Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Life is Unpredictable... Meeting old ones and knowing new ones./ Murder conviction.

Meet Stella... Pa's ex-student's kid sister. She looks exactly like her older sister though! She recognized Pa instead... and well.. the only thing she remembers is that Pa broke a chair in their house before.

Pa said he dun remember. OK lor.
And these are some random strangers that just loved to have us for dinner... muahahahaha! No lah... just that they wanted a Rottie too!

We also actually met Alfie's mummy when we went for SAR training last weekend... Please dun cry anymore... we are very upset over it as well. Next time, you bring us out to East Coast ok? We will protect you from that GS.

Wish we have more things to say... maybe later. Unpredictable life can be... dogs too. Humans worst of all.

By PAUL ELIAS,Associated Press Writer AP - Tuesday, September 23

SAN FRANCISCO - A woman whose dogs viciously attacked and killed her neighbor in the hallway of their apartment building seven years ago was sentenced Monday to 15 years to life in prison.

Marjorie Knoller was convicted of second-degree murder in the 2001 mauling death of Dianne Whipple, but a judge later reduced the charge to involuntary manslaughter and sentenced her in 2002 to a four-year prison term.

But the California Supreme Court last year said the trial judge was wrong and sent the case back. Last month, Superior Court Judge Charlotte Woolard reinstated the murder conviction, for which Knoller was sentenced Monday.

The case is the California's first murder conviction connected to a dog mauling, prosecutors say.
A Presa Canarios, the breed that was involved in the attack.

The case turned into a tabloid sensation because of the viciousness of the attack _ the dogs tore all of Whipple's clothing from her body and left her with more than 70 bites _ and the seemingly cavalier attitudes of Knoller and her law partner and husband, Robert Noel, who blamed Whipple for the attack.

The couple also said they were keeping the canines on behalf of a white supremacist accused of running an attack dog ring from his state prison cell. The couple eventually adopted the prisoner, Paul "Cornfed" Schneider, as their son.
Knoller, who has served three years in prison, will have to serve 12 more years before she can apply for parole.

In denying Knoller's plea for probation, Woolard noted that Knoller didn't call 911 or otherwise try to help Whipple during the 10-minute attack. The judge said Knoller knew the dogs were dangerous, ignored numerous warnings to train them and hasn't expressed remorse for the attack.

"She has blamed the victim and has held her dogs in higher regard than humans," Woolard said.
Whipple's partner, Sharon Smith, addressed Knoller before she was led off to jail. Smith called Knoller's relationship with the two dogs and the prisoner "perverted" and expressed satisfaction with the lengthy prison sentence.

"It is very hard to find forgiveness for someone who doesn't accept responsibility," Smith said.

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More here....

I am living proof that the breed needn't dictate the behaviour. I think these humans have got everything they deserve and in my opinion, not enough. They have also done a great injustice to us dogs. Karma. There will be more to pay, if not this life, the next.

Monday, September 22, 2008

More Pictures on the Girls / A tiring Weekend really!

I am totally Bushed. I have no idea how did Pa do it... but he made Bruno and me SO tired that he skipped a meal yesterday... he was simply too tired to eat. Of course he more than made it up today.
Pa had to entertain his client... and his ENTIRE family... and ended up bringing us to Sentosa with him! We had a WHALE of a time. When Pa gets the pictures, he'll post it up here too! Salt water apparently made us cleaner too! But the Sand was another story altogether. But its really all good.
As everyone was eating, we of course kept a lookout for... any dropped bits. But boy were they hungry! Sunday mornings are good... most of the Dogs were off leashed and we had a great time just running about. Pa's clients seemed suitably impressed by us... apparently their own dogs would run far far away by now.
After that we went to Imbiah for Subway and chilled there for a moment. There were plenty of tourist and people that missed their Rotties back home... They were just as excited as we were seeing them
Subway is GOOD... Pa bought one for us and we polished it all off... It was YUMMY! We were admittedly tired however, so we dried off and half-slept the entire time!
These are some more pictures as promised previously.
Yeah... we love them to bits as well.
We try to tell them that not all doggies are like us...
Somehow I doubt anything is getting through really.
But hey... who are we to corrupt the innocence of youth... though technically we are like a lot younger than they are.
Innocence will be lost soon enough. Lets just enjoy the present.
We really loved everyone we met that night. All of them were uber cool.

...And to the man that told Pa in a harsh tone outside Guardian Pharmacy Jubilee at AMK, to "hold on to your leash" I would have you know that we can sit and stay a lot better than your son that have ran quite a distance in front of you already. Maybe he needs to learn Sit and Stay as well.

Thursday, September 18, 2008

Thank You Auntie Rachel

Auntie Xtralicious has put up a blog post about us... And we are very thankful to her for it.

I think with that one post, she has truly captured the spirit of Bruno and me.

We have more pictures too... and will probably upload it later. Right now Pa needs his computer back to work.

We have gotta get our own soon.

Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Pictures from others at the Airport.

babies tastes yummy.
So what's next buddy?
Lights... Camera... Action!

Monday, September 15, 2008

Taken by my iPhone / A long walk home.

Unedited. Sometimes its not the camera but really the opportunity in life.

Just like its not really what you are born with, but what you make out what you have, and cherish it always.Maybe its time to stop working. Maybe its time for a change.

Photographer. Diver. Canine Behaviorist.

Yeah. that's what I'll be if I were a human. Being a dog has stupid speciest restrictions.