Dogs
In case I haven't mentioned it before, dogs here are ubiquitous. One sees them everywhere; in yards, on rooftops, and of course roaming the streets, fighting, mating and picking through garbage.
One day I was in the park with Pablo when I noticed a dog sprawled out on its side on a major pathway through one of the parks. "It looks dead", I remarked to Pablo. "It is dead," he replied.
Pablo explained that every so often somebody goes around town poisoning dogs. I didn't quite catch whether this was a deliberate, sanctioned activity or if it was done by "volunteers", but it didn't appear to be all that controversial to anyone to whom I mentioned it.
I really feel sorry whoever has the job of disposing of all the dog carcasses. I seem to have found the place where they are all put, though. there is a place with standing water behind the school near our house that always seems to have a handful of dead dogs. Ew!
Labels: dogs, General, sanitation
posted by Charlie Thompson @ 3:40 AM
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2 Comments:
I feel sorry for whomever has to do away with all those dogs too. I generally like dogs, but I have my own bad dog story from just last night. Uyen and I were walking in our neighborhood and someone's dog started running towards us at full speed barking. Even though it was a small dog, it wasn't a good situation at all, so I told Uyen to back away while I yelled at it and stomped my feet. I eventually scared it away before it could come within 10 feet of us, and was very proud of myself.
That's certainly the tact you have to take with hostile ones. I have had to stand a few down myself since I've been here. I notice they really respond to body language. Also, most of the ones down here will back off if you pick up a big rock.
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