Ringo's Princess

Princess is the 3rd babe
Aiko

Welcome to the world.. She's a very active princess.. hence.. the moving effect x)

Aiko at 1+ week old

She drinks lots of milk.. guess she inherited this from her mommy.. lol

Thick coat n She's s pretty s mommy

Ringo's 2nd Prince

2nd Prince
Jiro

Hi Jiro

He has round head n small nose

The sleeping doll

He has nice coat n looks so much like his mommy

Ringo's 1st Prince

Was very very busy for the past week..
Finally i've got some time to post the baby dolls' pics..
so here r some pics of d prince n princess for the past 12 days..

1st Prince
Taro

Prince Taro on the 1st day of his birth

Mouth opened.. is he hungry?

Sleeping on my bed.. so sweet ^^

He has shiny black coat =)

Joyeux Noël !!

Merry X'mas !!!!!!
Party!! dolls join the party too =)

Cookie tired after eating so much salty food n reluctant to take more pics

Wakka "think I need some water.."

Wakka "I like X'mas.. thx to our saviour"

Ringo "hm.. i wonder how ppl could see with the hat covering their eyes.."

Ringo "I still can't see.. mayb i shall learn from Santa nxt time.."

Taro "Hey u guys kno wat is x'mas?"

Jiro "Nop.. but mommy has abandoned us"

Aiko  "Hm..guess is a good thing.. i smell food form downstairs.."

Ringo.. WHELPED!

Ringo is fine..
All pups have been delivered safely..
2 prince n 1 princess..
Need some sleep.. all of us..
Will update more info later..
99z..

Ringo Is Expecting!

Ringo is PREGNANT!

Her belly is getting bigger n bigger..

By palpating her abdoment during her 30th day of gestation, Dr. Khor estimated there will b about 3 pups..

Ringo is not undergoing the x-ray scan due to unnecessary health risks to the foetuses, although x-ray will provide an accurate count of the pups..

It's just one week left of her gestation..

I'm now able to feel movements of babies around her belly from time to time..

The gestation varies from 57 - 65 days depending on the dams..

This will b the 1st time I assisting dogs' delivery.. I started to prepare her whelping weeks ago.. nervous..

I've made her a whelping box to contain her pups in future.. n she was introduced to her box so that she's familiar v it..

By d way d box doesn't look nice at all.. perhaps it's kind of ugly due to my lousy work.. wahaha..

It is necessary to keep track of her temperature from now on by taking them twice daily..

If her temperature falls noticeably, she'll likely to be in labor within 24 hours..

 The pregnant Ringo in dad's garden.. Ringo "Hi!"

She likes sun bathing.. guess her babies like too

 Hi Ringo how r u feeling?

Maybe she doesn't kno she's pregnant?

 The big belly tat contains baby dollsss.. she's also lactating a little bit nowadays..

It's Sun Sun Sunny Day!

For the past few weeks it's been raining alot..
Dolls weren't out much for outdoor activities..
Finally it's sunny day
Dolls were rushing out for adventures..

"Wat a sunny day =)"

Wakka"Sniff sniff.. U poo poo?"

"Yucks.. Smelly.."
"Run run run away.."
"Wait! Huh? Wat's that?"
"Let me see.."
"Who's that??"
Cookie "Walk quietly.. hush.."
Xiao Bai "Wah! u scare me!"
Cookie "U scare me too!!"

"Ops.. i need to do some business.. cn hide behind d grass? mayb.. "

Dolls In The Room

They came into my life..

some stay n some were gone..

I'm thankful that i have/had them, to look after them n watch them grow up..

In this non dog-friendly country.. house is their common playground.. especially my room xD

Cookie is always sleepy.. he can fall asleep in any position even standing -.-

Ringo "huh? wat were u saying?"

Wakka likes to sleep too

Wakka "Zzzzzzz~"

Ringo "Just because im a gal, doesn't mean tat im nice to be bullied"

Cookie "Ok ok u win"

Cookie's favourite toy..

Cookie "Hey 戇居居 y r u up in d pic?"

Doll Dolls & The Toy VQ1015

Taking pics of them v lomo toy cam VQ1015
cannot capture them properly cos they were running very fast n shutter speed of this cam is a bit slow lolz..

Cookie running from far..

A ball of fur...

Finally got his face

Wakka eating grass
Moving away from cam

Ooi look at d cam la..

Ringo searching something??

Argh go away d...

Haha got her backside

Special guest.. Xiao Bai, in d cage.. =(

Wakka vs Luxating Patella vs Cryptorchidism

In August 2009, Wakka was diagnosed with medial patellar luxation for both of his knees.

Prior to this diagnosis, Wakka was also diagnosed v cryptorchidism since small... Baddd... huh?! ='(

Wakka was bough to his vet, Dr. Yeoh after I discovered him stopping and crying out loud in his mid-run at the same time limping and hopping only with his left leg. Strange thing was, after a several minutes he went back to his normal gait. I tried to flex and extend his knees while feeling around the area. I felt a “pop” when his knees were flexed and something was bouncing towards the medial. With his knee flexed, he was reluctant to extend it and walk.

“Luxating patella?” I asked myself. My guess was confirmed when Dr. Yeoh did the physical examination on him.

So wat causes a patella to luxate and wat on earth is cryptorchidism??!!

Luxating Patella:
(info taken from http://oscar-april.blogspot.com/2007/09/oenidea-pegonia.html)

At the end of dog’s femur, the patella sits in the trochlear groove. Along side of the groove are trochlear ridges. All these, together with patella ligament and muscles, they keep patella in place.

Anatomical structures of a normal dog’s knee – anterior view

Picture taken from Veterinary Surgical Services, "Patellar Luxation" http://www.vetsurg1.com/patellarluxation.html

Sometimes the trochlear groove grows to be shallow allowing the patella to move outside of the ridges. It can also be because the extensor muscles are also misaligned medially or laterally causing bowleggedness. A patella can luxate medially or laterally. For Wakka they luxate medially and bilateral, thus a hereditary issue. A lateral patellar luxation is caused by an injury.

Medial luxation of the left patella

Picture taken from Veterinary Surgical Services, "Patellar Luxation" http://www.vetsurg1.com/patellarluxation.html

Cryptorchidism:

(info taken from http://www.petplace.com/dogs/cryptorchidism-in-dogs/page1.aspx)

In Wakka’s case, one of the undescended testicle was remained within the abdomen and the other one was half way through the inguinal cannel. The undescended testicle is usually underdeveloped and non-functional, although it is a potential source of problems later in life (especially cancer) if not removed.


So… I decided to let him undergo the "Medial Luxating Patella Repair" surgery plus bilateral castration of his undescended testicles (since general anaesthesia is needed for both surgeries, might s well done together)

Wakka after surgery wearing the "umbrella" to prevent him from biting and licking the wound

The shaved legs n surgical wounds =(

Surgical wound from the "Medial Luxating Patella Repair" surgery with stitches and my lousy bandage
Bilateral castration of his undescended testicles, the right abdomen and the left scortum

Wakka after surgery could only walk and stand with his front legs.. sobs..

Front leg (left) shaved for IV purpose during surgery

The recovering Wakka.. tired n emo face..

Though he has risk of developing arthritis in future(complication of luxating patella n its surgery)..
still wish him healthy forever..
God bless him..