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Meet Mancho: An interview with a rescue dog from Honduras

         

                                            Pictured centered is Mancho. Left is his sister Dotty. 
                                            Picture by Helen Mlady. 

                                            

 

Today I had the most interesting interview that I’ve ever done, an interview with a dog. Due to the language barrier, I had to have his owners translate. Mancho is a dog who came from the village of Sambo Creek, Honduras. He is roughly 60 years old, which is 10 in human years. According to his owner his favorite hobbies are stealing whole sheets of cookies, chasing seagulls, singing, and sun tanning. He also enjoys farting really loudly and then leaving the room once he can smell his own fart.


Mancho is just like any other dog I’ve ever met except for one thing: he has one of the most interesting lives that I’ve ever known. Today, his daily life is very boujee. He wakes up to dry kibble and leftover pasta. Following, he demands an award winning pianist to play Beethoven. Next, it's sun tanning and napping until one of his owners wakes him up to brush all of his loose fur off. After that it’s dinner, which is leftover steak and some more kibble. Once the sun starts to set, he normally is able to steal whatever is left on the counter when his owners happen to glance away for a moment. Sometimes it’s cookies, sometimes it's a whole steak. Most of the time, he is able to eat these treats while watching a beach sunset due to his owner's balcony that overlooks the gulf water. He ends his day sleeping next to his owners in a king size bed.


Previously Mancho lived a life in the town of Sambo Creek, Honduras. It wasn’t as glamorous as it is now but he still had a better life than most other dogs there. He was adopted as a puppy but roamed the streets. He got into fights with other dogs, mainly because of a female love interest. One time, he lost a quarter of his ear because another dog was flirting with his current girlfriend. How romantic? He also really enjoyed climbing palm trees in his youth. We think it was so he could get closer to the seagulls. He was fed on a daily basis on top of whatever he could scavenge in local trash cans. In October of 2016, his owner was finally able to bring him to the United States. Mancho has lived a life more interesting than anyone, people and dogs considered, I have ever met. 



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