A new addition to the family...

My host mom had to put down her very old dog, Luna. This may have been what prompted her daughter and son-in-law to get a puppy. Her name is Mocha and she sure is cute. Other than her yipping interrupting my occasional afternoon naps, I think she's adorably precious.... and the perfect size to fit in my carry on. She's helped me feel a little bit better about returning home and finding Pedro almost fully grown. I think he'll be about 6 months old.

I've taken this opportunity to try and learn some commands for dogs. Maybe this is a bit odd but I think it would be hilarious if Rey's dog Pedro was bilingual. His name is Pedro and I do speak (some) Spanish. I really only know for sure that venga means "come" and abajo means "down". I can postulate that "sit" is siéntente but I'm not sure if that's quite the right version of sentar (to sit)*. Mocha's a bit young to be learning sit. She probably is only 6 or 8 weeks old... however many weeks a dog can have when it's okay to take them away from their mothers.

*This link looks helpful... I can probably patch together a list of what's correct and use it on Pedro.