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Ponzu the ‘energiser’ puppy

Ponzu the ‘energiser’ puppy

Keeping up with Ponzu is no mean feat. After the five minutes Southbank Local News spent with him, we felt like a lie down.

For Ric Leong it’s just part of the experience of owning the seven-month-old pup. Having had the pomeranian-shih tzu for two months, Ric admits at times the dog can be a little “too active!”

The curious name of Ponzu comes from two different sources. Firstly Ric and his girlfriend decided that it sounded similar to putting the words pomeranian and shih tzu together.

The second reason is slightly less conventional. Ponzu is also the name of a Japanese sauce. The brown-coloured sauce is very similar to the colour of Ponzu’s coat, and hence the name was adopted.

The pup may lack size, but certainly makes up for that in enthusiasm. Ric assures us though that Ponzu is always friendly and is always looking for a bit of fun.

He gets that from Ric, who takes Ponzu for walks two or three times a day.

Ponzu loves his food. Ric says, like all dogs, Ponzu will often try to steal a bit of their dinner, but he makes sure the diet for Ponzu is strictly dog food.

Maybe he should try topping up the dog food with a bit of sauce?

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