what I brought back from my vacation, a paint coyote

[Kali]

OK I brought back a bunch of stuff - staples like Mennonite cheese and tequila, plus a cool Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe pillow and some gaudy oilcloth for my yard tables, but the big surprise (hat tip to Gidney N Cloyd for closest guess) was a little corriente street dog.

We have given her a rather pretentious name to incorporate a change and several inside jokes. Meet Bessie Lupita Greta ___ (my last name) de Chihuahua, AKA Lupe:

Her highness on the guest bed




Her highness looking a little guilty when the actual guest walked into the room

[MiddleFingerMom]

1. HOLY SHIT!!!!! I just wanna know this...

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... what sort of GARGANTUAN beastie is that next to Lupe in the last picture.
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At first, I thought it was a damn COW!!!!
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I'm getting flashbacks of "Cloverfield".
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Lupe looks like a GREAT present to bring back.
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Not as good as the hooker you keep promising me and failing
to follow through with... but very cool nonetheless.
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[Kali]

3. uh, do you mean the black and tan to her right

or the "muffin" in front of her?}(

[Crystal Clarity]

2. She's adorable!

I love her colors and those ears. She looks as if she's already made herself right at home. Cute! And welcome back! :hi:

[Kali]

4. I seen to have a problem with animals that are marked like that

:eyes: (any number of horses throughout my life have been paints - several were idiots)

[Crystal Clarity]

6. High Cuteness Factor

is just nature's way of making sure we don't strangle our annoying goofball pets...I'm looking at one of the 2 guilty furbutts as I type this. They had me up at 4am this morning for no good reason... grr!

[zabet]

9. Dumbest horse I ever had.....

was a paint. :rofl: A paint with a cheese doodle addiction (my daughter's fault). I could always tell when she had been sneaking 'Ludie Mae' cheese doodles.....the horse would have a bright orange clown grin.

Awesomely precious pup!

[Kali]

13. paints - the dumb blonds of the horse world

I'd laugh my ass off at orange lips! we have some strange little plant that grows here in the spring that stains light colored muzzles bright pink - pretty funny

[WillParkinson]

5. My guess was a boy toy...

But this is almost as cute!

Congrats to Lupe and the family.

[Kali]

14. oh geez

a new pup is about all I can handle at my age:rofl:

[newcriminal]

7. She's very cute, and nice to see you back.

[Kali]

15. thanks!

I'll have some stories in the near future and a oh, a few pictures...:evilgrin:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

8. My dear Kali!

Welcome back, sweetie!

And oh.....Lupe!

She is adorable! Those ears just do it for me...I love her furry body too...and her intelligent eyes!

You done good.

I missed you...

:hug:

[Kali]

16. aww, thanks Peggy

she kind of did that to me too! it was a fast last second decision - she was one of 4 street dogs that some freinds had rescued over the last few years and when we stopped by to say good-bye on our way out of town, she kind of took to me and Emi said "you want her?" and I thought for a second and said "Why not? sure!"

so we ran one other errand and came back and got her, her dish, leash, and pink blanket. Put her in the (rental!) car and three hours later crossed the border - they never even ASKED about her - pays to travel with a German who has odd paperwork to distract the officials:rofl:

[surrealAmerican]

10. So cute.

I like that little "yoda ears" gesture in the third picture. Does she do that when she's guilty/scared?

[Kali]

17. oh she has ALL the human appeasement/manipulation skills

those little street dogs have to know that or they are selected against VERY fast...they are actually pretty interesting from a quasi-evolutionary perspective. Smart, perfectly "submissive" in a way that really makes them attractive as pets and hardy - god, she has drug ALL MANNER of odd detritis into the yard to chew up and eat and I haven't seen a speck of "illness" - although she has already learned to crap outside of the yard were the other dogs go or out on our walks.

[hippywife]

11. She's gorgeous!

What a cutie pie! Sounds like the vacation was a great success all the way 'round! :hi:

[Kali]

18. it was different, but really good in all ways

a good friend is probably losing (giving up actually) a health battle so a lot of time was spent visiting with him, trying to encourage him to continue his life if he wishes and trying to convince him there were good reasons for doing so, projects he could still undertake that might make hanging around longer worthwhile.

Sad but kind of fulfilling. We didn't leave out a little fun, but it wasn't one of our usual adventures, for sure.

[hippywife]

28. I'm sorry for your friend, babe.

Sounds now like it was sort of bittersweet. I hope you gave him reason to stick around awhile, if it be his choice. Serious illness can be so exhausting on the soul.

Thanx for being a good friend when someone needed it. :hug:

[Kali]

41. bittersweet is the perfect word

thank YOU for your kind thoughts!

[jobycom]

12. I don't know, that dog looks smarter than a lot of people I know.

Watch your back. Senora Lupe is plotting. :)

[Kali]

19. oh man -

street smarts combined with much more "selection" pressure for both the intelligence and behavior to get fed and cared for - interesting little dog for sure.

[jobycom]

20. She looks like a real sweetie.

:)

[Quantess]

21. She's very cute!

"Paint Coyote"
is that an actual type of dog?

[Kali]

32. sure it is!

:P

[Quantess]

44. I'm fairly naive about tamed coyotes.

My dog is scared of the wild ones, and there are wild ones here. But they don't look like your cute girl!

My dog is the same size as a coyote, but, he's a big cuddly, lovable wimp. He was chased off by them in a wilderness park, recently, and it took several hours to find him.

[Sweet Charming Dem]

22. Cute overload

I love the ears.

[Kali]

36. me too

[velvet]

23. This is a fine dog

Even better than a pony.

[Kali]

35. more useful, I hope!

[blogslut]

24. She's lovely

What a nice addition to your family!

[Kali]

37. the cats are a little peeved

but expect they will get over it eventually

[xchrom]

25. what a little beauty. congrats to you both. nt

[Kali]

38. thanks

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26. Where's her papers?

[MiddleFingerMom]

27. Relax... I already called La Migra LAST week... n/t

[Kali]

33. actually she had some,

but all the border personnel cared about was my German friend's strange paperwork* - they didn't even ask about the dog, they didn't care about the 5 bottles in the trunk despite my claim of two, they didn't seem to see or care about the limes or the sugar either.


*she overstayed a visa due to a car accident in 98, had to straighten it out at the consulate and had a new visa stapled into her passport, but it has expired (while the visa has not) and so now she carries two passports...plus she just has to be on some kind of watch because we get flagged EVERY SINGLE TIME we cross - to the point when they start with the "are you US citizens I just ask if we should pull up to the office as usual?":eyes:

[bluedigger]

29. Great looking dog!

She seems to have selected a good owner, too!

[Kali]

39. aw, thanks

[tigereye]

30. staples like "tequila"

:D


That is a very cute dog!

[Kali]

34. ...

:evilgrin:

[Flaxbee]

31. Gimme! Gimme gimme gimme!

She looks precious and precocious. You're in trouble :)

I'd love to have one like her one of these days - she looks like a terrific size, too.

[Kali]

40. I liked her smaller size too

so far she is really fast on the uptake - only "problem" is instant up on the furniture - oh well...

[MiddleFingerMom]

42. I have that same problem...

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[Kali]

43. which problem?

up on the furniture or small size?:rofl:

[Tuesday Afternoon]

45. she looks like a real sweetie pie.

welcome back.

[raccoon]

46. Is this a dog-coyote hybrid, or just a dog?

Whatever, a cute animal.