The New Pup on the Block

Mojo the Second

I would like to say that no dog can ever replace our dearly departed Mojo, see related post here.
But my mother had never gotten used to not having a dog in our house and she never did get over the death of our dog. One morning after so many tears have been shed, Mom said, "Do you think that reincarnation is possible? Maybe Mojo can come back if we find his parents." I couldn't say anything but just pat my mom's back and hug her as tears swelled from her eyes.

We set out to find Mojo's breeder and with much time spent from calling up pet stores and researching the Internet for known Pekingese breeders, we found Mojo's breeder, who luckily had Mojo's mom still in her possession. And that dog, had just given birth to 5 beautiful puppies. That gave us hope that we could still have a loving pet that would remind us of our Mojo. I had always thought of naming our new puppy something other than "Mojo", because personally, I do not believe in reincarnation. But Mom is so very stubborn and we couldn't do anything to reconsider. And since, the new litter had a different father than Mojo's, the group consisted of pure white puppies instead of the three-colored puppies, Mojo originally came from.

But Mom went with the dog's personality or traits, because when we first bought Mojo from the pet shop, he was the only puppy who came near and played with my mom. So, my mother took the friendliness and closeness as a sign and bought the only white puppy who resembled our late Mojo's characteristics.

I am proud to present our new Pekingese puppy, Mojo the Second.

He is a bundle of joy and very playful. He knew his name at once and whenever he hears us, he comes running toward us. He loves playing with our late Mojo's toys and is also as loyal as his predecessor. Although, he was a new puppy, he did remind us of how it used to be when our other dog was with us. So far, Mom is not crying anymore and the hole that once was gaping in our hearts had finally started to close. So if reincarnation is true or not, I still think its crazy but now that we have a new pet, we are starting to move on.

I pray that God watches over and protects our new pet because he is after all, a new member of the family.