Pyen Chi is Officially On Vacation... Thursday, June 28

Here I am on holidays and yet it’s Pyen Chi heading out the door for a “couple retreat” – a 10 day vacation down south with her very, very handsome blond Tibetian man.  How’s that for not fair?!  Oh trust me, Balboa definitely put up a stink when he watched her walk out the door and get into the van without him.  He stood on our third floor balcony and whimpered. 

I kissed Pyen Chi before she headed out the door.  Actually, I sat down with her and she placed her head on my shoulder so I wrapped my arms around her.  As funny as it sounds, I felt rather sad watching her leave and it’s not because of the obvious fact that I’ll miss her but because she’ll be returning with a part of her innocence gone.  She'll be returning a changed Pyen Chi.  

The other day Snickers was introduced to Pyen Chi’s boyfriend, Jang Geun.  His name means "General" as in the general of an army and that's exactly the command he gives off.  Our friends out in Chungju who breed the notoriously-known, horse-sized Russian dogs helped us find Jang Geun and did a million and one questions with Jang Geun’s owner.  Jang Geun is five years old.  He’s about twice Pyen Chi’s size, if you can believe that, and he’s absolutely stunning.  He looks like a massive wild bear but he’s super soft looking so he’s more like a massive wild teddy bear.  His bark is really husky though – definitely a Harlem romance novel leading hunk of a guy!  Jang Geun lives about three hours from Cheonan so tonight Snickers drove Pyen Chi to his house where she’ll be staying for the next 10 days. 

No Pyen Chi for 10 days?!  I’m already not liking the thought of that!!  Who is going to spoon with me on the floor when I take my mid-afternoon nap… Balboa?!  Balboa is a great cuddle buddy but I’m always somewhat nervous of rolling over him, whereas with Pyen Chi, it’s me I’m afraid of being rolled over… hahaha. 

I’m both super nervous but super excited about the thought of Pyen Chi returning home pregnant.  The vet gave us a detailed run-through on what to do but I’m sure I’ll be making regular visits to him for help and doing my own research. 

And yes Anonymous, we will be selling Pyen Chi’s pups to our friends who have been pleading with us to get her pregnant ever since we got her.  I must admit, and perhaps I should apologize, but today I snapped at a comment you left me the other week.  You made it sound as if I didn’t care about my dogs and am a irresponsible pet-owner by suggesting that I was somehow to blame for Mi Nam’s terrible death and that I was money-driven.  Well, you’re clearly wrong -- clearly wrong on so many levels -- and the only reason why I thought perhaps I should apologize was not because of what I said but how I said it.  I couldn't exactly give you a round-robin head kick through my homepage so I spat at you with my words written. I am so much better than that though, to let myself stoop to the low level where you were throwing your cheap comments from, but what you said was rude and so inappropriately off the mark.  

So, why accept money from friends instead of simply giving them her pups?... well, Pyen Chi is a massive dog with an equally massive appetite.  She basically eats her weight in fresh raw meat and veggies on a daily bases.  Do you know how much it costs to serve her lamb and steak every day, not to mention having to continually stock up on it and on fresh vegetables?  Fresh meat doesn’t have a long life.  It’s pretty expensive, as you can imagine.  And then there’s the fact that we also have to pay Jang Geun’s owner for letting him breed with our beautiful Pyen Chi; that’s a heafty amount.  The little money from the pups definitely will not even begin to balance out the breeding fee or Pyen Chi's expensive diet.  We are definitely not making money off of this situation, if anything I'm dishing out so much money here.

There are three friends that want Pyen Chi’s pups and we’ve sat down with all them individually to go over what exactly it means to have a mini Pyen Chi added to their family.  I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, a bored Pyen Chi is a bad Pyen Chi.  Although all dogs need love and attention, Pyen Chi’s breed (Tibetan Mastiff) definitely needs attention.  Tibetan Mastiffs are a stubborn breed that’s hard to train and they do not like being alone.  Once boredom sets in, yikes, kiss your table legs, running shoes, and even wallpaper goodbye.  Moreover, although Pyen Chi is quite lazy in the house and is content people-watching on the balcony all day, she does need to be with an owner who will keep her physically active outside.  Snickers takes her mountain hiking all the time and I am probably outside with her a good 4-5 times a day.  She’s good with young children and other dogs though I must admit she’s not a fan of sharing her food or treats but then again neither am I … hahaha.

So anyways, in 10 days my beautiful, beautiful Pyen Chi comes home and then in 56 days perhaps some four-legged mini-Pyen Chi’s will be joining us.  I can so see Snickers whining and insisting we keep one -- "Just one" he will plead.  Am already preparing my speech about that situation!!!