IT’S A DOG DAY

 

IT’S A DOG DAY 

I never much like pets when I was a kid. Though I was particularly interested in birds and chicken, my interest in them was purely to satisfy my curiosities. But that’s another topic. Since I was born, we had transferred residence seven times. Probably one of the reasons why we seldom had pets.

With regards to dogs, I was already a teenager when we had our first dog at home. His name was Popeye. The next one we had, my Mom unglamourously called Whitey, but I named him Shintaro. Still, I never considered Popeye and Shintaro to be my personal pets. They are just there guarding the entrance to our house.

After watching several movies about dogs, I started to be interested in having one I can call my “pet.” I remember the year 1986 to be a very disturbing year when an elected leader of our country was deposed by collaborative forces of the left (socialist activists) and right (oligarchs) with the help of American political meddlers. Not to make a long story, the name of the American-installed Philippine president was “Cory.”

On that same year, a friend of mine from Sampaloc, Manila, gave me a dog, a female, which we gave the name Cory. Quite fitting in a manner of speaking as she was a very “obedient” pet, which is equivalent to “tuta” in the Filipino activist parlance. But as times pass, Cory has shown remarkable intelligence and sense of loyalty and responsibility, very much contrary to her namesake. When we finally transferred to our current residence, which at the time was adjacent to many unpaved vacant lots, she became quite an excellent rat hunter. I soon regretted giving her that name.

Since then we had quite a number of dogs as house companions: Joker, Brownson, Brutus, Madam, Whitney, Tyson, Oddball, Trapo, Punky, and a few more.

Currently I have three dogs, Ghost, Samgyup, and Punggok. I now consider myself a canophiliac, canophile or canophilist, an avid dog lover.

In celebration of the International Dog Day (August 26), here are a collection of comics cybertistries, all about dogs.

The author, Ernee Lawagan with his Shih-tzu-Terrier hybrid, Punggok.

Toni Gonzaga and her Golden Retriever, Wuwu.

Angel Locsin and Marian Rivera, with Angel’s dog, Pwet-Pwet.

Actress Heart Evangelista and her Cocker Spaniel, Kayla.

Singer-Actress and socialite Paris Hilton and her Chihuahua, Tinkerbell.

Actress Nicolette Sheridan and her Chow-Collie-Terrier hybrid, Fatty.

Actor Don Johnson and his German Shepherd, Aaron.

Champion athlete Lori Susan “Lolo” Jones and her Weimaraner, Boudreaux.

Actress Audrey Miles and her Siberian Husky, Hermes.

Zimbabwean socialite Chelsea Davy and her Rottweiler.

Radio DJ and actor KC Montero and his Pug, Slippy.

Actress Jessica Simpson and her Maltipoo, Daisy.

Singer Bonnie Tyler and her Shih-tzu.

Angelina Jolie’s children Zahara and Madox with their Bulldog, Jacques.

Actress Margot Kidder and her dog, Pierre.

Actress Blake Lively and Ryan Reynold’s Labrador hybrid, Baxter.

Rico, a Border Collie.

Actor Michael de Mesa and his Yorkshire Terrier, Yuki.

Francine Prieto with Chico (Pomeranian) and Oslo (Lhasa Apso).

Pauleen Luna and her Chihuahua, Simon.

Singer Carrie Underwood and six weaning puppies (Sketchers Ads).

Actor Mickey Rourke and his Chihuahua, Loki.

Actor Hugh Jackman and his French Bulldog, Dali.

From Olympus Ads (2007).

Actress Anne Curtis and her Yorkshire Terrier, Princess.

Singer-songwriter Arnel Pineda and his dog.

Komiks artist Karl Comendador and his Shih-tzu-Yorkshire-Poodle hybrid, Po. 

Okay, what would I name Superbitch? Krypta?!

From “Pet Vet” (National Geographic Kids).

How about these black-and-whites that will turn your stomach upside-down from laughing!

“This is Life” (Original photo by Jack Tinney, August 25, 1960).

“Alarmed Mongrel” (Photo by Charles Osland, June 11, 1956).

Adult film actress Keisha Grey and her dog, Squanch.

“Mwaah!” (Photo by Alice H. Elmer, January 19, 1959).

From Tampax Ads (1994).

Actor Eric Stoltz and his dog (Photo by Stephen Danelian, April 1994).

Publication sources of original clippings/pics:

Animal Scene, Atlas TV Guide, Bow Wow Time, Celebrity Living, Cosmopolitan, Family Today, Good Housekeeping, Hello!, Hustler, Lavender, Life Smiles Back, Majesty, MOD, National Geographic Kids, OK!, People, Star Studio, Time, Vanity Fair, Yes!

MORE TO COME!