March 1, 2020

I came home from grocery shopping the other day to the sound of some crying and screeching.  My driver said it was monkeys.  I believed him because we have been plagued by them lately.  While moving the grocery bags downstairs, I noticed movement in the car port.  It turned out the crying was coming from a little puppy who had been dumped there.

He was very friendly.  I picked him up and brought him inside, gave him some milk that he gobbled up and then vomited a few minutes later.  Good boy that he is, he ate up all the vomit immediately.  Goes to show how hungry he was.

He is very cute with a large perfectly round spot on his neck, so, of course, I named him Spot.  He was scratching like crazy so I gave him a bath with dish soap and vinegar to get rid of the fleas.  He hated the bath and screamed pitifully all the time.  I kept having to pick him up out of the basin to comfort him before the next step.  I was soaked.  After the bath, he was so tired, he fell right asleep.

I really did not want a dog so I set about finding him a home.  Thankfully, the lady down the street, Seline came over to have a look at him and decided to take him on the "Spot".  She asked that I keep him for the night which I said I would.  However, I was worried as I knew I would have to lock him in the guest bathroom.  He is only about a month old and cries when left alone and pees and poops at will.

As we were discussing things with Seline, the new tenant in the annex, a young man named Jivan, came home and fell in love with Spot.  He said he wanted to keep him but Tula and I nixed that idea as he only has a room with bath and is away all day long.  He wanted to keep him for the night to which I readily agreed.

So Spot stayed with Jivan and was a very happy puppy when he came back to me in the morning.  Seline came as promised about an hour later and took him to his new home.  It was so lucky to find him a good home in less than 24 hours.

I don't understand how the so called Buddhists around here can mistreat animals like they do.  They won't put them down when they are suffering, but they will dump them like garbage by the side of the road.

He wanted to snuggle in enclosed places.  Here he is beside the cleaning supply store under the kitchen sink.

The cats were not impressed and were very scarce while Spot was here.  They resurfaced when he went over to Jivan.  In fact, all five of them were snuggled all over me as if to say , "We love you, don't bring a dog in here."

Buddy and Ayya each with their own cushion.