My Two Floofy Clowns

That's a wrap for Ryo's year-end staycation with us. He has been coming over every year. Too cute. He seems to understand how it goes, and now at mine, he doesn't hide in a corner anymore. He sits out in the living room with us. He's super comfortable at home with us now. 

It is an effort to haul two floofs around, what more Ryo who is a lot less portable at 17.5kg. A bigger dog takes more time to clean. We can't not clean them either, especially during the rainy season. Allo, giardia and leptospirosis! When we all live together for weeks in a flat, it's in my interest to keep both of them clean, healthy and happy.

I'll just have to be conscious of their proximity to each other especially when they're not playing, and are both eager to welcome me or want my attention. That's when they do fight, aside from fighting over rules at home about walking around in the nights. AIYOHHH. It's hilarious what goes through the minds of these two floofs. They simply make up their own rules!

When they get their fangs in each other's faces, it's more than drool. They could get scratched and such. At one spat, Ryo's teeth grazed Choya's ears and drew blood. Her screams were bloodcurdling. Not from fear but from anger at Ryo. Luckily, there wasn't a tear or a rip. Whewwww. But there was a lot of blood because dogs' ears are thin with loads of capillaries. I stopped it and administered antiseptic and antibiotic cream. Choya healed fast. After a time out for both, they were friends again. Duhhh.

I really don't mind this little boy staying with us lah. I've watched this boy grow up. I know his temperament, triggers and inclinations. I don't even feel resentful against him that Choya was scratched. He didn't mean it. Two dogs at home would inevitably have squabbles every now and then. This is no different. And well, I threw out questions to ChatGPT and it did a great job to seek information on dog behaviour and reassured me that this wasn't a pattern or an inclination to bully. Hahahahaha.

Ryo knows how to ask me for food, and has largely followed Choya's usual two meal timings. I'm just pleased that meal-times with this boy is no longer a pain. He ate so well with us that I was honestly shocked. He hit 500g a day! Wow. It's quite unheard of. On many days, he doesn't even want to eat 450g. He likes keeping it at about 400g. Well, he knows that there're no snack times in this home. He would just have to eat his usual meals. At most they get cheese.