a dog named spoon

this is spoon. spoon showed up at the trailer in mid-may. glenn was mildly perturbed because he thinks we´re his but spoon prevailed. spoon was really cute and reminded me of the afghan puppies we used to have when i was a kid (that is until step-dad number two hauled the mother shauna to the pound because she didn´t like him - trust your dogs people!) he had long legs, a long black snout and a whip like tail. of course, this being mexico it´s a long shot if he really was afghan hound.

his name is spoon because when he showed up catherine said "what´s the word for puppy?¨" i said "cachorro" the next day catherine was saying "come here cucharra! come here cucharra!" and i said "you do realize you´re calling him spoon..."

the name stuck

sadly though spoon isn´t around. when we left for the island he ran down the street following our van and quit about 3 block from the trailer. i thought for sure he would just turn around and go back but when we returned he wasn´t there and the liza next door said that when we left he never came back. so i don´t even know if we had made just a day trip that day instead of a week trip he would have made it back.

i feel really bad that he´s gone but i hope maybe he found another place to take him in.

speaking of dogs, i stole this from catherine´s flickr page.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/37019612@N00/168583550/

she called it half naked dog tossing. we were at the beach one day and this little girl runs by us with this puppy on a leash. the puppy slowed down to check us out and i petted him and started talking to the girl (in spanish...) i asked the dog´s name and she said "superman!" in a kinda "duh of course" tone! then i said he´s very cute and she started telling me (very rapidly) that she's afraid of the water and doesn´t want to get stung and that she doesn´t want anything in the water to sting or bite her puppy. then she took off. i then turned to catherine and said, betcha she throws that dog in the water. i dont´know what it is but here in mexico i can´t tell you how many times i´ve seen people just fling their dogs in the water and watch them swim back.

and sure enough the girl took her shirt off went to the shore and TOSSED it! alot

catherine took pics check em out