I'm so glad that Smug and Lily seem to be getting on much better now, when Lily first came to live with us, Lily was terribly territorial, though she's a very sweet dog in general, her time at the rescue centre means that she's had to learn to stand up to other dogs and guard her own spot and nosh. Therefore Smug (who had came to live with me since she was 9 months old, and had only hung out with those fortunate and more tamed pet dogs) was shit scared of Lily and was miserable to start with with Lily around all the time. Cameras don't lie (says me), now at least they can bear to be quite close to each other without any tensions.
The two of them relaxing at home
A very happy Lily sitting nicely in the car, we took the dogs to the reservoir last Saturday, they both had a great time. Lily clearly wasn't so used to all this exercise and traveling though, she had car sick and threw up in the car and was quite poorly for the whole evening.
Lily's skin condition has improved a lot, at least she's not so greasy anymore, she still smells a bit though, so I have to bathe her quite often (at least once a week, sometimes twice). She's getting cheekier by day and copies some of Smug's tricks, like rummaging the dustbin, sucking all the yummy caesar off the dog biscuits and then spit the biscuits out. like when Smug first got rescued, she loooooved her biscuits, but now they're not good enough for her anymore. Also she's showing more affection and not so jumpy like when she first came a month ago. I'm so pleased with her progress.
Since having Lily, we have experienced a fair bit of prejudice from other people, (mainly the neighbours) they sniff, they tut, they frown, anything to make it clear that Lily is not a welcomed resident when they see Lily, some wouldn't even go in the same elevator as us when Lily's there. Even other dog owners aren't much more tolerant to Lily, they will happily let their dogs play with Smug (as no way she looks like a mutt now even though she is a retriever x spaniel) or poodles or Schnauzers, but they pull their dogs away if Lily goes anywhere near them like Lily's gonna eat them alive and then spit out green gunk. C'mon, why can't HK people accept Lily the mutt like the Americans have with Obama? Surely that's a much bigger step?
