Meet Chuck aka Chuckie

Chuckie is the newest addition to our family. He is a cute shih tzu puppy. He is such an adorable furball.

We bought him earlier at Metrowalk's "Pussies and Bitches" petshop. We don't normally park in that area but for some reason, Daddy went there to avoid the scorching summer sun. He parked right in front of the shop and once we got down, everyone rushed to see the puppies. Their cute puppy eyes were just so inviting. For some reason again, everyone's eyes gravitated to the little thing whom we now call Chuckie. It was love at first sight. He was initially tagged at 13000 but Daddy made a shocking offer that we didn't really expect. He said, "10000. Kukunin na namin ngayon." Yes, we are a bunch of IMPULSIVE buyers. Now, you know why. The "ASOciate" was initially hesitant but the owner who was just listening at the back finally agreed after Daddy repeated his offer 20 more times. We then left to do our usual Metrowalk rounds of eating and DVD shopping while Chuckie bathed and waited for our return. Mico wanted to call him Snopper, which Rye ultimately loved! Haha. Mommy thought of crazy names as usual. I thought of calling him Chuck. Sounds cute and everyone agreed. But apparently, according to Rye, it has to be at least a 2-syllable name. -ie became the 2nd syllable. So Chuckie it is. Kids love Chuckie... Your Chocolatey Buddy. We all love Chuckie. He is just stinky. We need to buy him a better shampoo and get him a toothbrush.

Chuckie has a bit of a problem though. He's starting to bite/nip us! Websites say that it's typical of shih tzu puppies to bite, for play or because of teething. They do it with their moms and littermates. Dog skin is thicker so it's not much of a problem for them. More so, dogs have their way of ostracizing biters, hence, eliminating the behavior naturally. But they have to learn that it's unacceptable for us humans. Good thing, Chuckie's still a baby and is still learning like a sponge. Time to put the learning principles that I learned into good use! I've instructed everyone to say a loud NO and to turn away/stop playing with him, everytime he bites. Negative Punishment eh? Hehe. Hope it works. It's working with me. I don't know how the people here would manage if I'm not around. And oh.. he was about to eat his poop earlier. Again, typical of dogs to do that. Fortunately, I saw him before he chumped on his poop. Yuck! It's gonna be more challenging to potty train him. Shih tzu are known to be stubborn at times. Oh well. But they're are just the cutest.

Though we've had a thousand dogs over the years, Chuckie is our first "real dog"... complete with papers and stuff. I promise to take care of him. I will. I know, I haven't been the best to Chewy. But after that terrible terrible bite encounter with Mico, he just had to stay out. His aggression was no longer welcomed inside the house. It just goes to show how the early years are important even to dogs. Puppyhood is like Childhood. How you train your dog early on, will affect how he becomes later on. Very Freudian! Our theory is that Chewy was left alone at home all the time by his previous owner that he became unfriendly to people. He is also territorial so he thinks he's the alpha dog and does not submit to anyone (well, except for me). Also, he must have been punished hard before with a stick or something because he was enraged when he saw a rolled up banig before which was doing nothing to him. It's really hard to teach an old dog new tricks, in Chewy's case.

Enough of my dog talk.
Tomorrow is the start of another week. It will be blessed indeed.

My learnings for today (which The Feast made me realize):

The Lord wants an abundant life for me.
He wants me to make my dreams come true.
He wants me to say YES to His limitless, unbounded, overwhelming opportunities and blessings.
He wants me to be happy.

He doesn't want me to be lacking, to be deprived, to live less of what he promised.
He wants to bless my life. He wants to bless ME.
He wants me to be full to the brim.
Simply because He is a generous and loving God.

We actually had a Healing and Deliverance session. It was similar to BLD's healing night and our Burning of Burdens. However, Bo's was simpler. No more big words and long prayers. Direct to the point -- surrender your weaknesses to the Lord, throw your internal garbage, receive His Healing. NOW.

By the time they sang To the Ends of the Earth, I had the urge to stand up, raise my hand, and commit my life and service to the Lord once again. For the nth time, He made me feel worthy and sufficient... not lacking, just whole. Then, I saw myself continuing my mission to help the youth. Not necessarily BLD, but just lending an ear and an extra hand to Youth with concerns. Being the Ate to them that I have become through the ministry. I know I have to do this, in some form or another. It's like an itch that won't go away. If the Lord wills it, I will do it. =)


And because I am blessed, I WILL BLESS THE WORLD.
AMEN.


+++ Novena to God's Love +++

Today, I receive all of God's love for me.
Today, I open myself to the unbounded, limitless, overflowing abundance of God's universe.
Today, I open myself to Your blessings, healing and miracles.
Today, I open myself to God's Word so that I become more like Jesus every day.
Today I proclaim that I'm God's Beloved
I'm God's Servant
I'm God's Powerful Champion
And because I am blessed
I will bless the world
In Jesus' Name.
Amen!!!

Time to sleep.
Ciao!

March 8
11:47 pm