My Furry Place

Coco The Amazing toy Poodle Fur

2013-06-18T18:20:00.000-07:00

Coco is a 2 years old toy poodle he is adorable little fur! Very sweet calm and playful.

When I pick him up from his house he already surprised me I though a small dog and so tender like him would not jump in th tuktuk!

Huh ! he did jump , he enjoyed the wind blowing so freely in his fur.

I love to see his ears blowing to the wind. He loves tuktuk ride.

Hmmm .. Im loving this tuktuk ride !

He is the very first fur that really fits in into MyFurryPlace without any hesitation at all.
Our packs completely accept him all nine of them. We have house sit several small toy breed in the house but non of them have same strong yet sweet same charisma as Coco. In that case we have to have separate accomodations and sleeping arrangement for this kind of character. They will sleep with my neice upstairs. Unlike Coco he sleeps with us my husband and my 6 dogsand 7 cats downtair without any commotion.

group siesta !

Even our long staying big dogs guest upstair he got along Amazing !

Ellow ! Im Coco nice meeting you Rainbow

Come Coco show me what you got ?

I guess the reason for that he really respects each boundary , he does not chase our cats and he play with them. The next day all our fur is already walking side by side with him like he is very long in MyFurryplace

as you can see he walks together with Gizmo .

In our house Coco is only a mama’s boy.Im his favorite human in the house.

Hey you! Coco your new here ! Welcome Im Friday the most naughty cat in the house.

He only looks for me all the time sometimes going to my neice and my husband but he is only me .
Only 2^nd mama not even with my niece Syrel who normally an untimate favourite of our guest in the house.

Syrel and coco making a conversation

His first night was no problem at all he sleeps nicely in his bed and I think our aircon is too cold for him so at first I gave my robe so he feels secure and comfy while he sleeps at least he smell me in my robe and he thinks its me.
This make him secured since Im the one he first trust in the house.
I put his bed that his Mum gives me inside this bed wicker so no one will disturb him.
I put his bed next to my right side of my bed were I step out. I follow exactly what his Mum told me no climbing bed or couch for Coco .
He actually dont dare ! which I am so pleased!

My fisrt introduction with Coco into our packs is very successful no agression from them and all our cats are very curious about him.
The next day all our fur is already walking side by side with him like he is very long in MyFurryplace

Stay with me Coco your safe with me ! Thanks Gizmo

As you can see he walks together with Gizmo side by side .
First most of our cat put him on test , tease him and really put him in a test iether he respond to them or not . All of that test Coco suceeded.Hurray !

Hey Coco Im Sinbad my Mum rescue me from Pagoda how are u ?

Hi Coco Im Anton Im the boss of the pack! try to enjoy your stay ... Ok Coco said I hear you !

He is a very smart fur , although my husband thinks he was born in a wrong body as his character is like a female dog ( Im sorry Coco’s Mum) that was my hubs opinion but because he is really a very soft boy which is for me a really nice character of a small poodle.We dont mean that in wrong or bad way please !

I think he is like that as normally he is with kids goes to school he left behind with his mum and both of them stay so peaceful together.

When his first day at home .

I was aware that his mum said he hardly or rarely bark.

This I notice but I guess when he joined our packs and one afternoon.

We have no electric and we all decided lets sit in the balcony outside and its cooler out there.

The rain is pouring not so heavy its just nice to sit and get some fresh air while

I am writing my postcard that normally I swap all over the globe.

Our night guard came and Coco really went ballistic so I tap him in his ears and I said Coco that is our guard he works her during night time its ok.

So he keep his cool and came and its like protecting me hiding into my feet.
This is very common that’s why I always ask whats with the dog and the guards in Cambodia why the dog always barks at them ?

Another half and hour my niece Syrel arrive from school and this time the rain’s pour a bit heavier.

Syrel was pressing the doorbell several times for what ever reason our boys donot run to the gate faster enough to open her and she sat there in her motor bike soaked in the rain.
After several doorbell Coco enitiate he thinks probably you guys don’t hear the bell?

He really run at the front our kitchen and bark so loud to our staff at the back.
Then he even ask forces from my other packs like Rainbow and Gizmo and Trixie.
He probably said common guys they have to open Syrel the rain is now heavy.

just want to have fun !

Syrel is soaked in the rain and the boys donot open the gate for her.
With all that noise and commotion finally Srim open the gate that’s the time that Coco relaxed.

I could not believed with my eyes how coco did that. A guest in our house really think he lives there and he is part of the packs.

He is amazing! When my husband arrived from work and all the packs have to great him he would do the same.Although he would not kiss my husband but hes little short cute tail would wag of excitement.
He probably said yehey !! 2^nd Papa is back.!

Coco likes to run like a twister in the morning I see this all the time with all the dogs I house sit specially when they live in the condo or apartment with higher floors.

He would ran around our house its like his daily dose of exercise which is very healthy for all the fur.

He loves to bath it relaxes him and after that he will have a really much happeir mood.

He rans around in our house like his own and so free ! nobody bothered him among our cats. But he is also very smart that he plays with them that’s why they all like him.

My packs treats him like special and they all show him how to enjoy and have fun!

my packs without Anton with Coco

My only worries is if he check out from the house. Then he will get lonely as in our house he has packs to play.

In his own house he has children to play and the whole family but he will miss his daily interaction with them specially trexie which is her tag or war playmate.Its a supervise play they do.
But surely he will just manage fine. He has a great mum at home.
Who truly adores him like a real human child.

crazy playing with trexie

In the night before he goes to sleep , he would climb and put his two paws in my legs , at the very beggining I did not understand what it means but later on day by day , I understood . 2nd Mama Im sleepy now can you please pet me before I go to sleep ? So I lift him up and put him in my arms like a small child and cuddle him a little rubs my hands on hir ears and hair ad truly he enjoys it and then I put him slowly in his bed. You see dogs are really like small children ! they needs same attention like humans do. My Gizmo do this all the time specially early morning so I get used to it. For me all my fur are my children they have all different characters but they are all adorable and being love as much as like real children. Thats as well applied with our house guest which we house sit.

I treat them all same , I feel that when thier parents leave them with us, they also get lonely and sad. Specially when they leave with us for 3-4 months. I do really hope that we filled in the gap while his parents are on holiday in our little way. So far we say theres no such dull moments in MyFurryPlace.

To Coco I hope he enjoyed his “holidog”” in the house and will always look forward to go back to his own family. Surely they all misses him and slowly on that beef brisket will you ?
Yesterday I went out my husband thinks I need a holiday off from the house so decided he stays home since its a holiday in cambodia and ask me to go out and relax.I am blessed to have my hubby so accomodating and knows how I feel when I got stock sometimes in my little world with the fur.

So I went out with a friend and enjoy a 2 hours massage and now I am awake so early in the morning as my hips slighty sore from that massage yesterday.
Thanks sweetheart but I guess next time I stick with the spa I always go.

When I arrived home everybody is out to great me and I said where is Coco I open the door and called Coco .. Coco... where are you 2nd mama is here .. he was inside the room and he is so busy with his beef brisket bony.

He finally came and great me with a bone in his mouth and his holding it in his mouth like a pipe of cigarrette!

He is so cute running coming to me with that bone in his mouth.
He wag his tail happy to see me.

Cossette another rescued cat

2013-06-13T04:08:00.002-07:00

We thought we have enough fur in the house after Friday we rescued who was been dump in our gate wall. But then May 06 when my hubs bring another one which I though at the very beginning was my b-day gift since he came home with a cute little box. Im excited !!!

We are all so excited what is on the small cute box. Then when he open is was this malnourish small kitten like 6 weeks old. Very frightened cat, skinny and sick from starvation as you can imagine.

Cossette new shower - 2nd day in the house

Of course she was been chase by the dogs as when he arrives home she is only running protecting herself and hiding from all of us specially the dogs.

Being as new in the furry place our dogs are always curious who new comer is.

They probably think again my parents have rescued another soul or another street cats what else in new in this house.

My husband said , I should decide it If will bring her to pagoda , Pagoda ??? I asked ? No she is not going to Pagoda . My hubs said but I can’t let her die in their office warehouse where she never get food and she will get chase by stray dogs.
I agree with my husband. Both of us have weak heart when it comes to animals.

Who Am I to decide this poor cat destiny , of course I nurtured her we feed and shelter her and rehabilated until she gain trust and confidence of herself being as a cat and mingled with our other cats.

My pagoda recued cats Sinbad and our rescued from the wall Friday is there to always give this tiny one a companionship.
I now named Cossette a playful time both of them are very nice together from the beginning until today.

My husbands do not agree with her name. He called her “warehouse “I said what an awful name.

This reminds me of this film with Diane Keaton she rescued a dog in the freeway and from then when she brings to the vet. They ask her and she said I don’t know it’s not my dog.
Then she said maybe “Free way”.

I have deworned her after 2 weeks she arrived.She will get another shots in 2 weeks time.
Now she start going out of herself, playing with our older cats and some of our dogs.
She starts trusting them little by little.

I told our girls in the house that she needs time to adjust in the new environment.
This is just one of the picture when we have guest in the house and Cosette goes hiding in the window.
Poor cat ! she is frightened!

She was been abandoned by her mum too early. At the very beginning I can tell that my staff was so against us bringing small cats in the house of course it’s very clear that this is adding to their daily task.

So I told my house staff if you guys don’t look after the small cat, then leave it all to me.

As I always told them, you put yourself at them. You were wondering and drifting yourself in the street no house to sleep no food dont know what comes tomorrow. You’re hungry all the time.
That is the same with the small cats and dogs in the street. How do you feel if you’re in their situation???

This little cat needs help and as long as we can do it, we will help. I will find her a new parent to adopt her. Educating our house staff about animals sometimes are challenging, but whether they like it or not the cat will stay. She got feed like everybody else.

Now Cossette is very healthy cat, she start getting more and more running around free in the house.

Cossette show Nibs how this things works.

Sinbad and cossette having siesta together

She sleeps head to head with Sinbad they are very closed together . I am very happy with the outcome and the patience that we we put in it.

But slowly by slowly she is getting better. Another week more and I will seriously find her a new parents and a new home. Is there any parents who would like to adopt Cosette ?
Calling all Phnom penh animal lovers.

Spa treats after tiring day with fur

2013-06-08T23:02:00.000-07:00

Recently, just being with all the hectic work in the furry place its been draining my energy.

After the Hari Kiri for the last 2 x major holidays in Cambodia where most of the parents are going out for holiday and they have to board their fur in MyFurryPlace and when I have to ask my groomer Bryan to groom my guest Dog Sheba before he takes off to Singapore for he said a long holiday.

I’m happy that Brian accepted my invitation that instead of me bringing Sheba a large fur to his place perhaps he can make a short trip to Myfurryplace and do the work there.

After all my place is relaxing he can even does the work just outside my patio.

I told him if he can do that quickly as I make a reservation in the spa together with my friend Josiet.
Brian always done good job so I am happy.

I thanks my hubby have given me a little treat to at least indulge myself.

But at the back of my head I am of course a little bit guilty that I should ask him to go with me.

He is very meticulous when it’s comes to spas and someone who rubs his skin so I am always very careful.

So I take a chance to bring my dear friend Mumsified my bonding girl.
Part of it actually my b-day gift for her last year b-day.

Well it’s not fun to go to the spa by yourself and we been trying to schedule this for long and finally during holiday last week. So I make a reservation and told her lets visit the famous Bodia Spa Phnom penh

As a regular spa fanatic since in the past I was been working in a corporate life in Jakarta Indonesia for 9 years and after the stressful work the spa is the ultimate place to relax at the same time I used to own one here in Phnom penh .I know and understand how it works and I am very particular with my therapist.

Refreshing drink

With my 10 years In Cambodia I have tried many spa’s in town and it is my very first time with Bodia spa and they impress me with the talent of the therapist that was assigned to me. I am very pleased of that facial and the scrub which I have chosen from the menu.

The room is very pleasant, very relaxing and the music background reminds me of MyFurryplace during the night time, it sounded like I was at home. With the sound of the birds and the cricket in the night

Very soft played and it’s really very pleasing to my ears. Indeed relaxing.

My facial I was very contented she have done exactly what I expected and the very intense head massage which I exactly needed after the tiring days. I felt asleep during that session.

The jasmine scrub I truly enjoyed I think my choice with the scrub is just right for my skin tone as well as Josiet. After her beach trip in SV I think it’s just right for her in my opinion.

Jasmine rice scrub

Overall my entire therapist have done AMAZING JOB! Except only with one point which I think the spa owner should reconsider that the privacy of the customers should be highly respected and that they should

At least add on a curtain to the shower room.
At the same time the therapist should leave the room to give you the privacy that you need during your final session which you need to clean yourself.

Im a little bit concerned with my friend Josiet as she was not very pleased with her facial treatment.
Ofcourse I am a bit worry as this is my b-day gift for her.
I though I want her to be happy of her treatments as well.

So I said to her dont worry maybe next time we should do it again and we should ask for much better therapist.

Other than that all in all I am very satisfied with the therapist who is allocated to me and the service of the spa. Should I come again, yes! I will and I would ask for the same therapist who done my treatments.

Plus I bring my hubby with me next time plus my friends. What a joy !

Dog Grooming Tips and Tricks from the Pros

2013-06-05T23:47:00.000-07:00

Having nine furs in my myfurryplace is a challenge. It’s not only giving love and food. But also to make sure that they grow up all healthy clean and free of sickness, bugs, ear mites, fleas and occasional ear and skin infections. Bathing them all is easy again I am not also sure that the way I bath they are really secured that I don’t pour water in their ears lobes. I wanted to do it myself like cutting their nails, unfortunately with my very poor eyesight it’s a bit difficult for me to handle. My Gizmo is so reluctant to allow me to touch his ears I guess and suspect I don’t do it right. He twists his head when I start putting the swab inside his ears.

This means he is so uncomfortable me doing it and he does not trust me at all.

With all these issues what I need is real “PRO” that I can learn more a close friend suggested that I should seek much needed help and information from professionals which she suggested I should look into it as most of her friends are doing same thing from her community . I guess she is right !

Dog Boot Camp

2013-05-29T04:33:00.001-07:00

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2013-05-29T03:30:00.000-07:00

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Kitty Girl

2013-05-23T03:36:00.000-07:00

Kitty is my very 1^st cat I ever house sit in MyFurryPlace commercially.

She is very timid at the very beginning but since she is going back and fort the house she is been at home she is very comfortable at MyFurryPlace. She is very easy cat, love affection and attention.

She has special cat fur rate in our house and I don’t want that my other customers got jealous I’m not supposed to say it but she is my ULTIMATE favorite cat fur guest in MyFurryPlace.

I enjoyed her little kisses with little bite.

Her wide shut huge eyes I never seen cats that have eyes like a flashlight! Bright as yellow bright.

Kitty is very friendly with other cats, she got along with them even some of my cats are so snub and jealous about her.

I have same color of cats in the house her name is Sampa and Twister ( aka little sampa) I guess they don’t like kitty much they have similar fur color and maybe thinking why furry Mum always cuddle this guest cat but Kitty like them.

In MyFurryPlace when ever I get a new cat for house sit.

I treat them like my own and if there’s a cat that a little bit timid and shy my entire furry house members will make an efforts that they feel at home in the house.

It’s not easy but we really try our best to give them the best care we can.

It’s not just like because we get paid to keep and look after them while their parents are away.

We pride ourselves in MyFurryPlace that in this little city in Phnom penh. We do quality work looking after each of our customers.

Each of them have unique and special requirements.

We value them like our own cats in the house.

Kitty’s favorite thing to do is checking the green garden while I sat there in the chair and watch her check all the grass in the ground.

She likes to sit in the window and listen to those chirping birds invaded the mango fruits and other edible fruits in the garden.

She also likes to sleep inside the closet and sometimes just lay down next to me.

Recently, she likes to sat down next to my computer desk.

I guess the tapping of the keyboard excites and make her curious.

Kitty's eat so tiny but she is very healthy and lovely fur coat she is adorable cat.

I can say this because I think she likes me and comfortable with me. Kitty will always have a special spot in my heart.

I love you Kitty Girl!

Cats chase by the german Shepherd

2013-05-21T03:27:00.000-07:00

What would you do if early morning instead of relaxing having a cup of coffee over a nice and relaxing breakfast at Sunday morning and in the middle of it you need to run as one of our cats was been chase by the dogs and we have to rescue her as she decided to climb 8 meters high at the branch of the mango tree.

Syrel has to rescue her.

Our staff thinks were crazy people as in this country who cares if your cats are being chase or wonder around they don’t really pay much attention about these.

Even they are so afraid of the cats.! I could never understand.

This is our little Sampa , her favorite thing to do is being chase by the dogs.

She likes to roam around in the garden and east some herbs and grass available in the garden. Unfortunately as we are hosting large dogs theres also a tendency that they are being

Chase by the dogs. We are always very careful about them getting out while the large dogs are running around free in the ground were as always said curiosity kills the cat.

Wood Apple fruits harvest with the furr

2013-05-17T22:39:00.000-07:00

In Cambodia Wood apple fruit is very common its exotic tropics fruits that it’s
very common in south East Asia.

I remember when I was 10 years old we normally make these fruits like salad appetizer with very fresh shrimp and grilled fish . It taste good when they are newly harvest from the tree and the fish pond.

Its sour when they are not yet ripe but when they’re really ripe then it’s very sweet.
Its loaded with vitamin C.

Today in our furry place we have the harvest and we said let’s make a little money out of it to buy ice cream.

Syrel have harvest together with the fur who curiously check the fruits.

In our furry place we always make sure that whatever little things and activities we do outside and we can get the furr to participate and they actually enjoyed. It stimulates them as well and they have the chance to get bond to each other. Since we have two groups in the house 6 of them sleeps with us downstairs’ while the 3 is upstairs.

Some of them they roll them in the ground like the small ball other they taste and chew the leaves.

It’s a little activity we have enjoyed and have fun together with the furr.

Little activity which our pack of furr enjoyed so the same with us .
Its not every day we get to harvest such exotic tropics fruits.
Its fun for the fur to share the early morning activity.

I ask Syrel deliver to our friends restaurant so we can buy some ice cream to share later on.
Gizmo enjoyed this short ride with Syrel he really think Syrel will bring him to the shop.

How about you does your furr have different activities during weekends ? except walking the park or in the farm ?? or doing training ? or visiting friends ?

Holicats and holidogs ! at the King's and my birthday.

2013-05-17T02:48:00.000-07:00

Just yesterday the normal working days in Cambodia is back ! Were else you want to be ?
In the country were we have 24 days national holidays in a year ! Is it a good thing or a bad thing ?

Well, in my furry place is was good thing !
These are the days that my furryplace are fully booked up with holicats and holidogs .
While their parents are going for their holiday some of them going to the beach some of them going back to their own countries while some of them are exploring the famous temple of Angkor wat !
so for what reason for holidays so does their cats and dogs enjoying the holicats and holidogs.

They all goes to furryplace to have holidays as well.

This is the time were I always celebrated my b-day with the “King “” hmmm oh yes !
what a great country !

The king and me is sharing a b-day.
For the Cambodian King his b-day is celebrated for 3 days , This 3 days were my cats and dogs are hiding truly disturb because of the fire works. Some of the cats goes and hide in armoire while the rest is under the bed.
As always my dearest husband was so busy at work so decided to skip our japanese lunch buffet with my nieces of course still at his expenses.! hahaha...
This year a simple b-day celebration.

But some good friends give a b-day cake 3 weeks in advance thanks to mumsified. for the very nice blueberry cheese cakes. You see Rainbow is excited . Thanks a lot Jo.

Which I shared to my furr and the rest of my staff in the house.I think we have enjoyed the cake for 3 days since its humongous big.

And another friends who gave me 2 other cakes thanks a lot Ms. Mechie and Ate Edith.
All we truly enjoyed and all are special.

As always my dearest husband was so busy at work so decided to skip our Japanese buffet with my nieces of course still at his expenses.!
Instead at least he gave me red roses , he knows I am not really a red roses lady'. I'm always white rose but he always think white roses are for dead people but I always think that its the thoughts that counts my husband is always thoughtful and hopeless romantic as ever. So I settled for what he gave me.
I'm thankful for what he always gave me. Thank you my sweetheart !

Thanks to the glorious 46 years old and hope to get more healthy and furry life ahead of me.

Gardening with Rocky and Sheba

2013-05-04T04:55:00.001-07:00

The sanctuary of my fur where they likes to play and got to choose which grass appeals to their appetite.
They can run and roll to their content until their hearts out !!!

Saturday we take a short ride to our regular Vietnamese garden were they sell some of our favorite spring flowers.
Well we actually went there to buy some of the natural fertilizer to the nearby chicken poultry.

They sell chicken manure for US$1.25 per sacks in 15 kilos.

Its great bargain and its really good for the plants. It’s been filing up what to clean up and what to re-plant in my furry place. The sanctuary where our fur spend time when their out exploring the birdies and frogs.
We also get 1 lemon lime which we use for juice or dipping.
In the Philippines “kalamansi is a must in every Filipino kitchen.

We already have 3 plants in the pot but this one I put in the ground. They look as nice as they already have fruits enough to use for the next barbeque.

Sheba and Rocky is actually a nice companion in gardening especially rocky he even said to me.

Hey! Foster mum let me help you? I’m good at this, so this is Rocky was good about. ?
You see how he helps me? Hmmm you foster mum I told you I can help!

First when the water melon seller pass by I walk out of the gate and buy a couple thinking this will be good after my gardening! Sure enough you see juicy and red and sweet/ exactly what I need after my hot sunny gardening.

To my surprised when I left my dirty gloves in the ground, it was missing and I know who steal it, it was of course the naughty Rocky. He likes to play with soft fabrics.
Even the santol sour fruit in the ground he find amusing to play like a small ball.

I said to him yeah right?? He likes to lay down in the dirt cold to keep his skin cool.
That’s the idea I guess but …he is really staying with me for the rest of my gardening the whole morning. While Sheba just pass by here and there … Whoa….

Foster Mum I got enough it’s too hot for me being here. I want to go inside now. See you Rocky later !

Rocky is fine with that he grown up in the beach side he likes the heat!

So Sheba went back inside after smelling those new pots of flowers that I need to re-pot again.

But Rocky stayed and hang on just sitting there enjoyed watching me helping a little bit.

What I notice with all these fur when you includes them to your daily activity they as well enjoyed it and it’s like more of our bonding time.

That’s why I told my friends there’s no such boring time with the fur in my furry place.

Long staying guest

2013-05-01T07:14:00.000-07:00

Were blessed that people trust us with their pets while they are away. They are growing with us like a part of our family they get same food same treats attention and affection like our own.

I’m very happy that I have team that love furry animals and I am so thankful to all of them that that they contribute to the happy and enjoyable stay of the fur.

It is very important that when hiring the staff one of the requirements must be they love animals .

They have respect and passion with the animals.

Of course at the very beginning each of them we have to educate how they associate themselves with each new dog we have in the house.

We as a team in furry place we take our job seriously in keeping them safe each fur we house sit.

Make sure they have better life with us happy healthy and both the fur and parents when they again reunited to each other after their holidays they are happy when they walk out from our premises.

This is the best feeling we have a satisfaction when we see the fur we house sit and their parents

Walking out from our gate both happy.

Borin is

our gardener he love big dogs specially the German shepherd Lina and George will stay with us for 1-1.2 months as their mum is giving birth in Bangkok.

Both Lina and George are very special and intelligent fur. They love to play ball and coco with hush and skin on it. After they break the coco then they will eat. It’s a good treat!

Another long staying guest is Sheba she stays with us from March until July 2013 she is growing with us

I must say she is the best fur that we ever house sit she is very well behave dog very sweet and never give us any trouble. She is very sweet fur but well trained fur.

Also her parents are going back to America giving birth.

So I guess this year is good luck for us in the furry place as both parents are giving birth to their own country.

Rocky is also another long staying guest he will stay with us until July.

He’s parents went back to Singapore and while their waiting for Rocky’s medical test and importation papers to bring him to Singapore Rocky will stay with us first. He is happy fur and full of energy.

He is sweet but as well need a little but more taming , but all are easy with Rocky just he needs more special care and attention other than that he gets along with Sheba very well.

He is the furs that don’t want to be alone. He needs to have companion always. So when I do my gardening or anything what I do inside my house .I tag him along all he needs is a companion.

When I arrive home from outside he thinks that I am his parents.

One time we have video conference with his parents and he is so happy but a little bit disturb after the video conference as he was going back and forth to the gate and looking is there’s someone there.

His parents. He responds well with the whistle of his dad!

With the entire long staying guest we learn to adopt their unique character and they are all growing with us in our house like parts of our own family.

Rocky reminds me of our dogs back in the Philippines same character with him.

When my dog were small I normally put her in my back back, and she hates the wet market.

I miss her a lot and I named her after Angelina’s jollies adopted son Maddox.

I truly understand how the animals feel when their parents are away; sometimes I put myself to them.

I could not imagine my own dogs will be away from me and my husband.

This is probably an emotional challenge to both of us. Our dogs and cats are our children.

That’s why I make it to the point that each of the fur we house sit.

They enjoy our place our company and we look after them like our own.

Perhaps they will pick up some habits from us, but we take our work and responsibilities to each of them very seriously.

Kumo The Queen

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This is Kumo my very special guest cat I house sit over Khmer New year.

I called her little Queen! Well she is. She stayed the entire stay in my room with the air-conditioning on.

Kumo is brought by her parents from the US to Cambodia and she has really thick fur!

Her mother told me that I should brush her every single day, which was a bit challenge for me as Kumo herself is not so trustful with others except with her Mum. So one morning I told her please let me brush you’re hair and let’s get on with our daily task. She answered in her little meow!

She listen eventually , she let me brush her hair but in her own term only just the top not my feet not my belly just top from neck to back don’t even dare to touch my swan ! Hahaha there’s a warning!

She is sweet but of course for someone like me that Im new to her would not trust me right away.

So she stayed in my room for the whole week she is with me. The aircon on and I even fixed her this small table so she can watch the birdies outside. She is pleased!

I teased her Mum whoa! you brought the entire accessories for Kumo her bed he scratch post her toys , her bowls and her fleece fabric were she normally massage her paws !

End of the week we got a little bit close and you never knows when she comes back again for another stay in myfurryplace.

Little tweet tweet

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With all the green fruit trees in our furryplace sometimes the birdies chicks are falling off from their mother’s hand and their nest and we have to rescue them from our cats and dogs by that time they are playing exactly in the ground. It’s common that we have to rescue the birdies in the mouth or in their paws.

No! They don’t kill them! they just want to play with them and they are having a hurt attacked in one occasion , but several times our rescued are successful if they have wounds then we put them first in the cage and sit free when their already healed.

This is the latest just yesterday! I hope her mum came back to rescue this poor little tweet!

My niece Syrel have return to Santol tree with the huge plant hanged in the branch. My niece said her mother probably train her how to fly she is not fully feathered yet so its really little young tweet.

We check this morning and this little tweet is not there anymore so the mum must have been rescued it

2 days ago this one is caught banging her head in our kitchen glass window! She has wound but I guess she will heal herself so we sit her free already! Were glad the birdie survived !

Oh dear! All of us in this world would like to be FREE so does all these fur.

Lets help them enjoy the nature !

Friday and the water bowl

2013-04-09T02:07:00.001-07:00

Our new rescued cat Friday is nearly five months and she starts to explore things around her.
She wants to sleep in my purse , in the sink and sometimes inside my cupboard.

The recent activity she like to do and explore is this bowl of water.

That includes the taste of the water in a bowl with the papers she plays and eventually put them to the bowl.

I don’t know what is all about?? I have no idea what she is trying to do. After she played with all my scratch paper she will then drag those papers in the bowl and drink within.

She is really strange but sweet cat.

We all love her.

Recycling that works for the Fur

2013-04-06T01:54:00.000-07:00

What do you do with all the rubbish plastic container and old hamper that other people think is just useless??

Well, in my house nothing is useless and to be thrown away. I make use of anything that I can think still be useful either inside my house or outside.

My Furry Place are not only pets for dogs or cats, I have guinea pig, rabbit and chickens they are part of our fur family. Anything that is useful for them I saved.

My old wicker laundry hamper that now are missing one handle my hens have make use of it.

The plastic containers that its nearly crappy and it looks like my staff would sell to the garbage boy,

No! Not yet I told them ! I want them all for my chicken nest they are still useful.

The grass cuttings after our mover wanted to dump or burned it !! Oh no there are too precious and it’s so natural the chickens love them as it’s soft and comfy to lay eggs and my guinea pigs to play and even eat the dry leaves.

Many parts of Asia that includes the Philippines and Cambodia rubbish are everywhere and its part of the human life, for some that does not care about how to care for the green environment.

It’s really ashamed why others doesn’t think about the future generations, how I wish they will learn to save and protect the mother nature for the sake of the earth and the future generations.

How Climate Change destroying the earth ?

Recycling is very important and how I wish each of us would takes our share and educate our children and people around us.

With so many garbage in Phnom Penh it makes me worry , the city is growing so fast and its ashamed that one day it will be labeled as many rubbish I want to help by making my share in recycling .

Easter Egg Hunt with the Fur

2013-03-31T05:28:00.000-07:00

Happy Easter !!!

Lenten season in Cambodia is not celebrated nor observe.

We don’t even get holiday here during Holy Thursday or Good Friday. You don’t get the feeling of being in the holy season I guess with left and right of my house early morning you have the mosque praying Sholat at 5 am while from the other side the Monk is chanting !
No I don’t complain I think were lucky to have both.

But few of the 5 star hotels and other establishment make a big preparation for Easter celebration and this is the feast of eating brunch with Easter egg hunting which is so famous for the kids specially kids from expats communities and some other kids from Christian faith.

Wow are they really eggs Mum ?

So Since I have no human kids and all we have are my fur kids and I don’t want to slipped these holiday without them experiencing what is the feeling to be in egg hunting so I reach of my whatever color available I have in my shelves and color some eggs.

Even the food coloring we used for salted eggs in the Philippines which I have ample of stocks in my keeping.

I should be creative and how to get my furry kids excited and have fun.

It’s actually came from my husband the idea how should

I do my egg hunt here he said do it with your bunch of furrrrrr...

It turns up our babies and our long staying guests Sheba have fun searching the colorful eggs.

Ah.. this is to easy to find said Sheba

A lot of barking when actually they found some of the eggs. !! Funny how other jumping and really so serious that they wanted to eat the eggs, not to mentioned some of them love cooked eggs.

Where did you hind the egss Mum ?

There ! found it and now this is mine !

Look Bernice its here !!

hey I found one Mum

Earl said Mum I found it now its mine!

Trexie said ,haha Im clever than all of you !!

The winner takes them all !! and that is Trexie

Oh this is yummy!

Ok Sheba who ever get there first get the eggs said Trexie! Sure Sheba said will see ??

Mine !! Mine !! Sheba said !

Please show it to me !!

I promise you I can catch that !

But we have to stop them from doing that. After all that running in the hot humid weather they are all exhausted drink loads of water and the dinner plate was super empty!!! They all get hungry probably disappointed they don’t get to eat the eggs they found.

We have fun looking and watching them, so I decided next year I would love to do it again and
I want to prepare better. I could not put my bunny in the garden as they will chase them by 2 bunnies are a little bit frightened in such open space with all the 9 active fur plus our guess Ms. Sheba.

2-1/2 months male kitten name SIMBAD looking for new home

2013-03-28T01:39:00.000-07:00

Simbad is 2-1/2 months old I he is 2 weeks old a product of pagoda’s rescue together with CAPA.capa.asso

He is weak and has diarrhea issues when I got him but it’s only diet problem and with proper diet he is in good health again after 2 weeks I got him. Now he is a bit older and it time for him to find a new home and every time we say this , he is very smart to understand he then climb on my legs and look at me in my eyes maybe saying can I stay here?? I really like it here.

My husband likes him and I said we can’t have so many, and my husband always said what is one more in addition to the family?? He is very sweet and gentle and playful and the other cat loves him.

He gets along with our dogs so he is all fine.

But its only me that I want him to find a new home of course it’s sad but I can’t have another more cats we already have 6 although we have space enough for 6 cats but ,

they need attention, love the vaccine , the regular shots and all of that.

Cost money all and adding one more is another cost not to think that we can’t go holiday as we like too as we need to think the logistics of all of them whose going to look after, my 2 niece are both working and sometimes we really need to go away and take off to re-charge our energy and can go on again.

Now he is of course adorable he is very sweet cat and already get used to our house it’s sad for him to let it go, but if I continue fostering and helping cats then .our cats will turn into 50 if I follow my heart.

Simbad needs a family that will also love him and only him not many cats around someone who only the affection and care are for Simbad. I’m looking for a new parent for him.

Simbad is already dewormed he is very healthy cat; he likes to play and get along with the dogs he sleeps with them head to head. He is a good temper cat. A litter trained already.

He loves to sleep with us in bed especially in our arms. In between with our other dogs.

If anybody there who want to gave a new home for Simbad please do e-mail at myfurryplace@gmail.com He is good cat for family who also have children. Please let give him a chance to continue his playful soul by giving him a new home. A loving and caring parent

The Heat in on in Phnom penh

2013-03-26T02:13:00.001-07:00

The heat in on in Phnom Penh for last 3 weeks ago the normal 32 degrees Celsius
now it escalates to 36 / 38 degrees Celsius

For the 10 years were here and for the last two years the weather is really changing.
We have continuously power blackout in Phnom Penh 2-5 hours a day you’re lucky if your house or workplace are situated in the rich family where they have special privilege and is not affected with electric blackouts.The result of fast growing developments in the city hundreds of constructions are being built.
Its getting more serious and getting more hot in Phnom penh
My husband said this has to do with the climate change and I agree with him he was been reading a lot about this and one research has been very informative to share about the climate chance and the global warming.

It’s worth to read How Climate Change destroying the Earth

Just few days ago my rescued turtles for 8 years now with us normally went on hiding eventually they appears to seek for water and cooler place to cool off. This is Pupuh I rescued him from the market.
They want him for soup ! We have moved house 2x and he has to tag along with us.
I will never leave him behind.

This is how it looks like with our other fur in the house.

To avoid animal dehydration we prepare a bucket of water or a small children’s latex pool for them to cool off and relax anytime they feel the need of dipping into the cold water.
This is Gizmo and the rest of the packs even the cats is curious what’s happening why all of them gather all together like a picnic in the beach.

The turtle must participate in the small pool with Gizmo

I have to find way how to keep them cool and relax, even the heat is excruciating some of them still need to sunbath . I never understand !

Gizmo and Arthuz cooling off

Recently we don’t do the long walk anymore it’s just too hot for them to handle.

A picture of our last 4 weeks ago walk in the country side the soil is opening to the sun

IF I do that I have to bring buckets of water to cool them off. I’m even so scared to pass them in the pond which we regularly do then can splash a little bit to cool off.
Not anymore I have to refrain from doing that to avoid skin allergies especially for the fur with very think hair.

The cats have their own way to keep themselves cool, they hardly go out and stay only indoor some of them stay inside the bathroom and sleep there like these picture.

Some of them climb in the upper part of the window to glance what is happening outside and just being content listening to the chirping birds in the garden by looking from the high window.

Each of us humans on earth have our own share and responsibility how planet earth are changing.The Climate is really changing and destroying the earth and we humans are unprepared.

Felicity the domesticated cat found in pagoda

2013-03-20T20:43:00.002-07:00

Felicity was found at pagoda, we can tell at the very instant she is not a pagoda cat. Nor she belongs to that place and a group of cats hanging around in Pagoda.

Actually Mdm. Loan who found this cat and she called me right away if I want to adopt her and my first reaction is, again? Dear Lord we have 7 already how we can accommodate another one. Plus I have one more small kitten that I poster also came from pagoda and currently Im looking for a new parents to adopt him.

Where do we get all the money to support all of them? The food, the vet and of course the time and attention that they needs to grow and continue their life as a happy animals in this place.

I actually told my husband rescuing cats is enough we can’t add more as our now is more than enough we can handle. Really have to stop. So okay when I went to pagoda again to help Mdm. Loan from capa.

To feed the pagoda cats, she convinces me that I should foster her first. So I did we bring the cat home, I shower and clean her first she is dirty. I even gave her this red necklace which the vet gave me.

She is so natural she likes this necklace right away. She was uneasy with the shower but most of the cats do that. Some of my friends even could not believe I shower my cats. They think I’m crazy!!

But some of the cats love it! It make their skin cool and relax especially If the weather is to warm like what we have her at the moment 36 degrees.

After that warm shower I bring her upstairs together with my other cat. It seems well no fights no arguments they get along I’m happy! I told her from now on she will have a nice shelter and will never run around with other pagoda cats and will sleep in the dirty place and that we called her Felicity.

She seems happy she settled down and sat down in the window enjoying the chirping birds next to the

mango fruit.

Felicity does not eat our cooked fresh fish food. She completely ignored it, which means she is really a cat probably who was strolling around the street and don’t know how to get home.

Finally someone found her and dump her in the pagoda. Oh dear life of the cats in Cambodia.!!!

People think that the monk in Pagoda feed the cats. They are all wrong! The monk feed themselves first and maybe have left over then it goes to those pagoda’s cat and dogs and if none sorry!

I have made all posters and ads for Felicity even have to post her in the expat network plus the vets’ office in Phnom Penh.

No reaction from them so Mdm. Loan decided she has a Vietnamese friend who owns a restaurant and love cats who would love to adopt Felicity. So finally felicity found a new home and I hope she is happy there to her new house and new family.

Sheba our long staying guest

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Having a new guest is always fun! We learn new things from the new fur coming in the house.

Sheba is very nice dog to house sit she is very calm and very behaves. So far she must be the best behave and well manner dog we ever house sit. I told my girls I don’t mind to have 10 dogs like Sheba if all the nature is like her.

She is a cross or mix breed Lab retriever body and a Husky blue eyes. She look really pretty !

Sheba will stay with us for 4 months this is her 2^nd time around with us.

Yesterday I play, ball and stuff toys catch with her Oh Boy! I was exhausted running I could hardly keep up with her energy. I told her Sheba please can we rest now? Sometimes I limit her to sit under the sun as the heat is really scorching at the moment I’m afraid she gets dehydrated. But she like to sunbathe in the sun.

This is Sheba also having fun when some of the guests visit us. She is very social when we introduce her to the guest we ask her Sheba introduce yourself and she will normally shake hand with them like this picture. Amazing!!

Since She is rather a large fur she runs fast and her paws when she make her scratch and mark the garden our magic flowers are flying up side down. We are laughing as now we can justify to our gardener that his planting techniques is now justified we always complain why you plant so shallow in the ground. Most our small flowers always not touching the ground. So now lesson learned plant all these plants deeper in the ground . Thanks to Sheba for justification !!

Tropicals fruits in our furryplace

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It our house the mango season seems never ending, Cambodia is blessed to have a good harvest always with good quality of fruit mangoes and Jumbo and some of these we also share and feed with our farm animals in the furryplace.

Even our furr chicken and rabbit and guinea pigs loves to munch them.

But we normally don’t over feed them as mangoes are so sweet that put them more fats in their belly.
Look at Les lac how chubby she is

This is Les lac this is her favorite fruit

Syrel natural passion with furr

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If someone have “pure “heart to animal the true color of passion to animals.

They tend to enjoy whatever it takes to make the animals happy around them.

Syrel is working full time as kinder garden teacher in school here in Phnom penh during weekdays and when she gets home at night and the weekend she helps in the house with errands thats includes the furr.

My niece Syrel have BIG heart with all our fur and our guest she always find ways how to keep them happy and all the interest in each of them that she pour in coming from her heart makes her a happy person to be around with all of them. This treats of her I truly adore.

the furr is happy with her

she sleep head to head with friday

our guest is happy with her and she share bed with her.

Cujo just being smoothcy

Even the most boring work like scooping the pooh that other members of my house would be disgusted to do, she never get tired. For her this is still part of having and keeping our furr happy and healthy I am blessed that I have niece with this kind of quality.

even Anton is having a low mood

Jynxs want to learn to read

Even Gizmo in bad mood

and Rainbow having a bad hair day

when she arrived from school she play with our guest furr

just spend a lazy afternoon with them

Alex think she is her Mum

This is our washing charity with Capa - Syrel is in the right side wearing black clothes with a hat.

Syrel would join me even with my charity to help the dog centre wash and clean the dogs, she do this wearing a smile on her sleeve.

She is so natural with animals.

Not many people in this world who have true passion and true heart with animals.

No matter what the situation she is always with them.

Peppa our 3 months old guest

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Peppa is our new guest at the FurryPlace .

sleeping beauty

She is only 3 months old full of energy some of my furr gave up on her hyper energy.

She is really very sweet and playful , I have same breed of fur in my mother;s house in the Philippines ,

Peppa’s Mum said she is scared of water , bathing is her less favorite thing to do. But in the furryplace she has to bathe as she sleeps with us in bed. Syrel and her have fun together in the shower .

She likes to Kiss !

Humans and Cruelty to animals

2013-02-10T06:20:00.000-08:00

Some humans can be so cruel with animals. As I was tagging with Mdm Loan from Capa going out reaching and helping out with her daily routine feeding cats in the pagoda.

Last Thursday this male ginger cat now I named him Simon was been dump in the pagoda he is terribly ill sick and been mutilated in some ways.

Mdm Loan has brought this cat to the local vet and all he gets was injection.

Mdm. Loan at the vet

Enjured cat at the vet
He was there keep even has no water bowl. Since Mdm Loan have 130 dogs already to look after in her house / centre and this very sick cat I don’t think he would get more attention in the house of course Mdm Loan will never let him die but with her busy schedules I offer her help to look after this one. At least I can give him that attention and care.

It’s his 2^nd day in my house today and with that stay I manage to check on him. I figure out he was been bitten severely by the dog. He’s balls have wounds that need proper check from the vet.

this in my bathroom I turn into his refuge

I suspect he has his broken rib in his back and I’m hoping he has no broken legs.

It’s just so upsetting to see how other humans can be so cruel with animals.

Every time I rub his wounds with betadine I keep talking to him. I’m sorry that we humans do this to you its not your fault you suffer like these and I promised you when you manage to live and get better.

You will never be wondering in the streets again. All you need to do is to get better and don’t give up!

The whole day today I feed him 3x and food that very rich in protein, I have prepared blended chicken and squid plus little amount of shrimp and sardines I soften the cracker to mix in his food.

I have to spoon feed him and force him to eat. The good news is he drinks a load of water and I’m very happy.

Mdm Loan has given powdered antibiotic plus vitamins, so I gave that all to him today aside from the food which I prepared for him.

I cleaned him last night with guava leaves, this morning when he wakes up he is a bit stronger compared to yesterday.

I believed that when he visits the vet he will survived and get healed.

Mdm Loan and I were discussing that she will pass to my house and bring him to the vet to Dr. Dimarte of Agrovet and get him properly check. I can already tell he needs exray to his bone at the back and both of his back leags.

This afternoon at 4.45 pm I decided to bring him out of the room and let him sit outside to see the sun and green , and the promised of sun that will gave him hope to see and enjoy once he gets better.

It seems he is so alive when he was out , he see the sun and the green lush garden plus he hears the tweet tweet of the birdies in the surrounded trees in the garden his face become bright as you can see in this picture it looks like he is not sick. He even turns around his head to look around him.

This what the sun and outdoor can do to his spirit

Simon seems lift his spirit when I brought him outside

He sees the promised of the day that when he gets betters he can again enjoy all these environments and the natural beauty

I can tell he has trauma with dogs so I decided to just keep my dogs inside so he will not get distracted and got stress while he enjoyed the 30 minutes out in the sun without the dogs bothering him.

I prayed and wish that he gets better every day and the new promised of life which is waiting for him.

For those who want to help and make a donations to Mdm Loan and his dogs shelter please contact capa

or contact Madam Loan directly as below details -

Cambodia Animals Protection Association

#113 Plum Kok Norea

Sangkat Nirot, Khan Meanchey

Phnom penh , Cambodia

Ten Nos : +855 12 280060 / +855 11 311 578

E-mail Kimloan.tep@gmail.com or Ms. Jessica Vuffray at email add bertolavuffray@gmail.com

Attn : Mdm. Tep Kim Loan