We have two dogs of the type we call ‘askal’ here in the Philippines. Askal means “Asong Kalye” or “Street Dog” in English. The older one of the two dogs is a female and we loving call her Saddam. LOL, I know, Saddam of all names? And for a female dog? Anyway, she’s a good dog and knows her limits. She’s been with the family for the past 8 years (or more) already and I do believe it would be a sad thing if we lose her. She’s also been the mother of tens of puppies during those 8 years.
Our second dog is a male and we call him “Blackie” though he really isn’t black. In fact he has more white than black - the black being just spots on his face - but my two daughters named him Blackie so Blackie he is. Blackie is one of Saddam’s puppies and is now 6 months old if I remember correctly.
Among these two, Blackie is the naughty one. He would take our slippers and play with them sometimes to the point of ruining it. This evening, Blackie played with Evelyn’s cellphone’s leather casing and bit it. Teeth marks are all over the casing now and oh, how mad Evelyn was.
I think this dog needs to get some dog obedience training somewhere but I don’t think such a service exists here in the Philippines. Perhaps, I should just spend some time with the dogs and teach them myself but extra time is something that I don’t really have at this point.
Oh well… Guess we just have to take good care of our things and make sure the dogs, especially Blackie, won’t get his paws on them.
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