toku & new place

Loved living on the jungle-farm, but after a short 5 months, had to move again. Again? Yes, the 7th time (ugh). Made a new friend, and she needed a different environment, as well as other reasons. Going to miss the jungle wildlife friends, except for the swarms of insects.

Before moving back to the south of the island, a good friend introduced me to Toku - she was very young, and needed a home. Soon found out, she was recovered by three young undergraduate biologists from the States, who are doing research on Rota. Toku seemed to have been abandoned at a very early age, left to forage on her own, in the jungle. Her condition was quite bad when they got her. They took it upon themselves to get her to a healthy condition. We don't have vetenary services on Rota, so how they actually saved this puppy, was quite remarkable. Toku has been with me now, about three weeks. Because of a friend, Kaye, and the three young biologists, Toku has been dewormed, had all her shots, had her claws trimmed, and seems to have made a full recovery.

At 11 weeks, when I first got her, she seemed a little lethargic, and not too hungry. After three weeks, after loads of help from the biologists and that friend, Toko has a good diet, pooping regularly, and always full of energy.

Special thanks to these three biologists for their unselfish care and dedication. They definitely know their stuff about puppies and dogs - they put a lot of love into Toku's little life.

Toku and I moved to our new place, in the Village, right above the West Dock, quite near to Wedding Cake Mountain.

 

To the North is the Village and Mount Sabana. Now we live on the south of Mount Sabana, in Liyo Village, which is right next to Songsong Village.

To the South is Wedding Cake Mountain, the southern most part of the island of Rota.

 

Just today the three biologists, with some new co-workers, came by to check on Toku. We all hung-out in the yard, under the mango trees, playing and talking about Toku's recovery and progress - nothing but smiles all around. You could tell that Toku loved every minute.

Turned out, the biologists not only love Toku, but had lots of useful, and even professional, advice on how to care for this new member of the Petway family, on Rota. Overall, they were all quite pleased with Toku's progress in the past three weeks. All along (in my head), I've been thanking God for them and Toku.

 

 

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