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Eggy's My mom says she does not believe in
Four weeks before I found my forever home,
“love at first sight,” but I know that is
my three four-week-old babies and I were taken to
not true because she fell head over
a place where they gave us food and shelter.
heels for me the first time she saw me. I felt the
Everything was wonderful until the day they took my
same way. I was crossing the street and she was
babies away. Then, a big guy, with an ugly heart,
pulling out of her garage. She saw me, I saw her,
came and took me to his home. I ran away from his
and we both froze. It did not take her long to realize
house that very same day. I knew my babies were
that I was alone and on my own. When she got out
not at the shelter anymore so I needed to go and find
of the car, I was on three legs, with my front right leg
them. I walked over three miles and crossed a very
up on the air, ready to run, but she started talking to
busy highway searching for them. I slept most of the
me in a very sweet, calming voice and I could just not
time hiding in bushes and ate pretty much anything
move. We stared at each other for a while and I knew
that I could chew on.
at that very moment she would love me like no one
That day, when it began to get dark I decided to
had before. However, when she tried to get closer I
go back to the house of the “calming voice” and just
ran; my survival instincts kicked in and in no time I
a few minutes later, there was the nice lady again. It
was out of her sight and reach, but… I knew where
was as if she knew I was outside her front yard. This
she lived.
time she was more relaxed and in less of a hurry
and so was I. She sat down and started talking to
me, and she made no effort to get closer. She then
went inside and came back with a bowl of water and
some food. Wow! I like this lady, but as soon as she
got closer my right leg went into running mode. She
Lupita Colmenero with Wonder and
immediately put the bowls down and walked a few
Eggy.
steps back. My right front leg went down and I was
I had been running on several streets and
relaxed again. Being a street dog is not easy, all of us
encountered several nice people in her
have a story but it takes more than one page to tell
neighborhood, some of them even offered me food
it. If you want to know more about my life email me
and water but I just couldn’t risk it. I had a mission
at wonder@latinastyle.com and next time I will go
and my mission needed to be accomplished. By the
right into the good stuff ☺. You can also tell me your
time I met my mom, I had been on my own for over
story on how you found your forever home at the
two weeks, I knew the ins and outs of the streets,
same email ☺
LS
and I knew I needed to stay away from bad people,
Paw Paw!
but it was very hard to distinguish them, so I needed
Wonder Colmenero Bard
to be extra careful.
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