Shopping for JD at Whiskers and Paws

We went down to Whiskers and Paws in Ap Lei Chai South Horizon Plaza (more well-known for all the branded goods warehouses and furniture) to shop for the dog…

Have no idea why Rockstar's got that face... He's holding a bag of JD's favorite treats (some kind of dried jerky stick)

Those Santa hats (there are also antlers but can’t see in the pic) are all for dogs – guess Christmas is a huge doggy holiday too… Anything to spoil your mutt… Whiskers and Paws supports HKDR (Hong Kong Dog Rescue) btw, they hold adoption days and we’ve seen CNBC personality Bernard “Bernie” Lo there too – he’s an ardent supporter of animal rights, even heard him mention it on CNBC how animals get treated in China…

Christmas for the dogs - including the old mutts staggering about the place

We almost got the “Christmas Paw” stocking (see Xmas tree) to stuff with JD’s treats, except I figured JD would prefer if I bought more treats and it’s not like I’m going to put the paw up on our tree with treats in it anyway… Just wish I’d taken a better pic of the pick n mix – they have hooves, ears and so on, not just the rawhide and jerky… Also a wide selection of leashes, dog beds/ blankets, Kong toys – and goodness knows what else for cats that we weren’t looking at…

Outdoor seating area for dogs and humans

There’s a groomery I missed in the pic, and then you can bring your coffee to sit outside if your dog is socializing… Don’t think they provide food or drink for humans though – but there are a few cafes you can “tar pow” from…

Rockstar thinks that's the same wide eyed look as the octopus (and various other doggie chew toys we saw in the shop) - is it not just a little sick, this thing made to be violently shaken like the dog is killing a sewer rat has crazy stoned-to-the-eyeballs smile

We come away with a bag of 12 inch jerky chews (which don’t really count, JD gets them all the time), the octopus (HKD 98 I think it was – btw Ikea used to sell a larger one for around HKD 60, but then the Ikea one doesn’t rattle or squeak), and a squeaky pink elephant Rockstar insists on because a friend’s dogs have the same. Also a stain/ water resistant fleece-lined thick rug for JD’s basket, in navy (because they didn’t have pink).

Verdict: JD approves

Rockstar and I clear away various half-chewed up toys – a beak-less rubber chicken, a pink “Chinese lion” with half the face gone, old leaky bean bags (yes our helper is useless for this – I think she has not tidied the basket in the year she has worked with us – fortunately JD’s paws are sprayed with sanitizer and wiped every time she re-enters the apartment from her walks, and she does her toilet outdoors only), and then we lay out the new bedding.

Manja Face - Had to take this, JD has this expression when she's all "Awww you shouldn't have!"

JD’s had that tip-of-tongue-out thing since she was a 4mth old pup and we gave her her first basket (she loooooves her baskets – it’s the first thing she checks each time she comes home from boarding). Subsequently we’ve tried beds and beanbags, but she always goes back to this kind of basket…

Sigh.

Y-eah. That didn’t last very long. Those are the cheapest cushions we could find at Ikea, I usually slip a couple under one side of the basket, where the dog likes to rest her front paws and chin. Except JD likes chewing gently on them so she soon dug them out, and then these two decided to tug-o-war. As in, the whole basket with the dog in it gets dragged around our bedroom. As you can see, there are two cushions but that couldn’t matter less. It’s no fun unless both want the same one.