Koji in Taguig!

From Highland Sanctuary Akitas

Tonight it will be exactly a week that Koji has been out of our home. He was adopted by a close friend of Jiji, and taken to their home in Taguig after the small dinner party last Friday night, 3 August 2007. As it was in the case of Kiko, we sent him off with his toys to ease the (initial) separation anxiety. We were happy to hear that Koji adjusted quickly to his new home. We are certain that he will be well taken cared of by his new guardians.

There were occasions when Kazu would be moving about, seemingly looking for her playmate/sibling. She moves up and down the stairs, finding only her parents. This was the case for a few days, and I guess may intermittently happen in a few more. In the last few days, with or without rain, she has been playing with her mom Kirin who has been very frisky lately. It seems that Kirin is aware that Kazu misses playing with Koji.

The heavy downpour does not serve much of a deterrent for Kazu to run about the garden. . . She still steps on and plays about wet soil before greeting us with her front paws.

She still recognizes the lyrical poem that Jiji sang to her when she was about to have some visible teeth: "Kazu! Kazu! The baby with the yellow tooth, Kazu!". We gather then that her tooth was just about to surface beneath her gums that gave it a shade of yellow. Singing that song reminds us of the time when all the puppies were still at home with us.