Dale, aka-"Dalee"

So, this is Dale, aka-Dalee. She is Chip's sister and more in need than him. She cries about everything....(not all of the time, just when she wants something). She adore Caramel more than anything else. He senses here needs, I think because he always accomodates her between his paws or in between his stomach. Dale is a good cat and always need to touch or be close to one of us. Her and her brother are with us for 1 1/2 years now and doing well.

Chip -aka: "Chippidy Do"

This is Chip, aka "Chippidy Do." Chip is the brother of Dale, (Chip and Dale-an American cartoon of 2 little chip monks). I'll introduce her later. Chip and Dale were about 4 weeks old when they were abandoned at the restaurant. They weren't born there, just abandoned long before the nurturing between kitten and mother should take place. They are now about 1 1/2 years old and doing well. Chip and Dale are independant, but they crave attention, possibly due to the need for the touch that they lost as kittens being separated too soon. Both he and his sister cry for attention once in a while or possibly it is their way of letting us know that they need to be held. They have great personalities and both love and adore Caramel and always need to be near him when he is resting. He basically became thier "surrogate mommy". They lay between his front paws as well as nestle in the middle of his belly when he is trying to sleep. Chip also likes his walk on the beach early in the morning when I take Caramel and Piccola for thei rmorning run on the beach before the sun comes up.

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!