Pet care tips I learnt from a pet taxi in Singapore

I was using a pet taxi from Singapore, Bukit Batok the other day to get to my vet. Along the way, I've learnt a couple of decent pet care tips from the pet taxi driver. The pet taxi driver is called Mr Sim, and his website is Pet Taxi Singapore. He's a great person, and his service is fantastic. But that's not the focus of this post. In this post, I just want to share about some great tips I learnt from Mr Sim about pet care, especially with transporting pets. 

#1 Removing pet fur

For those of you that use your own car instead of pet taxi services, I'm sure you'll find that your fur easily gets stuck onto literally every corner of the car. The mat, the seat, the dashboard - all of them will have some kind of fur trapped on it. When I took the pet taxi, I realized that his car was quite clean for someone who transports pet on a regular basis. There was very little evidence that this is actually a pet taxi. I asked the driver, and he said that he has this special brush that he uses to comb away the fur. Back when my Mom still had a car, I remember her complaining regularly about how my dog has his fur stuck in the upholstery. Turns out that a good solution is one of this rubber brushes.

What this does, is to brush off all the fur. It doesn't look like it can, because it doesn't even look like a brush in this case. But because it is made of rubber, when you use it to brush along the surface, it creates static and this makes all the hair accumulate on the brush. A very nifty trick for removing pet fur, indeed. I bought one of these off Alibaba and it worked wonders on my home furniture! My Mom is so pleased with it. So for my readers that have their own pet transport, this is the brush to get! I swear you won't regret it.

#2 24 hour vets in Singapore

What I learnt also, is that there are actually a lot of 24/7 vets in Singapore. Not technically 24/7 because they are open all the time, but because they have after-hours support for emergency cases. The original vet I used wasn't 24/7, and it gets me considering whether I should have a new vet, especially when my dog gets older and I'll have to prepare for more of such medical emergencies for him. Mount Pleasant is one of the bigger veterinary groups in Singapore, and I think I might consider that. Come to think of it, I don't even have the phone number of my vet in my handphone! That's not a very responsible move from a self-proclaimed dog lover.

#3 Female dogs and Ovary Cancer

Some dog owners think that sterilizing their dogs is a very cruel thing to do. But from what Mr Sim heard from many other pet owners, most of them agreed that sterilizing helps to prevent cancer. If you don't intend to breed your dogs in future, you should consider getting them sterilized. Because firstly, it helps you out as you pay lesser for AVA's yearly license to own a pet "legally" in Singapore. Secondly, it helps to curb a lot of their raging hormones. These raging hormones can lead to behavioural and biological problems. It may help some dogs become less aggressive, and also help them be less sexually excited. A great solution for many dog owners who often have their dogs humping them!

Fun Fact #2 Dogs have better vision than humans at night

Ever wondered why your dog looks like it has scary ghostly eyes at night? Much like cats, dogs have this special layer behind their retinas, which is light reflecting. This layer is called the Tapetum Lucidum, and it usually appears green or yellow, with some slight variation sometimes. Don't worry, it's not your pet getting possessed by the monster under your bed! Humans don't have this reflective layer, so whenever bright light hits our eyes, our eyes has the "red-eye" effect, which is actually light being reflected off the blood vessels in the back of our eyes. Interesting, isn't it!

Random Question

Sorry, this is totally unrelated to pets in Singapore, but I have a stupid question. How do you put up pages like "Contact Me" or "About Me" at the side of the page in blogger? I can be a klutz when it comes to technology sometimes. Can anyone help me out on this?

Fun Fact #1 Dogs are not color blind

It's a common myth that people think dogs are color blind. They are not exactly color blind! They simply have less colors than we humans do. Just like in the dark, we don't seem to be able to distinguish colors well. For example, they wouldn't be able to identify different shades of blue. They'll simply see most shades of blue as a single shade. That's pretty sad, to be unable to see all the colors of the world. But then again, they make up for their lack of colorful vision with their keen sense of smell and hearing too. Remember, dogs can hear frequencies that humans can't! That's why sometimes you'll see your dog stand up at attention for no apparent reason. No, it's not a ghost. Your pooch probably just heard something you couldn't hear. 

Fun Fact Series

Alright, this is my second blog post. Today, I'm just going to start a series, which is basically just a fun-fact series. It'll start off with a fun-fact, and then I'm just going to talk about it a bit. So my first fun fact will be... Coming soon. I need time to be some research before I can be able to do something interesting. What should be the topics? If anyone has any interesting questions, do share with me in the comments so I'd be able to research on it.

Welcome

Hey guys, welcome to my blog. In this blog I'm going to share insights about pets in Singapore in general. Nothing much, it's just my hobby to understand pets :) Whenever I find something interesting about pets, I'm going to share it in this blog. I don't expect many people to find this blog, so I think in the end it's going to end up to be my personal learning journey of sorts. If you do find it, then leave me a comment or two so maybe we could have an interesting conversation going on. Cheers!