Week 4 - Shayna

Shayna grinning mischeviously at the camera. Can you spot her ? : - )

Shayna is 3months old today. We bought her to the vet as she contracted cornea ulcer which we were told by our vet was a common ailment among the shih tzu breed due to the large size of their eyes. This results in a slight discolouration and hazy film in her left eye.

You can see that her left eye is darker as compared to her right eye due to the cornea ulcer.

The cause is unknown but the vet said that it could be caused by her accidentally scratching her eye while she was playing with herself as puppies are quite hyper. Luckily, it is just a small ailment and does not affect her very much. A good sign is that she donesn't try to rub her eyes indicating that it isn't itchy. She's been given some anitibiotics and eye ointment. She's officially 2kg now, 1 kg more than when she was first brought home.

She's been quite naughty this week though, maybe adjusting to being alone at home the whole day until we get back from work. We are trying to stop her from playing with her poo by clearing it immediately and telling her in a firm voice that it is wrong. Hopefully, she will grow out of it. However when she's out, she's on a best behavior and when people say she's so well behaved, we just grin inwardly cos she's a naughty michevious tot at home.

Shayna playing around with plastic bags, one of her favourite passionShayna standing on her hind legs and calling Gayle to share some of the laundry with her.

As she grows, we have been noticing her developing her unique character traits. She's gotten very curious the habit of standing on her hind legs and using her paws to indicate to us what she wants, either for more sayang or trying to get our attention. She seems to have a fetish for laundry and is always around Gayle to observe her doing her laundry.

The laundry supervisor checking that Gayle doesn't slack on her washing.

She also like to come in between the both of us when we are chatting so that she doesn't feel left out. Sometimes it's amazing how human like dogs are in terms of behavior.