HI, MY NAMES IS FEARGUS,
AND I COME FROM PUERTO RICO.
CHRISSY AND CARL SAVED ME AND ADOPTED ME THROUGH THE “SOS” (SAVE OUR SATOS) PROGRAM.
I WAS BORN DECEMBER 27TH AND LIVED RIGHT ON THE STREETS AND BEACHES OF PUERTO RICO – THAT IS WHY I AM CALLED A SATO. SATO IS SLANG FOR STREET DOG.
I WAS SKINNY AND MALNOURISHED BECAUSE I HAD TO SCROUNGE FOR FOOD. I WAS COVERED IN FLEAS AND TICKS AND OTHER CREEPY CRAWLEYS. I WAS A FREE SPIRIT BUT I DIDN’T LIKE IT VERY MUCH; I WAS HUNGRY AND SCARED AND FELT VERY ALONE.
WHEN I WAS ABOUT 12 WEEKS OLD, I WAS CAUGHT BY SOME PEOPLE WHO TOOK ME TO THE DOCTORS – WHO THEN POKED ME WITH NEEDLES OF MEDICINE AND VACCIENES – THEY SAID IT WAS TO GET ME READY TO GO TO THE UNITED STATES. I STAYED WITH MANY OTHER PUPPIES WHILE I WAITED AND I AT LEAST HAD A MEAL A DAY, BUT WITH SO MANY OTHER PUPPIES AROUND, I HAD TO BE QUICK!
SHORTLY AFTER, I WAS DECLARED READY TO GO TO THIS NEW WORLD OF AMERICA. I WAS LOADED ONTO A GREAT BIG AIRPLANE – WHICH I DIDN’T LIKE AT ALL. I LANDED IN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND WAS THEN WHISKED OF TO STERLING MASSACHUSETTS. THERE WERE MANY OF US THERE FROM PUERTO RICO. WE SAW NEW DOCTORS WHO GOT RID OF ALL OUR FLEAS AND TICKS AND SCRUBBED US CLEAN. 2 DAYS LATER IT WAS ADOPTION DAY.
I SAW CHRISSY BEFORE SHE SAW ME. I HEARD SHE CAME TO LOOK AT A DIFFERENT PUPPY; ONE THAT WAS BIG AND HAIRY. HE WAS A BIT UGLY IF YOU ASK ME. LUCKILY, HE WASN’T QUITE READY FOR ADOPTION THAT DAY. CHISSY SEEMED A LITTLE SAD. I HEARD SHE LOST HER BEST FRIEND MADDOX NOT LONG AGO. SHE CAME INTO OUR PEN “JUST TO LOOK” BUT I KNEW SHE WOULDN’T BE ABLE TO RESIST ME! THERE WERE ABOUT 15 OTHER PUPPIES WITH ME SO I HAD TO SCRAMBLE TO GET TO HER. I SAW HER EYNG ANOTHER PUPPY THAT HAD A NICE MIXTURE OF BLACK AND BROWN. I AM BUT A SOLID BLACK DOG WITH A PATCH OF WHITE ON MY CHEST. APPARENTLY, I HAVE SIMILAR MARKINGS OF HER OLD FRIEND MADDOX SO I KNEW I HAD TO WIN HER OVER AS SOON AS I COULD. I CLIMBED MY WAY OVER THE OTHER PUPPIES AND SCURRIED ONTO HER LAP. THAT MADE HER SMILE – BUT I NOTICED SHE HAD FUNNY DRIPS COMING OUT OF HER EYES. WAS SHE HAPPY OR SAD? I DIDN’T KNOW SO I GAVE HER A FEW LICKS TO SEE. SHE PAT ME BUT SEEMED TO BE UNSSURE AND WAS ALSO PATTING OTHER PUPPIES TOO! SO I JUST KIND OF PUSHED THEM OUT OF THE WAY AND GAVE HER MY LITTLE BROWN EYES THAT SAID “PICK ME”! I JUST STAYED IN HER LAP AND GAVE HER LITTLE NUDGES UNTIL SHE PICKED ME UP. I KNEW THEN THE DEAL WAS SEALED. SHE TOOK ME HOME THAT VERY DAY WHERE I MET CARL AND TEQUILA. TEQUILA AND I PLAY EVERY DAY AND HE EVEN LETS ME SLEEP WITH HIM. I HEARD THAT TEQUILA WAS SAD BECAUSE HE LOST HIS BIG BROTHER MADDOX SO I LIKE TO PULL HIS EARS TO KEEP HIS MIND OFF THINGS.
CARL AND CHRISSY FEED ME AND PLAY WITH ME AND GIVE ME CUDDLES EVERY DAY. I LOVE IT HERE. I AM HAPPY AND SAFE AND VERY HEALTHY NOW. MY FUR IS GETTING VERY SHINNY AND SOFT AND I AM UP TO 29 POUNDS NOW! I THINK CHRISSY WAS LOOKING FOR ANOTHER BIG DOG LIKE MADDOX, BUT THE VET SAID I AM GOING TO BE A LITTLE PEANUT – JUST ABOUT 35 TO 40 POUNDS FULL GROWN (AND I’M ALREADY 7 MONTHS OLD NOW!)
BIG OR SMALL IT DOESN’T MATTER, WE ARE ALL JUST ONE BIG HAPPY FAMILY NOW. I JUST LOVE IT HERE.
I HAVE LEARNED TO SIT AND LAY DOWN AND SOMETIME COME ON A WHISTLE – AND I JUST LOVE TO RUN AND RUN IN THE BACK YARD. ONE OF MY OTHER FAVORITE THINGS TO DO IS DIG! I JUST DID AND DIG AND DIG – AND THEN FOR SOME REASON CARL GETS A FUNNY LOOK ON HIS FACE AND STARTS YELLING AT ME – HMMM… MAYBE HE WANTED THAT SPOT TO DIG FOR HIMSELF. – NO MATTER, I WILL JUST FIND ANOTHER SPOT, YOU CAN HAVE THIS ONE I ALREADY STARTED.
MY NAME IS FEARGUS,
AND I COME FROM PUERTO RICO.
My first day home. Aren't I cute?
Me and my new pal.
Dig, Dig, Dig!
I may be small... but I can hold my own!
