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It is very difficult to get 8 Chihuahuas together
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This "family portrait" took hours to arrange

This is website about dogs, ours and others too.

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After our youngest child left home to go to college we had to fill the "empty nest"

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KELLA, COYA & SINCHI ROCA

We did not really expect it to get this full.

PROUD PARENTS OF OUR FIRST LITTER
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COLLA & SINCHI ROCA WITH CHIMU AND MOCHICA

But we dearly love each one of them.

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Sinchi Roca and Coya, our mama & papa dogs

Link to photo of some of our four legged children

When we moved to Manila, Philippines for 18 months we could only take one, Kella, below.

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Kella discovers a new friend in Tagaytay, Philippines

So this website keeps them all in our constant memory as they wait for us back home in Quito, Ecuador.

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Our first two Chihuahuas, Inti and Kella in Mexico City

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Little Inti brought light to our home. Inti = Sun in Quechua

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Little Kella a few months old in Mexico City. Kella = Moon in Quechua

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When our last child went off to college we filled the empty nest at home with Inti and Kella

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MIKAI, SINCHI ROCA &KELLA

 

2010

NEW YEARS GREETING FOR DOG LOVERS

For every dog searching trash cans for breakfast - a full bowl with his name
printed in bright letters.

For every dog who slept fitfully last night, chained in a frozen yard - a
soft, warm bed with a person snoring gently nearby.

For every shelter dog, spending New Year's Eve in a soiled run - a forever
home, filled with sounds and smells of family.

For every "Christmas" puppy given - a tolerant, caring owner who won't
abandon you as you grow into a real dog.

For every ailing pet - enough money for your owner to pay the bills to make
you well.

For every lost dog - a clear, safe road, and well marked path, to lead you
home.

For every old and tired friend - a warm fire, and a soft bed, to ease your
aches and pains.
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YOUR DOG
He is your friend, your partner, your defender, your dog.
You are his life, his love, his leader.
He will be yours faithful and true, to the last beat of his heart.
You owe it to him to be worthy of such devotion.

         -Anonymous

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Our peacock, Apu, shows off for Kella and Sinchi Roca

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Our daughter-in-law Lorena with the first newborns in the family

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Our two Persian cats grew up with our Chihuahuas and don't know they are different

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Babies: Chimu & Mochica

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Lupita, Mikai, Quipu, Tumi & Rumi

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Mochica

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Chimu

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Mochica, Kella, Sinchi Roca & Chimu

The History Place - Great Speeches Collection
George Graham Vest - Tribute to the Dog

George Graham Vest (1830-1904) served as U.S. Senator from Missouri from 1879 to 1903 and became one of the leading orators and debaters of his time. This delightful speech is from an earlier period in his life when he practiced law in a small Missouri town. It was given in court while representing a man who sued another for the killing of his dog. During the trial, Vest ignored the testimony, and when his turn came to present a summation to the jury, he made the following speech and won the case.
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Gentlemen of the Jury: The best friend a man has in the world may turn against him and become his enemy. His son or daughter that he has reared with loving care may prove ungrateful. Those who are nearest and dearest to us, those whom we trust with our happiness and our good name may become traitors to their faith. The money that a man has, he may lose. It flies away from him, perhaps when he needs it most. A man's reputation may be sacrificed in a moment of ill-considered action. The people who are prone to fall on their knees to do us honor when success is with us, may be the first to throw the stone of malice when failure settles its cloud upon our heads.

The one absolutely unselfish friend that man can have in this selfish world, the one that never deserts him, the one that never proves ungrateful or treacherous is his dog. A man's dog stands by him in prosperity and in poverty, in health and in sickness. He will sleep on the cold ground, where the wintry winds blow and the snow drives fiercely, if only he may be near his master's side. He will kiss the hand that has no food to offer. He will lick the wounds and sores that come in encounters with the roughness of the world. He guards the sleep of his pauper master as if he were a prince. When all other friends desert, he remains. When riches take wings, and reputation falls to pieces, he is as constant in his love as the sun in its journey through the heavens.

If fortune drives the master forth, an outcast in the world, friendless and homeless, the faithful dog asks no higher privilege than that of accompanying him, to guard him against danger, to fight against his enemies. And when the last scene of all comes, and death takes his master in its embrace and his body is laid away in the cold ground, no matter if all other friends pursue their way, there by the graveside will the noble dog be found, his head between his paws, his eyes sad, but open in alert watchfulness, faithful and true even in death. --- George Graham Vest - c. 1855

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The number of dogs worldwide is estimated at 400 million, roughly the human population of the United States and Mexico combined.
A dog’s nose has roughly 220 million olfactory receptors, 40 times as many as humans have.
Dogs can hear frequencies up to 45,000 Hz, about twice as high as humans can.
 
"If you want a friend in Washington, get a dog." - Harry S. Truman