(
Title name from Wisdom In Chains song "
Girsl Lie, Cops Lie, Dogs Love")
Named "
man's best friend", like Fred and Dyno, like Benji, Lassy, et.al.
Back in early 90's we had a dog named
Laika. Was named after the USSR astronaut dog that I read back in my Literature class at elementary school. She lived a short time inside the house until grew up and my parents placed her on the backyard, so never saw the streets, until a day my parents were leaving and Laika ran out to the street... Her dead was a fast one, was crushed by an old Nova car (
similar to this one) right when crossed the street; we never knew who did it, who was the driver, 'cause he/she gone fast. I still remember moms yelling and pops silence, I still remember watching Lai's on the ground crying, dying -at least my little brother did not saw it all like me. Pops took Laika and leaved on a neighbor house, I found out that the next day so everyday I went to Popillo's (R.I.P.) house to bring her food and "cure" her with hospital serum...I was a child man! Was very sad watch her lying on a cardbox-bed dying, I thought she will be ok, "
wrong".
Laika got hit on a Saturday evening, died on a Wednesday or Thursday; she was a good dog.
There is a special feeling and memory about her. In Autumn 1993 my younger brother -Luis- got a high fever that ended in a
coma -
a big life example of a doctor's erroneous diagnosis+malpractice). He died, thanks to the Allmighty he came back; after that, "Pipo" was in a coma for almost a month, had just 4 years old, a child. My parents never sued the doctors, they were satisfied he was alive again and recovering. All was a faith thing, I understood; but pleople were complaining 'cause pops and mom never sued, "
money, money, money".
I know one of the things helped him in the recovery was Laika. Whe he came back from coma his godmother gave him a "stuffed toy" dog that looked like Laika, that toy was his favorite from long time (and even long time after Laika's death).
R.I.P. Laika
(Laika and Pipo inna Ferrari -circa 94/-95')Some years later we got another dog another "
satus portoricensis" (Puerto Rican
sato; PR mongrel dog), and was named
Betoven, I don't remember why or who choose the name, but I think was my younger brother. Betoven, like Laika, was a home dog, lived int the backyard and never got on the street. Some weeks after his arriving 2 little girls sisters took/stole him from the front yard....moms went nuts, I think next day we found Betoven was 2 street from us, the girls lived next to Uncle Manuel, so he and moms made the moves and Betoven was back. The story was the girls saw Betoven in their daily way to school, and did it. Betoven grew up, not in size but in years, same time grew a relationship between him and my younger brother.
One day, one of my stepsisters (and my brother's sister by father-side) was playing with Pipo, over him horseplaying, but Betoven thought she was attacking him...Betoven barked to her mad angry; from that day she, her husband and daugther were non good to him, when they came to visit Betoven went nuts. As a wise dog, found the way to break out from the backyard to the front yard and the street..., we started to worried 'cause what happened to Laika, but pops said "
nothing gonna happen" and let him... Then Betoven started to follow us when we leave the house (walking or in the car), pops kept saying "
nothing gonna happen"...until one day all the family leaved the house in the car to buy food and Betoven followed us
1 km approx
running in a rural road, so pops had to stop and let him enter in the car. Then happened what never supposed to "
happen"...Betoven got lost, at this time we don't know if he was taken or killed, and all just for pops fault -sorry but had to said.
Yo' Betoven, hope you are inna nice place
(Betoven at backyard -circa '97)In Summer-Autumn 2007 arrived
Enzo, a black mini Dachshund named after a Ferrari car (by my brother). At first I did not approved his arriving 'cause I know mom have no time for a pet and my brother neither. But Enzo is a sweetheart, he got me the first weekend I spent at my parents. Enzo is a chill dog, but always watching, wise and loyal, and brings love; he is small but defend us like a lion, he also a big cat-hater (LOL). Even pops likes him. I hope he lives until get elder at my parents.
Warop Enzi!
(Enzo's first month)Another dog in my life is
Nina, Fco & Xio's doggy girl. She arrived in early 2009(?) with a wound between a leg, a kid from the school she was rescued threw her on the ground -that said his grandma, one of the school's employee. The kid/owner of Nina's parents said she is a "
mix of Rottweiler with...", erm... She grew, but is too small for that dog race, anyways. She is very wise, specially when Fco is looking for her when he found she ate his flip flops..., she is very loyal to him, and a mad cat-hater. A funny thing is she was named after a
7 Seconds cover song, "
99 Red Balloons", originally performed by the German singer
Nena.
Warop Nina!
(Nina, 4 of July 2009 BBQ)P.S.
Moms love too. Much love to IBL/MBC moms, always reppin'.
Shout out to xVargasx mom AKA "carrot cake on your mail box son", Lion City moms, Resto's mom, xSanchezx mom, and Chavela.
Thanks mom.
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