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Friday, March 29, 2024

My Furry Bestie

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This corner features pets of animal lovers every week. We hope new owners and those thinking of getting a pet will be encouraged to be responsible “furparents” through these features. We also hope more people will be moved to be kind to animals when they read about the great relationship that can be created between humans and animals.

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CHIPPO, a 10-month old male mixed corgi- poodle, saved the life of his owner, Irene Flores Barroga.

My Furry Bestie

Irene recalls: “One time, when I was in a deep sleep, I had bangungot and I could not move my body. I then heard and felt CHIPPO  jumping on my bed. He began to lick my hands until little by little, I could move my body.”

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Irene, 51, has a heart ailment. She stresses: “If not for him, I might not be alive today.”

“I now call him my nurse, because when I am sick, he stays by my side, " Irene says. 

CHUCHU and another dog were tied to a mango tree outside his former owner’s house when Richelle Salac Cajala saw them.

Richelle would feed strays while bringing out her niece on a stroller. She was then on vacation in her hometown to take care of her mother who had an operation. 

During these walks,  CHUCHU and the other dog would bark at her, asking for food. She befriended the owner so that she can feed them.

She cried when she found out  CHUCHU  had no name. The owner told her they thought he had a breed when they bought him. When they realized he is an aspin or asong Pinoy, they left him tied outside the house. 

While feeding the dogs, she would call the dog “tsu.. tsu.. “ to which the dog responded so she called the dog ChuChu because her nickname is CheChe.

One day she saw CHUCHU shaking and asked the owner to allow her to have the dog treated in Manila.

“I borrowed him from the owner. In Manila, I had him treated. I also treated his wounds and removed all the ticks and fleas. He got well and became healthy and happy,“ Richelle recalls.

Richelle adds: “I thought ‘Why would I return this poor dog if  he will only be treated in the same way?’ So when I went back to the owner, I told the owner the dog needs maintenance care.  The owner did not want to provide the said care to the dog and allowed me to keep him.”

 It has been three years since Richelle got CHUCHU  and he is now her “shadow” as he follows her everywhere.

My Furry Bestie

“Rescue a  dog and the dog will love you for the rest of his life,” Richelle says.

Editor’s Note: These stories were compiled by Miks Lim, admin of animal welfare group Save Animals of Love and Light (Save ALL) which urges humans to be kind to animals, to help animals in need, to adopt from shelters and pounds and not buy pets, and to spay or neuter their pets to help control animal population in the country, among others.

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