Button | A China Blog on Suzhou Expat Life

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Button sexes it up post de-sexing

I don’t buy into those little doggie jackets that every anthropomorphizing pet owner drools over. In fact, I’d say I’m outright hostile to the idea of breeding a dog to look like a toy and then playing dress-up with it.

That said, I think I’ve stumbled on a goldmine:

The Canine Call-girl Outfit®

Is your pup more tramp than lady? Is she man’s best friend with benefits? Does she know how to wag that piece of tail? Well then The Canine Call-girl Outfit® is exactly what she needs!

This full-body mesh is available in a multitude of monochromatic colours

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Comments Posted in China Expat Life, Humour, Our Dog Button

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y 27 20
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Living without trust

This is really a topic I’ve been thinking about since back in December/January when our dog Addie died. I wasn’t sure how to put to words my feelings about it and so have shelved it until now. I don’t know that I’m any closer to knowing how to verbalize it, but maybe this post will help.

Of all the numerous things about living away from Canada I miss, trust is more poignant than them all. It is–more than family, friends, air quality or money–the thing that is most likely to cause me to eventually leave China.

When Addie contracted…

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Comments Posted in China Expat Life, Rants

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r 13 20
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Big-time Button

Just got a message via Flickr that a photo I took a couple weeks back of Button made it to Purina’s Pet Charts – a collection of pet stories, pictures and videos. She’s currently ranked #2 – help me get her to No. #1! Vote for the photo here:

http://petcharts.purina.com/Default.aspx?day=2009-4-13

UPDATE 04/14: Button’s picture hit #1 for the day, and is only a handful of votes away from being #1 for the week! Lets see if we can get her to #1 for the month!

This is the pic (had I known anyone was going to look at it, I…

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Comments Posted in Flora & Fauna, General, Linktastic

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r 06 20
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Pupdate: Some new photos

Just a quickie to say that Button is doing great. I’ve started teaching her some basic commands, and she’s a quick study. She’s got sit, stay, come here, lie down, no and ok figured out. Today I’ll work on teaching her “roll over” and “spin”. It amazes me how easy goldens are to train – with just a bit of incentive they quickly work out exactly what you want them to do.

Here are a few new photos of Button the Brave (Butt for short):

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Comments Posted in Flora & Fauna

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r 22 20
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Pupdate: Button the Brave

As mentioned, we recently got a new puppy named Button. Now having had a few days to get to know our newest family member, it’s neat to see her personality shining through.

Addie was the first time I ever raised a puppy, and so everything was new. I had no way of knowing what was “puppy behavior” and what was “Addie behavior” – but now with a new puppy, and armed with fresh puppy-rearing experience, the differences are more easily seen.

Whereas Addie was a friendly but shy puppy, Button is all about adventure. She gets into, under and…

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Comments Posted in Flora & Fauna, General

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r 19 20
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Starting again

It’s been two and a half months now since our dog Addie died, and though it’s rare a day goes by that we don’t think of her and miss her terribly, we’ve started to feel there just wasn’t enough dog hair all over everything.

So, about a week and a half ago we contacted the vet that was so helpful when Addie was sick (she made house-calls everyday to help with giving medication and to check on her condition). When she was here helping us with Addie she off-handedly mentioned she also had a golden and it was about…

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