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Right about this very minutes marks the four-year anniversary of Bonita arriving and my house becoming a home.

As a reminder, this was the skinny, very ill, and terrified Bonita who arrived:

And this is healthy and happy Bonita this morning captured when we were playing:

Bonita has milestones almost daily. Just the other day, she did a really “dog thing” that I’ve never had to worry about her doing — she snatched some food out of my hand! She’s gone from a dog whom I could have a hamburger next to while sitting on the couch to her stealing my pan dulce as we’re watching a movie!

Other “dog things” she now does include digging up the yard, barking at trespassers, getting up on furniture she knows she’s not supposed to climb on, and begging for treats.

Bonita loves cheese (and she has expensive tastes, favouring smokey provolone), digging, supervising and “helping” my gardener, playing tag, giving me tongue baths, her blankie, being rubbed behind the ears, and any treat in the shape of a stick.

Bonita does not like loud noises and sudden movements, strange men (but it’s easy for good men to win her favour, as the renovation and painting crews learned), any fruits and vegetables, mommy leaving the property for insomuch as 10 minutes, and being cold (you should see her grab her blankie before bed on cold nights!).

Evolución, the refuge from which I adopted Bonita, has always kept tabs on her. They do such good work. I just saw a post that two of their dogs are headed to Canada. If you want to support a worthwhile cause, please consider donating to them through this PayPal link: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/EVOANIMAL All the money goes to feeding and taking care of the dogs and paying staff salaries. I sent them $2,000 pesos (about $100USD) today and that is enough to feed 12 dogs for a full month, so, really, even a token donation can go far here.

I love this old girl so much and am rather glad the pandemic came and forced me to spend these golden years here with her.