14 days ago our dog, Mocha, got spayed. We understood it was invasive, though routine, procedure, and that it requires at least 2-week recovery window to make sure the suture is healed. This means no running, no jumping / climbing, no playing. We arranged for her to be groomed before the surgery so that we…

Christmas 2022 was really cold. We had a blizzard that brought 9″ of snowfall in a day, and the next day we had some polar temperatures from Siberia. This post shares how we kept Mocha warm. Most definitely, listen to your local weather advisories to get a feel of how serious the situation is. For…

For christmas, we usually visit our family in the midwest in the US. We thought it would be a good chance for Mocha to visit everybody, and 2022 might be the last year she was certainly small enough to fly with us in the cabin. She was surprisingly calm in the cabin and wwith a…

First of all, Happy New Year! 2022 went by so fast and 2023 is here. Yesterday, Mocha got her first real haircut, at 6 months old. We asked them to trim the hair to half of the previous length. They gave her a little bit of a poodle look. It’s kinda amazing how large her…

Puppy blues is real. Let’s start with that, followed by a bit of what I think is the Puppy Blues. The Puppy Blues is that realization that your puppy demands more than what you can provide, so much so that you start to regret getting the puppy, or you start to resent the puppy. It…

Mocha had her last DHPP shot last week (and Bordatella vaccine a few weeks ago), and her nails are getting long. So, we are safe to bring her to the groomer for socialization and a trim (a puppy trim). PS: I mentioned Bordatella because from the yelp reviews, I learned that the dogs are put…

Trying out tiktok for some of our pup short videos. See those below!

She really likes to stick out the window during car rides. We’re lucky she doesn’t experience car sickness. When she’s tired standing, she just calmly sit on the backseat. We don’t put her on the front seat because the airbag can be a real danger.

We had our puppy, Mocha, for about 10 days before we decided her smell was getting too strong. So we decided to give her a shower, and also desensitize her to the bathtub.