It’s been almost five years now that we didn’t keep real a pet dog. We had Amanda and Bruno – both great danes.
Last Christmas, we decided to get a pet dog and we still ended up choosing another great dane and we named him Sergio after Marimar’s (star of our current sopa opera) love of her life.
Finding Sergio
Last December, when the family was spending vacation in Manila, we browsed the Buy and Sell papers and found a few ads offering great dane puppies. We called each number posted in the ad and one guy we called was so friendly and we thought of checking out his puppy.
From our trip to Laguna, we dropped by Las Pinas to check out the great dane puppy. Since we are not familiar with the roads in Metro Manila, it was hard for us to find the house of the owner of the puppy. But the trip was worth it. When we saw the puppy for the first time, we fell in love with him. He was sooooo cute!
Great Dane
I really don’t know why we have special preference to great dane breeds. These kind of dogs are huge and in huge! They would grow to as tall as 31 inches high and they got huge paws that when they accidentally stump on you, it feels like a big man has stumped on your foot too.
Our Sergio has am impressive blood line. He’s got “papers” issued by the Philippine Canine Club, Inc. His grandfather is Philippine grand champion Rufus Ala Scooby Doo and few of his other descendants were also Philippine great dane champions.
Sergio’s trip to Bohol
From Manila, Sergio rode the Cebu Pacific with us, although he was at the cargo section of the airplane.
We bought a cage for him from Aranque Public Market a day before our trip. On the day of our trip, we picked him up from the former owner’s house in Las Pinas before we went to the airport.
Bringing Sergio with us was a learning experience too since it was our first time to travel with a pet. When we arrived at the airport, we went to the quarantine section at the departure area and asked for a ‘clearance’ from the staff at the counter. We were asked whether the puppy already got its shots (vaccination) and we just told the staff that the puppy is only two months old and we will just have his shots done in Bohol. We got the clearance.
Our flight was delayed by two hours and we were getting worried of Sergio being in the cargo section of the airport. He might be thirsty or tired or hungry already.
When we arrived at Tagbilaran City airport, we all looked for him and were happy to see him again and that he was alright and looks excited to be in Bohol too!
(more about Sergio soon…)
