Cocker Spaniels Disappear
Posted by Jhun Nonato on Monday, August 10, 2009
When Dad came back from the US on a mission to bring to the country two naval ships (mine sweepers) given to the Philippine Navy by the US government, he brought home a lovely platinum blond cocker spaniel, whose name, unfortunately, I couldn’t recall anymore. We already had a golden blond male, named Butch, when we were still in Pandacan.
Cocker Spaniel
[photo by: Pleple2000]
One early morning, there was a commotion in the house. Dad, who was used to getting up early, found that the dogs were missing. The dogs, which were not confined either in a dog house or in a dog cage, were leashed and kept under the house (the Quonset hut was elevated). They disappeared dragging their leashes with them. Dad went around the Plaza Militar compound asking people and the navy guard at the entrance gate if they had seen the dogs, but he came home dejected and empty handed. Maybe the dogs crept under the spaces below the cyclone wire fences found in some parts of the predominantly concrete enclosed compound. The female dog was about to deliver within the month. All our excitement about the coming puppies vanished with the disappearance of the dogs.