The Pecos Pack

Here it is, May and it has been a long, hard winter. DP, the Greyhound went on to the big track in the sky...he was around 96 in human years and a phenomenal beast. large muscular and white with a beige spot on his side, a retired professional athlete. Charcoal, the Shepherd/Hound mix, Princess Pom Pom and Joey Ramone (kats) were in deep mourning at the loss of their friend. Erin rescued him off the track back in Florida around eleven years ago and he was her constant companion. I had to get through the Greyhound to get to the prize and we became pals for life.

The Elite Dog Pack of El Rancho became the Pecos Pack as we moved from the desert up into the mountains, and pets came and went. We rescued dogs and cats along the way, which is both rewarding and heart-breaking. We lost seven animals in the past seven years, some due to age and some by the pitfalls of adoption and the inevitability of fate. Pit Bulls had been our favorite and a major source of rescue, as all forms of idiots think they either deserve Pits or deserve the money they get by factory-breeding them. We rescued a handful of them, sometimes literally taking them out of a neglectful/abusive owner's yard. Prior to the extreme, I would walk over with a gallon jug of water to the poor dog that was tied out in the hot Sun, the indignant (and ignant) owners telling me that that bone-dry bowl was actually full of water. Some people don't deserve their dogs and some dogs definitely don't deserve their humans. People that don't trust dogs are usually hiding something. Dogs can sense the basic instincts and while people don't have to like dogs, those that hate them or distrust them are usually to be approached with caution. People who can fool other people can't fool a dog.

We are blessed with our pack and blessed with the passing angels who still look over us, Molly, the Matriarch, Bo, Oscar, Hungry and Sweetie Pie, Lucky 13 (Kat) and the entire litter of baby Pits whose owner never had the brains to inoculate for Parvo...RIP. DP in his passing, led us to Montgomery Clift Burns White, a magnificent brindle racer who was rescued from the island of Guam. After they closed the track, they just released the Greyhounds into the wild. Go figure.

Balance has been restored with two dogs and two cats, two males and two females. Oh yeah, and two humans. The animals look over us.