Salchichita

There is a little crazy weiner-dog that lives next door to Carlos and me. We call her Salchichita ("little sausage" in spanish) but her real name is something strange like Nurque. She is a really friendly puppy and she hangs out with 2 other funny dogs and they have adventures all day around the neighborhood and in the forest. It is good that Salchichita hangs around with these other doggies because they are relatively big and can protect her and keep her out of trouble...most of the time. This little dauschund is pretty brave (or crazy) for her small low-to-the-ground stature. One time I came home to discover that Salchichita had attacked a coendu porcupine and she had tons of spines stuck in her snout (that Carlos and I had to pull out--yeow!). Another time, she attacked a howler monkey that fell out of a tree and the monkey took a chomp out of her little ear. Salchichita licks toads at night (they are almost as big as she is!) and chases rabbits and butterflies. Her owners are never here (they have their main house in San Jose) and they only visit once or twice a month so Carlos and I take care of Salchichita at night after we get home from the station. We put a little towel on the ground for her to sleep on and give her a snack every night. I miss my animals back home with my parents, but it is nice to take care of this little puppy. Who ever heard of a weiner-dog in the rain forest?!