THE BEGINNING OF MANDO
One of the things we enjoy the most is the company of animals. Except for those who have allergies, or simply enjoy harming these creatures, the rest of us like to have pets at home. There are all kinds, the classic dogs, cats, parrots, etc. As well as the exotic lizards, toads and even snakes.
When I was a child we didn't have many pets, my younger brother was terrible with dogs, and we weren't allowed to have them because of him. If we come to possess some birds that I know as Australian parakeets, I don't know how they can be known in their countries. The truth is that having caged birds was never to my liking. That's why every afternoon, we closed the apartment windows and released them. They would fly for hours and when it was time to put them away we simply called them and waited for them to come and put them in their cage. If we wanted to do something bad to someone in the family, we would put food in their face while they were sleeping and the parakeets would try to bite them. They did it to me several times, and they seemed to know that it was a game that they also liked.
So when we moved from the city to a town, we were able to have larger animals, including a Rottweiler. I really liked that breed ever since. But due to the poor economic situation in the country, it is very difficult to maintain a pet of that size. I have been living in a house with my family for 3 years, and for 2 years we have had a cat as a pet. A family had some cats and the cat had several cats, including the character in question. I have no idea what he was like with his brothers, but when they brought him in, we knew he would be a first-class thug. The truth is we have never had normal pets, so it wasn't going to be inconvenient for us.
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His name is Mando, his name comes from the series The Mandalorian. The afternoon they brought him in, we were watching a marathon of that series with some friends, so we had to decide whether Grogu or Mando. Star Wars fan, I finally went with Mando. He started by hiding in small places, we let him get to know the house, but little by little he became loose, to the point of wanting to climb onto us or onto the beds. We like animals, but not to the point of treating them like people. They have their place, and Mando had to be taught the house rules. The first and most important thing was the place to relieve himself, which was neither in the kitchen nor in the entrance, nor on the furniture (he tried in all these places but received his punishment); He soon understood that the patio was an accepted place. So we didn't have many problems with that.
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As I was learning what we mentioned above, I couldn't be inside the house at night. If he had an emergency, he wasn't going to hold back for us. So we got him used to sleeping outside. There is a shelf outside the house that he always used to sleep on, so we put his pillow on it, and he got used to it there. During the day he spent his time inside the house. Something I haven't understood is why he likes my PC chair so much. It's not the most comfortable in the house, but he likes it a lot. Sometimes we've found him sleeping with my daughter in his bed. But he hasn't done it anymore. But like every cat, what he spends his time is sleeping more than anything. He has his tastes in food, for example he prefers fish above all things.
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It has some habits that are not common in cats, that is why I say that we do not have normal pets, in another post I will tell you about some of those things. If cats have 7 lives, they have already used 3, the same issue for the future, so I'll give you some tips in case they get poisoned. Mando is now 2 years old, he is half bitter, half spoiled, and half crazy, but he is our cat. By the way, while writing this post a small cat arrived at the house, my family wanted to adopt it but as soon as I thought that Mando would be fighting all day I told them that we better return it. For now I don't want any more pets, this cat is worth 2. In the future, I will continue telling about Mando's adventures.
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- All photos were taken from my personal phone.
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EL COMIENZO DE MANDO
Una de las cosas que mas disfrutamos es la compañia de los animales. Salvo por los que tienen alergias, o sencillamente disfrutan hacerle daño a estas criaturas, el resto de nosotros nos gusta tener mascotas en casa. Los hay de todo tipo, los clasicos perros, gatos, loros, etc. Como tambien los exoticos lagartijas, sapos y hasta culebras.
Cuando era niño no tuvimos muchas mascotas, mi hermano menor era terrible con los perros y no nos dejaban tener por su culpa. Si llegamos a poseer unas aves que las conoci como periquitos australianos, no se como los pueden conocer en sus paises. Lo cierto, es que tener a aves enjauladas nunca fue de mi agrado. Por eso todas las tardes, cerrabamos las ventanas del apartamento y los soltabamos. Volaban por horas y cuando era hora de guardarlos sencillamente los llamabamos y esperabamos a que viniera y los metiamos en su jaula. Si queriamos hacer maldades a alguien de la familia le poniamos comida en la cara mientras dormian y los periquitos se fajaban a picarlos. Me lo hicieron varias veces y ellos como que supieran que era un juego que tambien les gustaba.
Asi cuando nos mudamos de la ciudad a un pueblo pudimos tener animales mas grandes, incluyendo Rottweiler. Esa raza me gusto mucho desde entonces. Pero por la mala situacion economica del pais, se hace muy dificil mantener una mascota de esas dimensiones. Tengo 3 años viviendo en una casa junto con mi familia, y desde hace 2 años tenemos un gato como mascota. Una familia tenía unos gatos y la gata tuvo varios gaticos, entre ellos el personaje que nos ocupa. No tengo idea de como era con sus hermanos, pero cuando lo trajeron supimos que sería un malandro de primera. La verdad nunca hemos tenido mascotas normales, así que no iba a ser inconveniente para nosotros.
Su nombre es Mando, su nombre sale de la serie The Mandalorian. La tarde que lo trajeron estábamos viendo un maratón de esa serie con unos amigos, así que teníamos que decidir si Grogu o Mando. Fanático de Star Wars al fin, me fui con Mando. Empezó por esconderse en sitios pequeños, lo fuimos dejando para que conociera la casa, pero poco a poco se fue soltando, al punto de querer subirse a nosotros o a las camas. Nos gustan los animales pero no al punto de tratarlos como personas. Ellos tienen su sitio, y había que enseñarle las reglas de la casa a Mando. Lo primero y principal era el sitio donde hacer sus necesidades, que no eran ni en la cocina, ni en la entrada, ni en los muebles (en todos estos sitios lo intento, pero recibió su castigo); pronto entendió que el patio era un sitio aceptado. Así que no tuvimos muchos problemas con eso.
Como estaba aprendiendo lo que comentamos arriba, no podía estar dentro de la casa en las noches. Si tenía una emergencia no iba a retenerse por nosotros. Así que lo acostumbramos a que durmiera afuera. Hay un estante fuera de la casa que siempre usaba para dormir, así que le colocamos su almohada y se acostumbró allí. Durante el día se la pasaba dentro de la casa. Algo que no he entendido es porque le gusta tanto mi silla de trabajar en la PC, no es la más cómoda de la casa, pero le gusta mucho, a veces lo hemos encontrado durmiendo con mi hija en su cama. Pero no lo ha hecho más. Pero como todo gato, lo que se la pasa es durmiendo más que nada. Tiene sus gustos de comida, por ejemplo prefiere el pescado sobre todas las cosas.
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Tiene algunos hábitos que no son habituales en los gatos, por eso digo que no tenemos mascotas normales, en otro post les cuento algunas de esas cosas. Si los gatos tienen 7 vidas ya ha usado 3, igual tema para el futuro, así les doy algunos tips por si se envenenan. Ya Mando tiene 2 años, es medio amargado, medio consentido, y medio loco, pero es nuestro gato. Por cierto, escribiendo este post llego un gato pequeño a la casa, mi familia lo quería adoptar, pero nada más pensar qué Mando andaría peleando todo el día, les dije que mejor lo devolvíamos. Por ahora no quiero más mascotas, este gato vale por 2. En el futuro seguiré contando de las aventuras de Mando.
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