Rescuing Brandie

I moved to a new village in Carmona, Cavite a few months ago.  A village surrounded by ricefields.  The rural setting is a daily sight.

Being a new village, it is still about 5% occupied, though 98% of the houses are already constructed.

As I work in Makati, no one is in my house during the day.  I live by myself.  Though the village has a 24/7 security (gate and roving guards), there's always the fear that someone would break in to my house.  

Friends have been telling me to get a guard dog.  Someone is willing to give me a Belgian Malinois pup on the condition that it would be taken care of very well.  That I could not do as no one would be with the pup during the day, or when I spend some days somewhere else.

When I rescued the abandoned dog Brandie and her pups, my neighbor and I had an arrangement.  He would feed the Brandie during the day by inserting a dog dish in the slot below my gate.

 

In the mornings, Brandie would greet me excitedly as she knew it's breakfast time.  She's always getting breakfast ahead of me.  Then I would let her out of the house to do her thing (pee and poop), and let her look for food and do the things that she used to do when she was an abandoned dog.  She's a nice dog and the village residents know her.  She's being tolerated for now.

In the evenings when I come home from work, Brandie would be like a regular pet excited to see her owner.  That would also mean dinner time.  She would be wagging her tail watching me while I prepare her dinner in the kitchen.  After dinner, I would let her out again to do her routine.

 

As I rarely have food scraps, I've been bringing home lunch scraps from the office, even before I rescued her.  Her favorite is chicken bones, though she pretty much like everything, even just rice with a nice leftover sauce.  That led her to liking me and thinking that "He could be my future owner. :)"

For now, this routine is working.  I still am not sure if Brandie could stay long or permanently.  I am just glad that Brandie and her pups have a safe shelter.