Lovely Pictures of Puppy Cottage Boarders!

Following are stories of our lovely boarders at our Cottage:

Testimonial from Tommy & Chewy Parent - Vijay & Vivien

Dear Ryan, Rachel and the Ace Team @ Puppy Cottage,

In the course of our having two wonderful additions into our family in the form of Tommy & Chewy, we as owners had the odd encounter such as last minute vacation plans, emergency family requirements, a sudden day-sitting request, and the ubiquitous grooming need. Our lives definitely have a much smoother feel to things with you guys being always ever helpful and open to our crazy schedules to accommodate our calls.

When you love your dogs as much as we do, it does get sticky in finding a place that houses them safely, happily and hygienically to ensure your darling mutts get the least interruption to their routine as much as possible when you need to have external help on things. We can never marvel enough at how happy and settled our dogs are when we welcome them home nor can we appreciate enough the top rated job done in keeping them groomed. What's more we've seen an amazing change in their socialising skills in the environment that Puppy Cottage has created.

How can we thank you guys enough? I really doubt there will ever be a bottom line! You guys are real angels and we highly recommend your passion, effectiveness and professionalism in handling all matters relating to the welfare of our dogs, to other dog owners who are looking for an alternative that goes beyond your dog being just a number in the cage. The only cushy pad your warm furry darling will be snoozing in will be the safe enclosure that they call sleep pad. Given our no-cage policy, we have seen the positive side of allowing your dogs to mix healthily with other furry friends and if you want peace of mind, you really don't have to look further than here. Your darlings are kept free to roam within a place that enjoys secured frontage - with ever human visitor allowed inside and supervised in person only if Ryan / team beeps them in. Now, that's peace of mind indeed.

We wish Puppy Cottage all the best and hope that you will come over to visit us in our new home in Australia! We are sure that Tommy and Chewy will be ever ecstatic in seeing you guys again!

ps: Tommy and Chewy would like to add a point or two:

"Hi guys! We had such a bark of a time enjoying the couch and learning about doggy tricks and pawing the odd treat. Love the birthday toys we got during our long stay with you. If it wasn't for you guys, we would have missed our masters SO much during their long one-year travel. All our wet kisses, furry hugs and woofing gruffy good wishes to you and know that we'll always look forward to seeing you again... love to show you how we smell out those 'roos!"

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Testimonial from Lucky Parent - Fabian and Willa Solibun

Dear Puppy Cottage,

Thank you so much for taking care of Lucky during her 4 months stay there.

Lucky is our mischievous but loving Border Collie, which we love to bits. Early this year, we made a decision to do a major renovation on our house. During the renovation period, we had a hard time keeping her in our rented apartment. She is really a spoilt brat and when it came to board her we searched high and low for a suitable place. We actually tried a couple of places before, but often found her either lonely or ended up with skin problems.

Hence, we turned to the Internet in search of a safe/clean place to board her for this long duration. We ended up on the Puppy Cottage blog and reading the testimonial from Elena and Max. We called the next day and thanked God there was a place for her.

Lucky was unfortunately not socializing well with other dogs. We were a bit nervous when we sent Lucky on the first day. Could she adjust well now that there were suddenly other dogs around?

Every morning both of us would go to our office and log on to the web cam to see how she was doing. We were both so happy when we saw Lucky playing with other dogs and it seems that she has a thing for Golden Retrievers. We then felt rest assured that she will be fine.

Another thing that we notice was when we visited her on weekends; her fur was shiny and soft. My husband has always disagreed with my amateurish way of grooming Lucky due to this one attempt where I kinda over did it. Hence, we decided to leave it to the expert and we are so fortunate that we could still now send Lucky to Puppy Cottage for grooming.

Lucky now enjoys her new house. There are changes in her after her stay at Puppy Cottage.. She is now not that nervous when she is around other dogs. We also saw another side of her, where she is really protective over her loved ones…She doesn’t normally bark but now, she’ll let us know when a stranger is at our front gate. I guessed she picked that up from there as well (If you visit Puppy Cottage, you’ll understand what I mean).

Thank you again to the crew and fellow occupants of Puppy Cottage for taking care of Lucky and making her stay a pleasant one.

-Fabian & Willa-

p.s: Attached is a picture of Lucky and her new partner in crime Count Dooku



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Lucky Star!!!

Hi all,

A Lucky star has fallen into Puppy Cottage for four months. Oh yea, four great months!!! She had told us that her planet is under major renovation, thus the need to stay on our earth.

Lucky is a female Border Collie, which is our very first border collie star to board with us.


Lucky was a very shy and timid border collie. The first few days, she will hide in her UFO whenever she saw us coming. She did the same thing with the rest of her earth doggie friends.

However, with our patience and love, we finally manage to win her heart and from that day onward it was just fun, laughter and trust between Lucky and us.

Furthermore ,being the only alien dog in Puppy Cottage, Lucky is not used to being with the earthly dogs. Since we mentioned about it, she might not even know what does dogs mean.

As a Border Collie herself, Lucky pick things up relatively fast and she manage to get used to Puppy Cottage environment rather quickly.

Within a week, she started playing with other dogs and she loves Husky, Beagle, Labrador and her lover, a Golden Retriever.

Did we mentioned lover?

Yes, Lucky falls in love with a handsome and charming Prince, who is a Golden Retriever. Both of them will play, love each other and of course protect each other. It is a joy and fun to watch their lovely nature towards each other.

The Thai Prince is currently having his holiday with us in Puppy Cottage before he plans to fly to Australia. If you would like to read more about his stay with us, pls click here.

Below is a picture of the two lover:

Another great act from Lucky, the super sonic charge from her while greeting us is always a nice gesture from her. Sometime the impact can be so strong, her weight alone will make us fall.

Below is a picture of her doing her stunt (Luckily I still manage to hang on to snap a picture of her :P)

Below is a picture of her with Charlie (a show quality beagle whom demand his owner to bring him to Puppy Cottage whenever he feels boring):

After the funfilled four months, Lucky has finally flew back to the planet she called home.

However, we will miss her tricks and joy that we had together in Puppy Cottage.

We would like to wish Lucky and her family all the happiness in their newly renovated planet.

In addition, we would like to thanks Lucky and her owner for trusting our planet temporarily and us, Puppy Cottage in taking care of Lucky.

It has been a pleasure to have you with us!

P/S: Heard that Lucky has a new partner in crime called Count Dooku. :) Hope to see the two of you in our Cottage real soon...

Term & Condition of Puppy Cottage :P (Tommy & Chewy = TC = Term & Condition)

Hi all,

Puppy Cottage has introduced new term and condition (T&C) for all our boarding and grooming guests. This new T&C have changed the lifestyle in Puppy Cottage significantly.

The T&C will be implemented for at least a year.

With the implementation of the new T&C, we have seen a significant improvement in the greeting and welcoming department. The playing became lively and enjoyable. In addition, the routine became more stringent yet easy to be followed by others. Furthermore, everybody have become more alert and the greetings of new friends are friendlier and warmer.

Lastly, security was tighter ever since the introduction of the new term and condition.

Now, allow me to introduce the new term and condition to all of you -----> (T&C) TOMMY & CHEWY !!

Handsome Tommy

Macho Chewy

HISTORY/ PAST

A little bit of background on how we drafted the new Term & Condition of Puppy Cottage.

Both of them came to us when they were still puppies and Tommy is the older brother of Chewy.

Tommy is a Silky Terrier and he was an anti social dog. Does not want to play with the rest of the dogs. Rather be alone and bark at any dogs whom wish to play with him.

AKA as Teddy Bear

On the other hand, Chewy, a West Highland White Terrier, a playful and active little boy, will storm his way into our cottage everytime he is at our door and start to play and wrestle his friends.

The Boss

PRESENT

These two little cute fellas are superbly alert, will bark on any moving object (human included). When you pay us a visit at Puppy Cottage, you will surely be greeted by them without fail! If you don't believe us, do drop by and you will know. :P

Wrestling with each other

Standard Operating Procedure

Both smarties, have a set of standard operating procedure to follow everyday.

Morning: In the morning, being awaken by the sound of food preparation, they will be waiting anxiously in their suite to come out and have their usual morning business done. Once done, they will make sure they are the first to be queuing at the day care door, and the reason is because it is feeding time!

Where are the food?

Once the makan (breakfast) session is over, Chewy will wait anxiously to get back inside to greet all his morning friends, while Tommy will wait at the other exit!

Not so fast Tommy boy, you will have to follow Chewy back inside the day care room again. Once all the friends are fed, Tommy boy will be the first to rush out of door and out to the play area to......Poo! Ahhh....Relieved...Now we know why (a bit of bad habit though)... :)

I am relieved!

Day Time: During the day, it is all about Fun ~~ Playing ~~ Sleeping!!! Inviting their friends to play with them and at the same time, making sure the security in Puppy Cottage is safe (barking :P )

Did we actually mentioned that both of them invited their friends to play? Yea, you read it right, Tommy now is a change man! He started to accept the doggie friends around him and will start the initiative to play with the rest of his doggies friend.

Quote "you are still able to teach an old dog new tricks!"

Chewy is the head of the security in our Cottage. He kinda boss the rest around him. When he is asleep, nobody dare to go near him and usually the new member whom does not know the routine of the BOSS, will be given a warning by the BOSS.

The Boss taking his usual nap on his sofa

Sleeping Time: Somehow, both cuties, has a clock in them because when it is bed time, they will be the first to go in.

All our regular customers in Puppy Cottage loves Tommy and Chewy. They are a pair that can't be ignored. Tommy usually will lead the barking and Chewy will be sitting next to him, waiting to be touched rather than bark.

Even newspaper writers, magazine writers and photographers love them! Below are the pictures taken by them:

Pets Magazine, Issue no. 35, January/ February 2010 - Puppy Cottage Voted 5 Stars Hotel

News Straits Times Press, Streets, January 20, 2010 - Sit, Roll Over and Stay in Comfort

In addition, a special thanks to their handsome and beautiful owner for allowing us to have Chewy as the grooming model for our Groomers Connection Academy flyer.

Below is the picture taken from the handsome Chewy for our flyer.




Outing

Chewy was brought out with us to Doggie Day Out, whereby Gromers Connection Academy is the proud sponsor of the event...however, Tommy did not join us, because as part of the security team, he got to take care of his friends and wait for the next day out. Below is a picture of Chewy being groomed to be at his best during the day.

Preparation for the handsome boy

On our second outing, this time both of them came with us. Headed to Healing Pets Veterinary to see the handsome vet, Dr. Steven for medical check out together with vaccination...both brave soul did not even show sign of fear. Chewy really show the spirit of highlander (the true spirit of the Scottish), which we guess has been passed down to his brother, Tommy as well.

Part II to be continue. Stay tune.

Prince of the Year!!!

Puppy Cottage's third quarter of the year started off with welcoming of a handsome prince to our cottage.

It was a surprise visit from this Prince of Thailand...yea, he is from Bangkok, Thailand and he has chosen us to be his stop over holiday destination for at least six months before proceeding back to Australia.

Prince, is a male golden retriever and do you believe we have not even seen the King or Queen of this Prince. We, Puppy Cottage would like to express our gratitute for trusting us tremendously in taking care of your son.


1st three months:

As his name has suggested, royal pampering was required from his royal highness. A daily walks of two times are required by him, once in the morning and once in the evening. On top of that, a meal fit for a prince would have to be served to him. Prince knows when is his meal time! When it is feeding time, he will start to sound for his guards to bring his food to him. However, we guess the meal are too delicious till our Prince gain a little weight. :)

Routine Routine Routine...Prince is so used to his regular routine; from morning walk till bed time, he knows when it all should happen. So smart as a prince.

This little Prince has his own tricks of begging for treats and he does it wonderfully well. Below is a picture of him doing his tricks, cute right for a big golden. :P



As a Prince, we guess he is very much used to being the only dog in the palace, thus he had a culture shock when he saw so many friends around him and it took him quite a while to get used to the crowds.

Nevertheless, he has now started to get used to his friends around him although he still has his preference for friends. Below are pictures of him playing with his friends. One of the photo shot is like the story of David versus Goliath in the bible:


Following are few more shots of Prince playing with Snowy, the Siberian Husky and by the way is one of his best friends in our Cottage. Lucky the Border Collie and Milo the American Cocker Spaniel are some of his best friends as well.






Please do stay tune for more on Prince stay with us...

Nila Letter to All Her Friends

Dear Friends,

Well things are OK in this new place I'm staying at but it's not as good as being with you guys. It's kind of strange because there's lots more dogs here than Puppy Cottage and they don't let us play together. Not even Elena and Max are able to touch other dogs here. We have what is called a run, with a kennel at the end and inside the kennel, there's a wooden bed and blankets. I like to keep my cotton knot inside the kennel with me when I sleep.

The weather here is different, on the second night I was here it was 8c, but my kennel was kept warm with a red light, I was very tired after the flight, so I slept a lot. The visiting hours are very strict here, so Max and Elena have not been able to see me all the time, but last Monday Max took time off work to see me. Unfortunately, he brought shampoo and conditioner with him and he even had a brush. After we played with the green ball for a while, Max washed me. He tried to bush me, but I was still wet and the visiting time was over.

Max came back today to finish brushing me, it was great to play with the ball again and we started doing activities with obstacles. He tried to hide the ball in a tree, so I showed him how well I can jump and jumped into the tree. He took a picture of me in the tree. He then started brushing me again, because no one brushes me here, not like at Puppy Cottage anyway. I don't think Max is as good at brushing as you guys, so when he put me on my back, I kept wiggling. I have a lot of knots, well you know what my fluff is like right?

I really miss you guys and I miss the team and pals I used to play with. The guys here just bark a lot, but not like we used to bark at the customers in Puppy Cottage, actually I miss the people that used to visit us all the time.

Apparently, next Monday I'm going to get a haircut. because I don't get groomed every day like I did at Puppy Cottage, it will be better that I have shorter hair, that way when I play on the grass, I won't collect so much flora anymore.

I miss you guys and attached is a picture of me on the tree.


If you all have miss the earlier Parts of Nila story in our Cottage, please click on the following:

Click here for Part 1.
Click here for Part 2.
Click here for Part 3.
Click here for Part 4.

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Part 3 - Surprise to Nila Life in Our Cottage

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4th & the 5th Month

Can you believe it, the 4th and 5th month of Nila stays in our Cottage have really gone by like a flash of light.

So what exactly is the surprise?

Are you ready? Nila went on a holiday with her owner. YES, you read it correctly!!! Her owner came from down under, Australia to visit her.

Opps, I forget to introduce Nila's owner, her daddy name is Max and her mom name is Elena.

According to Nila's mom, Elena, it was plan in the last minute. Well, we guess the excitement of seeing Nila again after 3 months should overcome the last minute rush & tiredness.

You should have seen Nila's wagging tail upon seeing her owner at our entrance. It was really a pleasant to watch Nila rushing to her her owner. And yes, they really hug and kiss each other a lot!!!

Below is a slide showing Nila one day outing at Shah Alam, Selangor with her owner:

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Well, beside the big surprise from the owner, her two months stay with us is not mundane at all. Her main activities for the 4th and 5th month of her stay with us are as follow:

1) Holiday with her Owner.
2) Get to enjoy birthday cake from her doggie friend, Chi Chi (click here for the link)
3) Busy posing for the camera man in order to appear in Malaysia Newspaper and Magazine.
4) Lastly, celebrated her birthday!!!

FYI, Nila birthday falls on 28 September, Sunday.

A gourmet dish was prepared specially for her during the day.

The dish consist of chicken chop and some fresh vegetables. Can you imagine the dish already? Hungry?

Enjoy...

Chi Chi Brought her Birthday Cake to Puppy Cottage

Chi Chi, a lovely Golden Retriever, brought her birthday cake to be shared with all her friends in Puppy Cottage, during her stay with us.

Wonder how does the cake look like? Below is the picture of the cakes...


Nice and Yummy right?

Want to have a look at the beautiful lady?

Isn't she beautiful?

Well her cake really did brought joy and smile to Puppy Cottage on that day. All her doggies friend enjoyed the cake. Some even give the pity eye, indicating that they wanted more of it. Below slide, will give you a glimpse of Chi Chi satisfied friends...

We, Puppy Cottage on behalf of our doggie friends would like to say a big thank you to Chi Chi and her owner, Nicole & Michael for sharing her birthday cake with us.

Part 2 - More on Nila Stay in Puppy Cottage

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2nd & the 3rd Month

Well well, it has been so quick. Nila was already three months in our cottage. Her stays here are getting more and more interesting by the days!

Where to start?

Ok, she was invited to one of her friend (Charlie) birthday party that was held in our cottage. Overall, we are pretty sure she enjoyed it and she even gave the birthday boy a big big hug. Below are some of the birthday party pictures:

Birthday Party!!! Nila is curious where did the nice smell came from???

Hey Birthday Boy, let me give you a birthday hug!!!

Yummy, the cake taste delicious!!!

Do you all know that Nila has a favourite sleeping spot for her afternoon nap? The spot is actually next to our grooming door. The place is very cosy, away from the hustle and bustle of our cottage life and most importantly, she is near to us.

Hey, you are intruding my sleeping privacy!!!

Nila now love to be groomed!!! She can fall asleep while being groomed now as compared to her first time, whereby her eyes will be wide open and from her facial expression it will show: Ok...what are you guys up too?? To prove her enjoyment, we have taken a shot of her in her dreamland. :)

Just like a Queen. Nila in her dream world...

Ah yes, during her stay with us in our cottage, she has met with two little nice pugs. Their name are Pickle and Harley and both of them like to play and entertained their friends in our cottage just like their owner, whom entertain us, Malaysian, on Mix FM. (Mix FM's DJ, Jojo Struys)

In the background, the two entertainers, sleeping. By the way, this is Nila favourite spot for her to see us when we are having our meal.

Finally, just a snap shot of how Nila will look like after playing... :P

I know, I know. Dirty and wet!!! Hahaha...

The following are more of Nila's picture in a slide show. Enjoy!!!

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