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GOYGOY, born Sept. 8, 2009, is Ironchow Lotilla’s best buddy.
But it was not always that way.
Ironchow says, “Goygoy was the son of our late Kimkim, the matriarch of our tzus, who died while Goygoy and Lingling were just six months old. He was not the apple of the eye in our home because he is a boy and the girls are always the favorite.”
“One day, we used a detick solution which turned out to be strong for him. He became weak and wobbly so I decided to rush him to the clinic, “ Ironchow recalls.
Since there was only the motorcycle to transport him, Ironchow says, “I put him inside my knapsack and drove to the clinic. After that, he would always sit on my bag when he knows I’m going to go out.”
Since then, Goygoy would ride the motorbike with Ironchow “wherever I would go.”
Because Goygoy is now eight (8) years old, Ironchow no longer uses the motorbike when best buddy Goygoy is with him during travels.
PUTI is a stray dog who was adopted by Kat Perez Abundancia on Oct. 6, 2017.
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t recalls: “After work and getting off the shuttle, I always go to the market and look for stray dogs to feed. On this particular day, I was walking home when I felt someone was following me. I turned around around and saw her. She followed me until I reached the gate of my house. I looked at her and I saw her wiggling her tail. I asked her if she wanted to come home with me. At first, she hesitated. Then it started to rain. I asked her to go inside so she would not get sick. She did.”
Kat adds:” I also asked her what her name is. I called her “Whitey” but she ignored me. When I called her “Puti,” she smiled. Ngiting tagumpay (a smile of victory).
Since then, Puti became a part of Kat’s family.
Puti, says Kat, loves to go to the vet because she knows she will get to ride the tricycle.
“She gets excited in the sense that she gets to ride around town,” Kat says.
“She's a princess and wants to be carried always like a baby. She bullies our senior dog, Dugs. She also eats like a construction worker,” Kat adds.
“From five kilos when I first saw her, malnourished, sad, and homeless, she now weighs 20 kilos and she is happy, playful and acts like a princess,” Kat says.