By Telly G. Ocampo
Can Milo be brought back to us?
Our dog Milo just vanished. He is only a 7 month old dog, one of the four (4) offsprings of Mayang. These 4 are Mayang’s first born. We retained two of Mayang’s children: Milo and White Paw. And the other two? We gave them to an architect friend for we know they will be in good hands.
Mayang was a gift from my brother. She is a mongrel and she is really pretty. All our dogs in Taguihon are mongrels and they are very good looking.
Our first dog in Taguihon was Snoopy. Snoopy, a loving dog given to me by my friend named Jo Caballo, was with us for 5 years. He just disappeared after vomiting blood. A few days later, we were told by our neighbors that there was a dog cremated by our neighbors and the dog was in a state of decay.
I remember when I was young that we had a dog called Zorro named after the main character of the movie bearing the same title. Zorro was gone for several days staying in a cave nearby when he felt ill. It was always like that until he permanently disappeared.
I don’t want my dogs placed in a cage or tied on the neck. I want them free. Remember the song: “Ibon mang may layang lumipad, kulungin mo at umiiyak. . . “
We have 4 adult dogs now in Taguihon. The eldest is Wewee, so named because he was very small when given to us. He is the leader among them all. When my husband died, Wewee slept on the table near my room. He and Mayang had, each the dining table as the abode. Mayang is the younger sister of Wewee and Mayang would never allow herself to be mated by Wewee.
We also have a dog who became a permanent resident in our house. She came to us and has been staying with us since her arrival. We don’t know her name. We call her “mother dear”. Why? She was pregnant when she came and had a child we named Tomtom for he was midnight black. Tomtom did not reach adulthood. He suddenly died. Since then, “mother dear” never had another baby. Her “territory” is by the piano near Wewee’s table. She stays there at night or during siesta.
Mayang had her second delivery of five children. They were all born on September 10 this year. We committed to give the 5 of them to close friends. They are very cute.
Now with MILO gone, I think we have to keep one instead of giving them all out. MILO was the cutest among the first born of Mayang. He didn’t look like a mongrel at all. And he was mild-mannered. Why did we call him MILO? The name is the shorter version of “My Love”. He is very lovable. Yes, the dogs are! And they are family to us.
A week ago, a little dog just showed up by our door. This little female dog looks entirely different from our present dogs who all look almost alike. She is white and a bit naughty. She
must have been a pet because since day one, she would sleep under our bed, crawl over and under our slippers/ shoes or relax herself inside my basket of crochet materials. My daughter calls her fling as in “feeling” – feeling sya nga cute, adunahan ug may katungod nga mopuyo sa balay. “Fling” gyud sya.
I have been talking about our other dogs; this is my way of coping with the pain we are feeling now about our loss of MILO.
Anyone, please bring back our MILO to us. We are missing him terribly. I have been praying to San Antonio so MILO would come back to us. I am sure my little girls, Magik and Amber, will cry when they will know that their MILO is gone. They just went home to Cebu and are back straight from Oceanjet to school. When they come to the Blue Apartelle, I’m sure they will grieve over the loss of MILO.
San Antonio please bring MILO back. Bring “MY LOVE” back.