Now I'm not here to talk about my family. I'm here to talk on pet ownership in Malaysia. What prompted me to write this post was something I saw while lepak-ing at the mall with some friends. There was a pet store at the mall and my friend said to me :" Look how cute is that dog." I took a look and it horrified me, the puppy was barely a month old. Trust me on the age of the puppy, my family have bred dogs numerous times. It's just not nice to see a one month old puppy being on sale. As I've mentioned we have bred dogs and we don't sell or give them away until they are at least 2 months old when they can eat properly and are properly weaned. Pet stores nowadays are not owned by people with love for pets, they are mostly owned by people who just wanna make money. Also, the kennels that produce these puppies, most of them hardly care for their dogs, they too just wanna make a quick buck. Gone were the days where people bred dogs and sold them for the love of it. Nowadays, it's just another "business".
I also wanna talk about new pet owners. I realise that pet ownership, especially dog ownership had started to become a trend especially among the youths in Malaysia. Most of these youths have very little knowledge of what to do with a dog. Leaving a dog in their care is like leaving your child in my care, you wouldn't want it. I've seen many people buying dogs and then giving them away because they find them too much a burden. In fact, one of my dogs was bought from one of these owners. Her previous owner hardly had time to take care of her and she was locked in the store for a whole day sometimes. When she came, her fur was matted and it took us a month to get rid of all the mats. I guess the trauma she experience explains why she is the most troublesome dog we own now, always doing things the opposite way we have taught her to, always making us shout at her, she's enjoying her freedom. Worse still, there are people that buy pets and just abandon them somewhere and expecting them to survive on their own. This is the reason why I don't feel like recommending pets to people nowadays, it'll be like giving them a life sentence.
My advice is, before you decide to buy or own a pet, do some research on it. It may be exciting and fun at first but after a long while you might not feel the excitement anymore. I have a friend that bathes his dog like once every two days and his dog's fur quality is really poor. Even though you think you are giving your pet the best care, you might be doing more harm than expected. It's also better to adopt a pet rather than to buy one. And lastly, be responsible, do not throw or abandon your pets to the dog pound where they'll be killed or somewhere by the roadside or in the jungle. Take good care of your pets, I learnt this the hard way when my sis was away for her studies and left me in charge of her guinea pigs. Of course I did a shit job and when she came back they were in such bad condition all of them died except one which just died not long ago of old age. I felt so bad for what I didn't do that it changed me totally. I'm sure none of you want the same thing happening to you, so think before you do it.
My Dogs =)
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| Jasmine: Silky Terrier, real troublemaker, bought her from her previous owner who was too busy to care for her. |
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| Becky: Shih Tzu, what an I say? Dimwitted and slow. |
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| Honey: American/English Cocker Spaniel mix, sorry but you can hardly find her in another state other than this. Probably the most obesed dog we have ever had. |
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