Hombre the Manila Hound

Last January, we were looking for a guard dog. While there were many dogs to choose from, I thought dogs are not probably for us. I mean my family, we go out a lot. Most of the time, everyone is actually not in the house. Who would feed this puppy? Who will play with it?

Plus, I wasn't sure if my siblings and I are actually affectionate to animals. We had a dog before and though I have very fond memories of her, I think that as a grown woman, maybe it won't be just like before.

And so, one of the construction workers (CW) who was working on our house gave us a puppy. He kind of sold it to us for 500 pesos. Anyway, he said while looking for and deciding which expensive guard dog we want to purchase, maybe we can test the waters if we can still be good pet owners.

Mr. CW said that the dog was a long dog. He also said that it had a breed. Now, that statement had everyone excited cause we all thought we were getting a Daschund! Daschunds probably don't cost 500 pesos only but Ive seen ads of Daschund pups for sale and they were pretty cheap unless you buy them abroad or something. And so, the day came when our new Daschund pup arrived in our house. Lo and behold, there was no Daschund in sight! But rather, an anxious little doggie mixed breed/askal or should I say Aspin!

At first, I thought, "ok give it back!!!" Joke lang. We named him 'Hombre'. Cause my brother is really into mexican names. Last time he had a rabbit called Sancho. Anyway, we have learned to love him. And personally, I never thought I would be so in love with dogs. Now, walking along Cartimar or Tiendesitas is actually a treat!

Hombre's first few days at home. He was so cute!!!

Many people ask me what breed he is because he doesn't look like your typical askal. But then what does askals really look like? I mean all dogs our actually just mixed breeds right? He looks like a Jack Russel Terrier + the length of a Dacshund + the snout of a Belgian Malinois. Im not kidding. Last Sunday we were in Solenad and one of the guards asked if he's a Jack Russel. Anyway, it's so hard to say he's an askal. Im not ashamed or anything it's just that he doesn't look like your ordinary street dog. So, since he's more of a hound (meaning: short, likes to smell a lot, he has the typical hound colors - brown, black and white), I want to give him his own breed: THE MANILA HOUND.

Strolling around Solenad

Hombre waiting for his Sateh at Songkran, BF

Camwhoring with me

Teaching him his new trick: ATTACK!

He's also a youtuber! Go check one of his videos:

If you want your own Manila Hound, good luck with finding his other siblings. HAHA :))