“Can’t find God in the usual places… churches, books or preachers’ faces? Keep on searching and don’t give up, You may just find Him in the eyes of a pup.”
I had the chance to watch "Kontrobersyal" a while ago. One of their episodes was "Pangil sa Pangil". A look at how Filipinos train their pet dogs to be killers. Pit-bulls were trained at a young age to get fit and ready to fight in an arena where in people bet on them without remorse. I cried while watching it. Because it pains me to see innocent animals get hurt and even die because of human selfishness. I don’t understand why they do it. Money? Fame? Or did they lose their souls already?
I look at Mandy my pet dog. She’s nine months. She was given to me by Jet when she was two months old. Honestly I didn’t think that she would last this long with me. Because although my family and I had dogs before, I didn’t have anything to do with them and how they were brought up. I would see them around the house but without knowing how they were fed or cared for. I was young and was not really interested with dogs. Not until Jet gave me this cute puppy. I remember the first night she spent with me, I got really upset and I couldn’t sleep because she was crying and I know she was looking for Jet. I said I would give myself one week, just one week to get use to her. After that, things turned to be okay and I kept her ever since. It’s been a whirlwind of a relationship. I got frustrated at times when she would pee in my room or would chew on our furniture or my favorite slipper regardless of the many toys I bought for her. I was surprised at first to see her reaction when I get home and how she would greet me. She would jump and show how excited and happy she is to see me. Goodness, you don’t see that anywhere else or from anyone. Now as she’s grown a lot older, a lot of her personality is showing. She’s a sweet dog, she’s very loving, she likes to play, and she doesn’t bite but would only bark on strangers. She likes taking naps (like me), she likes to be scratch on her tummy, she likes to be hug or be carried around but I couldn’t do it anymore that much because she’s grown a lot heavier than I could bear. She loves sleeping on her couch with her pillow and sometimes with her toy beside her. I treat her as my baby. Just because she doesn’t come from any pricey breed, she doesn’t deserve to be treated any less. She is still a dog, still could feel pain, happiness and I believe, has a soul. I love her. I love her so much to the brink that people think I spoil her.
When I watched that episode from Kontrobersyal, I cried. I cried so much. Having Mandy in my life taught me a lot of things about animals, respecting them, knowing and being aware of them. I got so attached with dogs, any kind of dogs, dogs I see in a pet store to dogs I see in the street – homeless and starving. I was thinking if only I have a lot of money, I would adopt them, feed them and give them a good life. They don’t deserve to be beaten and killed just because you need pulutan, or money. Sometimes I wish that we have that same kind of dedication and love for our animal pets as seen on a cable show Animal Precinct from Animal Planet Channel. I would cry sometimes when I watch that show. See people leave their pets on their backyard to die or throw them down several flights of stairs. How could they do that??? It is so unbelievable. Heartless. It makes us less human. As what Boy Abunda said, “sa bawat patak ng pawis at dugo ng asong nakikipaglaban, hindi lakas ang nawawala o buhay ng aso, kundi ang ating pagkatao…” Sad. Sad but true.
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