It was not as costly to bring BM here to USA as it is to bring them back!
The shots, tests and checkups for both cost Mr Liow USD$600. Oops.. hehe. Also the quarantine when we get home can get as high as $1600 for both dogs (thank God quarantine period has reduced from 30 days to 10 days so the amount is 1/3 of how much it would have cost before Dec 2009, provided they meet the criteria for 10 days quarantine). That's excluding transport fees from Changi Airport to Sembawang quarantine, and another rabies shot both of them have to take in Singapore.
Once in a while, I wonder if Mr Liow still loves them, especially since AN came and now with another on its way.
But when I saw how he taught the kids to be gentle with Baileys when we were at Pinetop, how he would discipline AN when she bullies the furkids, I know he still loves them. Maybe the attention has shifted from them to AN. Maybe that's how his attention will shift from AN to the younger one, or to whoever needs his attention more as time goes by.
Baileys and Maen has been healthy, except for some 'hiccups' here and there (Baileys has more problems usually). Maybe that's why Mr Liow is showing less concern towards them. Yet when any of them do not appear to look well, he will not hesitate to rush them to the vet. He'll gasp at the bills sometimes (Baileys' when he had food poisoning in 2007, and this current one. Also the bill for quarantine, before AVA reduced it to 10 days) but who wouldn't? hehe.
One thing I noticed is, doggie jabs here (in Tucson) are generally cheaper than Singapore. Rabies are USD $11, K9 Distemper & Parvovirus at $14 each, Hepatitis & parainfluenza at $5 each. Why is it that I recall vet bills in Singapore to almost always exceed $100 for each of them? And those are not bills to see the vet when they are sick (when they either need medications or be hospitalised?).
Welcome us back to Singapore where everything cost an arm and a limb.
p.s: Baileys is now 8.5 kg and Maen 6kg. Baileys has put on weight while Maen lost some. Still, Maen looks 'fleshier' than Baileys. She's just tiny I guess.
The shots, tests and checkups for both cost Mr Liow USD$600. Oops.. hehe. Also the quarantine when we get home can get as high as $1600 for both dogs (thank God quarantine period has reduced from 30 days to 10 days so the amount is 1/3 of how much it would have cost before Dec 2009, provided they meet the criteria for 10 days quarantine). That's excluding transport fees from Changi Airport to Sembawang quarantine, and another rabies shot both of them have to take in Singapore.
Once in a while, I wonder if Mr Liow still loves them, especially since AN came and now with another on its way.
But when I saw how he taught the kids to be gentle with Baileys when we were at Pinetop, how he would discipline AN when she bullies the furkids, I know he still loves them. Maybe the attention has shifted from them to AN. Maybe that's how his attention will shift from AN to the younger one, or to whoever needs his attention more as time goes by.
Baileys and Maen has been healthy, except for some 'hiccups' here and there (Baileys has more problems usually). Maybe that's why Mr Liow is showing less concern towards them. Yet when any of them do not appear to look well, he will not hesitate to rush them to the vet. He'll gasp at the bills sometimes (Baileys' when he had food poisoning in 2007, and this current one. Also the bill for quarantine, before AVA reduced it to 10 days) but who wouldn't? hehe.
One thing I noticed is, doggie jabs here (in Tucson) are generally cheaper than Singapore. Rabies are USD $11, K9 Distemper & Parvovirus at $14 each, Hepatitis & parainfluenza at $5 each. Why is it that I recall vet bills in Singapore to almost always exceed $100 for each of them? And those are not bills to see the vet when they are sick (when they either need medications or be hospitalised?).
Welcome us back to Singapore where everything cost an arm and a limb.
p.s: Baileys is now 8.5 kg and Maen 6kg. Baileys has put on weight while Maen lost some. Still, Maen looks 'fleshier' than Baileys. She's just tiny I guess.
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