The owner of Larry emailed me his pictures of when he was still in Germany. So everyone, meet Larry Von Billberg (thats his full name).

Today Mark called up a guy who had pure bred German shepherds. The German shepherd was recently brought to Kuwait from Germany, the guy even had a copy of the dog’s family tree. The Price the guy had originally paid for it was 800KD, a bit out of our budget for me and mark.. After a brief discussion on the phone we decided to go meet the guy and see what the dog was all about.

The dog turned out to be exactly what me and Mark had been looking for. it was quite big, with long beautiful fur, very energetic and playful, extremely friendly and just fucking amazing!!

The dog we saw was called Ben and was almost 2 years old. The guy showed us another picture of an 11 year month old German shepherd called Larry who was supposed to be very similar to Ben in temper and behavior except that it was even more good looking. I fell in love instantly. I’ve been looking for a dog for a long time and I’ve been more than patient but I’ve waited enough and i finally found what I had been looking for.

The only problem is that the guys wants 1050KD for it to also cover the fees for training school.
Mark still wants to look elsewhere to eliminate any other options before making his decision. I’ve already made up my mind. I just want THIS dog ASAP.

Me and Nat have been wanting to get a dog for some time now and we finally decided on what to get, a German Shepherd. We found a British Bulldog for sale (KD350 if anyone is interested) but in the end me and Nat want something much bigger. I have always loved German Shepherds, my cousin had two and I used to love playing with them. German Shepherds are very friendly and very loyal dogs who are mostly trained as police dogs. Today I called up a guy who imports pure bred German Shepherds from Eastern Germany, he has two dogs for sale, Larry and Ben. Ben is 2 years old while Larry is 11 months old. I was interested in Larry but I wasn’t able to see him because he is currently being trained at a school and has 2 more weeks before graduation. I met Ben and he was amazing, the dog is huge and EXTREMELY friendly. He couldn’t stop running around and jumping wanting to play with someone and when you called his name he would run towards you and start licking you. I saw pictures of Larry and he looked even finer and according to the owner even more playful. I also was able to see pictures of Larrys family, his mother and father, his grand parents and his grand grand parents. I saw his whole family tree and they all looked great. I am totally convinced about getting him except for one thing, the owner wants a thousand fucking dinars for him! Nat thinks we should just charge it on our Visa card but a thousand dinars for a dog?! I think thats just crazy, its like hmmm a Quad core 2.5ghz PowerMac or Larry? Now I have to quickly find her another option or else I am going to have to get Larry. I met a kid at Ace Hardware today who had a puppy with him, when I asked him where he got it from he told me Amazon.com! So now I need to check that out…

I posted about this dog back in July and I just found out it died on Friday. [Link]

I finally found a reason to get a Nintendo DS, Nintendogs. When I first heard about the game I thought it was stupid, when I saw pictures of the game I thought it was stupider, but then I watched a video of the game in action and I fell in love. Nintendogs is basically like an advanced version of the Tagamotchi pet. You get to choose your dog from the kennel and they you help it grow. A while back our family pet dog died, he was a daschund. The video I watched of the game involved a daschund playing with bubbles. Basically the kid playing with the game was using a bubble blower to play with the dog in the game and the dogs reactions to the bubbles were exactly like my real life dog. The on screen dog jumped around trying to bite the bubbles and then when the bubbles hit him he started to rub his paw on his face! Seeing that brought nice memories and I knew I had to get the game, I am going to resurrect my dead dog back to life inside the game!

I just found a good deal for a DS bundle on Amazon. A silver Nintendo DS bundled with a Spiderman 2 game and a Pro Gamers Kit (includes a Aluminum Case Games Cases, Earphones, Car adaptor Screen Lenses and Neck Strap) for only $129. The Nintendogs (Dachshund version) for $29 also. Now I can’t wait for the game to come. [Link]

Videos of the game available on IGN

Oh my god this dog is sooo fucking gross! He looks like something out of the Resident Evil movie, fucking UGLY! [Link]

Yesterday Mark and I decided to go to Friday’s Market after lunch since I wanted to check out the pets there. The place was awfully crowded and the animals were all over each other, some were even being handled carelessly by merchants like toys. We started first by checking out the dogs. We saw a couple of cute puppies, but getting a dog for the moment is out of the question since we need a babysitter for it during the day. Then we started looking around for hamsters and guinea pigs since that was the second best options. We ended up finding alot. Some looked diseased with tumors on there backs or limbs, and others were rather cute. Finally Mark and I decided that the best option would be to get 2 hamsters for the moment. We also thought that before we get the hamsters we will have to buy them a nice big house with a playground. We then left the place empty handed and we went back home. We started looking for deluxe houses on amazon and we found a really big cool one that we will be most probably getting. I can’t wait to have something moving in the house.. Click here to see the house.

We called the vet today, turns out the reason why Chips our family dog is sick and losing weight is because he is old and not in good health. The vet is recommending we put him to sleep, and thats what we will probably end up doing. He has been in the family for over 8 years now. He isn’t perfect, no one outside our family seems to like him but thats because he doesn’t like them (he has psychological issues). I think the day before we put him to sleep I will set up an open buffet for him with all his favorite food. He will have an unlimited supply of cheese, french fries, burgers and chocolate.

I was suggesting after we put Chips to sleep that we get him stuffed. That way we can still have him in the house. My parents are totally against it though and they wouldn’t want it in their house. Nataly also doesnt want it in our apartment since she thinks the ghost of Chips will end up haunting our place.

Update: Just got back from the vet awhile ago. We put him to sleep…

Anyone know of a good vet? Preferably one that would come over (Home Delivery). Our family dog has lost a lot of weight recently, he is starting to look like one of those Somali kids in the Feed Africa posters…

Oh my god this was the funniets thing I watched. There are goats called fainting goats, when these goats get excited there muscles stiffen and they tip over.. as if they are fainting. You really need to watch the video to see what I mean. [Link]

The other day at Virgin, Nataly showed me this book called Bunny Suicides, I was about to get it but then changed my mind the last minute. Good thing I did, seems someone scanned the book page by page and posted it online. Really funny stuff here is the link.

Update: huh?! qualitynet is blocking the link above. Sucks..

Since I came to Kuwait I haven’t seen one single petshop. Where are all the petshops? Are there any? I really want a pet, I’m a dog person , I’ve always wanted a dog but since I’m at work all day, having a dog wouldn’t be very convenient according to Mark… It wouldn’t have been much of a problem for me though. However I’m still on a quest to get a pet (no special preferences), I was told to go to sook el jem3a (Friday’s Market) where I would have a large selection of pets. I went there like 3 months ago and all I found were a couple of dogs, a couple of cats, alot of pigeons , and mostly chicken. That wasn’t exactly what I was looking for.. So if any of you guys know of a normal petshop here in Kuwait, I would be more than happy to get the name and exact location of that petshop.