Meet the Doggies!

For years, I always have been a PROD advocate (Promoting Responsible Ownership of Dogs) in my own way. I considered them as my best bet pets, so far. I don’t know for some people how they take care of those kinds of beings. I am usually delighted whenever I meet dogs. I can’t resist tapping them or comforting them. Sometimes, I really don’t care if they are some kind of cute or huge, a street dog (Askals) or a breed one, a domestic or stray one, a friendly or aggressively dog that might bite and infect you anytime with rabies virus. They just naturally charms my heart to like them. Here are some of the precious dogs with myself:

This is Pepito. He is a breed of Chihuahua with a combo color of black and beige. He is a year older in this picture. He is really smart, perfectly cute and very playful. He is fond of doing things that will surely catch the attention of anybody; in other words, the dog with an Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)! For example, if your attention is not on him, he will approach you and bite your slippers or toes, and or sometimes, drag anything he could bite and swing it uncontrollably to get your attention. I find him really funny and cute when he is doing this. Hey, look at this, he is biting my bracelet! 

And, this is Agta, Pepito’s playmate. Also a breed of Chihuahua; a purely black and awfully looks like a bat! And unlike Pepito, Agta is quite ill-mannered. She drops her shits anywhere on the floor, whenever she feels the urge of the nature; and she doesn’t care - in the kitchen, in the living room, under the bed, over the floor mats, near the fridge, or even in your arms (unluckily, that’s happens when you’re cuddling her hehe).  However, Agta is more energetic than Pepito. She frequently runs back and forth on the floor even with no direction at all. 

Meet Ben, also. He is of pure Belgian breed – Belgian Malinos to be specific. Naturally with huge body, long and sturdy legs, large paw and quite pointed black nose. He is a kind of dog whom every child might fear of. Adding more fright to that is his very deep and loud bark - one of the traits of being a naturally protective dog and exhibits territorial instinct. But, once the person is none stranger to his eyes, then he wouldn’t care at all. He would just look and stare at someone and that’s it. No barking, no nipping on the heels, no threat or any act of hostility coming from him. 

Introducing Athena! She is a cute Japanese Shih Tzu (Shiatsu) covered by abundant lengthy hairs of white and few black in her ear sides and some parts of her body. She is typically alert, lively and active little doggie and sometimes a couch potato. Athena is the kindest among them all and the most patient as well. She loves to be cuddled and touched even for a long time or as long as you want – maybe in the dog’s mind, “the longer it is the better.” 

This was taken when Baste is still few months old. Born to pure light beige Askal (mother) and an all black half-Labrador Retriever (father) descent, he is the most silent but the most hard headed among the dogs I mentioned here. He likes playing outside rather than inside the house. That’s why he always gets grimy. Unfortunately, when he turned almost a year older, he got sick and passed out some bloody stools. It’s maybe he had eaten bones (especially the chicken bones) wherein it troubled his stomach. From then on, his vigor faded as days passes by. He got weaker and weaker until one day we saw him unconsciously lying near his favorite place – on the grasses.

Another Labrador Retriever, Spartan, as we named him, was a descent of black half-German Shepherd mother and black half-Labrador father. This picture was taken when he was still less than 2 months old. With an appearance of his father’s breed, he has also large paws and sturdy legs. He is very friendly and playful - bites anything you throw to him, loves to be touched and caressed, and very easy to please. Hmmm, I’m looking forward to play and swim with him in the water!

True enough, as what Alfred Barbou said, “The dog has been esteemed and loved by all the people on earth and he has deserved this affection for he renders services that have made him man's best friend.” Indeed, man’s best friends are dogs. Hope no one disputes this!

Another look: These are other solo pictures of those lovely pets. Oh, by the way, did I mention here that I never own those breed dogs but Spartan? All but Spartan is owned by the Bichara Family. I personally thanked them for letting these cute dogs share their lives with me. :D

For online info about different breeds of dogs, visit this: http://www.dogbreedinfo.com/