"Big Puppy"

11 May 2012:
On the 6th of May Big Puppy went for a trial adoption with a wonderful family!! I am so elated to announce that they have fallen in love with him & have decided to adopt him officially! His name, given by his toddler human sister, is "Kino". He has made friends with their lovely Lab & their cat and is being a very good boy! Thank you so much to Kino's forever family!!

27 April 2012:
I haven't updated BP's profile for a while because, truth be told, I'm hopelessly in love with him!

I hand raised him from 10-days old when he still needed to be stimulated to wee and pooh. He had nothing but gums, now he has a mouth full of teeth. He was 400 grams, now he is 8.5 kg's.

However, I know that for HIS sake, not mine, it is time to find him a forever home. He is an energetic puppy and he is bigger than most "common" Korean dogs who live in small apartments. It is just not fair for him to live with me in my officetel. The joy that I can see on his face when I take him to the roof and allow him to run free makes my heart swell with happiness and break for him at the same time. I have visions of him in our huge garden at home in South Africa. Digging in the garden and getting nice and dirty. Sunbathing when he feels like it and moving into the nice shade when it gets too hot. Having the house open to him to leave and enter as he pleases. Sleeping inside at night (of course :) ) But to take a dog to RSA is ridiculously expensive, and I already have one small fry to fly home.

Please won't someone love this dog the way I do? You won't regret it. He makes me smile a silly grin EVERY day without fail!

12 March 2012:
Big went for another set of vaccinations yesterday and was weighed - he is 8kg's now :)

I also took him for a training session a few days ago - he is extremely clever and the trainer said he has a great attention span for a dog of his age! We are working on hand signals, which he gets very quickly, and also crate training. He is improving in the crate every day. Also, I am falling more and more in love every day...help!

18 March 2012:
"Add to my list of hobbies: watching the toilet flush... Best. Thing. Ever!"

Message from BP on 13 March 2012:
"I would like to find a forever home that has another medium to large-sized doggy who would like to play with me. I am young and full of energy but I am a very good boy and very clever too! My favourite hobbies are: wrestling, cuddling, eating and kissing. (I think my most favourite of these is kissing.)"

Update 11 March 2012:
Oh dear, poor Big Puppy's adoption fell through & he is looking for his forever home again!
Unfortunately BP's potential mom took another small foster dog (Vinny) who turned out to be heartworm positive. Being an energetic and playful puppy, BP constantly wanted to play with poor little Vinny. After much soul searching, his mom decided to keep Vinny on his own (as he needs a CALM environment & NO exercise during his h/w treatment) so that she could see him through his treatment. We both felt that BP, being a healthy young boy, would find a home easier than little Vinny & we were worried about Vinny over-exerting himself while undergoing treatment. BP is as gorgeous as ever and went straight to the peepad when he got home after his long day on the train. He's loving having 2 bigger playmates here! Thank you Ailie for putting the interests of the doggies before your own. You're a star!

Update 25 Feb 2012:
BP had his 2nd set of vaccinations today, as well as his first heartworm prevention medicine! :)

Update 4 Feb 2012:
Big Puppy had his first set of vaccinations today :) He was a little angel at the vet. He is waiting for someone special to give him a forever home!

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This gorgeous puppy was found by my students on the first day of snow. He and his 5 siblings had been born under the school benches and were only about 10 days old. The mom ran off and the students brought 2 puppies to me in the office (sadly, the others were all dead). They were both hypothermic so I rushed them to the vet who warmed them up and kept them overnight in an incubator. That was before Christmas.

Now, both boys are doing wonderfully! It was a battle bottle feeding the hungry little chaps every four hours and I was incredibly happy when they finally went on to solids. Big Puppy is so named because he always was the bigger and stronger of the 2 survivors. Currently he weighs 3.3kgs - a vast increase from the 400grams on that first day at the vet :) (He has been dewormed but not yet vaccinated.)

I am happy to announce that he is now, finally, ready for adoption!

Please contact me if you would like this handsome boy to be a part of your family.