My little boston terrier (CK) has been acting very bored and lonely in the new house - the only other dog he has to play with is a great dane named Winston - not much of a playmate. Mexicans have a lot of dogs but rarely take care of them; not by US standards anyway. So many dogs wander the streets and die of starvation, poisoning, hit by cars, or just general neglect. They rarely neuter them so they just breed indiscriminately.
Sometimes people with dogs die or move back to the States and just abandon their pets. A friend rescued a dog from his neighbors back yard who had been tied to a tree for days without food or water and moved back to Canada. Who does that??
Lot's of Gringo's try to rescue these dogs but a lot of them have to be put down because they are too aggressive or too sick to save. There are several shelters that try to find them good homes and for a nominal fee you can adopt one.
Today I made the mistake of going into one of the shelters and found this sweet little 2 year old female - her kennel name was Buffy - I call her Chica. She was quite, housebroken, obviously someone's pet - she knows how to walk on a leash, sit on command and is sleeping beside by chair on the floor right now. I hope she works out - I have 2 weeks to return her if she doesn't
I know you can't save them all - but I hope this was Chica's lucky day.
I think Chica won the lottery. Hope she works out.
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