Hi everyone,
The other day I did a post on the problems with stray dogs where I live. Brian and I have taken to feeding so many of them, and they all of course appreciate it, but this little guy seems to have taken us on as his own, and is so full of love whenever we see him. Yesterday Brian went to our little corner store and bought him a package of food, and I could see puppy happily trotting along side Brian as they made their way back home. The puppy by the way, follows us in the store and wanders up and down the aisles, and no one bats an eye. haha I crouched to the ground and yelled, "puppy!!" and he stopped in his tracks, looked up, saw me and ran to me! I was greeted with a full body wag from him and excited puppy kisses.
A neighbour soon approached us to say that the owner of puppy was not taking care of him (no kidding!) and she saw that we had been feeding him, so she took it upon herself to ask the owner if we could have him. Like any awful pet owner, he said "sure, just take him". Can you imagine??
She called the little guy Muñeca, which means "doll" in Spanish. So I think the name is going to stick, and I have a feeling that little Muñeca is going to be added to our family. We have to get him to the vet to get rid of his fleas because we also have Buddy at home. Fingers crossed that they get along ;)
Even if we take Muñeca, there are still so many others that need some care and some food! We stopped for a burger today and this guy enjoyed it with us. It is an outdoor restaurant/patio but he followed us in and no one said a thing! haha
On our way home, we passed the leftovers on to these guys, a couple of my favourites :)
This one tried to climb up on my bike with me! Seriously, if I had let him, I think he might have climbed up on the handlebars and gone for a ride ;)
This little guy we call Terrier; he lives with Muñeca, but thankfully we've arranged for another neighbour to take him on! It took a few months of living here before I even saw his little tail wag. Now he wags his tail whenever I step outside :)
In the evening, I went for a little walk and found these two who don't seem to have a home either! It is never-ending and simply heartbreaking!
In the end, there's only so much we can do to help these animals, but at least I know (I think!) that we've made a difference in a few of their lives!
This post is happy and sad all mixed into one, so I'm going to leave you with "weird"; this tree is in the middle of the street, right at the intersection, down from our place. It is so big that the cars have a difficult time manoeuvring around it :)
At the end of the day, I couldn't put my head comfortably on my pillow if I didn't do something to help all of these dogs.
I'm happy to do it, and I fortunately or unfortunately fall in love with all of them; I don't know if that's a good thing or not, but what I do know is that I'm going to have to start earning some money if I'm going to keep feeding all of them!!
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