For the last several mornings, I've been hearing the yelping of puppies that sound like they are being restrained or something. I could only take it for so long. Then I would walk outside to try to find out what the fuck was going on, and it would stop.

This morning I heard it again. I walked down towards the next house where I thought it was coming from, but didn't hear a thing. Then, as I headed back towards my place, I could hear the canine cries coming front right in front of my house.

Inside a large tree stump about 10 feet from my front door were 4 spanking new puppies. The mother is the dog who bit me on my first night at my house (she is scared to death of my camera). I've forgiven her indiscretion and starting feeding her scraps that my kittens won't eat. She now wags her tail with anticipation when I get off the bus or arrive on my bike and protects my house from strangers. Not a bad deal.

So now she's got this litter of puppies. It will interesting to see how long they last. Samoans love puppies. A few have been stolen from Peace Corps volunteers and I doubt these little guys will be around for long. I'd like one, but I don't really need another mouth to feed and the kittens would probably beat the crap out of the toughest of the lot.