{"id":178759,"date":"2018-08-27T06:18:57","date_gmt":"2018-08-27T10:18:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=178759"},"modified":"2018-08-27T22:38:22","modified_gmt":"2018-08-28T02:38:22","slug":"heart-evangelista-on-opening-the-eyes-heart-for-aspins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/08\/27\/heart-evangelista-on-opening-the-eyes-heart-for-aspins\/","title":{"rendered":"Heart Evangelista on opening the eyes, heart for aspins"},"content":{"rendered":"
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And in an Instagram post, Heart shared how advocating this PAWS campaign is also dedicated to her baby. (Photo<\/a>: Heart Evangelista\/Instagram<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Whether it be a dog with a breed or an aspin (asong Pinoy<\/em>), for Heart Evangelista\u2019s eyes, they are all fur babies worthy of love.<\/p>\n

\u201cI grew up with me and my parents who loved dogs and I didn\u2019t know the difference between [an] aspin and having a breed,\u201d Heart admittedly said in the launch of Philippine Animal Welfare Society\u2019s (PAWS\u2019s) latest campaign, \u201cHave a HEART for Aspins.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the same event, Heart shared how her dad\u2019s love for dogs influenced her. The actress also confessed that maybe if she did not pursue stardom, she would have been a veterinarian because of her love for her pets.<\/p>\n

\u201cI grew up with a lot of dogs, siguro mga<\/em> 20-plus \u2018yung aso namin sa bahay so lumaki na iba iba \u2018yung aso namin. May mga aspin, meron kaming<\/em> German Shepherd, iba iba sila<\/em>\u2026 may<\/em> Chihuahua (maybe we had about 20-plus dogs in the house, so I really grew up having different dogs. We had aspins, a German Sheperd, a Chihuahua, really they were all different),\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Heart also defended that the people should change their mindsets on drawing a line between aspins and bred dogs, especially with the word \u201caskal (asong kalye<\/em>)\u201d and the behavior differences.<\/p>\n

\u201cActually \u2018yung<\/em> first ever dog na<\/em> kumagat sa akin<\/em> was a German Shepherd, linapa ako sa likod <\/em>(the first ever dog that bit me was a German Sheperd, it bit on my back). So it\u2019s really not about the breed. It\u2019s really not. In fact, I think they\u2019re (aspins) really, really smart,\u201d she continued.<\/p>\n

Though Heart has experienced a biting incident from a dog in her early years, her heart was still really big for them. She is also advocating on rescuing dogs rather than buying.<\/p>\n

\u201cI really promote fostering. If you can, if you have extra money or extra space, welcome them in your home and take care of them. You can also ask PAWS what to do. You\u2019ll be surprised that there are a lot of people out there all over the world who\u2019re willing to adopt a dog. So you just have to be patient, open your heart and take care of them and foster them. The right home will open up for them,\u201d Heart said.<\/p>\n

In fact, one of the aspins that she welcomed into the family was one named Panda.<\/p>\n

And in an Instagram post, Heart shared how advocating this PAWS campaign is also dedicated to her baby.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a dream come true for me because I grew up with a lot of aspins. I understand how they’re beautiful and gentle animals who are equally deserving of love as any other pet. So when PAWS approached me for this campaign, it was perfect! I’ve been with PAWS since 2005, and since then, I’ve seen many loving aspins find homes through their rescue shelters,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Whether it be a dog with a breed or an aspin (asong Pinoy), for Heart Evangelista\u2019s eyes, they are all …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":178762,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-178759","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","category-entertainment-ph","mauthors-bea-kirstein-t-manalaysay","mauthors-philippine-canadian-inquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178759","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=178759"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178759\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/178762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=178759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=178759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=178759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}