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Dollee Story
On the 23rd of September 1988, me, my grandpa and my sister took a bus happily to a
pets market. We are looking forward to bring back a new family member
back to our house, a puppy. My memories was kinda blur as i was only
4 years old back then. We selected a white puppy. Then we carried the
white puppy inside a big basketlike bag, boarded a bus and went home
happily... My grandma was shocked we came back with a female puppy as
she insisted on a male puppy but no choice. Hehe.
We welcomed our new
family member n name her "DOLLEE" where LEE being our family
surname. Back then i live with my grandma,
grandpa, sister, and 2 uncles while my parents were working abroad in
the United States.
Me being the only child at home was so excited
having a puppy running around with me.
I was so happy that i was playing with Dollee
every hour i have at home...First she slept
in a wooden basket with some cushion paddings
and a cute bell hanging above where she sleeps.. My sister and uncles tooks dozens pictures of Dollee.
Running around like a 'baby' of our family... I have wonderful moments
with Dollee. We have a big rock at the back
of our house in our garden. Our garden is big..
there is five storeys
of garden because its beside a hillside so it was renovated into 5
levels. Me and Dollee
always run up the to the top level just beside during sunset...
Beautiful scenery up there..Of
course it took some time for Dollee to go up
there when she is still young ..There is one
huge rock in level 2 garden n I use to sit there with her.When she is a puppy I have to carry her up but
as she gets older she can climb up n sit wif
me.
When she grow
older n bigger into an adult dog she become so active... i used to play balls with her... well a diffrent soccer version..
ONE to ONE.. and we use a tennis ball easy for
her to capture it... we run around kicking the ball around, when she
catches it she will try to guard it and avoid from me trying to grab it
or kick it away... she will turn her back against me and we will run
around trying to catch the ball... she will hold tight on the ball ..then when we gets 'agressive'
i kick the ball away and she run catching the
ball again... so funny n there was once we played until it rained and
we ran back to shelter all wet... haha...
Later on
when she is bigger we let her sleep outside..Then every morning when i
wake up i will see her waiting at the door
waiting for me to brush my teeth ,changed n
play wif her while waiting for my school van
to come.. sometimes i
wake up earlier to spend more time wif her..
.. then after school she will also sit n wait
for me at the gate..
Back home after
bathing finish my homework i get to play with
her again.. this time
we always wander at our garden ..sitting at
our favourite spot the big rock or near the
fish pond n enjoying sunset.. Our grandpa sometimes joins us while he
plays around wif his gardening.. n everytime
my grandpa climbs uphill dollee will follow
him around n nearby ..just like guarding him
in case of danger.. Sometimes when they are up while i just reach home.. Dollee will run down like a speed dog to welcome me
home happily.. seeing
her run down from level 3 garden..down
the steps..zig zag n to my knee front.. indeed
that was a memorable..
Soon she
become pregnant n 4 puppies came to life. 3 male n 1male puppy. All were white in colour
except one which was brown n white coz the dad is a brown dog.My memories werent so
clear but looking back at the pictures my sister took.. they were very cute.. However we cant have so many
dogs at home n my grandma say we can only choose 2 out of 4..it was sad
n had to choose.. There were four of them..
1) White male puppy-Big n strong looking puppy
2) White male puppy-Furry looking,cute puppy
3) White female puppy- small cute lil puppy
4) Brown n white male puppy- unique
Then in the end i recalled my uncle chose no 1 for guarding house
purposes. n somebody else chose No2 one.coz its really cute..the other 2 we gave it to our veterinarian to
give it to potential good owners.However the
2 we had werent so fortunate..one got some disease n have to be put to sleep.while another one left , got 'kidnapped' apparently..it went lost when i
came back from school.Then it was case closed
for her puppies..I dunno
how Dollee felt but i
am sure she felt sad.My grandma ask the vet
to neutered her coz dun want any more puppies.I
was young n dint know wat happen until i got older n ask how come no more puppies n they explained.But Dollee
still got me n my family afterall..
Soon my sister
left to UK
to further her studies n i was left wif my grandparents n my uncle. Sometimes when i am sad , dollee will be there to accompany me.when i cry she will
licked my tears, When i am angry she will
keep quiet n sit at one side looking at me or follow me behind if i go the garden.As i grow older i spent less
time wif her then i
started did.Less ball games, or sunset views,
etc.. but she was still there for me whenever i need her.. She will follow me and my grandpa to
the morning market..as
its just few streets away from our house.SHe
mark her journey n uses the same journey back.. in
case of getting lost she still will get back before or after us wif her tracks.. Even the market traders recognise the dog because she is very tame n
friendly.. Even when my grandpa goes alone to
the market to buy food supplies , dollee will also follow him to 'protect' him.. then Thursday nights is our Pasar
malam night (night market) n dollee will also follow us down.. I remember i was paid bout RM2 each time n i
get to buy what i want..
my favourite was popiah.. normally cut into
4 pieces n i will share 2 piece wif dollee.. she loves it..Even my
friends knows Dollee when they meet me in pasar malam while dollee beside me..keke..Its fun going out with dollee coz she will try to sniff around but still
lookout for you while I am buying things ..but
if she ever gets lost she will find her way back home.how
amazing!
When i was 14 years old@1998.. i moved back with my parents while Dollee is still living at the same place as my grandparents.i have less time for her while bc wif my studies.. but everyweek every monday after school i
will n visit her..buy
her some dog food but very minimal time.. During school holidays i will go back to my grandma's house n stay for few
days.. n i have more time wif
her.. Then i started to drive legally when i am 17 , n i always bring her around in the car, lowering the
window a little bit enuff for her to point
her head out but not her body..she
like to enjoy the wind n the scenery out there.. not
like other dogs , goes barking like crazy at somebody else car, but she
will just relax n enjoy the wind outside.. I dare not let her go
outside coz a lot of wild dogs n she is getting old n they will fight wif dollee so during that
time when i walk her out i
will hold a rattan stick in my hand to scare the other dogs away or in
case a dog comes near dollee or me..Then once her ear bloated up like a small pingpong ball..where
blood are clogged up for some reason.Undergo
an operation n it was ok.But that first
operation was kinda dreadful as i was there.The vets gave
anaesthetic to dollee
till dollee werent
moving at all n they operated on her ear removing the clogged blood. after the operation dollee
was still very unconscious, we carried it home n waited till she wakes up..but while she is recovering from the anaethetic she tried to stand but fall down because
the anaesthetic wasnt
over yet so i put her on the carpet n try to
prevent her from moving much or support her ..just
like teaching a baby to learn to walk.. it
took bout few hours till she regain full energy like normal.. She was
wearing a protection capover her neckto prevent her from scratching or knocking on
the injury.. it took
sometime to heal completely..
2002: Then I move back
to my grandparents house coz college was nearby .She was healthy until
one day she got lost when i woke up.. thinking she might be playing over the hill so i went to college for bout 4 hours class n came
back n still no trace of her.. i
was worried n try to trace her everywhere.. walk
down her tracks roads maybe is she wandered out (which is rarely) 2
hours n she wasnt back so i
started to panic n calling up SPCA if they have taken her n they say
DBKL maybe.. we went all the way to Ampang
DBKL n as i reach i
can see a big cage n dollee was standing n by
the front n i can see her from far.i was relieved ,..i ran to her but she was bleeding on the nose
slightly n a slight bleeding on her face.. she
was dirty n panting heavily. IN ADDITION TO THAT, they were 20+ other
dogs inside the same cage. Some seems really wild dogs. There were 2
piles of muddy water for them to drink n some chicken heads on the
floor for them to eat apparently.. Well it was
horrible n i wanted to get her home ASAP. its
was bout 4pm.n the security guard told me the person in charge holding
the key of the cage went back home already. When their off time are at
5PM!!! i was angry n
tried to ask him to come n willing to pay whatever amount of money to
get her out of the cage. but they refuse.. n ask me to come back tomorrow.. leaving
my dearest dollee in a cage with 20+ Dogs
overnight n she is injured seems like stabbing a knife into my heart
several times.. I wanted to stay overnight but my uncle convinced me to
get home. The next day i was suppose to send
my dearest cousin off airport because she is leaving malaysia to
further her studies in perth..
i wanted not to go n
she understand me well enuff but my mom ask
me to go.. n my uncle will handle dollee for me.. n so i did.. my uncle went n
paid some RM200 fine to get back Dollee. i went home immediately
after sending my cousin off n reach home she was really like older 10
years in just one day.. I brought her to the vet n put some injections
n ask them to cleaned her up.. n then i went back to get
her home.. but very obvious her health was no
longer as good as before ..maybe a terrible
situation traumatized her.. Imagine if I am dollee
n how I would feel to be like in cage no clean water or food to eat ,
injured n 20+ other wild dogs stayed overnight together.Horrible!
But thank god at least I found her back.
2003:She was about 15 years old when she underwent her
first operation.. eventually when dogs grow
old , they are like people they tend to get weak, less stamina, cant
run much, n disease starts to come.. She attracted flies n maggots grew
in her ear.. so
another operation..... I am living in a flat now so i
cant bring dollee wif
me but to place her there..my
grandparent are old n cant really take care the dog except my uncle n
the maid.. as time goes by they took less care
of her..but of
course still give her alot of food to eat n
bath her every week but that wasnt really enuf for a senior dog.so maggots
come n go.. then slowly her health deteriote.. She walk slowly..never run anymore.. I took her for regular
checkups, blood test, heart worm test, all from my own allowance ..of course my parents help chipped abit. but at times they
wanted to give her up when doctor suggested putting her to sleep
instead of undergoing operations.. Been visiting the vet for many years
n they know dollee's condition well.Of course i refused..n each time she
undergo a dreadful operation.WE got a new mix
pomeranian puppy back in 2000 n a hyperactive
puppy always bully Dollee at times.. lock her up in the cage while dollee
set free around the house at times..n maybe for this reason she was very jeolous i mean the other
dog.. so everytime i come to my grandmas house that dog will try jump
on top of dollee getting hold of dollee on groundn trying
to bite her ,growling.. n nomatter how hard u
beat her she wun let go n only me , i can carry her up n away into the cage from dollee.. there was once dollee was bleeding because of that n always wanted
to give that dog away for bullying my old dollee
so badly.. but sadly we dint..
In 2005, Dollee grew a big lump on her cheek near her ear...
it became bigger n then i brought her to the
vet to check , They tried to press it n it was hard not soft so they
tried to give some medication as she was very old to undergo another
operation they tried onmedication first.. few weeks has passed by n no improvements..
Then somebody
recommended my dad mom the government vet clinic in Taman Pertama and told us it was good,so we gave it a try. I Took her there.
Pictures of her
before entering the place that changes her life dramatically.
The ‘‘Hell”
Operation Room
They took an Xray n certified not cancer so they operated on my
dog instantly.. They gave anaesthetic
to my dog n tried to operated on my dog n said too hard cannot come
back on next monday for their senior surgeon
to do it.. well so i
have to wait for my dog to wake up from anaesthetic..she is old n if too heavy an anaesthetic she might not be able to wake up forever.so i t had to be
a right amount.I trusted them so i came back the next monday..
i walk my dog before
the operation..spend
some moments wif her coz its risky i was scared i wasnt able to see her again.. waited
for a long time n it was our turn.. Just one veterinarian doc operated
on dollee.. HE gave
her less anaesthetic coz worried she might
not wake up since she is very old so this operation is gonna be painful for Dollee.. HE went n took some blade knife n cut open her
big lump about an inch...Blood spilled out instantly n i can see dollee ws in pain as she was shaking.. I was so sad.. n regretted.. but it was too late.. ..AND somebody called the doc
tor n he left the operation room outside for some moments While in the
MIDDLE of an operation.How terrible!!! then
he came back n continues n said too hard cannot cut tru
the lump n dunno what issit
, coz he tot was abcess n can cut to squeeze
out but apprently not so he put some
medication on the wound n ended the operation.. i ask for painkillers n he say no need coz
dogs have high pain resistence level but i can see her in pain so i
ask if he can prescribed for me isntead.. he
gave few reasons but i went up his room n
look for him again after i settle the bill
for prescription of painkillers he say there isnt
any mroe stock there thats
why cant give me so i said just give me the
prescription n i get it outside n he did.he ask me to come back one week later for 2nd
time operation.I would be real stupid if I listen
to him and sent my dog for another time in this horrible place!
I quickly
hurried to the vet clinic i always went, to
get painkillers n at the same time check on my dogs condition while she
is still unconcsious..they
were shock howthey handle dollees
case n gave me painkillers . it wasnt an advisable move since she was an old dog.. i never brought dollee
back to that dreadful place ever again n continue to bring her my
regular vet.I brought her back home to take
care of her.
So my advice never ever go to
a government clinic ESP the one in TAMAN PERTAMA for operations. Maybe annual
injections would be ok but not to operations.Given
a chance eventhough they pay me to go , I will not go.So AVOID the
Hospital Haiwan Kerajaan
in Taman Pertama,Cheras
at all cost!
Since that operation Dollee’s
health condition drop tremendously.I was
lucky because I work from home and I have time to take care of her at
home 24/7. For a few months I cancelled all my travel plans and outdoor
plans taking care of her because it came to a point she cant even walk
on her own.I brought her for blood test, and
all other test n found out she got a weak heart n have some heart
problem so she need to take some medication to strengthen her heart.Bought a lot vitamin supplies n better dog
food for her.I have to put baby diapers
underneath her because she cant stand up to pee n I have to clean her
every hour or few just to keep her from getting dirty n attracting flies.i have to clean her wound that have not been
healed or dry yet.I have to clean her ears to
prevent dirt clogging up.She is like a person that is bedridden.I
sent her to the grooming centre to get her fur shaven completely coz
now that she pee Its harder to take care of her fur n its smelly n
dirty n harder to clean her.so I bought her
dog clothes to keep her warm.Nearly every
week I bring her to the vet for a checkup n to see wat
treatment I can do to improve her health condition but nth help n
within mths her weight dropped half from 13++
kg till bout 7 kg only.Its sad to see her in
that condition n luckily I was there beside her.then
one day I went out to see an insurance agent to buy insurance n went to
the bank just for few hours n I came back n dint notice she got maggots
underneath her arm. I only notice it at next mrning n immediately I sent her to
the vet n the maggots have oredi eaten nearly half and inch of her flesh .So
the doc advise me to put her to sleep instead of an operation since she
is already very painful and too old for anaethetics.
choosing this way would end her misery.i was
very reluctant because I was very selfish I don’t want to lose
her but dollee finally show me signs , she cried.i see tears from her eyes and I agreed n I told
her good bye.i waited outside the room crying
while the doctor gave her the euthanasia injection. First they gave dollee an anaesthetic
injection n then the euthanasia injection .i
went in n hug her till I feel her heart beat stop beating. The doctor
was very kind n left me in the room alone wif
dollee for nearly an hour of silence. I was
trying to accept the fact she passed away n I ended her misery in pain.
I sit there hugging her n cried for nearly an hour. After an hour I
carried dollee back into the car n drove
home. In front of the house I sat another 15mins in the car stoned
about the fact. i
carried her inside the house n I was silent .it took some time till my
family found out bout it because I don’t know how to tell them
about the news .i was just speechless. later when I manage to get hold back of myself I called
my parents and sister telling them bout the news n how to handle dollee. we discuss bout
cremation or burial. They asked me to decide n I chose burial instead
because I cant afford to see my dog get burned
by fire. so we put her in a box n dug a big hold in our garden near the
rock we always sat .I placed her favourite
toys n clothes inside and buried her. It was 6th May 2006.
Dollee will be forever etched on my heart n no one
can ever replace her position in my heart.
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