Lost and Found

This week on my way to work I saw a lil white dog and a long haired daschund on the side walk trying to cross a busy intersection. I did a Ui and turned around because I really could not go on with my day thinking if the dog was really going to end up as a hotdog on the street. When I parked on the side of the road the lil white dog took off like a bandit pass me the daschund looked at me and came running and did a belly flop right at my feet! So sweet! I was glad they did not try to cross the intersection. I picked him up and decided to call him Papo. Put him in the passenger sea and drove around to look for the other dog, but he was no where in sight. Called my boss and told her that I was going to be late since I just picked up a dog from the side of the road. It is nice to know that my boss is an animal lover and she would understand why I had to pick up a dog from the side of the road.

I drove to my vet to se if the dog had a microchip, got very excited when he did! NO so excited when we called Avid and they had no record of the owner. They gave us a number of the people that administered the micro chip but they were no longer in service, some pet shop in OK, I wondered if it was a puppy mill.

I took Papo home worrying about how Molly and Tullah were going to react. Well Molly was in cloud nine! I think she like the idea of having someone in the house that was smaller than her, Tullah is twice her size.

I settled him down in my bedroom and headed to work two hours later. I Tweeted about finding him. Drove back the same way, my normal route. Looked on line in the lost section, called the local shelter, called a few friends to develop a plan B.

One my way back to work I took the same route and I saw a sign and I was very relieved, the lil guy had a family that was looking for him! The other white dog happen to make his way back home, I think Papo's lil legs did not allow him to run fast enough.

The story ends with a happy reunion of Papo , well his name is Sidney and his family.

It is important to microchip and register your pets. Tullah probably had a loving family somewhere, but maybe no one decided to stop when she was lost, and she continued wondering around until she was finally brought to the shelter. Tullah had a chip but her owners never registered her. Now she is home with me and Molly, she's registered to this loving family, but I can not stop to wonder how many pets are out there in the same situation that have not been as lucky as Sidney and Tullah...

Back to square one

Both girls are back a home now. Tullah enjoyed her quality time with me a little too much. Now that Molly is back home from gramma's, Tullah is pushing her weight around to be #1. Molly is not happy about that. It seems that they are back to getting to know each other stage all over again!! Molly looks overwhelmed, by the situation, Tullah on the other hand is totally relaxed.

Tullah does not know how to get the treats out of a Kong toy, she likes to play with balls and is learning how to steal Molly's Kong Air Dog Squeaky toys.

It's going to be an interesting week.

Tullah Update

For those that were wondering, Tullah is home with me, Molly is still at grandmas. It has been nice to spend quality time with the Bullie without having to feel guilty about it.

Weekend in Puerto Rico

Got back from my weekend in PR. I find it amazing that Puerto Ricans clap when the plane lands in SJU, son unos Jibaros!! Overall the weekend was nice, saw a lot of old friends and made some new ones.

The good: my usual breakfast stop at La Bombonera in Old San Juan for mayorcas and fresh squeezed OJ; dinner at Raices in Old San Juan, the best passion fruit mojito! I recommend the Tornado for dinner and both sampler appetizer platters; The Turtle Bay Inn in La Parguera, awesome place to stay, great service and ammenities and accommodations.

The bad: the service a Budget Rent a Car at SJU; extremely disengaged employees; except for their shuttle bus drivers, they are nice, always.

The ugly: Playa Buye in Cabo Rojo, I have not been there since my college days, and it seemed to me that I drove into a "squatters park", unattractive people and ugly sights, looked very unsafe, MACONDO! Drove by la calle comerio in Bayamon, another unsightly place, extremely deteriorated!!

Quiet House

It was obvious to me when I dropped Tullah at my friend's house that she probably felt abandoned again. She's in great company with (2) other bullies, but my heart ached.

Molly loves going to my mom's house, since my mom devotes 24/7 attention to her, including quality time in the yard fetching tennis balls. I am pretty sure my mom spoils her with human food.

The house is quiet now, it will be like that for a few days.

It's official she is staying

After two weeks it is obvious that Tullah will be staying, took her to the vet, she has a clean bill of health. Molly really enjoys her company and Tullah likes to slap her a wet kiss every time she can. At this point, Molly plays with her only when I am not watching. It's quite interesting, every time that they are roughing it up and I look she stops and looks at me like: " it's not me, I am just standing here". Tullah likes to rest, A LOT! We go for our afternoon walks and when we get to the house, she rests some more. We go to the green area, and yes Molly still rules at fetching.

We will try the dog park next week. This week Molly goes to gramma's, Tullah will stay with her bullie cousins, and I will travel on business.

Monkey See Monkey Do

Training Tullah to go poopo while on the leash was a lot easier than I expected. Molly helped with that, since Tullah apparently does everything she does.

They also discovered that they share a love for balls!! It was a random incident, a guy in the neighborhood was playing with a soccer ball and he was kind enough to let them join him. It was there first interactive play, we were making progress.

The next day we went to the green area in the neighborhood to play catch. This is Molly's favorite activity, she is fast and furious when she goes after a ball or frisbee. Tullah, well not so much. By the time she is ready to go after the ball, well Molly is on her way back. Not very interactive.

Tullah's idea of fun is to get the ball and put her massive head over it so no one can use it. This is a little aggravating for Molly who at 25 lbs its half Tullah's size. However, Molly determined to get the ball, put all her weight into it, she manage to take the ball away from Tullah. Who knew, the mighty Boston Terrier ruled over the 50 lb bullie!!

That was doggie interaction, at it's best. I think we are on to something good.