..my firsT dog..

[petperks]

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nice post!!!

[menatsu]

@TS same jud ta!! I got my first dog at 22 sad! Although not counting family dog na ha, kanang kamo tanan sa inyong family ang tag-iya hehe. Ang difference lang nato kay supportive akong family, sila pa gani ang mugasto usahay sa ilang needs (leashes, collars, brushes, shampoo) hehe except sa food hinuon kay ako jud na nga gasto Pero kung play time na gani or walking, murag ako ra ang makabuhat kay dili sila mu dare lol. dagko naman gud kaayo akong doggies

[calor]

nice post sis!
kahibaw ko kung unsa imong na feel;]

thank you! its great to have a dog jud..

[calor]

nice post!!!

thanks petperks!

[calor]

@menatsu: hehe pareha jud ta...but good for you supportive imu family..
with my dog, ako pud jud tanan...as in! from walking to feeding to cleaning and buying his stuff... but worth it ra jud

[jofre45]

@caLOr: PaReHa Ra Ta Bai.... Di Mn Gd gNhaN aKo MaMa Og LaRgE BreEds Na iRo....
Ky SauNa Ok Pa KaU To Xa Ky PuPy Pa LaGe pWo Pg.DaKo Na Ky MaHadLok Na Sa DoGg aKng iNaHaN....ahaha

[The Good$!!!]

Reading this thread made me reminisce about our Borgs... We never thought of him as a pet but part of our family... We got him back in 1992 after a client who loaned at the bank my father used to work gave him as a gift... I was five years old back then and I still remembered the day we got our precious Borgs... The guy who gave him to us had a kennel... He had Rotts, Shih Tzus and Chihuahuas... At first he offered one of his adult Rotts whom he claimed are dog show winners... But I eyed a rambunctious 5 month old German Shepherd puppy in a pen... I asked my father to get him instead because the image of a German Shepherd back then reminded me of Police dogs and Rin TinTin... Aside from that, we were kinda' hesitant to take in an adult dog much more as intimidating looking as a Rottie...

Prior to that, my family had no experience taking care of a dog... I still remember him barfing on the car on our way home and not eating for a day... We end up calling his former owner and learned that the pup is used to dogfood mixed with lugaw na mais... We omitted the dogfood...

We named him after that dog from the movie White Fang but after learning his birth name from his vet record, we decided to stick to it... Borgs of Osolev...

He was a beauty of German Shepherds... A perfect Specimen... More black than tan... Muscular and big boned... Long muzzle... Thick coat and bushy tail that he held more time upright than limp... Man, I still remember those huge lanky legs chasing me... His former owner said his parents were imported specimens he and his partner bought a couple of German Shepherd pups for their kennel (his former partner used to own a well known pet shop and still owns a kennel, a well known veteran dogman here in Cebu)... But it was late that we realized that a pup as beautiful as him definitely got papers (boy were we ignorant about dogs back then)... He never gave the papers to us... Didn't matter... Never had... We loved him unconditionally like family...

He went through A LOT growing up... Physical abuse by our cousin's helpers... Taunting by neighborhood kids... Scratches from stray cats... Poison from thieves who stole our gamefowls... Leptospirosis... Defecating bloody stools (how was we to know the psychological effects back then, he was literally our first dog)... It was difficult because we lived in a compound. As a puppy he used to have a run of the whole compound but as he grew he became fiercely territorial and vindictive of our cousin's family... We were forced to have a large cage built for him... My ideals remains today that you should never cage a dog because of him...

Because of Dr. Dela Cruz praising how gorgeous he was, many female German Shepherd owners contacted us to stud their females... His first litter, a female owned by Atlantic Hardware, produced 7 pups! All died because of that vet from Pardo Animal Clinic... Both parties decided on having a new vet for the next session... We got 7 pups in all from puppy shares and they were all sold because we just couldn't take care of two German Shepherds with one househelp and the inconsistency of having one... After the last pup we sold, we opted for stud fee as suggested by his vet... We never sold a pup more than 5k back then because Borgs didn't have papers... We even got duped by a wealthy family who lied to us that their dog never got pregnant and gave us a mutt ( Dachshund X German Shpeherd, can you believe that!!!) puppy instead... We later learned from their caretaker that Borgs gave them 8 puppies!

His last fling with a female cost him his life... It was my fault because it was me who accepted the offer... All my siblings were already working abroad by that time and as the youngest, I was in charge of him... Hungry for a puppy to replace him someday when the moment arrives, I accepted without consulting my family... He was 12 years old by then... Grizzled, thick callouses growing in his joints, white hairs on his muzzle... But still he was very robust... How was I to know the female was still in her first estrus and didn't allow Borgs to mount her... Plus the shooter was ignorant as hell... After the failed attempt, our old boy was exhausted and bruised... He suddenly got weak and sick... His testicles got swollen... After days ( I refuse to remember how many) of agony, we finally decided to have him euthanized after we said our teary good byes... Even my brothers who were working abroad called and cried on the phone when they heard the sad news that our dear Borgs passed away... My siblings and I loved him more than our relatives... I insisted on digging his grave amongst my mother's flowers... I carried his emaciated and deteriorated body to its final resting place... I was 17 back then and I cried like a little boy the whole time... He was our best friend and companion who gave us undying devotion, loyalty and unconditional love... I still remember walking him on heavy rains, getting him out of his cage when bagyo Roping hit and our compound was flooded... Our encounters with a pack of strays... His fight with a Dobermann while being loaned for stud... Letting him smell his puppies... His vet told us he died of Kidney failure complicating from the infection of his testicles...

We have faulted him a lot of times with our inexperience and he never lost an ounce of affection for us... After his death 6 years ago, we still could not take it in our hearts to take care of another large breed dog because of our memory of Borgs... The heartache from his death still lingers in our family... Reading dog threads makes me a bit jealous but I think I still am not ready to form another emotional attachment with a dog... One thing for sure is we would never repeat our mistakes...

The only peace of mind I have is knowing he shared 12 years of his beautiful life with us knowing we loved him with all our hearts... He lived a complete life... I'm sure he has many descendants out there...

Last dog I bought ( a PomSpitz) on impulse, I gave him as a gift to my girlfriend after one day...

I love my Borgs and still miss him dearly...


This was a photo of him on his senior year... He was 11 on this pic...



Borgs of Osolev

July 15, 1992 - September 13, 2004...

He is buried in our garden...

[jofre45]

WeW! WaT a GreAt StOry U GoT TheRe....
iT MaKeS Me WaNa CrY...T_T

Mka.ReCoVeR rKa aNa Bai....

[tamse]

na ka relate ko sa isa.. back in my hometown, back years ago sad.. my first dog was DOGGIE then hang2d nka anak xa, iya anak nka anak sad. ni abot ug 18 kbuok among dogs bibo kau

[bactro_ban]

daghan nami fan ni juggy!! ipaglaban mo sis!!! hehehehe