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    Centavo; A Dog From Mexico
    Centavo; A Dog From Mexico
    Centavo; A Dog From Mexico
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    Centavo; A Dog From Mexico

    By Jeffrey Crimmel

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    Centavo is a dog, born on streets in a small fishing village in Baja, Mexico. One day she is adopted by a couple from Flagstaff, Arizona and taken back to the states to live. The story is from the perspective of Centavo as she goes through all the adjustments in order to be a pet living in a nice home in the U.S.

    Centavo has her name changed to Penny and she has to make adjustments to living with a cat and another dog who speaks no Spanish. Jackson, the border collie and Zoe learn to adapt to Penny as well.

    After being gone for two years the family decides to go back to the fishing village where Penny was found. Penny has not seen any of her friends or family for all that time and she is a little worried as to their safety.

    When they arrive in Mexico, there are no street dogs on the street. Where have all the dogs gone? She finally comes across Pero, the dog she believes is her father. He tells Penny about all the changes in the town. Her mother has died and her brothers all have homes now. Many gringos have adopted the street dogs and have given them homes.

    After returning to the states Penny was happy because she knows all her family is safe. She has a dream from her mother and finds out she is in a better place. Penny has made the adjustments living in the States and is now content to being Penny, A Dog From Mexico.

    The book is also a memorial to Steve Forman, a man who came to San Felipe and started ZAPP, an organization which help to spay and neuter animals and find homes for strays. He died in 2011 and the group called Viva has taken over the duties of ZAPP. Part of the profits of this book go to helping with the clinic in San Felipe. Any other spay and neuter clinic who also takes part in purchasing this book can also receive a part of the profits for their organization.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJeffrey Crimmel
    Release dateFeb 21, 2012
    ISBN9780985223205
    Centavo; A Dog From Mexico
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    Jeffrey Crimmel

    Author ofLIVING BENEATH THE RADAR; A NINE YEAR JOURNEY AROUND THE WORLDLEARNING TO LOVE THE PESO; How to Move to Mexico and WhyCENTAVO; A DOG FROM MEXICOThe Murder Mystery fiction series.BRAIN BLEEDIAN'S REVENGENAB YOGATHE HEMP PAPERS

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      Jeffrey Crimmel’s children’s book, Centavo is based on a true story of a little puppy growing up on the beaches of San Felipe, Mexico. Generations of this dogs’ family wandered the beach eating scraps and learning to survive, until a tourist’s family adopted her. They bring her back to the United States to live with them, and introduce her to their other pets.The author wrote Centavo to bring to light the need for animal rescue and spay/neuter programs in poor countries. He was inspired by Steve Forman, who helped spearhead San Felipe Animal Rescue (SFAR) along with a woman from Phoenix, Arizona. Steve then went on to found another clinic in Mexico, and helped with fund raising until his death in 2011. Through Steve’s efforts, the dogs on this beach have been adopted and the majority spayed or neutered. Jeffrey also wrote this book to help in the fund raising aspect of a newly formed program merged out of the 2 Steve put together. I read this little gem on Kindle. It’s a good story, great lesson and has photos of Centavo and other dogs mentioned in the book. 5 stars, all ages…

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    Centavo; A Dog From Mexico - Jeffrey Crimmel

    Centavo

    Centavo; A Dog From Mexico

    Published by Jeffrey R. Crimmel at Smashwords

    Copyright 2012 Jeffrey R. Crimmel

    Smashwords Edition, License Notes

    This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you're reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

    Cover by Rita Toews

    Table of Contents

    Chapter 1 Centavo, the Early Years

    Chapter 2 Growing Up

    Chapter 3 Tough Times

    Chapter 4 Centavo Finds a Home

    Chapter 5 Flagstaff

    Chapter 6 A New Home

    Chapter 7 Adjusting to a Dog’s Life in America

    Chapter 8 Spring and Summer

    Chapter 9 Return to Mexico

    Chapter 10 Where Have All the Stray Dogs Gone?

    Chapter 11 Going Home

    Acknowledgments

    In Memory of Steve Forman

    About the Author

    Photos

    Dictionario

    Chapter 1

    Centavo

    The Early Years

    The first thing Centavo remembered was that she was a dog. Being a dog was one thing but being born a dog in a country called Mexico without a home was another. Centavo had two puppy brothers and one puppy sister she competed with for milk. Her mother, Cha Cha, gave birth to her family near a beach by a small fishing village on the Sea of Cortez. Being near the beach was a good place for dogs without a home, because many people came to the sandy areas near the water to eat food and drink different kinds of liquid. They did not always eat everything they brought with them. Many times Cha Cha could find food thrown away in the trash cans near the beach. The more food she found the more milk she could produce to feed Centavo and her puppy brothers and sister.

    Being a dog is not always what it is cracked up to be. There is an expression used in the human world. When someone says to another human, You are living a dog’s life, the words are meant to describe that person as having an easy life just like a dog. All they need to do was wake up, eat, have walks, bark and sleep. This expression seemed to be about the dogs living in a country to the north of Mexico called the United States. The description did not seem to match Centavo and other dogs born on the streets in Mexico.

    When Centavo was one month old her sister died because she could not get enough milk to drink from her mother. Cha Cha did her best to care for the four puppies but she could not always get food to eat in the cold period called winter because no humans would come to the beach to be on the sand and swim in the water. If no people came to the ocean then there was no food thrown away and nothing for Cha Cha to eat. A kind human found the young puppy and dug a hole and buried Centavo’s sister before the rats and other animals that ate dead things found her body.

    Life in Mexico was not easy for a dog, especially the ones who did not have a human to care for them and give them food. Cha Cha never had a human as an owner. She had to learn how to survive by finding the places where old food was thrown away, and where kind people lived that sometimes gave her scraps of meat fat or cheese rinds. As Centavo got older she learned from her mother where to go and find things to eat. Because the family lived near the ocean they could sleep, curled up near the cement wall that was found along the beach and stay out of the wind. They did not have to go into town to find a place to sleep. Not everyone was kind to Cha Cha and her family because they did not have a human family and no one wanted dogs around that did not have an owner. Cha Cha would tell her puppies to run when young boys or men started throwing rocks at them. This meant they were not wanted and leaving was the best option.

    When Centavo was six or seven months old, she had to start looking out for herself. Her mother, Cha Cha was going to have more puppies. The big black dog that came through the beach area where they lived, and looked like a wolf, was the father.

    Black dog from down the beach

    Centavo did not know who her father was but she did know the big black dog down the beach was not related to her. Centavo was long in length and short in height with thick hair, which helped keep her warm in the winter. She once heard a human say,

    Look, that dog looks like one of the dogs the Queen of England owns.

    Centavo did not know who the Queen of England was so she had

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