Together Again...."Oh Happy Day"

This was taken this morning, Sun. 9th of September. Caramel, Piccola and Happy are together again; playing on the beach as always as if the time hasn't passed with a separation of the three. We learned that Happy is sick with heart worms that hadn't been detected in the past. He also has ear canal infection and alot of antibiotics to cure some other problems. He needs to gain weight before the dangerous doses of medicine that he will need to endure to cure the heart worms. The cure is by using arsenic which can kill the animal if he is too excited by the worms breaking up in his system and going into the bloodstream and directly to the heart. The treatment, as long as he gains sufficient weight back, will start in about 2-3 weeks. He has a good apetite and seems to be adjusting again to us and the rest of his family. Time is everything....!

Happy is Home........!

WOW! This is all I can say about this unique and strange situation. As I mentioned, Happy Mysteriously Dissappeared" 4 months ago without an explanation. I went to Orient Beach late yesterday afternoon and when I was leaving, I just happened to look to the right behind Bay Watch Restaurant, and there was a dog walking to the area of where people discard their unwanted debris and garbage. I saw a dog with white paws walking in that direction and I continued to leave. I had a "feeling" so I reversed the car and went towards the animal. He was very skinny and sad and very much in need of food and water. I stopped the car, noticed the red collar and started to call Happy. At first, he was frightened and started to move away. He stopped after the second time of calling his name still very cautious of me. I moved closer and started to call his name in a way that I used to call him in a playing sence, a bit high pitched like I used to do to get his attention; "Happy Dog, Happy Dog," and this got his attention when he started very cautiously coming toward me and as he got closer, (I was now kneeling on the ground at his level), he started to wag his tail and jump up and down. I was petting him and he started to bite me in the small playing bites that he used to do. I asked him if he wanted to go home and when I opened the car door, he immediately jumped in excited. Well, I do believe in fate, faith and destiny and I can't believe after 4 months, Happy our slow, dumb dog is home. He is skinny and in need of a good bath as well as a vet visit to make sure he is alright, which is on the agenda for today. Maybe Cyber space managed to put us in the same place at the same time so that our paths would cross again and make the family complete once again.

Happy is Missing....

Well, a "confusing", "unanswered", and "fear" for the "worst" story of what "might" have happened. His name is Happy. Happy is/was another dog that entered our lives through being abandoned near a previous business in Simpson Bay. He too was sick, neglected and lacking trust in human beings. We fed him, took him to the vet and ended up keeping him because nobody wanted to adopt a "stupid", "dumb" dog. Happy wasn't all there in his mind; he was "just Happy all of the time," but, a kind and loyal animal. Happy was with us for a little more than 7 years. The Story: One day while going for one of the many daily walks on the beach in front of the house in Oyster Pond, (4 months ago), Happy did what he always did; run ahead of Caramel and Piccola to run down the beach towards the Corolita Hotel/Apartments to do his own thing. Happy, towards the end was separating himself from Caramel because they never got along from the first day. Happy's behavior was more odd than usual by leaving our yard each day and finding his way into our neighbors yard and staying there. On this particular day, Happy went down the beach towards the apartments, went behind the trees and I assumed he was doing what he always did. and would follow afterwards either on the beach going back home or come to the house later after he explored. Happy never came home that day. I searched, asked people if they had seen him to no avail. It's been 4 months now and Happy is still gone. I don't know what happened to him, and knowing the stories of what happens to animals on this island, I fear the worst. Happy was slow in his mind, and really a dumb dog, but, he was our dumb dog and he was part of our family. As I drive down the street or walk the beach, I unconsciously look for him wherever I am because it would be nice to have him home again. He was a slow dog but he was our slow dog. If somebody did take him, I hope he has a good home and well treated. If other people or the "bad people" who hurt animals, have or had him, I say "Shame on You!"

Piccola & Caramel on a Centuries old Dolmen

Here is Piccola and Caramel on a centuries old Dolmen in the south of France, which was believed to be used for "ritual purposes". If you notice in almost every picture, Piccola is always on the left of Caramel? I just realized this myself when brousing the pictures to upload to this blog. Caramel and Piccola travelled a long way to get to this point....From the side of the roads born and abandoned in St. Martin; here they are thousands of miles from that point standing on a monument that was built hundreds of years ago in French History. After this picture was taken; a 1 hour drive from the mountains, they were running and playing in the Mediterranean Sea.

Piccola and Caramel

This is Piccola and Caramel under a tree, on Baie Rouge where he was born. They are with us as much as we can spend time with them. Thier favorite pass time is the water as it is with us. Sun, Sand, Sea and Salt is in the blood for all of us. Piccola-Or "Our Little Princes", (she's a lady), is also an island dog that was also abandoned on Cupecoy Beach. When we found her, she was starving, eating gravel and insects and a very bad case of mange. We didn't know what color her hair was because didn't exist. When we brought her home, people were asking us why did we want to bring home a dirty, mangey dog and sick as well. Well, like Caramel, she aquired the whole casino too. The two travel with us to the US as well as to Europe. These animals that were once living on the street, with no food, starving, flea infested dirty, smelly and abandoned "Little Dogs" have walked on the Champs Elysee', walked under the Eifel Tower and walked on roads that were built during the Middle Ages. They swam in the Meditterranean Sea as well as the Atlantic Ocean on "both sides". They've climbed mountains in the Catskills of New York, and travelled the US. They know they are special for us!

"Le Petit Prince" = Caramel

This is Caramel in NY at 5 years old. He's a Coconut Retriever that just happened to be in the right place at the right time, or maybe I should say, "We were in the right place at the right time!" Friends tell us that our animals "hit the 3 seven's on the slot machine" For Caramel and Piccolo, they aquired the entire casino......!

"Le Petit Prince"-aka-Caramel

This is "Le Petit Prince" also known as Caramel. This picture was taken when he was a puppy, 7 years ago. The Story of Caramel: Caramel was born to a "couple" of abandoned dogs living around the Baie Rouge Beach. Yes, I did say "couple". They would actually take turns to go out to find food to feed their pups. The male would search for food and then the female would search for food. Each Indvidually. I had never witnessed this before with dogs. We had seen the male and female for years, always in the Baie Rouge Area living together on the side of the road. When going home from the beach one day, we saw a few puppies on the side of the road. Naturally, we turned around and went back to try to remove the puppies from the road and save them. There were two puppies; a male and a female and we followed them into the hills behind Baie Rouge and through exhaustive mesures, managed to catch them. Of course the male barked, protested and was quite strong in his character to be captured. We took the male home, a friend took the female.I really didn't want another animal because I knew what was involved with training a puppy. Well.......the little flea infested, dirty, smelly, strong character little puppy had a name a half mile from where we picked him up, had a vet appointment for his shots a mile away from the rescue and had a home 2 miles from there. I've had many animals over the years and each one, naturally was smart and the best dog. BUT, Caramel proved me wrong....For a dog that I didn't want, he is my "Le Petit Prince" or "Little Prince". He's VERY Smart, Extra Loyal, Protective, Perceptive, Manipulative, Intuitive, Instinctive and every other word that would describe "Intelligence". Caramel has travelled all over with us; to the US as well as throughout Europe. Caramel is the most wonderful animal I could have ever met!