Sushi is one year old now. :D 3rd of November is not her actual birth date but since we don’t know when it is supposed to be, I chose this date for her. We bought her during the last week of October last year and she had to undergo a one week treatment. I still remember how Keisuke, Aki, Desmond and I took turns to go to the vet with her and we stayed there for hours each time. By the beginning of November, she was still a tiny dog weighing around one pound but at least she was no longer sick. After one year, she is now about 7kgs but being a small breed dog, I suppose that she won’t be getting any bigger.

★One year ago★
When she was around one month old :
Keisuke was going to play soccer with the other Japanese guys and Aki suggested that we take Sushi along. Someone said that Sushi looked more like a cat because she was so small. The Japanese girls were all exclaiming how small and cute Sushi was. It’s probably the only time I’ve ever heard so many kawaii in one day. :faint:

Her first time playing outside
Go go go_get the ball

It was almost winter and the weather was already quite cold at that time. We were all wearing jackets. We saw people walking their dogs and the small dogs all wore clothes so we bought this blue puppy outfit for her. It was slightly too big for her and Desmond had to roll up the bottom. She outgrew it one month later. :shock:
Clothes too big for her

She wasn’t used to grass and kept sniffing around.
not used to grass

in softball glove
Desmond holding Sushi in Keisuke’s softball glove. She was so small.

★Now…★
This photo was taken in early September when I came back from my trip to Singapore. We had to keep her at the pet shop for almost a month. She had lost some weight & her fur was no longer as beautiful as it used to be. The loss of fur might also be because of the heat. It was so hot in August and September. I saw many people walking their dogs during summer and they had shaved off the dogs’ fur. :shock:
Sushi_Sept 2008
Sushi lost even more fur in September and we had to clean after her everyday but now she is finally no longer losing fur. I can’t help smiling when I look at her ‘baby’ pics. She looked so different back then, so tiny and so cute. Now she is all grown up. :mrgreen:

I took this photo of her just now:
Sushi_3 Nov 2008
She was playing with a piece from an old sweater of mine. I cut it out for her 2 weeks ago.

Another photo of her taken a couple of days ago:
playing with her new toy
With her new toy.

I’ve been taking many photos of her lately because this is my last month in Shanghai.

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