I have a dog who loves me and keeps me company. And I give her food and take care. I’m very happy. And now, when she’s had seven puppies, I’m seven times happier. I thank Saint Francis for this happiness.

An angry dog attacked my brother Eulalio’s puppy. The puppy was badly injured. We thanks the Virgin of Zapopan because it didn’t die and is getting better.

Luis & Eulalio Gomez Huerta

Panfilo Romero was going to rob an old lady. But he didn’t know that she had two big and angry dogs living with her. They attacked him. Panfilo thanks the Virgin of San Juan because he managed to escape alive from the dogs.

I thank the Virgin because thanks to my job I can provide for all my dogs that I picked up on the street. They love me very much and keep me company.

I was selling birds when I noticed a string of cats following me. They wanted to eat my poor birdies. I asked the Virgin of Zapopan for help, and suddenly a dog appeared that chased the cats. I thank the Virgin for that.

Anastacio Sanchez

A horrible devil possessed my sweet and beloved animals and set them against me. When I saw them coming to attack me I took out the image of the Virgin of Guadalupe and the shinning of her image scared the devil. My animals recovered their mind, and I give thanks for the miracle.

Lucia Martinez bought a new dress and her first high heeled shoes. She dressed up and went with her little brother to the town square so that all the boys could admire her. But when she was going up the stairs one heel got stuck in the crack and she fell on her back. Lucia gives thanks for she didn’t fall on her brother, nor the dog. Although the stairs were high, Luisa didn’t hurt herself either. She only bruised her elbow. She gives special thanks because the heel didn’t break.

The Graciela’s puppy fell off the cliff but thanks to the Virgin he could hold out on a small ledge. With help of the Virgin of Zapopan Graciela could save him without falling down the danger abyss herself. She thanks with this retablo for saving her puppy.

My daughter Carmela played laundress on a smooth stone on the lagoon shore. She slipped and fell in water sinking to the bottom. Thanks to the Virgin of San Juan the dog, who is very smart and swims very well, was able to save the girl before she would drown. I give thanks to the Virgin.

[...] thank the Virgin for these marvelous moments. When we arrived on horseback to our house and his little brother and sister with his dogs came to give us a welcome, I felt like I was a part of him.

I give thanks to the Virgin of San Juan, because she saved us, so the rabid dogs, that we met behind the market, didn’t bite us.

August 5, 1949

Our new neighbor had an enormous and angry dog that scared my cats. I was afraid that one day it could kill one of them. So I prayed to the Virgin of Zapopan for protection, and thanks to her the neighbor didn’t stay for long here. He found a much better house on the other side of the town. He moved there, delivering my cats from his beast.

A being from another galaxy arrived and got to the animals. Thanks for it didn’t cause any harm to them.