Hello my dear friends of HIVE, happy beginning of the weekend for everyone, I hope you enjoy these days to the fullest with your family and of course with your pets; today I woke up thinking a lot about my dear Rose, a dog that came into my life many years ago, who has gone through some complicated situations, but has never lacked love, and that today thanks to GOD and my mother in law lives a quiet life, I would like to share with you her little story.

_{Photographs of my own, edited in Canva}

    Beginning of his life with me.

    Rose arrives to my life thanks to my best friend, who had her mother as a pet, when she got pregnant, I tell her to give me in adoption one of her children; soon after she gives birth to three beautiful puppies, but she was in love with a little boy with blue eyes, I immediately told her that when I was ready to give him in adoption, she should give me that one, I didn't pay the minimum attention to Rose 😄, after a month my friend calls me and tells me to go to look for the puppy, when I arrive I look for it and I did not get it, it is when she tells me that she forgot the request that I had made, but that even so there was a female, I saw her, when I tried to approach her, she moved away, when I could carry her, I felt a maternal love for her, even though she was not the one that I had chosen.

    When I got home, my mother, who is a bit strict about having a pet, asked me whose dog it was, I told her mine and yours 😄, to which she said miaaa, then continued saying, Alba that is a big responsibility, you are not ready for that, but after so much insisting, plus the help of my sister, she ended up staying with us.

    Your Name.

    At the beginning it was not easy to give her a good name, I don't know why we always get complicated with this decision, a few days passed and she still didn't have a name, but when I saw on TV, they were showing the movie "Titanic", I liked the name "Rose", so thanks to this movie I was able to give a nice name to my dog.

    A common life.

    She was happy in the first 4 years of her life, despite my studies and that I had to leave her in the care of my mother and sister, she was with us, in seasons she went to be with everyone and spend time with Rose, she had a quiet pet life, happy, with very good care, she grew up, until when we moved to Maturin, and she was with us, but everything took a turn.

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    Our first farewells.

    Rose was already around 5 years old, when our economic problems started, our house was sold, to try our luck in Maturin, but it was not easy, we had to pay the first year rent of a house, but everything got complicated, so we had to look for a smaller place, and in all of them they did not accept dogs, so I talked to a friend, So I talked to a friend to take care of her for a while until I could have her with me again, of course, we covered all the expenses, with much regret I had to say goodbye, and only see her a few times in my free time, it was a difficult stage, I had to work and study at the same time, so it was difficult to see her very often.

    Rose returns to my side.

    A little more than two years passed, after so many ups and downs, I was able to finish my studies, everything was going well since then, Rose was well taken care of, but I wanted her with me, because of GOD, while I was getting my teaching position in "Special Education", I was offered a teaching position in the same high school where I studied in Tejero, the town where Rose and I grew up, the only bad thing was that I didn't have a house, we had already sold it, so I stayed at an aunt's house for a while, and I took my beloved Rose with me; Not much time passed and an uncle bought a house in El Tejero and he proposed me to live in it so that I could take care of her, and also my mother and sister would have a place to go when they wanted to go to Tejero, I took my things, my dog and I moved, everything was almost perfect, Rose had changed a little, she was a little temperamental, but it was not something that could not be handled, the important thing is that she was already with me again, and with my mother and sister when they went to Tejero.

    Rose personality.

    Rose is quite bitter, she is not at all affectionate, she always shows her seriousness, how tender and sweet she was when she was a puppy, she disappeared, she does not lick people, she has only done it once and only to one person, that I will tell you later, not to skip the story, she does not like children 😄, she avoids them; but the good thing is that she is not aggressive, as well as how faithful she is, she is always where the person who takes care of her is, wherever we move she goes with us, and when we go out she stays at the door waiting for a while to see if we come back, I love how my dear Rose is, I love her with all her antipathy.

    Rose is going through a health complication.

    Being already with me at my Uncle's house, Rose fell as we would say here "a plague of ticks and fleas", I had to bathe her and clean her several times a week with a flea shampoo; Seeing that it worked, I took her to a vet, where they bathed her with something very strong that poor Rose did not tolerate, of course it worked, because I cleaned her of all those things, but she did not stop complaining, her nose blew, as if something was biting her inside, being in the house, she had this problem, and I called the vet, he sent her to give her antiallergics in case it was a bad reaction to the treatment they did, I had not yet given her to take it, when she fainted, my heart was going to burst out of my chest, I gave her to smell alcohol and nothing, I thought she had died but soon after she reacted, I bathed her again in case she still had some of what they gave her and I gave her the antiallergic, after that, I saw Rose better, with more spirit, but she was suffering from a kind of nasal allergy, I took her to another vet and he told me that she was like that as a consequence of that treatment for the fleas, but that I should not worry, that I should only give her antiallergic when she had allergies.

    Our second farewell.

    It came for us one of the worst economic times in the country, where inflation, currency devaluation, shortages, and also the national blackout, were present in the same year, I had to leave the job at the high school, to look for better opportunities, I talked to my uncle that I would return to Maturin to look for work, The good thing is that I got almost immediately in a school, thanks to the fact that I got my position in the Ministry of Education, besides as I had the afternoons free I could get another part time job, so I had to leave Rose in the care of a cousin next to my uncle's house, I could only go on weekends to see her.

    Rose's first and only pregnancy.

    I had a tremendous oversight, a dog got into the house when Rose was in heat and did their things, that one time was enough to get pregnant, the day she gave birth, she was very angry, she did not let anyone come near her, and I noticed that it was hard for her to do everything by herself, I had to call Luis who is my partner today, he had experience in that situation, since he has always raised dogs, when I arrived I explained everything to him, he was a great help, he knew how to handle the situation.

    She had 3 beautiful puppies, which I gave up for adoption when they were ready; I don't have pictures of them, because the phone I had at the time was damaged and I lost most of the saved information.

    Problems with Rose's stay at my Uncle.

    A few months later, my uncle arrived home and saw that the back space of the house where Rose slept, was very dirty with pee and poop, which bothered him a lot, and he called me to tell me that Rose could not stay in his house anymore, he told me why and immediately I called my cousin and asked her why she was neglected like that, she felt offended and said that she would not take care of her anymore; I had to find a quick solution, I only had a few days to bring her to Maturin or see what to do, by then I was living with my mother and sister renting in an annex, which only had one room, kitchen and bathroom, I spoke with the owner regarding Rose and she did not accept.

    I only thought of my little girl when she was happy and it made me sad, when she was a puppy she was so calm, but when she grew up she went through several complicated situations, most of all, not having a fixed place to live.

    New home.

    In my desperation I called Luis, who was already my boyfriend by then, he lived in a room in Maturin, he couldn't have her either, but he told me he would talk to her mother, who accepted without problems, we went the weekend to move her home; at the beginning she did not adapt, but after a few days she adapted to her new home, and since then she lives with my mother in law, it has been about 3 years, Rose lives quietly, she became my mother in law's faithful companion, she tells me that it was not easy, because Rose is very bitter and not very sociable, but she has molded to her.

    Even though she is not with me, I know she is in excellent hands, and I feel her close, every time we go to El Tejero, I am with her, we stay at the same house 😄.

    I mentioned before that Rose doesn't lick anyone, first dog that I see that is like that, because it is something that is part of them, every dog likes to lick, well except Rose; But to our surprise my mother in law called Luis about a year ago, to tell him that she was sitting outside her house with Rose, and she was riding her legs to check her and out of nowhere she licked her hand, when Luis told me about it, my heart went all wrinkled, because that is what Rose was feeling when she did it, it could be thanks that she already has a home where she can be calm.

    A tough but wise decision.

    We have had our own home for a while now, at the beginning we were adjusting to this new life as a couple with a new home, and when we were ready, we decided to bring Rose to live with us, but seeing the bond that had been created between my mother-in-law and her, we could not separate them, my mother-in-law lives alone, with her animals, despite having another dog and a variety of animals, Rose is the most faithful, the one who accompanies her at all times, to water the plants, to walk around the yard of her house, to sit in front of the house, so we decided to leave her with my mother-in-law; so we decided to leave her with my mother-in-law.

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    Now my dear Rose is 12 years old, we know that this age in a dog makes weight, she is older, that's why it only remains to give her lots of love, give her all the tranquility that she deserves so that her last years are very happy, and she is with my mother-in-law and with us for several more years.

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My beautiful friends, this was all, I hope you liked this little story of my dear Rose, I say goodbye, I love you.

    Hola mis queridos amigos de HIVE, feliz comienzo de fin de semana para todos, espero que disfruten de estos días al máximo con sus familiares y por supuesto con sus mascotas; hoy amanecí pensando mucho en mi querida Rose, una perrita que llego a mi vida ya hace muchos años, que ha pasado por ciertas situaciones complicadas, pero jamas le ha faltado amor, y que hoy que gracias a DIOS y mi suegra vive una vida tranquila, me gustaría compartir con ustedes su pequeña historia.

_{Fotografías de mi propiedad, editada en Canva}

    Comienzo de su vida conmigo.

    Rose llega a mi vida gracias a mi mejor amiga, quien tenía como mascota a su madre, al salir embarazada, le digo que me en adopción a uno de sus hijitos; poco tiempo después da a luz tres hermosos cachorros, pero que enamorada de un varoncito de ojos azules, enseguida le dije que al estar listo para darlo en adopción, me diera ese, no le preste la mínima atención a Rose 😄, luego de un mes me llama mi amiga y me dice que fuera a buscar al cachorro, al llegar lo busco y no lo conseguí, es cuando ella me dice que olvido la petición que le había hecho, pero que aun así estaba una hembrita, la vi, al intentar acércame, se alejó, cuando pude cargarla, sentir un amor maternal por ella, a pesar que no era la que había escogido.

    Cuando llegue a mi casa, mi Madre quien es un poco estricta con respecto a tener mascota, me pregunto, de quien era esa perrita, le dije mía y tuya 😄, a lo que me dijo miaaa, luego continuo diciendo, Alba esa es una gran responsabilidad, tu no estas lista para eso, pero de tanto insistirle, más la ayuda de mi hermana, se terminó quedando con nosotras.

    Su Nombre.

    Al principio no fue fácil ponerle un buen nombre, no sé porque siempre nos complicamos con esta decisión, pasaron unos días y aun no tenía un nombre, pero al ver en la TV, estaban dando la película "Titanic", me gusto el nombre de “Rose”, así que gracias a esta película pude darle un lindo nombre a mi perrita.

    Una vida común.

    Fue feliz en los primero 4 años de su vida, a pesar de mis estudios y que tuve que dejarla al cuidado de mi Madre y hermana, estaba con nosotras, en temporadas iba a estar con todas y pasar tiempo con Rose, tenía una vida de mascota tranquila, feliz, con muy buena atención, creció, hasta cuando los mudamos a Maturín, y ella estaba con nosotras, pero todo dio un giro.

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    Nuestras primera despedida.

    Ya Rose tenía alrededor de 5 años, cuando empezaron nuestros problemas económicos, se vendió nuestra casa, para probar suerte en Maturín, pero no fue fácil, tuvimos como pagar el primer año de alquiler de una casa, pero todo se complicó, así que tuvimos que buscar un lugar más pequeño, y en todos no aceptaban perros, así que hable con un amigo, para que me la cuidara por un tiempo hasta que pudiera tenerla conmigo nuevamente, por supuesto, nosotras cubriendo con todos los gastos, con mucho pesar tuve que decirle adiós, y solo verla pocas veces en mis tiempo libres, fue una etapa difícil, tenía que trabajar y estudiar a la vez, así que era complicado verla muy seguido.

    Rose vuelve a mi lado.

    Pasaron un poco más de dos años, después de tantos altibajos, pude terminar mis estudios, todo se fue encaminando bien desde entonces, Rose estaba bien cuidada, pero ya la quería conmigo, por cosas de DIOS, mientras me salía mi cargo como docente en “Educación Especial”, me ofrecieron un cargo de profesora en el mismo liceo donde estudie en el Tejero, pueblo donde Rose y yo crecimos, lo único malo es que no tenía casa, ya la habíamos vendido, así que me quede una temporada donde una Tía, y me lleve a mi querida Rose conmigo; no paso mucho tiempo y un tío compra una casa en El Tejero y me propone que viva en ella para que se la cuidado, y así también mi Madre y hermana tengan donde llegar cuando quieran ir a Tejero, tome mis cosas, a mi perrita y me mude, todo era casi perfecto, Rose había cambiado un poco, era algo temperamental, pero no era algo que no se pudiera manejar, lo importante es que ya estaba conmigo nuevamente, y con mi Madre y hermana cuando iban a Tejero.

    Personalidad de Rose.

    Rose es bastante amargada, no es para nada cariñosa, siempre hace notar su seriedad, lo tierna y dulce que era cuando cachorra, desapareció, no es de lamer a las personas, solo lo ha hecho una vez y a una sola persona, que más adelante les contare, para no saltarme la historia, no le gusta los niños 😄, los evade; pero lo bueno es que no es agresiva, como también lo fiel que es, siempre está donde está la persona que la cuida, para donde nos movemos ella va con nosotros, y cuando salimos se queda en la puerta esperando un rato a ver si nos regresamos, me encanta como es mi querida Rose, la amo con toda su antipatía.

    Rose pasa por una complicación de salud.

    Estando ya conmigo en casa de mi Tío, a Rose le cae como diríamos por aquí “una peste de garrapatas y pulgas”, me tocaba bañarla y limpiarla varias veces a la semana con un shampoo para pulgas; viendo que funcionaba, la lleve a un veterinario, donde la bañaron con algo muy fuerte que la pobre Rose no tolero, claro funciono, porque la limpio de toda esas cosas, pero no dejaba de quejarse, de sonar su nariz, como si algo le picara por dentro, estando en la casa, andaba con ese problema, y llame al veterinario, le mando a dar antialérgicos por si era una mala reacción al tratamiento que le hicieron, aun no se la había dado a tomar, cuando se desmayó, a mí se me iba a salir el corazón, le di a oler alcohol y nada, pensé que se había muerto pero al poco tiempo reacciono, la volví a bañar por si aún le quedaba algo de lo que le echaron y le di el antialérgico, luego de eso, vi a Rose mejor, con más ánimo, pero quedo sufriendo de una especia de alergia nasal, la lleve a otro veterinario y me dijo que quedo así como consecuencia de ese tratamiento para las pulgas, pero que no me preocupara, que solo le diera antialérgicos cuando le diera alergias.

    Nuestra segunda despedida.

    Llego para nosotros uno de los peores momentos económicos del país, donde la inflación, devaluación de la moneda, la escasez, además el apagón nacional, se hicieron presente en un mismo año, tuve que dejar el trabajo del liceo, para buscar mejores oportunidades, hable con mi tío que volvería a Maturín a buscar trabajo, lo bueno es que conseguí casi en seguida en una escuela, gracias a que me salió mi cargo por el ministerio de Educación, además como tenía las tardes libre pude conseguir otro trabajo de medio tiempo, así que tuve que dejar a Rose al cuidado de una prima junto la casa de mi tío, solo podía ir los fines de semana a verla.

    Primer y único embarazo de Rose.

    Tuve un descuido tremendo, un perro se metió a la casa cuando Rose estaba en celo e hicieron sus cosas, esa sola vez basto para que quedara embarazada, el día que dio a luz, estaba muy brava, no dejaba que nadie se acercara, y note que le costaba hacer todo por sí sola, ya que era una perra de 8 años para entonces y primeriza, tuve que llamar a Luis quien es mi pareja hoy en día, tenía experiencia en esa situación, ya que desde siempre ha criado perros, al llegar le explique todo, fue de gran ayuda, supo manejar la situación.

     Tuvo 3 hermosos cachorros, que di en adopción cuando ya estaban listos; no tengo fotos de ellos, porque se me daño el teléfono que tenia en ese momento y perdí la mayor parte de la información guardada.

    Problemas con la estadía de Rose donde mi Tío.

    Unos de meses después, mi Tío llega a su casa y ve que en el espacio trasero de la casa donde dormía Rose, estaba muy sucio de pipi y popo, cosa que a él le molesto mucho, y me llamo para decirme que Rose no se podía quedar más en su casa, me dijo el por qué y enseguida llame a mi prima y le pregunte porque se descuidó así, se sintió ofendida y dijo que no la cuidaría más; tenía que encontrar una solución rápida, solo tenía unos días para traérmela a Maturín o ver que hacer, para entonces vivía con mi Madre y hermana alquilando en un anexo, que solo tenía una habitación, cocina y baño, hable con la dueña con respecto a Rose y no acepto.

    Solo pensaba en mi pequeña cuando era feliz y me daba tristeza, de cachorra tenia tanta tranquilidad, ya grande paso por varias situaciones complicadas, mas que todo, no tener un lugar fijo donde vivir.

    Nuevo hogar.

    En mi desesperación llame a Luis, quien ya era mi novio para entonces, él vivía en una habitación en Maturín, tampoco podía tenerla, pero me dijo que hablaría con su madre, la cual acepto sin problemas, fuimos el fin de semana para trasladarla de casa; al principio no se adaptaba, pero luego de los días se adaptó a su nuevo hogar, y desde entonces vive con mi suegra, ya han pasado alrededor de 3 años, Rose vive tranquila, se convirtió en la compañera fiel de mi suegra, ella me dice que no fue fácil, porque Rose es muy amargada y poco sociable, pero que se ha moldeado a ella.

    A pesar que no está conmigo, sé que está en excelentes manos, y la siento cerca, cada vez que vamos a El Tejero, estoy con ella, nos quedamos en la misma casa 😄.

    Anteriormente les mencione que Rose no es de lamer a nadie, primer perro que veo que es así, porque es algo que es parte de ellos, a todo perro le gusta lamer, bueno menos a Rose; pero para nuestra sorpresa mi suegra llama a Luis hace un año aproximadamente, para decirle que estaba sentada afuera de su casa con Rose, y ella se la monto en las piernas para revisarla y de la nada le lamio la mano, cuando Luis me lo comento, el corazón se me arrugo, porque así sería lo que estaba sintiendo Rose que lo hizo, puede ser agradecimiento que ya tiene un hogar donde estar tranquila.

    Una dura pero acertada decisión.

    Ya hace un tiempo que tenemos hogar propio, al principio nos estábamos acoplando a esta nueva vida de pareja con nuevo hogar, ya cuando estábamos listos, decidimos traernos a Rose para que viviera con nosotros, pero al ver el lazo que se había creado entre mi suegra y ella, no pudimos separarlas, mi suegra vive sola, con sus animales, a pesar de tener otro perro y variedad de animales, Rose es la más fiel, la que la acompaña en todo momento, a regar las plantas, a caminar todo el patio de su casa, a sentarte en el frente; así que decidimos dejarla con mi suegra.

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    Ya mi querida Rose tiene 12 años, sabemos que esa edad en un perro hace peso, esta mayor, por eso solo queda darle mucho amor, brindarle toda la tranquilidad que ella se merece para que sus últimos años sean muy felices, y este con mi suegra y con nosotros varios años más.

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Mis bellos amigos, esto fue todo, espero les haya gustado esta pequeña historia de mi querida Rose, me despido, se les quiere.

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Photographs of my Property

Edited Cover Image, Farewell Image and dividers, created by me in: Canva.
Translation made in Deepl.

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Fotografías de mi Propiedad
Imagen de Portada Editada, Imagen de despedida y separadores, creados por mi en: Canva.
Traducción hecha en Deepl.