Collie meets a Maltese!

I brought Collie to the park for his daily walk once again and once again, he stumbled upon an army of ants. Only this time they were red and BIGGER. Then, he went berserk once again... (refer to my previous post).

Anyway, this time, we saw another dog at the park! (Well, I saw the dog first, tried to tell Collie about it but he was too pre-occupied chewing on grass, but eventually it caught Collie's attention). So Collie kept staring at the dog and the owner soon saw Collie and me and cordially signaled for us to go over. The dog was tiny, white and leash-less. Wow! I truly admire owners who can walk their dogs leash-less. It's like... I can't really find any analogy for it but it's just plain cool! So we went over and Collie and the dog did their thing: sniffing up one another's ass, walking in circles, trying to hump one another. (The dog actually managed to hump Collie's head). Because the dog was so tiny (Collie was 3 times bigger), I asked the owner if her dog was a Chihuahua. It sure looked like one, judging by the size of it. However, it was, in fact, a shaven Maltese! It kinda made sense. Malteses only look bigger than Chihuahuas because of all their long fur. Whereas Chihuahuas are somewhat 'naked'. Here's the closest picture of the Maltese I can find on the net:


He was more shaven and smaller than this. The owner also mentioned that he is 9 years old.

Then when the owner and the dog started to leave the park, Collie went ballistic! He kept barking and whimpering and tried to chase the dog. Of course I tried restraining him but the part of the collar where I clipped the leash to broke and he darted! The owner and dog was already long gone so he couldn't find them (phew!) and I managed to catch up with him and brought him home. So yeah... that's about it.

In other news, Collie loves cheese. Big time. I have even made the word 'Cheese' his call function, which, according to Xingjie, could be a life-saver. Here's a picture of Collie's cheese:


You can actually see part of his paw at the bottom right-hand corner.


It's quite a miniscule amount of cheese I admit but dogs are lactose intolerant and can't take too much salt. This is part of his cheese routine where I make Collie sit, lie down then lie on his back and I'll put the cheese slowly into his mouth.

Here's a video from TED on Dog-friendly dog training. Quite an interesting video for dog owners.