One Eyed Bichon Frise Dog

'festive' was borned in my kennel whiteville a normal bichon frise with 2 lovely eyes. it was at the age of 10 he developed glaucoma in his right eye. when the situation got worse, the veterinary recommended that the swollen eye be removed. he became a one eye bichon frise for another 3 years before he died of old age.

tried closing one of my eyes and go through what 'festive' went through. it is not comfortable at all loosing the three dimensional aspect of things in front. tried climbing the stairs ....just too hard. yet 'festive' climbed 3 floors every morning to greet me. he is heck of a friend. on reflection, it is less painful than having the swollen eyes pressing against his optic nerves. he got used to the one eyed, adaptable as ever.

he was borned in a litter of four. the mother is an australian pedigreed bichon frise and she is on the left side of the picture. which one is 'festive' ? i dont remember and i cannot differentiate. it is one of those shots taken candidly, at the command of 'all go up' and the mother and four puppies jumped up to the bench. snapped the picture and they went down. now i cant even guess which is 'festive' as the four look quite alike, chips of the old block. neither can i tell who is festive when all four were about 2 months

'festive' is a happy dog with thick curly white hairs. he is a devoted dog, curious and playful and never get into troubles. he is the gentliest of all dogs, barks only when neccesary and he never mark his territory to compete with the other males. he is always there to please, cheerful and adorable, an ideal dog for any family.

i remember you 'festive', always.
mistyblue / in memory of festival of whiteville

Dogs in China Facing Deaths

although it has been more than two decades since the serious outbreak of rabies in china, recent rise of new cases has given concern to the chinese authority. there are 75 million dogs in china and only 10 percent are inoculated against rabies.



the authority has started a campaign to cull all dogs with no inoculation and officers actually call on houses to take away the dogs and club them to deaths. the culling in the last 3 months has reached tens of thousands of dogs.

this is cruelty to dog lovers. one activist in beijing ran an animal rights activity to organise a million mainlanders to oppose on this and many have joined in the movement. many agree to have their dogs inoculated and china can make it compulsory. it is the sudden deaths to healthy dogs that has caused objection.

in the meantime there are happy dogs. see this security officers on the beach in yantian, china. although the weather is hot hot, the pooch does not mind going on duty at the beach with his master.












in another town of guanzhou, puppies are sold in public places. the authority can educate vendors and the would be owners on inoculation against rabies, parvovirus, distemper, etc. this is perhaps hard to control when it is a public place and not a pet shop.

mistyblue