Update with a Bang

Okay....
Since I haven't been updating this blog for a while....
Let's update it with a Bang, shall we ?

Bang !
This is what I found in front of my door this morning
yes...that's her, the curly perpetrator



she doesn't do this a lot so...it's kinda cute actually ;p
*cute? is there something wrong w my brain ?*
she knows it's bad coz I called her, well, I yelled at her and she had her tail tucked under, but came anyway, so yea...that makes it kinda cute ;)


Anyway.......Bangs aside,
Reasons for not updating this blog :

1. Fleas
eeewwwwww
I know right, after 10 years of flea-free, seriously, 10 years !!!
We had an outbreak of flea about 2 months ago, or was it 3 ?
I suspect those stray cats out there who brought the fleas, somehow the fleas managed to travel to chika n pochi. But I've been told that cats and dogs have different fleas.
If not the cats, it must be the next door chihuahuas......
Anyway.... I gave em flea baths.
I was reading about fleas online and they say flea eggs can stay on the carpet, mats, whatever for up to a year or so. And they're covered with this waterproof thingy (dunno the correct term ;p) so they'll stay alive even tho you spray them w anti-flea solution.
that got me paranoid, so I vacuumed everything in the house.

Everything is ok now, the girls are flea-less again.
I hope I killed all fleas in the house, no more fleas please.

2. Pochi got sick
Pochi gave us quite a scare when she got sick
At first, we thought she just had a flu coz she was not running and jumping around as much.
and She didn't bark at all, she just kept quiet.
At first we thought she choked on a piece of meat coz I gave her meat the day before and she didn't chew them, just swallow it whole.
She can still run around, but not as much, But then she started walking like she was tipsy and kinda collapsed , not fainted, just really weak.
We thought she's tired from running around, so I gave her vitamin C.
She was still eating well, but just weak
The next day she was still weak and could only walk a bit, like she was drunk and fell flat on the floor again, and when she opened her mouth, we could she that she was very very pale.
Her tongue was kinda grey !!!!

So we rushed her to the only nearby vet. (a stupid vet I might add, read on)
The vet took a quick look at the inside of her hear and was surprised that it was very pale.
Then she looked at pochi's gum and tongue, pale pale pale
She said this could be fatal, we got more worried.
She gave her injection, probably Vitamin C
Took her blood sample for a blood test.
and prescribed some Anemia syrup and some pills, I forgot what they were.
I asked whether pochi needed a blood transfusion considering she's really pale and the vet's prescribing her anemia syrup.
Stupid Vet responded, the blood may not be a match, no further explanation.
and told us there's nothing she could do and told us to give pochi her meds and see how pochi does in a few days.
Until today we never got pochi's bloodtest result, Stupid vet said she doesn't have a fax machine at her clinic and will send us the result from her fax at home the next day. She never did.

So the very next day, early morning, we went to another Vet at this 24 hour pet clinic.
Luckily the Head of the Vet was the one who examined pochi.
The vet wasn't even supposed to be there that day, we were lucky, she had the most experience among all the other vets there, we'll call her Smart Vet.
Smart Vet was also shocked seeing pochi very very pale.
Took her blood sample, pochi was weak but was angry coz the vet and her assistant was poking needle at her, so she started growling and tried to bite them. Pochi's a feisty thug :)
But she doesn't really bite bite, she's only scaring them.
Smart Vet started pochi on an IV asap and will do a blood transfusion the next day.
She told us we could lose her, I started crying, a bit ;p

Smart vet then explained to us that dogs have 12 blood types
(or was it 13 ?) I wasn't really focus at that time.
and she has donors from healthy golden retrievers, but since she doesn't have a machine to exactly match the blood, she had to to it the old-school way, mixing the blood manually and see if they don't clot, then it's a match.
Anyway... pochi got her blood transfusion, once only coz apparently dogs can only have 1 blood transfusion every once in a while.
We visited her at the clinic and she was getting better by the day.

Long story short, pochi was at the vet for 2 weeks, then we still have to give her meds for another month. One meds was called Sandimune, it's a liquid that we need to give her in very little amount, it's an immunosupressor, so pochi's system won't fight the new blood and so that pochi's immune system won't attack her blood cells.
The vet diagnosed it was :
Acute Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia
which can be very fatal
Smart Vet said Autoimmune Hemolytic Anema could come back, and if it did, we have to rush her back to the clinic for another blood transfusion.

Pochi is fine now, I was looking at the internet for that condition and some people've lost their dogs in a matter of days, so I was lucky, but some dogs who were diagnosed with that condition have to stay on meds for life.

Pochi is very healthy now, and the vet doesn't prescribed further meds, so probably it's not really Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia ? I'm hoping the smart vet was wrong in her diagnosis and it's gonna be a one time thing, Please let be that one time thing.

Anyway........
pochi is back chewing chika's ear and running away with socks and jumping up and down now
So peace and happiness and chaos is restored here :)
I'm just so relieved.

Here she is on a bed that's not hers
actually it's a cushion for this big rattan chair that grandmomo's making the cushion cover for.
Pochi instantly made herself comfortable on it ;)



Important :
If your dog isn't barking, it may be a sign something's wrong.
Check your dog's inner ear, gum, tongue !!! It's supposed to be a healthy rosy color.
Check now to see it's healthy natural color so you'll notice it if it's not pink enough.
If it's pale pale pale, it's a bad sign
Go to a Smart Vet ASAP !!!
Don't go to a Stupid Vet !!!

Painting of pochi

This is pochi in painting
yiippiiieee :)



more pics of the painting process on LilMiracles blog

Cheeky Little Devil

Cheeky Little Devil is munching on my Gym bag


umm.....errr..... no ?








but hurry up I gotta pee ;p

:)

Food time

Since Chika's got tumor, chi chi stopped using commercial dogfood and started feeding the girls homemade food instead.
Chika's doing really well now and We hope the tumor stop growing and Chika will have a long and healthy happy life with us :)
This is boiled chayote and carrot and chicken.
and yes... they're both messy eaters

Chika mode

These are Chika's various sleeping position ;p


so cuteee


chi chi... I think I need a bigger bed....


sometimes when she's outside my room, she'd sleep like this againts my door and when I open the door she'd "fall" over hihi

Chika's scared of the Rain

It's been raining almost everyday now...
and everytime it rains, with or without thunderstorm
Chika got scared...

(while pochi on the other hand, will still run around trying to steal socks)
Chika goes into this "wary" mode, where she's very careful & also scared... she'd tuck her tail under and she'd squeeze in next to you....


You can tell that she looks scared here
poor baby is so cute :)
come here chika... I'll give you a big hug

Love Pee

Pochi pees in the bathroom...
she's such a city gal,
unlike chika, she prefers to pee on a floor rather than outside on the grass.

but she also pees everywhere around the house, so every once in a while, I have to "escort" her to the bathroom and politely request that she pees ;p
Seriously, I take her to the bathroom and say "pochi, go pee"
and she pees :)
if she doesn't feel like peeing, she'd bark at me hoahoahoahao :D

Chika on the other hand, doesn't pee in the bathroom, she prefers going outside or on a rough surface aka artificial indoor garden floor, but whenever pochi pees, she'd "mark" it by peeing there as well.
so if pochi pees whereever around the house, it's double work for me.
They like team up only on this peeing business to torture me with cleaning up ;p

So............
This is what happens the other day
Pochi did a Love pee....
yup.... the pee was the shape of a heart :)
(the one on top is chika's)


See ?!!
cool huh ? :)

I might train her to do that again ;p
I just have to figure out how.... :)
heart-shaped treats perhaps ?
heart-shaped water bowl ?

I think more hugs and kisses will do :)

Orange Socks

pochi and the orange socks

Sexy Butt

In the mean time,
this is my sexy butt



showmeyours?

plish ? :)

Hobo Tzu

So this is what Hobo Tzu does during the day

pochi : this is my blanket, chi chi is cheap


pochi : chi chi forbids me to shred blanket


pochi : what would you have me do chi chi ?
ooooo... what's dat ?
(pochi has mastered to pretend to look directly at you while actually staring at other stuff)


pochi : chi chi......it looks bright and warm and cozy and very chewy

To be Continued......

Monster lurks under my bed

I'm not imagining things,
but I seriously think a monster lurks under my bed

you see what I see ?
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BHOOOAAAAAA


BHOOOAAAA HA HA HAAAAA


chi chi : Is that you pronch ?
and .......Is that my plastic cup I use to brush my teeth with ?

pochi : Oh... stop staring chi chi... it's not a monster, it's me pochi ;p


see...
me.... cute....
If I look like this, would you let me keep the cup ?
no ?

Chi chiiiiii......... Let's Play

Pochi got caught !

Look at that pochi-is-about-too-pee-right-here-but-she-got-caught sneaky face


pochi : "Okay chi chi... I'll pee outside "


pochi : " Chi chi... door plish... I can't hold it in much longer "

How to escape from a Monster 101

Have Patience


see.... patience....
you can also play dead, but patience might get you treats ;p

wait for it
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wait for it
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wait for it
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*dash*

Not the Purple Flipflops

This is not the purple flipflop *pouts*


chi chi.... plish... purple flipflop ? ...... plish



purple ? chi chi ?

Pochi Poronchi Charity Project

Update.So this Charity project is officially closed,
I don't update this blog anymore and the shop's not raising any money for charity either, the amount stated below was just prolly a computer generated program to motivate shop owners, lol. :D
I just thought I'd leave this post here coz I didn't really wanna delete it.
(The money stays in either zazzle/cafepress because they have a minimum 25$ payment)
I prolly check up on zazzle/cafepress , decades from now and discover I have millions $,
okay, maybe not.

Pochi is still fine btw :) happy & healthy

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Pochi Poronchi Charity Project Report

All time Total amount donated to charity :

(updated Nov 27th 2015)
Amount cleared at Zazzle right now : US$18.54
Amount cleared at Cafepress right now : US$7.17

(updated Feb 27th 2013)
Amount cleared at Zazzle right now : US$14.26
Amount cleared at Cafepress right now : US$6.37

Amount pending at Zazzle right now :
Amount pending at Cafepress right now :

Amount donated to charity on dd/mm/yy :
Amount donated to charity on dd/mm/yy :

Pochi Poronchi Charity Project


I love taking pictures of pochi and I love designing :)
and I thought why don't I do something meaningful out of it.

So I made a Shop at Zazzle & Cafepress selling products with beautiful Pochi printed on them :)

Zazzle - Pochi Poronchi Charity shop
http://www.zazzle.com/poronchi*

Cafepress - Pochi Poronchi Charity shop
http://www.cafepress.com/lilmiracles1
http://www.cafepress.com/poronchi1

and here goes :)
All the profits on Pochi's shop at zazzle & cafepress will go to Charity.
yup... Charity
This is the Pochi Poronchi Charity Project :)


I love the designs on Pochi's shop and I honestly don't know how much donations it will raise, but I can always hope and the shop will definitely stay open :)
When I write this, I've just made US$2.84 earning from Zazzle shop which will go to charity (very thankful) :)

This is one way that I can do to contribute to help others in need, all the credits go to you as the donors. Thank you :)
I'm not trying to show off that the profit is for charity, but I'm just sharing one way how I can raise money for a good cause and maybe you may want to do the same, or even come up with much better ideas.


I'm not doing this to get people to buy more stuff as I don't support consumerism.
If you love the products on Pochi shop and you do need the products (T-shirt, bags, magnet, etc) then you'll be donating to charity via Pochi's shop by buying them.
But if you already have enough stuff at home, then by all means use what you have :)
If you want to donate to charity without purchasing anything, you can purely do so via your local charity organizations :)

If now is not the perfect time for you to make any donations, then do send your Positive energy and Prayers to those in need. It's more than enough :)

If you like the idea of Pochi Poronchi Charity Project, you are welcome to help spread the project you may :

save this banner & add them to your blog and link to either :
http://www.zazzle.com/poronchi*
http://www.zazzle.com/poronchi?rf=238265275560564966
http://www.cafepress.com/lilmiracles1
http://www.cafepress.com/poronchi1
http://poronchi.blogspot.com/2009/10/pochi-poronchi-charity-project.html





Link to Pochi's shop at Zazzle
add a link to Pochi's shop

<a href="http://www.zazzle.com/poronchi?rf=238265275560564966">Pochi Poronchi's Charity Project </a>

add a Pochi's shop widget on your blog sidebar

<script language="javascript" src="http://www.zazzle.com/api/zp/zpanel?zp=117133855124858629"></script>

add Pochi's shop flash panel at the top / bottom of your blog. (like the bottom of this blog)

<embed wmode="transparent" src="http://www.zazzle.com/utl/getpanel?tl=My%20Zazzle%20Panel&at=238265275560564966&cn=238265275560564966&st=date_created" FlashVars="feedId=0&path=http://www.zazzle.com/assets/swf/zp/skins" width="450" height="300" TYPE="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed><br/>

Link to Pochi's shop at Cafepress
add a link to Pochi's shop
<a href="http://www.cafepress.com/lilmiracles1">Pochi Poronchi's Charity Project </a>
or
<a href="http://www.cafepress.com/poronchi1">Pochi Poronchi's Charity Project </a>

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There will be no target on how much donation the Pochi charity project will receive and there will be no deadlines on when Pochi charity project will end.
The profits from the Pochi shop will always go to charity as long as Zazzle & Cafepress is still providing their services for users to open shops.

The price at the shop is not the amount that will go to charity. Most part of the total price will obviously go to Zazzle & Cafepress company, but all the profits that the Pochi shop makes, will be donated to various local charity organizations in Indonesia. (where I currently reside)
The total amount of final donations received would slightly differ due to fluctuations in currency.
There is a time span from the when a purchase is made to when I can receive payments due to zazzle/cafepress return-cancellation policy which is indicated by cleared-pending earnings and There is a minimum amount of earnings before the payments are sent to me, so I will donate when I receive the cheque from Zazzle & Cafepress.

In the Future, when I do receive a cheque from Zazzle & Cafepress for Pochi's charity project, I'll finally be able to make a donation and I'll try to show a prove of donations (photo) that says from poronchi.com specifying the amount.

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a Big Thank you :)
Pochi Poronchi