The Eyes of the Cat Lover

I've been a volunteer at PAWS for almost three months now. And I'm proud to say that I learned a bit about our furry buddies. and I also learned to appreciate the life God gave us. The people there are also great. We all come there for one reason, to help animals. Everybody has their differences, but of course we are all willing to set that aside for the sake of the animals at the shelter. Also, being a cat lover such as myself, I tend to spend a lot of time with the cats in the cattery. Not surprising, I know.

But in the last few weeks, I've been walking dogs. I'm not a big fan of dogs because of reasons from my childhood. But anyway, I walk dogs. And when I walk them, they seem so happy, so energetic, so..... friendly.

Like this one particular dog. I've made him my friend. Because he's everything I believe a dog to be. Brave and ready to take on life, yet gentle and playful. He mainly reminded me of our pet dogs here at home. This charismatic dog's name is Chance.

He has an interesting story. remember last December? Remember that typhoon down in Cagayan? Sendong was it? Chance was a survivor of that tragedy. PAWS volunteers took him and three other dogs I think, back here in Manila where they were rehabilitated. The other dogs brought from Cagayan have already been adopted. Chance is the only one left.

He's really a great dog. He's my friend. When we both get tired from walking around the PAWS grounds, we would sit out in front of the Conference Center and I would tell him my problems, and my secrets. (I know, it sounds crazy.) But mind you, dogs DO make great company. No wonder a lot of people like them.

They are also great listeners. Once after I told him some of my problems, he licked me in the face. As if to say, it's gonna be alright. He's the only dog apart from my own whom I actually hugged. I love Chance. and whoever might adopt him, will NOT regret it. Hell, if I could, I would've adopted him. But I can't because we already have like four dogs here.

Because of my bonding with Chance, i have grown to love our own dogs too. And still, in my cat lover's opinion,  my Dog, Pippin, is still the best there is. Why? Because he's my dog. and I love him as much as I love Chance the shelter dog.

The picture above is my dog, Pippin. Behind him is Olga. my cousins' dog. I love my Pippin. Thoough I don't show it enough.

It must be strange, having a cat lover talk about dogs in such a positive light. I guess you can say I learned something  new. I now appreciate ALL animals.

I'm gonna continue my work with PAWS. I really enjoy it. I still love cats though....

that's my cat Freddy. He lost an eye. We don't know how. He just came home one night with his right eye bulging out. We took him to the vet. He's now a happy cyclops cat. But we love him just the same.