La Negrita Goes To Live At The Refugio Senior Center For Dogs

As far as anyone knows the Little Black Dog was born in a cafetal about 13 years ago. She was often scared by loud noises. Somehow she managed to find enough to eat. Once though, she tried to get to close to some chicharones cooking in hot grease. The person cooking threw hot grease at her. She became very frightened of fire and hot things. She survived long enough to arrive at a house on the edge of the coffee field where a woman had two other dogs and two cats. She was tired and hurt. A car had hit her and one leg was broken but the woman was kind to her and took her to the doctor. She lived happily for two years until the woman died and all the animals went to different homes.

La Negrita went to live in the mountains where there was another woman with animals. This time she had a large yellow zaguate and a large weimeraner to learn to love. It took a while but they began to play together and enjoy the mountain air. They wandered all over the place exploring. Then a small kitten came to live with them and the Negrita was fascinated. They became best friends. She was still terrified of fire and loud noises but the kitten would come and lie down with her where she was hiding. That made her happy.

Then the time came when the woman had to leave in an airplane. The Negrita was used to mountain air and was getting old but still healthy. She went to try the compound for older dogs at the Refugio. There were many dogs running around loose when she arrived. They were all calm. There were even some kittens in a cage under a desk. La Negrita sniffed them and they were calm too. Lillian, the directora, gave her a shot and cut her nails. Then she sat in the office and watched the goings on with her own house and mattress right near her. It seemed like a nice place for dogs. The next day she went to live with the other older dogs. She can run free in the mountain air. She has plenty to eat and the doctor will take care of her when she needs it. She is very happy.