Monday, November 24, 2008

Chai The Taiwanese Wonder Dog

As our wonderful neighbors are visiting the United States of New Hope for the next week, Sarah and I have a new task while living in Taiwan. We are the temporary parents for Chai. No, not a Taiwanese baby, but a Taiwanese Dog!!! Chai is all black and is referred to as a Taiwanese breed. So we are spending our time at Chai's apartment across the street where she has more space to run around in the living room alone than Sarah and I do in our entire apartment. She also has more toys than I thought was possible.

Chai's a very good dog. She loves waiting to see if we will give her human food (a common trait among all dogs - both American and Taiwanese).... which we don't of course. She loves playing tug of war with her blanket/towel.... and her boyfriend Cha-Cha lives right next door.

So our life has been altered till after Thanksgiving with our new friend Chai. It also gives us a bigger and more capable Kitchen to make our Thanksgiving Dinner with. Currently our menu includes the 13 pound turkey we just purchased (it's the smallest one they had and you really don't want to know what we paid for it)..... Greenbeans and Broccoli (not sure yet how we're going to combine them), garlic mashed potatoes, stuffing, and pumpkin bars or something for desert. Yum!!

Not sure how many people are working this week - I have to work all week as the US Holiday of Thanksgiving is not recognized here in Taiwan. Neither was July 4th.... hmmm, I think I'm getting screwed for holidays this year!!!!

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1 comment:

jsnk said...

Hi There. We live in Sonoma, California and adopted a WONDERFUL dog for Taiwan eighteen months ago. Last week our lovely Renee was hit by a car and her spinal cord was severed. We feel like we have lost a child. She was the best friend and companion anyone could ever hope for. She looked exactly like Chia. We would like to know some information about Chai and where she came from. Is there a breeder of these wonderful dogs. Our Renee was rescued with four other puppies from her litter on the streets of Taiwan. They all look the same, just like Chai. Thank you, Jill kirscher.jill@hotmail.com