The Story of Manguito, Toñita, and Paris
This is the story of Manguito, Toñita, and Paris.
They were reported to us in August 2024 in the neighborhood of San Lorenzo, located about 40 minutes from Jauja.
According to neighbors, Toñita’s family locked her inside their house and left with no water or food for her to survive.
We don’t know where they went, but Toñita was abandoned, trapped inside the home. At the time, she appeared to be pregnant.
Shortly after being abandoned, Toñita gave birth to her puppies, Manguito and Paris. We gave them those names.
Neighbors began hearing puppies crying day and night.
They didn’t know how to help or how to enter the house, but they tried their best by throwing food through openings in the roof and above the door.
Eventually, they contacted us and reported this case of abuse in August.
We spoke with the police and tried to intervene, but there was no one living in the house, and no one wanted to enter.
The police refused to help and took no action.
At that time, we also did not have a foster home available, we didn’t know where to take them, and we were unable to rescue them.
The location was also far from us.
In September 2024, we finally found help.
A volunteer named Jenny, along with Cataleya, went to rescue them, and we were able to secure a temporary foster home with Mrs. Maura.
I asked if she could keep them only until November, because I would be arriving in Peru then and would take responsibility for them.
That same month, they were rescued, rehabilitated, vaccinated, and carefully fed so they could gain weight.
They were extremely thin, just skin and bones.
I arrived in Peru in November, and I picked them up.
They were still very small. Manguito is very shy, and all of them hide and are afraid of people and of everything around them.
They are dogs who never received affection, so it has been very difficult for them to trust humans.
Even so, we have always tried to be as loving and gentle with them as possible.
Because we didn’t have a stable foster home for them, adoption was very difficult.
They are not friendly or social dogs.
Over time, they moved from one temporary home to another, until the opening of Casa de Aurora in June 2025.
That’s when everything changed.
They moved into the house along with 22 other dogs.
Now they are all together, with space to run and play.
They are never separated. Toñita, Paris, and Manguito stay together at all times.
Toñita and Paris have been spayed, and Manguito has been neutered.
In August 2025, someone wanted to adopt Manguito.
I believed it was a good family and agreed to the adoption, thinking he would finally have a home, especially because there was a child in the household.
However, shortly after, we noticed that Manguito was always outside on the street.
He was extremely thin.
When I spoke with the family, they said Manguito wasn’t social, wasn’t affectionate, didn’t want to play with the child, and didn’t want to eat.
I believe he stopped eating because he was depressed.
He had never been alone, he had always lived with his mother, his sister, and the other dogs.
Manguito became very underweight and was eating trash on the street.
That was absolutely not the life we want for our babies. So I brought him back to Casa de Aurora.
Now Manguito is once again with his mother and his sister.
We believe the only way they can be adopted is if all three are adopted together, Toñita, Manguito, and Paris.
They are a package.
Today, they are healthy, safe, and happy.
Manguito and Paris have been with us since they were babies, and they remain under our care.
