Hello from Singapore

[JCase]

Hi everyone. What a great site.

I live in Singapore and have grown up with dogs most of my life. Our first dog when I was old enough to remember was Bingo - was a Singapore special i.e. mongrel. Very affectionate and loyal. Since Bingo, we've had many dogs over the last 40 years.

3 cross breeds, a german sherpherd, a dashound, a dalmation and a rottie. All great dogs who have now passed on. Currently we have a yellow lab and a terrier cross breed and my moms place.

I moved out of there many years ago and started my own family. Now with the kids a little older 8 and 6 years old, it is time to get our own fur kid. I think it's important for kids to grow up with a pet and learn some basic responsibility. Their responsibility now is to make sure that the water has fresh water twice a day everyday. All other aspects are handled by me as they are still young.

For the last 3 months I was reading up and researching various breeds to consider. I bought an encyclopedia of dogs and the page I flipped to randomly had a picture of a Westie. Love at first sight.

I spend hours reading up about the breed on-line. I went around looking at breeders but to be honest there aren't many in Singapore. Most of the pups here are imported from Australia and cost a small fortune. A Westie puppy sells for USD 2-4K easily.

Last week by luck I found a local breeder who had a litter. One 1 female remaining. I went to have a look and she's such a sweetie. Playful and very curious.

In short we bought her but will only collect this Sunday as she has her 3rd vaccination due today.

Look forward to learning from everyones experience on this forum.

[pappups]

Congratulations on your new pup! What breed did you decide on? Things would be pretty boring without having a furkid (or two or three) around. Our family always had a dog when I was growing up, first a French Bulldog and later, a curious Dobie-terrier mix. Now that I'm retired, we are owned by three Papillons, a four year old brother/sister and a new 5 month old girl pup. Three dogs = much more fun than just one! Singapore must be an interesting place to raise a pup, you probably don't have a Petco on every corner.....

[JCase]

We bought a lovely female Westie.

Petco? Pet supplies store?

For pet supplies, we have many providers in Singapore. In fact most of them carry a lot of the 5 star (dog food advisor ratings) dry food kibble. I was wanting to get TOTW Prarie formula but seems that the entire country does not import this, so I will try TOTW Wetlands Formula instead or the fish one. Currently the breeder is feeding her Eagle Pro, so I will transition her off it over 2-weeks.