Kenneth Balcomb, born in 1891, owned fifteen dogs during his eighty-six years on earth. His first was actually a coyote called Tito, the diminutive of coyotito, which means “little coyote” in Spanish. Kenneth was a young boy living with his father and older sister in a small Mexican village in the Rio Grande Valley north of Albuquerque, New Mexico. His father paid a dollar for the pup, which was found by the young herder who took care of the village cattle.
His next dog was a collie, and from there he had a nondescript mutt, an English Pit Terrier, an Airdale, a toy Brindle bulldog, a couple of spaniels, retrievers, and another terrier. He always seemed to have a dog at his side, whether he was hunting rabbits, swimming in the Rio Grande, or attending school.
Fifteen dogs, fifteen wonderful stories. In them you will see the great love Kenneth had for each. There is humor, sadness, and hilarity, and the great arc of “dog-dom,” from Tito to Hondo, was greatly instrumental in forming the young boy, the college graduate, the road engineer, the builder of the Parkland Hills area of Albuquerque, the family man, world traveler, and elder statesman who was Kenneth Chester Balcomb. If you could trace his journey during his long life, you would be sure to see paw prints alongside his every step of the way.
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