My Mission Impossible

. . . is to keep watch over my popsy Sumo.

And this time I am on top of the job!


However, after holding our usual official SuperDog pose in front of our camera freak Keeper, we stretch out, yawn, and whine for munchies. Sorry but we can not hold on to that serious pose for too long because of the blasting heat!



I won't pretend that I am not bored to my wits with this WatchDog chore. And yet I do this every freaking day! Don't ask why I have to do this since my popsy is pretty OK after his recent home check-up with our two new lady vets Doctors Fe and Miriam, who thinks I am "cute", by the way . . . my popsy is, I think, I'm sure, officially out of that depression thing. Whatever.





I should rejoice like Keeper but this 34 degrees blasting heat in Heaven has given me skin allergies (dry, itchy skin) from too much washing, I suspect, but I have no choice. I have to take at least TWO baths every week or I'll dehydrate in this freaky weather. . .


Hmmm, maybe I should include this global warming to my SuperDog agenda . . .

SuperDog Update

I am Sumo reporting for duty.
I may still be recuperating from the heartbreak of losing my great love Pica but I am still the AlphaDog and I still do a very keen job of looking around Heaven and watching my family, even if most of the time it is my grown-up puppies, Bogart and Sweepy, who is looking after me.


In one of my great walks around Rainbow Avenue, I looked around and watched the quiet scene. RainbowAve has been quiet after the Holy Week with less stray and roaming dogs except the ones owned by a neighbor several houses away. No matter how many times Keeper would call their attention, the people in this house would often neglect to close their gate when they go out and their black dog would often come in and out and this dog would practically spends his day strolling down Rainbow and trying to mate another dog owned by the storekeeper down the road, eating trash scattered by roaming dogs and possibly catching some virus and passing it on to his human keepers! Serves them right.


Keeper is quite busy since the start of the year so she was not able to update the community leaders about it. She is working on it this week.


Meanwhile, Rainbow has some new developments: the Meralco guys started repairing the street posts. They seemed eager to do this after they were forced to turn off some streetlights some years back after the past local leader failed to settle our town's huge electric bill! After having dark streets for years and exposing the community to robbers and all, our new Mayor took the responsibility of clearing the electric bill issue so we now have well-lighted streets since last year!


The efficient Mayor Cataquiz also updated the garbage collection so our garbage are collected practically everyday! Keeper said the good Mayor also cleared the town's major streets of illegal vendors in coordination with the MMDA. See what good leadership can bring you! I just hope the good Mayor will soon realized that the people he delegated to oversee the implementation of the Animal Welfare Act is SLEEPING ON THE JOB! For barking out loud! Wait till Keeper submits her report, Mayor!


In the meantime, Sweepy and Bogart goes barking like crazy in the other blogsite while keeping watch over me and Heaven. They sure make a good pair. Such great hounds. My best pups. They have taken over my job while I am recuperating. Someday, I'll find time to play and cuddle with them. Soon, when I get well and the weather is not too freaking hot for play. See you soon!


Sumo,
The SuperDog too!

Ok, ok, I'm Back!

. . . nope, you did not scare me Crikit!
I love ALL DWBs . . . woof!
but I decided to post my new blahs in a new blogsite.
(NOTE: All DWBs, check my new address at bone zone)


This blog will mainly focus on my SuperDog Projek.
Just scroll down other posts to know what this is all about.


Woof Updates:


1. When Keeper tried to report to the Barangay using the "hotline" they gave Keeper, the woman who answered is pretty clueless. Keeper SMS the barangay head but no response. FYI: the barangay has not installed the huge tarpaulin Keeper gave them which is driving Keeper mad! Woof! Watch out for Keeper when she starts marching down your office soon guys!


2. Keeper kept following up with the municipal councilor whose committee handles animal welfare concerns. The man returned Keeper's call but told Keeper he will study the report first. Lesson: Sure, the Mayor supports you but that's about it . . . Watch out for Keeper when she goes marching up your office too, Mayor!


3. Keeper wants to report a black mongrel dog owned by a resident along Rainbow Avenue. Keeper went to the owner and the owner (a family with children) told Keeper that the dog would escape when the gate is open (duh?). . . Keeper requested the lady owner of the house to remind the kids "to close the gate" (duh again?) and make sure the dog stays put or else pay the fine. But every day the dog goes running down Rainbow Avenue, peeing on everybody's property, scrounging and spreading trash (and possibly viruses! woof!) and the owner does not give a hoot. The kids don't give a hoot either . . .


4. Talk about the kid owners of this black dog. The children all study in a nearby private school where Keeper tried several times to talk with the School's Principal. Well, Keeper succeeded once and since it was a holiday and the poor lady is saddled with teacher's meeting and all, asked Keeper to wait till January. Well, it is January 2008 now (waaah!) and Keeper is still waiting . . . Kids from that school practically violate all the stuff I'm working on which is RA8485 or the Animal Welfare Act (some of their students own dogs which they neglect, abandon, and like "notorious blacky" allowed to roam the street, the Anti-Littering law, and the ban on pellet guns. Well, kids learn from schools, parents and guardians. If these kids behave poorly, maybe the authority figures are not in place . . .


5. Keeper is completing her phase report to submit to the Animal Welfare Division. (Paging Dr. Mateo! The local government down Rainbow Avenue is a dud!) . . .


6. But there's good news. (At least!) Tutti Frutti, a yummy mongrel who use to take morning walks with his Keeper down Rainbow Avenue without a leash is now sporting a handsome leash and tries to keep in step with his Keeper who walks slowly because of some ailment. You see Keeper talked to the owner and the owner understood and without a fuss had kept to keeping law and order in the community by sticking to the rules. Intelligent and educated people does not need enough blahs to understand and support ordinances. Woof! Kudos, Tutti Frutti, Libby and Johnny! I give you ten paws up, drools and hugs . . . Keeper, can we give Tutti-Frutti a squeaky toy?



7. PLUS, ten paws up for the public school nearby, the Pacita National High School and its dynamic headmistress, Mrs. Umaclap, who lost no time in sending Keeper to address all the students before the start of classes one morning in December. Please note that this school like all the others are equally BUSY during the holidays but it takes a responsible and caring authority figure to give priority to urgent matters. Kudos also to their students who Keeper caught voluntarily cleaning the school grounds while waiting for classes to begin. If that is not cool I don't know what is. Hey, Keeper, can you give Mayla, Rowena and Evelyn free art workshops for being such great kids! Hey girls, Keeper said yes. See you in Heaven one of these days!


Meantime, my popsy Sumo is all eyes and ears too.
Don't tell him, but he is my Deputy.



My hyperactive popsy is actually the one who blabbers about roaming dogs to Keeper. Oh, btw, all roaming dogs (without a leash and companion) are STRAYS (or askals or "asong Kalye") . . . even if your dog is a purebreed something and registered somewhere. . . The dog is an Askal if he roams the street (woof, that's why they are called strays, people!) . . .


But the law and its proper implementation is still forthcoming.
So while waiting for this death-defying act,
Sumo dutifully reports to Keeper.
Keeper documents the incidents in her files.
Sumo is handling my SuperDog chores . . .



. . . while I watch over my sick, old mumsy Pica
who seems to have acquired the alarming habit
of straying out of her warm house
and sleeping anywhere and everywhere
around our house Heaven and catching cold and what-not!



Keeper pats me for being such a caring pup.
But more important than the pats,
there is nothing more I want
than to see my mumsy Pica pain-free,
comfortable and eating normally
which she is doing at the moment . . .

. . . as long as I keep watch . . .
and as long as Keeper is around
to make sure we're all OK. . .

. . and thanks DWBs for keeping watch as well . . .