Monday, May 12, 2008

Street Dog

The photos below show our street dog, we call him Rojo or Red, depending on the language of the minute. He is friendly and cute. He gets so excited when he sees his favorite people that his whole body waves instead of just his tail. We have been feeding him our scraps for some time now, along with all the other neighbors. Sometimes though, there are not too many scraps; and although one lady in particular seems to feed him more often than others, he always seems hungry. We decided to buy some dog food and give him some everyday, this will at least supplement the scraps that he gets. His body language and attitude tells you his appreciation.
One morning he saw me outside and decided that he would try for an early feeding, smart dog. He sat downstairs just staring up at us, until he decided to come up and get a drink instead. He couldn't seem to decide whether he should drink or bath; but seemed to enjoy the water.
Last night he came up seemingly just to visit. I was outside reading and he came and laid down by my chair and was just taking it easy. Good company for both of us.
He is a good dog in that the only time he barks is if someone strange is on our street. He knows who belongs and who doesn't. Other than that he is quiet and unobtrusive, a nice dog; although he could use a bath. He is the only dog now that resides on our street, we used to have 4 of them and things were noisier then. The city came by and picked up the 2 females a few months ago and the other male left and only returns once in awhile to say hello.




5 comments:

Islagringo said...

Brenda, I think you had better get this nice dog up on your patio for good or be prepared to say goodbye to a wonderful dog. You know the city will get him at some point. And who knows what will move in to replace him. Perhaps a whole pack.

Brother John said...

Brenda, What a nice dog! I wanted to thank you for recently visiting my blog site and commenting on my Pysanky post. I tried to use the WordPress link you provided to find your site but it wasn't working. Glad I found you!

I look forward to learning more about Mexico!

Brother John
Lansdowne, Pennsylvania USA

Beth said...

What a cutie!

Steve Cotton said...

Professor Jiggs loves putting his feeet in his water dish -- just like "your" dog.

I agree with Wayne. Claim him. He is just waiting to be your permanent friend.

Brenda Maas said...

The thing is that we don't really want to "own" a dog, not that a street dog could ever really be owned. We don't want to be tied down/responsible for him.
He has another place where he spends most of the day sleeping in the shade on the patio, so he sort of has an owner. We just like to help out with his feeding/watering and besides that he is a good guard dog as he barks at all the strangers on the street. But no, we will not try to "own" him.