The fields of Punggolia

The fields of Punggolia are vast and wide. of course, in Singapore, "Vast and Wide" roughly translate to about the size of a football field.

Brought Enzo down for a short walk around the fields and whilst he was abit apprehensive at first, it didnt take long before he got comfortable and roamed the fields as if it were his own personal Playground.

Enzo & the AUTOFEEDER!

Been awhile since i've Updated ENZO's Blogsite. So here's a recent picture (5 mins ago) of Enzo after running all over the house.

We've been thinking about Enzo and how fast he's growing up. Of course, as he grows, he'll need more sustainance to keep him big and healthy! Our schedule doesnt allow us to come back during lunch and it'll spoil him anyway, so the NEXT BEST OPTION is a new accuired AUTO FEEDER!

This must be one of the coolest Auto feeder. It actually allows Us to record a short message before rotating the food dish out. Can Feed up to 4 meals a day, of course, we only use 1 or 2 feedings to keep him happy!

Foxy enzo

Enzo's growing up at an alarming rate! These days he's becoming
defiant as he's getting more comfortable with his territory.

The good news is that he's not like this evey day so we've termed this
defiant behaviour ENZO Mode. If he's not in this mode , he'd come to u
when called and yearns for attention. Otherwise , he'd look at u and
totally ignore ur calls !

Anyone has any advise on this , I'm all ears :)

Enzo's knocked out after shots

Enzo weighs in at a healthy 5.5kg =)

Saturday morning

It's finally the weekends which means that i've got some Daylight time at home haha. Soft morning lights creates very good lighting conditions for Enzo shooting!! 

Here's Enzo pondering furiously on what time his next meal's gonna be. I'm sure though, that he's also wondering why are we still around when we should be at work at this time. By being around, we're essentially disrrupting his favourite pastime whilst we're at work. Creating Armageddon in the kitchen...

Enzo's New Toys - Courtesy from Doting Brother.

Finally, internet connection's back online. And it time yet again to post some pictures!! My brother dropped by to give Enzo some toys to play with.  

Apparently, Enzo Loves tearing at his new toy, hopefully, this takes channels away some of his destructive energy! 

Here's Enzo catchin me off guard while I tried to take a picture of him with his toys. check out his tongue, must be thinking that i have some treats with me haha

Anyway, the good news is, Enzo's getting used to the routine and no longer barks!!! Phew! And he's been such a good boy at night too. 

Its been 2 weeks and I honestly cannot rememeber how we managed to get pass week 1!! He's so different now. Very comfortable with his territory and getting used to his routine! 

Enzo Updates and stupid Starhub..

Enzo's been at it again. Apparently he's found a few friends in the house. His friends are actually his reflections in the mirror. And, like all dogs, Enzo goes ballistic when he sees himself in the mirror and thinks that its another puppy haha. We'd usually let him have his fun for awhile, give him a good workout chasing himself around the house.
Toilet training is now becoming a treat Session for him! Our smart boy now Pees deliberately on the papers to get treats from us?! Just the other day, he went about his business and after which, motioned for me to look at his acheivement haha. Naturally, he's expecting a treat, and u can tell this by looking at the way he sits down obediently , looking up at u with anticipation haha.
We're cutting down on the mini treats now anyway.
On the subject of barking in the evenings, it looks like we've not much choice. He's still at it, but, I'll be installing a Camera to monitor him remotely. Gota know why he's barking at 4~5pm. He's silent thruout the day I think. We've checked on him on the weekends.
AND Finally, I wasn't able to post nice pictures for the last few days Cuz STARHUB stupid broadband is giving me problems! I've little or no internet connection at all. Gonna call them up later and Butter them!

Enzo's trail of Destruction

The weekends take forever to come but left in the blink of an eye...Anyway, Enzo's been starting to teeth badly and the above table is his latest chew toy..Other then that, he's made alot of progress and doesn't howl or wake us up in the middle of the night phew.. the only thing left is his barking which happens only when we're not around for a prolonged period of time.

Enzo's Toilet Training and fav TV programs

Enzo's been getting better and better at toilet training. He's on auto mode now, going back to the papers in the pee tray to do his businesses both big and small. However, he hates the pee grill, cuz somehow, i think it reminds him of the Playpen's grill haha . 

As long as the grill's on top, Enzo sees it as a toilet cover, meaning, cannot do business on the pee TRay. hmm, we'll need to work on that. But for now, we're just glad that he know how to go back to the papers to do what needs to be done =)

As for TV programs, it looks like our lil Enzo boy actually sat still watching the LCD TV for a good 45 mins! And i mean Watching, not sleeping or slacking or anything. Apparently, he intrigued by movement on the screen and doesnt mind sitting sit watching TV with Claire. 

We got to break the TV habit though. His eyes seems watery after focusing intently for too long haha. 

Its about 915am or so now and its time for us to put in some effort to stop his howling and incessant barking while we're at work.  In order to do this, We've gota "go to work" on a Saturday... hide outside for awhile and come bursting back in to stop him from barking. 

Well , this is what's being PREACHED by tons of Internet resources. We're gonna try it out and see if it works once and for all. 

Enzo's a Smart boy. One way or another, i'm sure he'll learn though. (hopefully sooner then later else our neighbours might start complaining soon..)

Enzo's 2nd day alone

Unlike what the picture above suggests, Enzo doesnt get to run around the house whilst we're out at work. This shot above was taken earlier this morning during his routine time out of his play pen. Enzo enjoys looking far out at the blue skies and green "pastures" located beyond the glass window. (An activity we too enjoy)

Thats Claire playing with Enzo before going off to work.

Anyway, Enzo's 2nd day without company started off very much like every other day. Waking up at 630am, playing around the house and finally getting pen'd back in the kitchen at abt 830am. In these 2 hrs, we try to tire him out as much as we can (without killing ourselves at the same time)

In anycase, when we finally do leave for work, Enzo sorts of knows that we're leaving but i dun think he really knows that we're coming back haha. So , like all puppies, they whine / howl / bark for attention when we leave them after a certain period of time.

I drove back during lunch to check on Enzo, and was secretly hoping that he'll get used to it and stop barking. However, its probably too soon and like yesterday , Enzo was doing his Barking Ensemble. Today, however, the barking was alittle better (softer with less frequency) as it didn't like the same stressful barking heard on his first day.

Well.. anyway, tomorrow is Day 3. We'll see how that goes and may carry on the same routine into the weekend to get him accustomed to the schedule.. (thats means waking up early on SATurday and SUNday.... wah lau eh..)

Long day for Enzo

Enzo probably had the longest day today... and so did our neighbours. We're pretty sure he barked almost the whole day... and if u thought that a puppy's bark cant be that loud, I bet u've never heard Enzo Boy bark!

Enzo refuses to let go of his squeaky toy but obliged to pose for a nice picture haha.

Finally, knocking out in front the fan, totally stretched out..

Enzo moblog

Testing to see if this works !

Finally some down time

aah.. finally got some down time.. Enzo's been thoroughly exercised and has absolutely ZERO excess energy left. He's so tired that he can sleep with the lights on and with us walking around.. He's ears come up but eyes too tired to open haha so cute!

Anyway, here's a picture of Sujun & Fraser at the recent SKC show

Small Steps, 1 day at a time

Claire and I have had better days... but at least our Insomia last night was not directly caused by ENZO boy.

Last night's plan worked out better then expected. Mostly because ENZO's alot more comfortable now and we too, are more confident in him. All lil' Enzo Needs is a little encourangement and some tough words to correct his behaviour.

Enzo's been very well behaved as long as he knows whats right and whats wrong. Such a darling he is.

Evening time with Enzo

Enzo had a long hard day today. With the Plumber and also the new vacum cleaner. By 5pm, he got totally punctured and this is his KO shot in his basket.

Enzo the wimpering champion

As expected, Enzo's first night was nothing short of a nightmare. His persistant wimpering leading to loud cries meant that we had no sleep the entire night. 

Our original plan was the perfect Internet Derived plan , coupled with advise from people with countless years of experience. However, all these meant Sqquat when Enzo came along. 

Just for the record, our original foolproof painfree plan was to bring Enzo home after a long day of play outside, Feed him at his new home and let him go about with his business before lights out timing at around midnight.

Well, anyway, that was the plan.

What eventually happen was, after laying by him and getting him to sleep at around 12am, I got punctured and thought that it was safe to sleep. 

I did get to sleep. 15 whole mins. Before he start his wimpering and howling act. As per the wisdom of everybody else, we ignored his cries and wimpers. But got so loud that the entire estate would have gathered in arms and broke down my door if i hadnt done something about it. These are the pitfalls of living in HDB and owning (trying to own) a pet puppy. 

- So, no choice, i knew that Enzo can only sleep if he sees us. Compromises had to be made.We  Play Pen'd him outside of our bedroom so that he can see us. And finally at ard 3~4am, he finally surrendered and let us off.... until 630am that is, when he started wimpering again.  However, this time, it's because he defacated in his area and thats no problem, so we cleaned it up and by that time that was done, he became so hyper that we had to entertain our lil' Enzo. 

630am in the morning, while half the world's asleep (myslef included) , we Let him out his playpen to explore the house. 

All humans need to sleep, and we're of no exception. Hence,  we tried to put him back to his playpen at ard 7am but he'll have none of that. Enzo basically did his wimpering Routine and Clare had to watch him whilst i slept - till 9am (an hr ago). Now's Claire turn to sleep hah.

i'm on leave today to take care of Enzo and as I speak (type), Enzo is still persistantly howling at 30 seconds interval. I can understand where he's coming from. He just got seperated from a loving family and littermates. As much as i would like to assure him that everything is going to be fine and that we'll be nothing  lesser then his former family, we need to let him know that howling, moaning, wimpering will not get him anywhere. 

Anyway, that's the first night and i hope and pray that its not the first of too many more sleepless nights...