Thinking back now, the first 10 years of Domin’s life has not been particularly fantastic or fun for her. She had the boring and unenviable task of studying with me and my sister. While we were in school and our parents were at work, she was home alone most of the time. We seldom brought her out. Once in a while, we will bring her downstairs for a quick walk – that was about it. She peed and pooed on newspapers in the kitchen and we did not feel a need to bring her out of the house much.
I have to admit that I have not been the best of owners. I did not enroll her for obedience classes, I did not bring her for daily walks. No swims in the seas for her, no long walks in the gardens/parks, also not much chance for her to interact and play with other dogs. I felt her subsequent dislike for other dogs was my doing, as I did not give her a chance at a young age to learn to get along with them.
Things took a turn for the better in 2002 when we shifted and stayed with our aunts. They may not have loved her to bits from the start but eventually they did. From 2002 onwards, Domin started to be much happier and she learnt to smile! She had discovered the joys of going out. She ran on the beach, swam in the sea, went with us on trips to Sentosa. She went to Vivocity, Orchard, Chinatown among others. Wherever we can bring her, we try to. She was just too much a part of the family to be left alone at home. I wonder why I had not realized this earlier.
She was such a good girl and we would push her around in her beloved pram. She would sit up in her pram and would always be looking around, ‘kaypoh-ing’ and always curious about what’s going on around her. She would look at the strangers walking by, look at the shops, turn around to look at us sometimes. Maybe she’s thinking, “So this is what I have been missing out for a good part of my life!” It was obvious she was having fun.
While out, she ate food which was very different from what she had at home – Burger King, Macdonalds, her favourite Carls Junior Portobello mushroom burger, chicken rice etc. And she so enjoys her food! Her eyes would be totally fixated on the burger and she would be smacking her lips… such an adorable sight.
Everywhere we go, people would always comment that she looks very cute. Some would even think that she was just a puppy. That was just how young and pretty she looked and we were so terribly proud of her!
I have to admit that I have not been the best of owners. I did not enroll her for obedience classes, I did not bring her for daily walks. No swims in the seas for her, no long walks in the gardens/parks, also not much chance for her to interact and play with other dogs. I felt her subsequent dislike for other dogs was my doing, as I did not give her a chance at a young age to learn to get along with them.
Things took a turn for the better in 2002 when we shifted and stayed with our aunts. They may not have loved her to bits from the start but eventually they did. From 2002 onwards, Domin started to be much happier and she learnt to smile! She had discovered the joys of going out. She ran on the beach, swam in the sea, went with us on trips to Sentosa. She went to Vivocity, Orchard, Chinatown among others. Wherever we can bring her, we try to. She was just too much a part of the family to be left alone at home. I wonder why I had not realized this earlier.
She was such a good girl and we would push her around in her beloved pram. She would sit up in her pram and would always be looking around, ‘kaypoh-ing’ and always curious about what’s going on around her. She would look at the strangers walking by, look at the shops, turn around to look at us sometimes. Maybe she’s thinking, “So this is what I have been missing out for a good part of my life!” It was obvious she was having fun.
While out, she ate food which was very different from what she had at home – Burger King, Macdonalds, her favourite Carls Junior Portobello mushroom burger, chicken rice etc. And she so enjoys her food! Her eyes would be totally fixated on the burger and she would be smacking her lips… such an adorable sight.
Everywhere we go, people would always comment that she looks very cute. Some would even think that she was just a puppy. That was just how young and pretty she looked and we were so terribly proud of her!
I’m glad in the last 6 years of her life, we had brought her along with us on many outings and all of us have had so much fun. I wish we had started earlier but life does not give second chances, does it?
Domin's jie-jie
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