Ou Wen was with us for only 9 years before he passed on. In his place came a British Bull dog that we rescued from the pet shop. When I first saw Bao Ling, she was a little puppy in the cage in a pet shop. Ten months later, she was still there and has grown rather big. Bao Ling lives in a cage that is not much bigger than her and she has developed very weak legs because of lack of space and exercise. It was apparent that she is never going to be sold. My wife, knowing that I like Bao Ling very much, called up the pet shop to negotiate to buy Bao Ling over. The pet shop owner was relieved to find a buyer and gladly sold Bao Ling to us.

 

A few years later, Shan Yong passed on and we found a little Silky Terrier abandoned at a shopping mall. My wife brought her home and we called her Terror. Terror was in a bad state. Her teeth were badly decayed and she was covered with ticks. Terror was an undemanding dog; all she asked was for a place to sleep and some food to eat. She stayed out of the way of the other dogs.

 

Then it was Chu Chu and Kang Kang’s turn to leave us. That was when we decided to adopt a 4- year-old mongrel from SPCA. We took pity on Rayong because we were told that older dogs are less in demand. He was a handsome boy and we decided to give him a home instead of the other younger dogs available for adoption. He got on very well with Bao Ling and practically became inseparable. When Bao Ling eventually became too sick and died, Rayong was devastated. He was very sad, didn’t eat much and was sleeping most of the time. He was just not himself any more. No doubt Terror tried to keep him company, but he just missed Bao Ling very much. That’s when we decided to adopt another dog, one that can keep him company. We tried looking at the dogs in SPCA, but could not find one which we think can be Rayong’s partner. So I searched the internet for more choices and eventually found a few advertisements that showed some potential compatibility with Rayong in terms of personality etc. I made some arrangements to view the puppies from three animal rescue groups.

 

However, we found what we were looking for in the first viewing with Kelly and decided to adopt them. Initially, we had wanted only to adopt Hui Shan, but it was very heartbreaking to see Hui Kai walking sadly to the corner and lie down ….

 

That’s when we decided to adopt both of them. Hui Kai & Hui Shan were 3 months old when we adopted them. They were full of energy and were extremely playful. They chewed up everything they could find, but they are really very good watch dogs. They are very passionate and endearing. Every morning they will walk me to the gate, and when I lock the gate behind me, they will both climb up and look through the peep holes to see me off.

 

When I return home from work, they would recognize my footsteps from up the street and then welcome me through the same two peep holes on the gate. Of course Rayong also tries to get a piece of the action at times.