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Apr

21

Lost

Filed Under Family, General | 19 Comments

Leaving the old house today, I saw these two dirty puppies right on our front doorstep. Ok, it was more like gate-step. They looked bewildered, looking around as if seeing everything for the first time. Since our old house runs along a very busy street, the things were in very real danger of getting run down the way they were blundering about. I stood there transfixed, torn between having to leave and go back to work, or get the puppies and bring them home. I looked closely and I saw that one of them had really bad wounds on it’s legs. And both of them had mites, which irritated their skin and makes them lose their fur.

One of the puppies looked at me and it’s stare never wavered… until it came to me and licked my fingers. There really was nothing I could do except put them in a box and bring them straight to the vet. I resolved to take care of these puppies and make them healthy. Recent events at home have left me severely cash strapped, and taking the puppies to the vet very nearly took out the very last cent out of my wallet. But I didn’t care. If I left them there, I’m sure it would be something I would very severely regret.

Regret aside, looking at them and their sorry state… how could I leave them? The decision was already made as soon as I saw them.

The vets were surprised to see me, but nevertheless glad that I decided to take on a pet again. Two of them. The puppies had nothing that can’t be fixed and healed. I took this picture (and more) while waiting at the vet just so I can have a record of what they looked like when I first got them.

Comments

19 Responses to “Lost”

  1. Azrael on April 21st, 2008 8:27 pm

    kawawa naman yung mga puppies.
    will wait kung ano name nila :)

  2. Rolly S. Faustino on April 21st, 2008 8:57 pm

    Hi Gerry,

    I can’t speak on behalf of all dogs (or animal) lovers but thank you very much for what you did.

    I hope your new puppies grow healthier by the day and become your companions for life.

    What you did is really heroic and unselfish.

    Regards,
    Rolly

  3. Gerry Alanguilan on April 21st, 2008 9:14 pm

    Salamat Rolly.

    Az… Milky and Boney.

    :D

  4. gilbert monsanto on April 21st, 2008 10:11 pm

    It is a good sign. Angels sila para sa iyo. May reason bakit sila napunta sa iyo :)

  5. Ed on April 21st, 2008 10:43 pm

    Wait wait wait! Boney?! Ano, sa ‘kin mo na naman binase yan? Hehehehe!

    Alam mo, Gerry, I also feel same way kung meron kuting na makita ko sa kalsada. Cat lover ako, so everytime meron akong makitang pusa sa kalye nilalapitan ko talaga para maka-himas lang kung ‘di mailap.

    I also like dogs, although I’m a scaredy-cat to get bitten. :)

  6. LAR on April 22nd, 2008 1:51 am

    I knew it! Alam kong iyon ang gagawin mo. Magiging mabuting mga kaibigan sila sa iyo, I’m sure. Saludo ako sa iyo Gerry. :D

  7. Rod Samonte on April 22nd, 2008 2:03 am

    Gerry,
    Hahaha, dalawa agad ang mge anak mo: Milky and Boney. Anything to do with saxophonist Boney James? Years and years ago, I adapted a kitten naman, which was scratching on my door one rainy morning. I gave her some milk, and she never left. She grew up to be the best damn rat killer in the neigborhood. One night (she had some kittens), she spent a whole night protecting her kittens from rats, but apparently lost her kittens, as I saw her the next morning all ragged and beaten up, but still alive, probably battling not one, but several rats bigger than her. She of course got back to being healthy, and back to being the rat-killer she was. About a few years later, I rented a studio apartment on Raon and Mabini on the third floor, where there was a Chinese restaurant on the ground floor. To be sure, the rats there were huge. I took her with me to live with me, my mistake, because it seems cats – and I didn’t know this – could never get used to live in a new environment. She left probably looking for our house which was in Balik-balik, and I never saw her again.
    Rod

  8. Jaime on April 22nd, 2008 2:43 am

    I’m sure the moment when these puppies look into Gerry’s eyes ,deep inside they were saying ‘Yeheeeey! May bago na tayong master!’.

    Kidding side pareng Gerry, reading this blog entry made me all watery eyed.

    How about calling them Patch and Logan? :D

  9. miel on April 22nd, 2008 4:46 am

    Hi Gerry,
    had a pet dog once named “Appendix”–i got him right after i had an appendectomy (must have been the demerol kicking in post-op). so imagine my “appendix” running around the neighborhood and I calling out for him. buti na lang cool lang ang mga kapitbahay ko sa may antipolo :)

  10. Jerome Dizon on April 22nd, 2008 6:34 am

    Thats great Gerry! saludo ako sayo dyan!
    bagay na bagay ang MILK para sa Boney hehhehe

  11. Jon on April 22nd, 2008 8:13 am

    It’s your good deed for that day. Most of the time, in my experience, good deeds are rewarded in some form or another.

  12. Gerry Alanguilan on April 22nd, 2008 8:46 am

    Thanks guys! They 2 puppies are turning out great. They seem to be very happy and lively. Ang KUKUILIT! But I like it.

    Jaime… parehond babae e. Kung lalaki tatawag ko sana Bruce. Pero since dalawa, Shawn and Gus sana. :)

  13. Myke Guisinga on April 22nd, 2008 9:21 am

    Sir Gerry, ok yan, hope lumaking maayos ang mga kiddie pups mo. God Bless you.

  14. Romi Lizada on April 22nd, 2008 1:53 pm

    Ok a ka gerry dalawa ang naging kapalit ni eugene ako dog lover din pero cat yung character ko sa komiks hehe good luck sa dalawang puppies na napunta sa iyo. :)

  15. Gio Paredes on April 22nd, 2008 2:11 pm

    Gerry
    - It is nice to see you have a pet once again.
    Dalawa pa at ang cute.

    Rod
    - Ang lungkot naman ng kwento mo.. :-(

  16. Philip Tan on April 22nd, 2008 6:57 pm

    Poor pups T___T.. I love dogs… I used to have around 16 to 18 … well me and my family… back when I was in Cavite still….

    Philip Tan

  17. Mall on April 22nd, 2008 7:45 pm

    *hugs* awwwwwww at least your puppies are so blessed to have you as a new papa / bestfriend, kuya. Ang cute ng names ng mga puppies mo. :) let’s pray for them! keep us updated how your puppies will be! :D

  18. Rod Samonte on April 23rd, 2008 3:43 am

    Gio,
    Actually, I lost her as a pet much earlier than that when she started finding rats for food. She was such a rat-killer she would bring home at least one rat a day, and I could see her in our yard eating the dead rat, from the intestine, hehehe. I don’t remember having to feed her, except when she was a kitten. I suppose when she lost her kittens, that was a retaliation from the rats. During that epic battle to save her kittens, I could not sleep because of all the noise they created, I could not really help, as this was like in the middle of the night, and I didn’t really know what was going on. If I had known the rats were after her kittens, I would have put them in a safer place. In the morning, after losing the battle for her kittens, I found her battle-scarred and dazed and I could not even touch her, she was still clawing away if I tried to get near her. I just let her be, and within a few days she was back to normal, and hunting rats again. I took her to my apartment thinking she would have a grand time killing the rats there. I guess she could not get used to the new environment, or maybe she left a boyfriend back at our house and tried to find her way back.
    Rod

  19. miel on April 23rd, 2008 5:42 am

    Hi Ger,

    just wanted to add, a “mindwarp” at 6 AM–they’re your sentries of goodwill now.

    anything that wants to harm you or even think they can, won’t even get to go past the gate where you found these two noble souls :)