My family have two dogs.With some unspoken reasons/demands, I am the one in-charge of them. I like to share them with you.Tatot
The first dog, Tatot, she came to us when she's still a puppy. I think she's only two or three weeks when our laundry maid gave her to us. Tatot supposedly a replacement of Baby, who died for some reasons. Tatot has been with us for more than 6 years.Tatot, as a puppy, was not so much well taken cared of. We did give her food and the usual but not the kind of care I normally give on our dogs. I was still emotionally attached to Baby that time, and I thought she's not a beauty like Baby. No one ever cared to give her a name, so I just called her Tuta.
As Tuta grew, of course I still have the silent command: bathe the dog regularly. Time passed, I made a connection with her. She's a great dog just like Baby. Every time I get some good scolding (and spanking), I would rush to the kubo and Tuta would always be at my side as if sharing with the tears I cried. I play with her when nothing inside the house interests me. I love how her eyes looks when I cuddle her. Tuta turned into adult so her name was a bit inappropriate. With word play and all, thus the name TATOT.
Tatot is really a sweet dog. She would rush into me every time I call on her. If I am at home on weekends, it seems she is so excited to see me and really would take an effort to cling on me. She's a unique dog, too. After Ming was "sent" away, she left behind a nursing kitten. This kitten sought refuge with Tatot and see her as her mother. One day, to our surprise, Tatot was breastfeeding the kitten even though Tatot never bore any puppy! She would also licked it like one of her own specie.PeachesLast year, January, a kin of my Tito Rey need to get rid some of his 13 dogs in his condominium unit in Manila. As he knows he can trust us to take care one of his beloved dogs, he gave us Peaches. An adorable name for a dog, though. Since she came here at weekday, I was so excited to get home that weekend. While reading my books, I was thinking what kind of a dog Peaches is like? I can't explain how excited I was back then.
Arriving here, I first looked for the new dog. And there she was. White fur with brown spots. She's a beauty, I thought. She's still frightened, so she's still untamed.
I want to cuddle her immediately but that was impossible. So the whole weekend was spend on taming her. My patience paid off. By the time I was leaving for another school week, she's already licking my hands.
Peaches, along with her powerful barks and growls, is afraid of things normally a dog would not mind. She's afraid of the sound of fire crackers or anything that sounds like it. She's afraid of smoke. Every time she hears a fire cracker, even the faintest sound would send her whimpering and puking and tossing her bowl wildly. She whimpers at the sight of smoke.
One thing that really puzzled me is that Peaches really really HATES cats.
Every time she sees one, she'll bark madly. If unleashed, expect her to be in a killing spree. So far, Peaches has killed five kittens, descendant of our first cat Ming.
Peaches did not grew up with us. I don't know what the dog has gone through to experience such trauma. All I know is that she's very lovable dog, with her being playful, hyperactivity, and soft fur.
Even if each of them requires individual attention and care, I wouldn't mind. Even if Peaches annoys me with her soft pink tongue, I wouldn't mind. Even if Tatot always give me a hard time when it's time to give her a bath, I wouldn't mind. These two dogs are like my angels. They never let me down or get me upset for so long. They make me feel things will go fine. I just wish I they could be with me as long as forever.
Have you seen the movie "All Dogs Go to Heaven"? Being with them makes me feel I am in a bit of that.
MORAL: Big things come from little, and sometimes, unattractively wrapped packages. Big packages does not mean big things inside.
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