This is a story about a special little dog I have come to love. Charlie was a handsome young Chihuahua, the smallest of a litter of three, but perhaps the smartest of the litter. He had one brother and one sister, Frank and Sadie. Charlie loved his mother dearly, her name is Princess. Princess was a Las Vegas show dog of the finest pedigree. Charlie and siblings were a result, of a romp around the dog park, with a handsome mutt, when she slipped out of the view of her handlers. Princess‘ humans were very displeased over the unexpected pregnancy, they feared it would end her career as a show dog on the strip. The humans had prearranged a mate for Princess, another show dog, Hermes, from a very fine lineage, but this had to be cancelled in light …show more content…
He never got to meet his father, he only knew the stories his mom told him, about her tryst that day in the park. Their humans, of course treated them like royalty with gourmet food, luxurious bedding, and many fine hors d’oeuvres for treats. Many happy days were spent lying in the sun, playing with each other, and lounging on top of our humans who I came to know as Bob and Suzy. Charlie had the perfect home at The Lakes in Las Vegas. Life was wonderful. He had no knowledge of what it was like to be cold, afraid or hungry. That would soon …show more content…
To his horror, he discovered he was missing his testicles! He yelped in pain, cowering and shaking. “Where was Marjorie,“ he wondered. Marjorie came back the next day, much to Horace’s relief. He found himself being packed into the familiar white van in a dog crate, and he relaxed believing he was on his way home to Marjorie’s place. This time there was twenty-four other crates in the van with him, some familiar, others unknown, but all were at least in part, Chihuahua. When the van stopped and Marjorie opened the door, he could see that he was not at Marjorie’s house, but in the parking lot of the McCarran International airport. Horace and the others were transported on carts into the belly of a giant airplane. The airplane was very loud, and Horace and the other dogs were nervous and afraid, especially when they felt the plane move and gradually ascend. After several unnerving hours in the air, the plane started its descent. The loud noises of the engines and impact of the landing scared Horace so bad that he couldn’t help himself from releasing his bladder right there in the crate. Marjorie will be mad, he thought to