Then, one day all of a sudden, he was gone. At first, we thought maybe he was just wandering around the neighborhood for awhile and would come back soon. After several days went by though, we realized Pongo was gone. Elizabeth and our neighbor Flavio think he was poisoned by someone (People sometimes do that here--it is so cruel and horrible!) because the night before he went missing, he had been howling and whining all night long. Our neighbor Alexa and I have a different theory, though. We think that maybe his real owners found him (after the night of howling) and are now keeping him well-protected in their house or yard so they don't lose him again. I like to believe this is what happened. :) Alexa thinks she might even know the house where he might be. I am tempted to go knock on their door and just ask them. Maybe I will one day. Of course, a third option is that he was sick and was howling that night because he was in so much pain and dying on his own. This would also be very sad, but not as sad as scenario #1. If this third possibility is the case, I'm glad he could spend his last week of life with us, knowing he was loved...
Isn't he precious?!
