Pino and Me: A Story About A Dog (Part 1)

Jun 8, 2009

Pino is the name of our (me and my girlfriend) lovely puppy. That's a picture of him, in its stupidest, sleepy expression we both adore so much.
Never judge a book by its cover. Behind that adorable looks, that fluffy fur ball can be such a monstrous case.
Have you ever seen "Marley and Me" starred by Owen Wilson and Jen Aniston? Well, this post is inspired by the movie, because believe it or not, our story is similar to John and Jen Grogan's life; bound with a freakish yeat adorable dog, minus the ending of course, because Pino is still pretty much alive and oh yeah, he's a just a domestic dog instead of Labrador retriever.
This is how our story began...

Pino was born in June 1st 2004 (he's 5 years ole now, Happy Birthday, boy!!!). "How can I tell?" Well, that's because me and my GF were there when his momma, Diva, delivered him and his three siblings, namely Venus, black as tar and huge for her petite momma, Hugos, a boy with a cow like pattern, Omen, a girl with hamster like fur. Our gray, rat-like gray but adorable Pino is the youngest. It was my girlfriend who chose him (she and her friends have decided to adopt Diva's puppies when they got older, that's why we attended Diva giving a birth in the first place) . It was love at first sight, she said.
Unlike my girlfriend, I passed out already because it was 4 AM when finally Pino was born. The next thing I know was when my gf woke me up and took me to the cardboard which was Diva delivery bed and pointing at a tiny mound of fur, squeezed between his siblings' bigger bodies, suck hungrily on her momma's nipple.
"That" she whispered, "is our future puppy." Yawning and still half asleep, my response was "It looked like rat, are you sure about it." After poking my head with unrestrained knuckle for that remark, she said "Sure. Why not."
The turning point which affect all of us and finally bound our fate with Pino was when 10 days after giving birth, Diva died. A car hit her when she's wandering around. The four siblings become a reluctant orphan, and me and my girlfriend suddenly has something furry to attend to.
(To be continued)