Tuesday, August 19, 2008
We have a new family member!!!
So last week Lisa and I were walking around in the township of Sweet Home in the Cape Flats area of Cape Town, South Africa. While walking through this community we happened to spot a litter of puppies. The puppies were all mutts and were some of the cutest little creatures ever. When we got back to our home base in Sweet Home we asked one of the mamas what it would look like for us to have one of those dogs. She said she would look into the matter. The next day we were back in Sweet Home and there was a cute little male puppy in a box waiting for us!! We were so excited!! It was the best from the litter too!! We paid $3.50 for him. After a few days deliberating we decided to name him Sipho (See poe). Sipho means gift in the Xhosa language. He is definitely a gift to us. He is missing about half his tail which someone in the township decided to lop off. This only serves to make him more awesome!! Here are some pics of him.
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that's awesome!! will we get to meet him (will he come back with you guys!?)
Freakin radical man. You and Lisa are awesome and so is Sipho. I would have named him Chasert, because he looks like such an LD! Did you teach him to 'Arooh' yet!?
OH MY GOSH HE'S THE CUTEST THING I'VE EVER SEEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!
HAhah. I am working on the Arooh and he is definitely not an LD!! We are going to see how he turns out as a dog but the plan is to bring him home. He rules! Can't wait to take him to the beach.
So freaking cute!
SO CUTE!!!
I now expect posts weekly with pictures:)
okay, totally adorable... how big will he get?
Awww. Is he going to get to come back the the US with you guys and become BFF with Jim?
-Anna Q
how is it that you always win? you won oregon. you won south africa. now you've won a dog?
So we are not sure yet on whether or not Sipho will be coming with us when we eventually leave here. We will wait to see how good of a dog he turns out to be and how much we have fallen for him. We are hoping to turn him into a great ranch/farm dog and leave him here for protection. He will be medium in size we think. There will be more posts on him to follow.
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