Coco's Grooming (And Japanese Cheesecake)

Coco  :  Please, no photos!  You are the one being interviewed today.
Mom  :  Oh, so sorry.  I thought you look so pretty after I groomed you.
Coco  :  Now, where did you learn your grooming..er..skills?
Mom  :  The internet.  They have pictures of schnauzer grooming.
Coco  :  *gasp*  Why did you stop sending me to the pet shop?
Mom  :  Expensive and they kept increasing.  You want toys or expensive haircut?
Coco  :  Toys, of course.

Coco  :  Oh really, I insist that you stop taking my photo.
Mom  :  I just want to show the world how pretty you are.
Coco  :  You do realise that you shaved me too close to the skin?
Mom  :  Oh..um..I forgot to attach the comb.  It has been a long time since I last cut your hair....
Coco  :  And you nearly drew blood on top of my head?
Mom  :  I am SO sorry...people tend to be forgetful, especially when they're middle-aged.

Coco  :  I cannot face the world anymore!  Your grooming makes me look fat!!!!
Mom  :  That's not true at all.  It is your love for tidbits and sweet stuff.  Don't blame me.
Coco  :  I have uneven patches all over me and my forehead is so bare you can see wrinkles there!!
Mom  :  I am SO sorry, Coco!  How can I make it up to you?!
Coco  :  Belly rubs.  At least one hour and preferably longer.  More tidbits and toys.



And I want more of that Japanese chizukeki!!!  You didn't give me enough.  Where is that chunk going to?  Don't you know I love cheese?  And cakes?  You owe me.  *SULK SULK*

WHAT??

You're having THAT without ME?

Sorry for being away for so long!  Aunty Tooki suddenly has a new obsession with all things cake and so has been busy kneading and sweating over flour and butter and the hot oven.  It is something new to me so a lot of failures along the way (a benefit to Coco, Wawa and homeless dogs) but I'm coming along....

There is a little story behind this photo.  Before I could finish shooting, Coco accidentally (questionable) pulled off the tablecloth.  My cup broke and the cake went splat on the floor.  She apologised and cleaned up the mess before I could find my rag.  Did you ask me where Wawa was when all this drama took place and why it wasn't him who swallowed the cake?  A new neighbor moved in last week and the whole village seems to have been visiting her and her new home so Wawa has been super busy barking/trembling/pissing at imaginary murderers outside the door....:((

Have a nice weekend!!

Gifts From Far Away

I really love this hedgehog!

It smells of spring and schnauzers...

Mommi said it came on a plane from very, very FAR away...

I love it too....and don't understand why I have to share it with Coco.

Hmm...it smells of English tea and puppies and a strange dog called...Aoife? Caoimhe? 

It is from Magic and Leigh!!  Yay!  Thank you very much from ALL of us...:D

 BUT!!  I have to stress that I am NOT pleased when Mommi brings Coco and Hedgehog into the room while I get locked outside.

And I cannot understand why I cannot have that other present as well.  The one that looks like Coco.

Please...don't give me to that vicious dog!!  I should've stayed in England!

Wishing all mothers a very

Happy Mother's Day!

*And that includes everybody who mothers their pets*

A Nice Lazy Day

 It's a beautiful day....sunny skies, blue sea and lovely flowers everywhere!

 Oooh, Mommi bought carnations...I love them, they've got a nice smell!

I prefer to chase and eat dragonflies.

WAWA!! STOP THAT!!!!

(No dragonfly was harmed in this post)

Master Rioji - My Brother's Dog

 This is Rio, my brother's doggie.

Rio loves leaving pee-mail everywhere, including inside his house.  Very territorial doggie.  He loves Aunty Tooki very, very much because she rubs his belly everytime she visits.  And he also gets treats from her...:)

 I'm not too pleased that you're rubbing some other dog's belly.

If I meet that Rio guy I will chew his bone.  Treats for him indeed!

Ratatouille

Come out, please!

I know you're up there!

I know you're in the dryer somewhere.

Something juicy is waiting for you inside this trap box.

Gotcha!!!

The Bed And The Bone

La...la....hum, hum, hum!  I got a new bed for Christmas and I love, love, love it!



Excuse me, Wawa.  That bed isn't just for you.  It is for the BOTH of US.  Now go away.  It is my turn to use the bed.  You've been sleeping there like a sack of potatoes for many days and many nights.

No!!?!  It is mine, mine mine!  You go sleep in that old, bottomless bed!!  It's a burberry and befits your high station!  This brandless bed is for me, a mongrel/stray/village kampung dog!

I said go away! Shriek! Get lost! Yelp, yelp, yelp!! (That's the way Coco speaks)

Nooo!  Grrrrr!  Nip!  Bite!  Snarl!  (That's the way Wawa speaks)

Oh, stop sulking, Coco!  Talk to me, please!  If you ignore me, my life is a broken pencil (pointless).  Tell you what, I'll let you have the bone that Aunty N gave us on New Year's Day?

Happy New Year from Tooki, Coco and Wawa!!

All Of You Are In Trouble

You are in trouble.  I told you countless times NOT to BARK indiscriminately all day and all night at those dogs outside.  They are NONE of your business!

You are in trouble.  Don't try to look demure.  I told you NOT to bark at our neighbors.  They are NOT a threat to us!  You should know who they are by now, you blind dog.

You too are in trouble, all of you.  Don't loiter in my car park!

Maybe you too but you are fortunate you are not living with me. That's Mr & Mrs Big Bully from my workplace waiting for my chicken rice.  His daily morning greeting for me, by the way, is priceless and has everybody smiling.  He will whine happily while dancing and spinning around my legs, sometimes using his paws to touch me quickly and sneakily.  Priceless, my love for him grows by the day.

This is why all of you are in trouble.  Found this plastered (with relish and gusto and gloatfully, I imagine) on my gate when I came home yesterday.  I may have to move out..or my dogs may be confiscated!

Ummm, did they say anything about hamsters?

How To Make The Most Of A Bottomless Doggie Bed

First, grab the bed from your opponent with all your might.  Notice how hind leg is lifted off the ground from the great effort.

Next, sleep like this, with your chin on the edge of the bed.  The look says "come rub my belly, come rub my belly".  It might work if you maintain that cuteness long enough.  Might.  No guarantee.

 Sometimes she can be a bit dense and not understand the come-rub-my-belly vibes so you can plonk on the floor and relax for a bit.  But make sure your body is always inside the bed.  Wawa is always prowling around trying to get that bed.

 This is how I look from the front.  Not very nice, quite like a moron in fact.

 This, of course, is the best way to sleep in a bottomless bed.  Best with a warm rug underneath, seeing that it's bottomless.  Remember to keep some part, any part of the body inside the bed.  It also guarantees a belly rub.

Stop taking my pictures!!  Aiyo, no eye see!!
(In case you can't make out that photo, it is Coco upside down with both paws covering her eyes.  "No eye see" can be translated as throwing up hands/paws in despair and means nothing can be done and I will have nothing to do with it.)

More Pre-Bedtime Kungfu

What?? You SSS (silly short schnauzer) wants to challenge ME to a duel?!!

Just WHO are you calling ASS, ASS, ASS??  Die!

 Arrrlllfff....humiliation so bitter!  Not possible that I could be floored by a silly, short, schnauzer!!!

 Wawa, you're a mad dog, says Coco after watching him gnaw his (imitation) burberry bed for quite a while.

Urggghhh....leave me alone!

(Oh my, look just how ferocious Coco is!!)

I think I will sleep early tonight.  Tomorrow I will have another duel with that SSS.

Nothing-Better-To-Do Day

Nothing special today so I just fooled around with the camera.  Here's one of Wawa sleeping on his tattered and shrunken bed.

 Don't take my photo!  I am shy!

Or rather, I love the smell of this piss-dirt-drool stained bed.

Since you have nothing better to do, why don't you play with me?  Here, come and get my octopus...I will run and squeak while you (pretend to) chase....^_^

Everybody's Walking Except Me

 I want to go for a walk.

 Why am I not going for a walk?

 Why's that white dog walking outside?

 Why are those black dogs walking?

It looks like a good day for a walk.

(She's very good at it.)