Service???

At one time in my life, I thought I had a handle on the meaning of the word "service" ---"The act of doing things for other people." 

Then I learned these terms:

Civil Service
Postal Service
Public Service
Customer Service
Service Centres 

Facilities Management Services

And I became confused about the word "service." This is not what I thought "service" meant.

Then, the other day, I overheard two breeders talking and one said he had hired a dog to "service" a few of his bitches. BAM! It all came into perspective. 

Now I understand what all those "service" agencies are doing to us. 

JacJac's Balancing Act

A short video of JacJac playing a combination of "STAY" and balancing a plush donut on his head.

See how he maintains balance of his donut even when changing positions from sit to prone.

Is homosexuality scarier than HIV/Aids?

The missus has found something worthy of her time and attention on local TV, a 20-episode drama series titled "By My Side" that is endorsed by the Health Promotion Board which runs public service advisory during almost every commercial break that preaches fidelity. 

All is good that TCS is not showing some atrocious period dramas with people in outlandish drag costumes but what got me thinking and blogging on this are the lessons that I have "learnt" from this series:

1. Never tell anyone if you are HIV-positive and/or have Aids;

2. And more importantly, homosexuality, specifically being gay, is a greater evil than Aids and infidelity combined. 

Here we have a government agency endorsed TV drama series on prime-time television advocating fidelity, safe sex and education of HIV and Aids (that it cannot be transmitted through food or superficial physical contact) while homosexuality warrants the weight and power of Section 377A's retention to keep in check. 

I shall not repeat what has been said pertaining to homosexuality. 

You get very good and interesting reads on YawningBread and Mr Wang on this and other issues. 

JacJac Swimming and Fetching His New Water Loopies toy

Here is a recent video taken in Sentosa Tanjong Beach showing JacJac swimming out to sea to fetch his new Water Loopies aqua toy.

I have searched high and low in Singapore for a quality aqua toy for dogs but most were unsatisfactory. The main problem if you are a dog in the water is that your vision will be limited by the fact that your head (and thus eyes) is going to be very low in the water. 

It is not good if a toy simply floats on the surface. It makes very little difference as you would hardly be able to see it if it was thrown a long distance. As such, we could throw a floating object/toy no more than 5 metres away for good play-fetch. 

In addition to the above, the surface floating toy will cause dogs to ingest a large amount of sea-water in the process. If you do not already know, drinking too much sea-water will cause dogs to have the runs. Think of the potential mess and many people would swear not to let their dogs swim in the sea again. 

I'm happy to say all the above problems have been tackled with this Water Loopies aqua toy for dogs (I doubt you will be able to train a cat to fetch anything, much less swim and fetch). No doubt JacJac still drink some sea-water but it's greatly reduced as he is able to hold up his head and hold onto his toy at the same time. The throw distance is also much farther (as far as I can throw it). Almost half the toy "stands up" from the water and is easily visible. 

Remember, an exercised and tired dog has a happy owner!