Kazu!

Kazu on soil
(at least dry this time)
in the garden

With her siblings already off to far away lands, Kazuko finds herself playing more often with her parents (and her human pets!). She is now just under four and a half months old.

An initial encounter with Kazuko will result in her spending at least 45 minutes just playing (mouthing, pawing, licking, etc.) with the human pet. Only after a physically intense play (running and moving her toys around to chase) will she somehow sit and probably lie down for a while. It does happen that she gets bored with her human toys and just leaves. For the most part though, Kazu has been more interactive with us.





Kazu just outside our bedroom



We were informed of a possible difficulty with the availability of their dry dog food (Pet One), and our friendly retailer recommended "Beef Pro" (It is the particular name of the puppy food. I somehow don't recall very well the actual brand. It contains the word "Breeder" though). She explains that it is made by an American company and that she is able to obtain them in large quantities. She adds that the protein content is higher than most brands. She in fact pointed out that it is higher than 26% (the content in Eukanuba's Large Breed for puppies - our default dry food before moving mainly to Pet One because of that pet food scare.). We decided to try out a bag, and initially mix small portions first (the usual procedure for the introduction of new food).

The first few days with "Beef Pro" seemed to go well. They all finish up their dry dog food rather quickly. . . Or it may be just because Kazu is growing up fast. . . In any case, we believe that the new dry dog food is something that they like too.

Using mom as pillow

Koji in Taguig!

From Highland Sanctuary Akitas

Tonight it will be exactly a week that Koji has been out of our home. He was adopted by a close friend of Jiji, and taken to their home in Taguig after the small dinner party last Friday night, 3 August 2007. As it was in the case of Kiko, we sent him off with his toys to ease the (initial) separation anxiety. We were happy to hear that Koji adjusted quickly to his new home. We are certain that he will be well taken cared of by his new guardians.

There were occasions when Kazu would be moving about, seemingly looking for her playmate/sibling. She moves up and down the stairs, finding only her parents. This was the case for a few days, and I guess may intermittently happen in a few more. In the last few days, with or without rain, she has been playing with her mom Kirin who has been very frisky lately. It seems that Kirin is aware that Kazu misses playing with Koji.

The heavy downpour does not serve much of a deterrent for Kazu to run about the garden. . . She still steps on and plays about wet soil before greeting us with her front paws.

She still recognizes the lyrical poem that Jiji sang to her when she was about to have some visible teeth: "Kazu! Kazu! The baby with the yellow tooth, Kazu!". We gather then that her tooth was just about to surface beneath her gums that gave it a shade of yellow. Singing that song reminds us of the time when all the puppies were still at home with us.