It is May and Kizu is home!

Meet Kizu.

We got him May 2.

Kizu is one of the 4 pups of Hughes and Whitey.

We thought the neighbor is adopting Whitey and the pups

but last Friday the neighbor was at our gate

holding the small palm-sized pup

practically begging us to adopt him . . .

Oh how can we refuse?

I looked at him in Luchie's hands

and with our eyes closed

we immediately decided he is ours.

I can hear U2's Beautiful Day in the background . . .

I wish Kizu was given more time with Whitey

for milk and bonding

but the neighbor is giving up the puppies . . .

I feared for the puppies bleak future

but all we can get is Kizu . . .

We can not afford another dog

but we can not afford to think

we simply gave in . . .

"what you don't have

you don't need it now

what you don't know

you can feel it somehow . . ."

- U2

My senior superdog Sweepy

and our recently adopted Hughes

welcomed the small Kizu with alarm . . .

But that is always the case

when you introduced dogs to each other.

You give them time to sniff each other . . .

. . . and they will eventually include and adopt

the newcomer to the pack.

My hounds is back to a pack!

"touch me . . .

take me to that other place.

teach me

i know i'm not a hopeless case . . ."

-U2

Kizu looks frail and tiny

but that tiny white thing can eat a lot

jump a lot, kiss a lot, grip hard and

run like a small car with batteries!

Kizu found his home

and he adjusted easily . . .

. . . he calls for me

stands outside my bedroom windows

and I get up from bed at dawn

to cuddle him

to sing him lullabies

to give him milk

and wait for him to sleep

loving my scent and hugs my feet

knowing he is with his Keeper. . . . 

". . . it's a beautiful day

sky falls, you feel like its a beautiful day

don't let it get away . . ."

- U2