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The Graduation ceremony for the Purina Puppycom Dog Obedience and Agility Students were held at Taman Desa Community Park this afternoon. Certificate and CGG (Canine Good Citizen) Medal were presented to about 150 students graduated from recent training classes.

After the presentation ceremony, three doggie games were organized by Puppy.com.my and the games attracted active participation by the graduating students. The Longest Stay and the Fastest Recall were the first two games organized. Tha fatest recall was won by Chan Jeet with his beagle. On the other hand, the longest stay was won by Mr. Wong Swee Kay with his Miniature Schnauzer.

The third games, Heel Free and Weave, a new games was won by a Chihuahua by the name of CO that beat many other bigger dogs in speed and time.

The weather was good and we manage the finish the ceremony by 6:00pm. Some of the pictures as as follow:-

Down Stay Competition

Down Stay Competition with added distraction

Fastest Recall Competition

Winners of the Heel Free Competition

Winners of Dog Fastest Recall Competition

Winners of Longest Stay Competition

Gladys receiving her certificate and medal

Sei Weng receiving his certificate for passing the Novice Class

Pui Yee receiving her certificate and medal

Group of Dog Lovers posting for the camera

Apple

Evelyn Ang celebrating birthday with Shalom

Kenny Ho

Yap ST

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Puppycom were at A’Famosa again during the last weekend for the annual Puppycom A’Famosa Doggie Get Together Day 2005. Some 150 members took up a total of 20 Bungalows for the one night stay at the A’Famosa Resort with the friends, and most important of all, their K9 friends.

This is the second time Puppycom organized such trip. Unlike last year where booked both bungalow and family studio apartment, this year we booked and stayed only in the new block of Bungalows. Upon arrival, all have great funs at The Cowboy Town and participated in some of the doggie games organized by the committee. We started the games actitivity at 3:00pm and it all ended at 6:o0pm.

Some of the pictures are as below:-

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Full Article at the Malay Mail

RITA JONG
SHAH ALAM, SELANGOR, Oct 18
An engineer who neglected his pedigree German Shepherd to such an extent it had to be put to sleep, was fined RM100 for neglect — a sentence which sparked an outcry among animal lovers.

The seven-year-old canine, going by the name Sheena, was found in a pitiful state and was put to sleep immediately by the Kuala Lumpur Veterinary Services Department as it could not be saved.

Based on the post mortem report, Sheena suffered from infection caused by ticks, brittle bones due to malnutrition from young and malfunction of all major organs causing water retention which resulted in a bloated abdomen, empty bladder and stomach. In a nutshell, the dog starved to death.

It was found by Veterinary Services Department officers in the compound of house No. 38, USJ 17/3B, in Subang Jaya at 2.45pm on Aug 18. Sheena was put to sleep the same day.

Yesterday, its owner Lien Chong San, 46, apologised to magistrate Hafizah Abdul Rajak, claiming the dog was old and sick.

“When I first got the dog, she was well looked after. Subsequently, I had to move and had other problems to deal with. I could no longer look after her.” Hafizah fined him RM100, in default two days’ jail.

Lien paid the fine and tried to escape photographers by hiding behind court officials as he left the magistrate’s court.

Later after proceedings, Selangor SPCA animal inspector Sabrina Yeap, told reporters that when Sheena was found, she was seated in front of her rusty bowl, filled with dirty water.

“She had ticks all over her body, and the condition was filthy. Her faeces were all over the compound,” she said.

“Lien neglected giving adequate care to Sheena, causing her health to deteriorate, leaving her infected with fleas.”

He was charged under Section 44(1)(d) of the Animal Ordinance 1953, which carries a maximum RM200 fine, or a maximum six months in jail, or both.

“We will appeal to the High Court for the maximum sentence under this section. RM100 is too low,” Yeap said.

“The dog died because of Lien’s neglect and we strongly feel he should be jailed.”

She said the SPCA will fight for the amendments to the Animal Ordinance (Section 44), seeking stiffer punishment for those who abuse or neglect their pets.

“Animals cannot talk, but they have their rights too. Hence, we must speak up and protect them,” Yeap said.

The Star Online

130 stray dogs, and still counting …
By CHRISTINA KOH
The Star, 4 Oct 2005

WIDOW Kang Gaik Kee, who made headlines years ago for spending her savings on her 80 beloved dogs in Penang, just cannot stop picking up more strays.

When she comes across abused, sick or abandoned dogs, she cannot find it in her heart to turn the animal away.

She treats the dogs like her “children” who respond to her love, care and gentleness.

Today, she has over 130 strays at their new home in a 0.8ha ram-butan orchard in Kamunting, near Taiping, Perak, which was given to her by a Samaritan.

However Kang, 64, feels increa-singly frustrated and worried with age catching up.

“Although I need dog food and money to feed my dogs, more than anything I hope to have someone, like a volunteer, to help me here at least once a week.

“I know it’s a lot to ask for. But if I die, I don’t know if there is anyone who can continue my work,” she said.

Feeding, bathing and caring for her dogs from morning to midnight is a labour of love which Kang has to do alone.

Her sacrifice began over 20 years ago when her husband died and she had no children to care for.

To ease her loneliness, she began collecting stray dogs, spending about RM50,000 of her EPF money to provide them shelter.

“I’m very grateful to people who have come forward and help al-though the economy is not very good right now,” she said.

She added that she was especially grateful to two people in Kuala Lumpur and another two in Penang who provided her with dog food and other supplies.

However, the widow still faces difficulties in making ends meet be-cause she usually needs to spend about RM200 daily to feed the animals.

To help raise funds for Kang, the Ipoh Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ISPCA) is orga-nising a charity dinner at the Tow Boo Keong Temple hall in Ipoh on Oct 30.

Society vice-president Dr Goh Hue Lang said the proceeds would go towards the upkeep of the Kang’s shelter and the ISPCA shelter in Jalan Raja Dr Nazrin Shah at Jalan Gopeng.

She said those who wished to do-nate should cross their cheques and bank drafts and make them paya-ble to ‘ISPCA’ with their name, add-ress and contact number written on the back.

For details about the dinner, call Doreen at 016-5608905 or Dr Goh at 05-5455933. Kang can be contacted at 012-5549716.

The K9 Trekkers http://www.puppy.com.my/k9trekkers/ were at Fraser Hill recently. A group of trekkers travelled up to Fraser Hill on Saturday morning leaving Kuala Lumpur at 9:00am and reached GAP at 11:00am. We travelled along North South Express and exited at Taman Malim and then head south to Kuala Kubu Baru. The road from KKB to GAP is extremely winding and quite tough for some of people as well as their furkids. . The K9 Trekkers reached The Smoke House where all put up a night at Fraser Hill. All the 14 rooms available were all taken by the Trekkers and all really enjoyed the 2 days one night stay. The weather has been extremely good and cooling. On 2nd day at Fraser Hill, we attempt the Jungle Trek with a guide. Some of the pictures taken are as below :-

The Smoke House were kind enough to allow our dogs to stay with us in the resort room. We too are very happy that our team of K9 Trekkers were very discipline and responsible and all our furkids did not contributed any inconvenience to others during our visit.

Lunch and dinner at The Smoke House were enjoying. After our dinner, we proceeded with our AA session with tons of alcohol. Breakfast on 2nd day was similarly fantastic.

More pictures are as follow :-

We left Fraser Hill at 2:00pm on second day as the gate open on even hours. Going downhill was much more comfortable than going up and all passengers managed a nice sleep on the way back to Kuala Lumpur. More pictures are as follow:-

Furkids that made to the trek includes Pug, Miniature Pincher, Chi Hua Hua, Golden Retriever, Beagle, Mongrel, ...