I’m more of an axe murderer type, myself.
I know that. No need to mention. Ha ha.
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cecilie: i know that you don’t like to eat meat. so isn’t the same topic(btw i eat chicken smts, so i am not better than smbdy who eat dogs,cows, pigs…)
nude king: what makes you a “pro” and me an “amateur”.
i lived my childhood with many different animals and i know that we shouldn’t take the animals from their normal environment.
i didn’t blame you nude king but you blame me.
but perhaps that is the normal way here……. have to learn that too…
One more time Chris, please click on the link I provided in my first comment. Over there I have mentioned about my training at a reputed kennel. That makes me a pro as far as dogs are concerned.
Again, I rescued Hugo. What do you want me to do with him now? Send him to the Arctic and leave him alone?
Apart from my old mother, I have no brothers or sisters in US or anywhere who would adopt Hugo.
And please stop this nonsense. Enough. Sorry for blaming you. All right?
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OK that’s the thing about blogging; you put your words out there and a lot of people you have never met will feel free to comment, criticise and attack. But they’re just words from people you have never met, probably will never meet.
So that’s okay. If not – don’t do it!
What worries me more is the earnestness, the lack of a sense of irony. When I wrote “I don’t even eat dogs anymore” as “proof” of my being an animal lover it was supposed to be ironic. Of course someone who claims to love animals doesn’t eat dog meat!!! I thought the “even” would be a dead giveaway: Irony is coming up! But that was not to be.
Emma’s tirade on my posting “Free Tibet? Yeah right!” is a case in point. Or a point in case.
Re-reading Chris’s comment, I realize that he thinks I live in a bloody apartment in Hong Kong.
I forgive him for that, but still wondering why he doesn’t read my entire post (via link) including comments and realize that Hugo has plenty place to run? And no, I don’t live in a village. Wish I could, and that would be the next smart choice, given, according to my judgment, property prices in Hong Kong might soon head south.
Anyway, you are right, even kindness of rescuing animals seems to be seen as cruel. As far as climate is concerned, damn, even you Cec, or I, should not be living in Hong Kong.
Someone please adopt me! Duh!
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Naw, I think “can’t understand irony” is unforgiveable. Kill ‘em all I say. Perhaps the US Army would like to help out.