Alemão was born on 14.02.1985 at 10:30 in Peruibe south cost of São Paulo. His mother, Dog or Chupeta, as called by her real owners, belong to the owner of a bar, close to our home and she came home to give birth .

I saw when my babe was born. He was the most silly of all his 10 brothers and we always had to put him on the teat.

This is the last picture of Alemão, taken in March/2002.

As he was brown with blue eyes, my father called him Alemão (that means German in Portuguese)

We moved again to São Paulo and days before he was kidnapped, but our neighbours found him and we went back to pick him up .With 3 month he had a strong disease and thanked to the dedication of my mother, he survived.

He was always running away , disappearing for day and always coming back totally wounded. He used to face all dogs, no matter the size. He loved soup, but always separated the potatoes . Used to make a "party" when we showed him the leash.

Was a strong and brave dog, died with 17 years old, probably because of a heart attack and had to be put to sleep in order to avoid more pain.
Unfortunately I was not present in his last to years of life (and I will never forgive me for that). I came to Switzerland in order to study and I could not be at his side when he needed me the most. But I hope he knows that my heart was (and still is with him, every day in every second.

I was in Brazil 3 weeks before he passed away and even old, he went down stairs to my bedroom while I was packing. Probably he knew that he wouldn't see me anymore and came to say good-bye.

These are Alemão e Tina in 1999

He was (and will always be) the most precious thing for me in this world. The animals, differently from the humans, give us love without asking anything back, and my Alemão always gave me love. And as a good friend , never criticised me, just listened to me as he could understand my words and my feelings.

Alemão my little angel, I hope you are fine, playing in flower fields with your mother and brothers. Now there is no more pain and you are full of energy and health like in the old times. I miss you very, very, very much , I'll never ever forget that you brought light and happiness to my life and I wait anxiously for the day we will meet again on the other side of the Rainbow Bridge and I can once again hug you, kiss you, caress your soft fur, get a lot of lovely licks , look again inside your tender eyes and I can tell to my eternal and faithful friend how much I love you !

Patricia 12.06.2002

Take a look at the pictures of my Alemão