Cupcake is a three-month old “SCHNORKIE”, born on October 3, 2007 — yes, magka-birth month pa kami — that H bought me as his Christmas, anniversary and Valentine’s day gift. Last year, two of our beloved dogs died — Macky (for Macapagal) our Basset Hound and Bush, our Labrador Retriever. It was a sad year for us. For a while I did not want to get anymore dogs because I didn’t want to grieve over another loss. We were happy with Pare (for Erap) even if he could be such a prissy and proud dog most of the time. However, in the last month or so, my desire to have a new puppy grew stronger by the day. When H and I saw the ad for Schnorkie’s posted at the Ateneo, we immediately went to visit her kennel in White Plains and right away, it was love at first sight.

A Schnorkie is a designer dog, a cross between a Mini-Schnauzer (her papa)and a Yorkie (her mama. Cupcake is a really smart puppy and this early I can tell that she got the best traits of her mama and papa. Her breed is sociable, bold, loves their families, highly intelligent, totally incompatible with cats, are great “ratters”, make keen watchdogs (in spite of their diminutive size) but aregenerally polite with people, and very loving to their owners, spirited and extremely loyal.

The last few days I’ve been busy crate training her and so far we have made major success. She’s really one smart cookie, this cupcake. This one has been my constant companion, always seated or sleeping by my feet as I read or work on the PC like right now. Her ears are so cute, it’s like she has a pair of pigtails. I’m so excited to see her grow See more of Cupcake here.