The Adventures of Gigi the Corgi!

First day at work

2010-08-30T23:16:00.001-07:00

I brought GG to work for the first time today. She was curious and explored everywhere at first, then finally settled in. Most of the time she was laying under my desk peeking out. She was such a good girl today. Many people came by to greet her and she's mostly friendly to them, especially those that brought treats XD

GG's 1st swim "lesson"

2010-07-03T19:44:00.001-07:00

Today GG went to have her first swim lesson! The whole family was there to cheer her on. A coach was there to warm her up to the water in the beginning, and then she learned how to coordinate her limbs better and started swimming on her own :)

She was cautious but didn't struggle much at all. The coach even praised her for having muscles XD

"Before" video with coach guidance:

"After" video where she swims on her on:

Home anniversary!

2010-06-12T23:23:00.000-07:00

Gigi has officially been home with us for a year!!! :)

To think this was the little stuff animal we brought home a year ago.

Look how much she grew!

Gwai seng

2010-06-09T15:05:00.000-07:00

Another episode of GG silly corgi whines, asking me to play ball with her. Sorry for the bad lighting.

Typical GG puppy eye look.

Random GG cuteness

2010-05-31T22:18:00.000-07:00

Some shots from the phone throughout the month since the last post.

This was actually around her birthday, but her face is just priceless. XD

Corgi butts make them so unique.

So naturally photogenic.

She's so clingy to her family and mischievous these days. :) She'll be home officially for a year soon!

Happy Birthday GG!!!

2010-04-12T23:40:00.000-07:00

Updating before it turns midnight. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO OUR BELOVED GIGI BEAR :)!!! Can't believe she's 1 year-old!!

Gigi's first swim

2010-04-11T21:42:00.000-07:00

We went to the SF corgi gathering yesterday and she saw her sister Kiko again. They played a lot together :)

Afterwards we took Gigi to walk in the trail of the park. She's so happy to be walking off leash by herself.

Aren't she pretty among the little flowers? hehe....

Then came a ducky on the trail and of course Gigi bear went chase after it. She kept chasing and chasing....down to the pond.....into the water!!!! She actually submerged into the water for a second before coming back to the surface. Her natural swimming skill kicked in and swam for a few feet back to the bank before Tac greped her out. Oh boy, it all happened so fast. So glad she knew how to swim back to the shore. Tac was saying she's prepared to dive in to get her if she couldn't get back :) Surprisingly Gigi didn't seem to be scared or panic at all. So our 百厭 Gigi had her first "swim" experience and an adventure before her first birthday! Haha!

Gigi all wet after the "swim"

Corgi Gathering at Berkeley :)

2010-03-27T19:10:00.000-07:00

Today we took Gigi to the monthly Berkeley (Bay Area?) corgi gathering! Prior to this, Gigi already played with fellow corgi Taro in the morning, so she was a bit tired out already. Nonetheless, it was a very worthwhile gathering! Read on to see why ;)

Corgi paradise!

Hmm? Who is that behind there with Gigi?

She is Gigi's sister!!! Her name is Kiko.

That's right. As we were talking with fellow corgi owners, Gigi's birthday (which is in 2 weeks) came up in the discussion, and Kiko happened to have the same birthday! And apparently she's the same litter as Gigi!

Look at the two of them.

Don't you see the resemblances? :D

They're almost twins ;)

But there can be only one Gigi Bear ♥

Gigi都拜年！

2010-02-14T16:16:00.000-08:00

Even Gigi Bear is celebrating Chinese New Year! See? She "bowed" three times at the alter too! LOL

...for the food, of course :P

Gigi celebrates grandpa's birthday

2010-02-10T23:08:00.001-08:00

Gigi is taking Auntie Tiffany and Mommy's place in celebrating grandpa's birthday this year. And of course she wants her share of the birthday cake also :PP About two months from today, Gigi will be getting ready to celebrate her own first birthday! XD

Gigi at the dinner table

2010-02-02T23:01:00.000-08:00

The videos said it all :PPP

Enjoying a dry day

2010-01-28T15:57:00.000-08:00

Today is the first dry day in almost 2 weeks. Gigi surely misses spending time in the backyard. Today she spends a lot of time sun bathing, watching birds flew by, feeling the breeze and digging the lawn too >_<. When she came in from the backyard earlier, she had a lady bug on her nose XD It was soooo cute :PP Too bad I didn't have a camera with me.

Forecast said rain is coming back this weekend :(

Gigi's attachment to the ball part 2

2010-01-16T13:13:00.000-08:00

Random moments of cuteness first...

And...

Here's another series of "gwai seng" (wierd noises) from Gigi bear in her attempt to get me to play ball with her.

Gigi's attachment to the ball

2010-01-07T22:26:00.000-08:00

So Gigi is up in Davis with me now, and she brought back her "ball obsession" to Davis. Here's a video of her "begging to play noises". I just put the camera on the table cuz the point is to hear her silliness.:P

First New Year & Snow Play

2010-01-01T00:15:00.000-08:00

Gigi just passed her first new year. Happy New Year Gigi Bear XD
Her mommy put her back to her crate after midnight, but she whined a little. May be she still wanted to celebrate her first new year, haha.

We took Gigi to the Sierra for her first snow experience. She was very curious at first, but quickly showed her 貪玩 personality and enjoyed the snow. She didn't seem to mind the coldness. With the pink jacket we bought her, she looked sooooo pretty, as you can see from the pictures below.

There was another doggy there and she so wanted to play with it.

Pretty snow woman...

Her nose had snow on it too :PP

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

2009-12-26T22:22:00.001-08:00

Gigi's first Christmas occured in a black out. Memorable but not particularly exciting for her unfortunately. Either way, Gigi went through her first christmas!!

Santa Gigi~ She's the only one with the christmas cheer!

She's making a face to show her dirty little mouth after digging...

Being so affectionate with Grandpa.

She got her her little paws on the Gigi plush. RIP Kiki Gigi. :(

Posing for the camera.

為食Gigi

2009-12-08T21:04:00.000-08:00

Gigi is sooooooo 為食. See how she begged and tried to reach the food on the table >_<

Favourite game

2009-12-07T19:52:00.000-08:00

So Gigi has been staying with us since the weekend before Thanksgiving so her mommy can study for finals. It's both fun and trouble to have her around XD. She loves attention, just like a little kid, wants us to play with her all the time, and yet steals our slippers in a split second when we'll not paying attention!

Her favourite game is playing her green rubber ball. We threw it and she would go fetch it and bring it back to us. She also learned a new game....catch. When she's tired of running around fetching the ball, she will jump up the sofa and sits there, then we throw the ball to her and she will just catch the ball in the air. She's actually pretty good in catching the ball now, no matter in what directions we throw the ball too. She's no doubt a smart puppy, smart enough to learn tricks that drive us crazy too!

Here are a few pics taken during these couple of weeks :)

Gigi likes to take naps on the sofa.

Making herself comfy on mommy's bed.

Mmmm...I'm sleepy...

Tac's cousin Wesley was chasing after Gigi during our Thanksgiving dinner. Poor Gigi had to hide under the chair to avoid him, and we thought Gigi would be the bully one....

Update~

2009-11-11T22:38:00.000-08:00

Okay so someone beat me to the santa pictures. :P So here's a random update with Gigi photos!

But first! Last week Gigi was having diarrhea and loss of appetite (?!) problems. She wasn't lethargic or anything, she was just having trouble pooping. It seemed to get better. But on Saturday morning, her stool was mucous-y and had a little blood inside. So after getting a fecal done, I found out she had 2 parasites. :( But she's taking medication now, so she's getting better and will be fine! She probably got if from the dog park or something like that. But, by the vet's recommendations, I put Gigi on a "bland" diet of white, steamed rice with chicken over the weekend. Gigi had NO problems eating that. :)

Now, onwards to the random pictures! As you can tell, Gigi really likes to spend time on the bed now. Her mommy spoils her because in the mornings, I'm too sleepy to notice her pounce on the bed to join me. :X Plus, she's loves to cuddle in this weather....

Santa GG...

2009-11-11T17:24:00.001-08:00

And here I thought someone would upload these already. LOL Tac bought Gigi a belated Halloween or early Xmas costume! ♥ TOO CUTE! She looks more like a little elf than Santa with those ears. XD

Couple weeks back. This is her after waking me up and when I was going down stairs. Who wouldn't wanna wake up to see such a face? ♥

Gigi and Cooper

2009-11-02T12:45:00.000-08:00

The first time Gigi went to the dog park at Davis, the first friend she made there was Cooper, a bigger dog that's about the same age as her. Now, EVERY single time they meet at the dog park, they play together, without fail. They totally recognize each other, always running to each other really happily and excited.

Here's a video I had recorded WAY back, the first time they played. Cooper is a lot bigger now but still incredibly gentle to her, always laying down to let her bite his ears. :)

Comfy Beds

2009-10-29T23:44:00.000-07:00

Some Gigi on a bed pictures!

New Siblings

2009-10-28T10:10:00.000-07:00

Just learn from Kim's (Gigi's breeder) website that Gigi's parents, Winston and Dayzee, will be having a new litter in November. Gigi will have many new siblings! But I doubt any of them will be as cute and silly as our beloved GG-Bear, hehehe....

BTW, last weekend Gigi came back home. In the mornings she went in front of Tiff's room and whined. She probably likes to wake Tiff up very much :PP

Looking for grandpa in the morning

2009-10-14T20:15:00.000-07:00

On Monday after Gigi went outside to potty in the morning, she heard noises from upstairs, so she went upstairs and found grandpa in our room (apparently the door of the room was left opened XD ). Yesterday morning she went upstairs right away after going potty. The door was left opened again and she found and greet grandpa again :)

This morning when I came down to let her out, I closed our bedroom door. After she went potty, she ran upstairs again but...couldn't get into our room XD Then she start barking and whining in the upstairs hallway until I went up and opened the door to let her in. She wouldn't come downstairs with me either. She waited to come down with grandpa because grandpa gives her the most goodies :D

She is one smart puppy :PP

Here are the videos of the silly pie looking for grandpa XD

Weekend photos

2009-10-14T14:39:00.000-07:00

Finally uploading them! These are photos and video from the past weekend when Gigi came back home to visit! She was so happy to see everyone and of course we all just surrounded her endlessly.

This is taken on my phone. Gigi pawing at 'Grandpa' for bread XD

Who's being such a comfy snuggler!?

And probably the most eventful time for Gigi is visiting Jake, our neighbor corgi, now having her adult teeth and being much bigger! Eventually Jake also wanted to play with her, so we let them out in the backyard. They were having so much fun corgi sparring!

Again she was so eager to play with Jake that we had to restrain her when she's being too jumpy. And you bet she was pouting and whining. :P

Jake was going easy on her, but the silly youngster
was trying very hard, she really was. XD

A footage of the sparring!

Slippers fun

2009-10-12T22:02:00.000-07:00

So we are babysitting Gigi for the week so her "mom" can study for midterms. I was asked to update the blog with any funny or cute things about her :)

Well, today GG-bear attacked both of my slippers. She took one, then came back for the second. Later I found one by the front door and the other in the downstairs bathroom. Look how naughty she was when playing with my slippers :PP

(Our) Comfy bed Part II

2009-10-07T21:59:00.000-07:00

Maybe because Gigi slept at around 10:30pm ish, but Gigi decided to wake up early 6:00am today. I heard her whining, so I let her out to pee/poo. Afterwards, I put her back in her crate. BUT, she still continued to whine. So, since I didn't want her to wake up my housemates and I was sleepy, I just let her go into my room.

I crawled right back into bed. But maybe it was too dark for Gigi to see, she sat down at the foot of my bed and started whining again. So, since I wanted to sleep, I just picked her up, put her on the bed, and went back under the covers. THEN, Gigi stayed quiet. She just laid down at the end of the bed and slept the next 2 hours until it was time for us to wake up for the dog park.

Here are some pictures from this morning around 8ish when I actually woke up.

She's very comfy on my supernatural blanket and the new comforter.

Comfy in (our) bed

2009-10-05T21:34:00.000-07:00

Gigi can jump onto our bed now (despite of her short legs :P). Look how comy she made herself on our bed :) Oh boy, my bed will have Gigi hair all over XD.

Sunbathing

2009-10-05T13:11:00.000-07:00

Gigi was sunbathing today. Haha.

Comparison.

2009-09-30T21:01:00.000-07:00

I can't help it, hehehe... Look how much our beautiful baby grew >///< ♥

Playing with Gigi

2009-09-28T22:39:00.000-07:00

Tonight, after swapping a fly and scaring Gigi, Krysten, Catherine, and I quickly started playing with Gigi to not give her enough time to be frightened. We got her hyper and here's a little video of her silliness. :)

Mufasa pose. <3

Play bowing. But with some trippy eyes. XD

Gigi weekend.

2009-09-28T14:36:00.001-07:00

The past weekend, I got to go visit Gigi-bear!

...And I miss her already. Again. Hehe. Did I mention Sunday morning she was so excited to go to the dog park, she came up when I was still asleep and walked all over my face? 8D

At the dog park sparring with another fellow corgi named Buddy. ♥ I love how they tumble and roll so swiftly for recovery XD This is the first I've seen of Gigi being this confident in the dog park. I was so amazed how she matured from the timid puppy to this bouncy girl. She's also much more excited to play with dogs now than go greet random people, as if she now recognizes who are her "family" people and who are strangers.

Below are images taken on my phone:

Her happy-anticipating-snacks corgi smile! Dawwwwwwwww ♥
Who can resist?!

Gigi being so comfy on the new sheet we gave her.

She looked so sad when we were leaving! :( We miss you too, Gigi-bear.

Bath, fur

2009-09-23T17:18:00.000-07:00

This morning, Gigi ran into a puddle of mud and got herself all dirty. :( She looked so silly, running in the mud all happy-go-lucky. So, I decided today will be major clean up day. Me and Catherine mopped the house and gave Gigi a bath! She's all clean now!

A lot of flies got into the house today, so I was constantly smacking something with a book. But apparently, Gigi doesn't like that sound. At all. She acts like we hit her or she did something wrong or something. She ran to the bathroom and hid behind the toilet. She looked so scared and sad. I had to coax her with food and give her a lot of praise to get her to feel better. =( Poor baby.

But on the funny side, today the repairman, Brandon, was helping us fix the sink. Suddenly, he said, "Hey! Did you just lick my back you silly dog?" Gigi stares back. He then pets her head. :)

After she dried up a good amount, I brushed Gigi. A BIG BIG BIG glob of fur resulted. She has an endless amount of fur, I swear. I brushed her for a good hour and I bet I still can get more fur out.

Gigi did this on her own. She was sleepy.

Gigi playing with Daphne

2009-09-22T23:10:00.000-07:00

Gigi and I went to go visit my friend's fluffy 11 week old corgi, Daphne. Gigi loved playing with the baby! I just had to make sure she played gently. Otherwise, Gigi and Daphne loved each other! I forget that Gigi was once that small :)

Moved in

2009-09-21T23:01:00.000-07:00

Well, this is officially the second day I have moved into the Davis house for the start of the school year. From what I've heard from mommy and daddy, the house has become a whole lot more quiet without Gigi and us, kids. I'm sure everyone is missing the Gigi-bear a lot! Her corgi smiles, funny noises, and goofiness. So, I will try to update more with some pictures and videos!

This morning I took Gigi to the dog park, in hopes that she'll play so hard that she'll be tired for the rest of the day. Well, she did. I was worried a good part of the day, because Gigi kept going back into her crate to sleep. Thank goodness, she bounced back during the late afternoon. Then she was back to her usual self. I then walked her down our usual path at night. I think that's a good amount of exercise for her.

Have no fear Grandma, Grandpa, and Auntie! Here is some Gigi love to savor! <3

She crawled into her crate and slept for a good part of the day.

Gigi likes sleeping on the blanky (real) Grandma gave her.

Graduation from Pupy Class

2009-09-16T22:44:00.001-07:00

Gigi has graduated from puppy class 1! It was so fun! She's grown up so much! Here are some pictures. :)

Gigi in her clothes. :)

Group photo! Gigi is so photogenic :)

Kong challenge

2009-09-08T00:17:00.000-07:00

Tonight at dinner time, (Gigi's) grandpa put some chicken meat into Gigi's kong and gave it to her. She worked on it the whole dinner, I'd say at least 20 minutes XD. Gigi worked very hard in getting the yummy chicken out, but the chicken meat was stuffed too inside, she couldn't get much of them out :( So grandpa went to help her.

When grandpa took the kong away from her, she didn't try to run away with the kong (like when we tried to get her other treasure away from her). She seemed to know that grandpa is helping her :P At last with some help, she's able to eat all the chicken meat. She was one happy camper XD. She's so persistent when it comes to food, never give up on getting her goodies, haha...

Spay recovery

2009-09-07T12:46:00.000-07:00

Gigi has pretty much completely recovered from her surgery. I think she even forgot she had stitches on her belly. She's acting like her silly self. We even brought down our childhood mini sofa for her since we thought it's of more use for her than just sitting in our parents' bedroom.

Spay

2009-09-04T20:45:00.000-07:00

Gigi was spayed today. Although she's only 5 months, we figured it's better to have it done while my parents can help watch her recovery before school starts. She was very happy, silly this morning. Right now, she's groggy, sleepy, and whiny. :( The vet techs said that they were having trouble putting her to sleep so they tranquilized her. So now she's still so tired-looking.

I feel so sad seeing her so out of it and zonked out. Even so, she takes time to eat her dinner and even try to ask my parents for their food. Hope she recovers fast!

On the way home. She's wearing a cone. But we figured the tranquilizer effects were still working so she won't try to get at the stitches now. So we took of the cone at home.

The stitches. 4 I think.

Sleepy..sleepy.

Baby teeth

2009-09-01T14:11:00.000-07:00

Gigi has been losing her baby teeth and getting her adult ones. Today I just saw her chewing on her gums and thought maybe a baby tooth was falling out. So, I gave her a greenie to help get it out. After she was done, a baby tooth fell out. :)

So far this is our collection of her teeth.

She kept wiggling. But in this shot you can see the place where the tooth used to be. Bleeding :(

Here's a shot of the front pearly white adult teeth. :)

Daycare, Dog Park, Scheduled Spay

2009-09-01T11:12:00.000-07:00

So a little update on the little girl.

8/27
Gigi did pretty well at the daycare at Titan's Kingdom. Of course, I wasn't really monitoring her all day, but I consider that since she came out "happy-go-lucky" when I picked her up, she had a fun day. There was a webcam on their website, and my sister and I were able to spot her "red/white" pattern easily. :) She's very distinctive. Overall, good experience there.

We have continued bringing Gigi to the dog park. We've been recently bringing her to the Union City Dog Park since there are separate facilities for Small and Large Dogs. This seems to help her a lot. She is definitely growing out of her shell.

She gets very excited when she sees me pick up the leash. She would dash down to the front door, look back at me, see me walk to the garage door, and dash ahead of me to the garage door. (I'll make a video of it sometime.) At the dog park, she actually initiates other dogs to play with her. This would be the only time she'd ever bark. She'd wrestle and play chase. One time, she made a chihuahua friend. Both my mom and I could tell Gigi was using herding skills during their chase. :)

Gigi is scheduled for a spay on September 4th. Let's hope it all goes smoothly! I think our whole family will be so sad for her when she has to wear "the cone of shame". :( And she's so short so she'd just be dragging the cone on the ground with her wherever she goes!

Day Care

2009-08-26T22:56:00.000-07:00

Because everyone will be busy tomorrow and no one can stay home with Gigi, and she's not ready to be home alone by herself all day yet, she will be going to doggie day care for the first time!

Let's hope she will have fun with other doggies and won't miss us too much :-\

BTW, I bought those laser beam pet toy and played it on Gigi. She tried to chase or catch that red beam. So cute XD, but we felt a little guilty playing her like that, hehe, just a little. It was so amusing to see her chasing the red beam!

CW Bay Area Top Pet result

2009-08-21T17:14:00.001-07:00

Alas, Gigi didn't win, but she's still our top pet! That's all that matters :) Once again, thank you everyone who has supported Gigi!

Congratulations to Abby, the golden retriever!

Last week Dog park & puppy class report

2009-08-17T15:11:00.000-07:00

A little belated post on last week Wednesday (1st puppy class), Thursday (2nd time to dog park), and just the past Sunday.

1st puppy class: Gigi was extremely friendly to the people, but as it was the day right after her little incident (see previous post), she didn't warm up to the other three puppies quickly. The training started off with basic skills such as listening to commands like Sit and Down, using treats as incentive/reward. The trainer also talked about biting inhibition, and since Gigi is older than the other puppies who are 10-13 weeks old, the trainer told us we'll need to be more aggressive with Gigi on the discipline. Overall, she behaved well!

She looks so chubby, cuddly, and happy 8D

Close-up.

She loved the treats others gave her!

Dog park 8/13: This time, we didn't just throw her out there like throwing a kid into a football field. Gigi was leashed for a short period and we allowed her to stay on the side. If dogs came to sniff her and she tried to run, we held onto her collar to show that the dogs aren't there to harm her. Eventually Gigi started to warm up and did little steps such as walking on her own and not run away from other dogs. Later in the evening, another corgi named Diego entered the park! Now he was a hyper little thing, playing with all the big dogs! When it was around 8PM and the other dogs were going home, Gigi started to play with Diego! Dunno if it's because he was another corgi or because there were less dogs or what not, but that was a huge leap for her! Here is a video from my phone:

The one running in circles is Gigi :P

This video is from Sunday at the dog park again, and this time she actually played and wrestled with another puppy named Reina! Sorry for the quality, as it's also from the phone.

Gigi won :D

Dog Park Visit, Walking

2009-08-14T11:22:00.000-07:00

(These pictures are from 8/11 Tuesday.)
Gigi is taking walks in the evenings now! I try to walk her in the mornings but I tend to oversleep a lot. :(

Also, Gigi is going to dog parks!! This post will mainly be about her visit on Tuesday. (But rest assured, she did 100% better on her next visit on Thursday 8/13! =)) Gigi was quite overwhelmed by the number of dogs at the dog park. Right when she got in the gates, many dogs came over to greet the newcomer. Every time a dog tried to greet her, Gigi would either run away or seek protection/comfort from my sister or me between our legs. She followed us closely the entire time. Unfortunately, one time, a Husky started chasing her (not aggressively) and Gigi yelped when the Husky sniffed her. Many dogs heard this, and about 10 dogs came all at once to see what was going on. Gigi was completely overwhelmed by how many big dogs came to check her out. The other owners at the park were very nice, helping us clear up the dogs and save our baby from too much craziness. :)

Wasn't a great start. But stay tuned for our post on her first puppy training class on Wednesday 8/12 and her next visit to the dog park on Thursday 8/13. ;)

Bumped into Jake on a walk. Jake's such a wonderful big brother. :)

On her walk. Look at her tongue flopping out~!

Two shadows are me and my sister. Gigi looks over to the crowd. Wants to greet the people but too many dogs. She's so tiny!

A German Shepherd came to say hello. Gigi not too excited. xP

After her little incident, she did this when another dog came by to say hello. Poor baby. =( Just like a child.

CW Bay Area's Top Pet Contest

2009-08-11T11:30:00.000-07:00

The anticipation of the results is agonizing. :( Yesterday, my mom and I dreamed several dreams of different results of the contest. But the results weren't even announced yesterday.

We're hoping today. But AH! The suspense is killing me! I want to know!
And I want the good news!! :/

Dog park debut

2009-08-10T00:30:00.001-07:00

Our little baby just got her license on Saturday, so today (Sunday) we took her to a local dog park to play at. Gigi looked like she enjoyed so much that I easily snapped around 60 photos of her, especially since she's so photogenic. XD Here are few of them.

She was smiling the whole way~

Gigi greeting another dog.
The owner said that her dog has corgi breed in her!

'twas as if she's herding us, always walking on our side and making sure we're together. X3

So much space to run in! (off-leashed!)

DAWwwwwwwwwwwwwwww ♥

Also, this weekend we discovered that she's starting to lose her baby teeth! Yup, milestone for 4 month olds :) Starting with the first two fronts on top and two fronts on bottom.

We are crossing our fingers for the big announcement tomorrow!!

Competition ended!

2009-08-07T12:48:00.000-07:00

The competition has officially ended today at noon.

The whole time my family and I were holding our breathes as the percentages kept chasing each other. Eventually, I think the percentages ended with a tie. We now put all our faith in the judges to see the wonderful, smart, cute puppy we all see and give her full points!

Let's hope Gigi wins! ^^

Gigi being cute and comfy at home

2009-08-06T11:45:00.000-07:00

We're almost there!!

Remember to Vote for Gigi!

Officially 1 day left! It's been a LONG 2 weeks but it's finally nearing to the end. We can do it! And even if we don't win, Gigi will always remain top dog in our family. :) No doubt.

Here's some eye candy from the past few days!

Gigi wants us to go outside and play with her. <3

Getting cozy on our Doraemon pillow.

Keeping an eye out for her family even when relaxing on our Sailor Moon blanket. (We still have a lot of our childhood things ;D)

Another funny story yesterday with Gigi. Tiff was talking on the phone outside on the staircase. Gigi could hear her from the other side of the door. She started pawing at the door and jumping on the gate on the other end of the hall, whining. My guess is she wanted to make sure she could see everyone. Eventually, she rammed down the baby gate and went to go see Tiff. :] Such a cutie.

And of course, it's become a daily routine for her now to beg daddy with sparkly eyes and little barks for her share of fruit for the day at night. It's so cute. Daddy and Tiff can't resist her "puppy eyes". :)

Gigi's a vampire...?

2009-08-04T15:42:00.000-07:00

Just minutes ago, she was looking around the kitchen area and came across our bag of ginger roots and garlic. She sniffed and sniffed and then scooted back in reflex, as if she had just touched a hot pot, and then started growling and barking at the bag! LOL She sniffed it again and did the same thing. Apparently she doesn't like the smell of ginger and/or garlic! So silly XP; But hey, dogs do have a more sensitive nose.

Remember to Vote for Gigi!

Just 3 more days!

Puppy Training classes moved

2009-08-04T14:02:00.000-07:00

:( Unfortunately, Gigi's puppy training classes was canceled due to low enrollment. She needs to take them at another location now.

So sad. Was looking forward to her taking classes! Oh well, another week then!

CW Bay Area's Top Pet Contest

2009-08-03T17:14:00.000-07:00

Countdown 5 Days to the end of the competition.

Through the support of all our friends and family, we've been able to maintain a solid percentage for the past week. ( A BIG THANK YOU ! Sorry for the mass email and facebook spamming! :))

It's become a routine for me to check the percentages every few hours now (don't know about my family members).

My family and I didn't think we would get to this point. But since we have, we're planning on putting our all and going as far as we can go! Let's hope Gigi's "Corgi smile" will win her way to the judges' heart! :D

Play ball, my friends visit

2009-08-01T23:27:00.000-07:00

This morning, I took some pictures of Gigi playing ball in the backyard.

Her expression as she stares at the ball. SO ADORABLE.

Returning the ball! Go Gigi!

Accomplished! Got the ball!

Sweet Corgi smile. :)

My friends Emily, Victoria, Jenny, and Anna came over to see Gigi after we went to the beach. Gigi performed all her tricks for them, and they were so impressed!
So far she knows: Sit, Down, Rollover, Leave it, Jump, Through (my legs), Paw, Shake, Dance.
Very smart puppy!

New Trick

2009-08-01T09:48:00.000-07:00

Hehe, I taught Gigi a new trick a couple of days ago....JUMP
I jumped myself and she followed me. After a few tries she gets the trick without me jumping.

She is one smart puppy, and because of her love of FOOD :PPP

Oh, she's starting puppy training class next week. I'm sure she will be a fast learner in tricks. Hopefully she'll be a fast learner in discipline too :XD

Sofa

2009-07-29T00:21:00.000-07:00

So today Gigi was able to jump onto the sofa at home because she wanted the corn I was eating while sitting on the sofa. She's so food motivated!!!

She loves the backyard...

2009-07-28T00:58:00.000-07:00

...because there are pears, which are -as my sister said- food and toy all in one, and she can dig!

Look at that, she practically finished the whole thing!

Digging under the tree and caught off guard. Her nose is all brown!

Snout even more soil-y.

She's still smiling after clean up ♥ Dawww....

Man, now I know why adults love to take pics of the young ones.

Remember to Vote for Gigi!

Sleep.

The weekend at home

2009-07-27T19:18:00.000-07:00

DON'T FORGET TO VOTE FOR GIGI ON CW BAY AREA TOP PETS EVERY DAY !!
She needs your votes!!!

On the other hand,
Gigi was a good girl at home last weekend. :)

The silly girl behaved when playing with PoPo. :) Look at her expression.

Posing for the camera.

Always attacking my face and hair.

A small play date with Jake. :)

She found a corner to stay at in Lauren's backyard.

Nikko and Gigi playing :)

Backyard, Laptop

2009-07-25T00:04:00.000-07:00

This was her Thursday in the backyard running. She looks so round here XD

Tonight, she climbed on my laptop and did this! She discovered something even I didn't know how to do... The silly girl. :P

Btw, for anyone who has this Windows desktop rotate problem,
you just have to press CTRL + ALT + [Up Arrow] to fix it. This only happens though if it's a feature of your video card.

Gigi's in Top 10 dogs at CW Bay Area's Top Pets!

2009-07-23T15:22:00.000-07:00

That's right. One of Gigi's pictures has been selected in the TOP 10 dogs of the TOP 20 pets (out of over 3000 photos), which means she's in the 2nd round of CW Bay Area's Top Pets!!!

Thank you so much to everyone who has voted in the first round!

I would like to ask if everyone can vote for her once more in this 2nd phase of the contest. This time, votes aren't anonymous, and you need to register a CW Bay Area account to enter a vote. If you don't mind to get one, we'd be much obliged :) Here are the steps:

Register here, and it'll only take a few minutes.
Go to the CW Bay Area's Top Pet page and click on the red VOTE NOW.
And you will see Gigi's photo "Pretty woman..."

As the site stated, you are allowed to vote once a day, and it runs until 8/7 noon :)! You can also see the results percentage at the lower left corner, where it says "Show Results."

Once again, thanks for reading and thanks for the votes for Gigi. Take care!

Gigi pics for the past week

2009-07-23T01:55:00.000-07:00

The past week I've been staying over at Gigi's home, and here are some silly pictures of her from then.

She always goes bonkers on her toys.

And goes on her back.

Looking oh-so CUTE with the corgi smile :D

Trying to get comfortable before sleeping.

Trippy eyes 8D;;

Her little legs are sticking out, hehe.
And that is all for now! A very interesting weekend awaits us...

Little naughty is coming to town....

2009-07-22T22:25:00.000-07:00

Oh boy, Gigi is coming back to Fremont after 4 weeks in Davis. She was still afraid to explore too much when she was here, but now she is fearless?! How do we keep her from getting all the stuff around the house???

Hope our house will still be in one piece after this weekend....haha

Gigi in frenzy

2009-07-16T11:41:00.000-07:00

Sorry for my shaky camera!

Cuteness and running

2009-07-15T20:48:00.000-07:00

Just thought she looked cute with one ear flopped down. Boy her ears are huge.

I like her expression hehe.

I took Gigi running a longer route today to the path behind the house and down Safeway. This was her afterwards...for like 5 minutes. She then ate dinner, pooped a lot, and was hyper all over again. She has so much energy! And I haven't even eaten dinner yet! :(

Silly/stupid moment

2009-07-14T17:58:00.000-07:00

Today, since Gigi pulled down the screen for the backyard door, in Gigi's hyperactive frenzy, she ran into the glass of the backyard door. There was a big thud but she just went right back into running in circles around the sofa.

Oh that silly girl...Reminds me of those Windex commercial crows.

Petco Visit

2009-07-14T17:26:00.000-07:00

Yesterday I took Gigi to take a stroll around Petco to get socialized since I don't know of any dog owners here in Davis and wanted her to meet some more people.

She had such a blast and so did all the people in Petco. I think almost everyone she passed by in Petco stopped to say hi to her. Common comments were, "She's so cute!" "She's gorgeous and so friendly!" "It's great how she's not scared of people at all!"

Three employees even asked to say hi to her. With ears down and tail wagging, she jumped right over to them when the bend down. One of the employees even asked to give her a snack. :)

I asked a lady with a gold retriever to have Gigi meet her. Gigi immediately started pouncing on the golden retriever and play dancing around her. Her high pitched barking could be heard echoing throughout the store. The lady also introduced me to Wags Hotels in West Sacramento. She said they have a puppy daycare all day and it's a great way to socialize your puppies. Sounds interesting.

Gigi loves to cuddle

2009-07-13T11:09:00.001-07:00

Last night, after her 5:00 AM potty time, the sleepy Gigi crawled next to me sitting by the crate and laid down. When I tried tapping her crate to get her to go inside, she crawled under my propped legs and laid down again.

In the morning, after her potty time, she again crawled into my lap and snuggled for a while.

Now, she is sleeping under the kitchen table. Since she can't cuddle, she sleeps next to the next closest thing.

Vote for Gigi at CW Bay Area!

2009-07-12T16:29:00.001-07:00

Like what you see? Then vote for Gigi at CW Bay Area's Top Pet!

All you have to do is click on the link below, which will lead you to one of the many photos we uploaded. Please vote for one or more pictures that you like of Gigi! By vote, we mean the five-star rating on the top right corner. Your desired rating means the number of yellow stars highlighted.

Vote for Gigi!

Star rating is open until July 20, so cast your vote now!

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Toys for Gigi

2009-07-12T15:23:00.000-07:00

I went to Petco to buy some Greenies for Gigi. I passed by the dog toy isle and can't help looking at the toys. Boy, there are so many different kinds and they are so expensive!! $15 for a plastic chewing chicken!! Oh well, that's how people make money. They knew pet owners can't help buying new toys for their babies. Well, they got me too. I ended up buying two for Gigi, hehe....

Morning

2009-07-12T11:26:00.001-07:00

This morning Gigi heard daddy talking from the bathroom and sat outside to wait for him. :)

Introduction

2009-07-11T23:18:00.000-07:00

This blog serves as a diary for our new member of the family: Gigi, a Pembroke Welsh corgi! ♥ She was born on April 12, 2009; which makes her around 13 weeks old as of now (photo). ^^ More to come!