A friend of ours was involved in the real estate transaction and put out a call on Facebook for someone to adopt the little hombre. Naturally, we couldn't say no. So now we have an Aussie shepherd mix and three chihuahua-mixes. We're not sure if Pepito is a purebred, but I'm guessing not.
His original name was Bumper. That's hideous, so we are renaming him Pepito Gonzales. The Gonzales is there just for weight. It sounds good to me.
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| Being an ancient, little dude, he kind of toddles, has bristly fur and moans a lot. He's adorable and the rest of the Guards like him. I think he's pretty pleased with his new sitch. |
I seriously wonder what those folks tell themselves.
ReplyDeleteWe have a "lost cat." Hard core lovey-dove, maybe a year old, obviously not use to living on his own, if we didn't already HAVE three cats who do not think highly of him we'd adopt the thing. I've got the kids persuaded he's lost, I'm afraid someone just left him.
Growing up, a lot of folks dumped cats at our barn. Dad was able to rehome most of the house cats, and fed the ferals. To 'keep the mice down,' you know. (In bad years there weren't even MARMOTS for five miles.)
With cats, you can at least tell yourself that they are survivors.
A freaking geriatric chiwawa?!?
I'm glad he found a home with you. He looks like a fine fellow, and he deserves a good place for his declining years.
ReplyDeleteIf this site is to be believed, Chihuahuas are pretty much the longest-lived common breed, with an average lifespan of 17 years (They claim that New Guinea Singing Dogs live about a year longer on average, but they're basically wild dogs and not really pets). So even though he's a bit over the average, he may still have a few years in him yet.
Pepito looks like he will be around for a while and I’m sure he’ll be happy with the rest of the Catican Guard.
ReplyDeleteOh, please. Everyone knows that for the last three albums at least, the New Guinea Singing Dogs have used autotune.
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