Pochi Barks the Intruder

I am happy today! My ever loving adopted “son” hehe, I mean dog, Pochi received kudos and praises from my brothers, aunts and mother. Wonder why? Here’s the story:

This morning while leaving the office by 7 AM, I received a text message from my brother that an intruder got inside of compound. I replied to him and convinced him if it’s true or not, since he’s fun of making jokes on me sometimes, he said “yes”. I was thrilled and scared. When I got home, I then asked my Aunt if that’s really true and she said yes (my brother tells the truth! Hehe). Anyway, back to the story, my mother told me that it happened around 4:45 to 5 in the morning. She was doing the laundry just outside our house and was disturbed by Pochi’s because he kept on barking so loud and continuously. Since Pochi does that all the time when he sees a cat, my mother thought that it was really just a cat. So she came to Pochi and told him to stop and gave him food (thinking that maybe he was just hungry). Lately, when my cousins woke up, she noticed that the rubber shoes, flip flops and scandals that are placed outside their house were gone! Thinking that they are just somewhere, she didn’t mind. Not until, they heard our neighbor telling that there is an intruder early this morning who tried to steal their bonsai plant and even ran after that stranger guy but didn’t stopped him. There, they saw my sandals and flip flops near the street and suspected that they belong to my cousins. Though he indeed managed to steal 3 pairs of flops.

Even though, he didn’t get any high priced things and only got flip flops, but still, I’m so thankful that he didn’t hurt anyone, especially my mother. Hope he’ll never come back in our Barangay and in our territory!

So how did Pochi got those praises? Even if he didn’t catch the intruder or bite him (since he’s inside his dog house), but the way he barks so loud that very morning was his mean of saying “hey there is somebody inside our compound!” If he could only said that and if only my mother understands what he’s barking, then surely, they captured that intruder. But sadly, nobody understands him, cause, yes, he is just a dog, that only barks. But, the very good thing there is, we are now alert. My mother said, that when Pochi starts barking so early in the morning, they must consider that it’s not just because of cats, not because he’s hungry, but because, there is “stranger” entering our territory!

Thank you baby Pochi! You are such a brilliant dog and I am so proud of you! I love you!