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Hello Puerto Rico if you want to improve tourism, SPAY IS THE WAY! Zero population growth for the island dogs! This could be a dog lover’s dream vacation if the island cleaned up her act!
The spirit of Puerto Rico is in these dogs living impoverished lives in the back drop of the most beautiful place in the world. They have grace even in adversity and sometimes not.
I would like people to come to get to know the Puerto Rico I know and love. It includes cool dog rescuers, who would gladly show tourists around the beaches so they could see the dogs. Donations from tourists could support rescues or FOICCA programs.
Mostly it includes some of the coolest and most unique dogs I have ever met.
People around the world are doing cool things with dogs. The more we train with a dog, the more together we become. I knew a lady who trained in agility, that dog always wanted to live in her head constantly. The brilliant Border Collie wanted the rush they both felt in the harmony.
The show dog looking into a handler’s eyes plays the beauty pageant dog role like a star. Dog lovers are everywhere and so are great dogs.
One of the things the island has taught me all over again is the importance of socialization. I thought I did a good job with Shaker the Golden Retriever waiting for us. With what the Satos teach me, maybe not.
If the dogs were actually controlled: spayed, vaccinated, collared, etc.; the island economy could be stimulated by tourists wanting to take more than a tee shirt home.
If the Department of Tourism wanted to hire someone passionate about this issue; I am available. A Boricua friend of mine said the PR tourism office would hire a hack, before talking to me. Please, prove my friend wrong, give me a hollar.
Let's face it, if you come to a Caribbean Island you are going to see some free ranging dogs.
Would you prefer to healthy, vaccinated dogs wearing government coded collars or skinny, mangy mutts?
Peurto Rican people can be counted on to feed the dogs if their numbers don't overwhelm them.
These dogs are cool animals. Cheryl, a good friend of mine from Illinois told a story of the dogs in Nevada being the same no nonsense attitude as the people she encountered. Dogs seem to same the same spirit as the people. How often, do we say such and such dog is just like------!
Cheryl asked if I thought that the dogs' temperament was reflective of the easy going, fun loving island people. Hmm, she hit the nail on the head.
Some beaches in the overcrowded end of the island have dogs that look miserable. These are the dogs which will cause you to cry. Donations to groups like www.amigosdelosanimalespr.org/ will rescue dogs from deplorable conditions.
Elsewhere on the island hard working veterinarians, like Dr. Gwen Davis of the Pet Vet in Isabela are working full time to neuter animals. Her hard work must be paying off.
When you go to the beaches on the northwest end of the island, there is usually only a couple of dogs here or there. It's fun to make friends with the dogs when there's a couple to a few at most.
If you pick up a bag of food on your way to the beach, you will be doing an honest good deed for the day. :) It's a Puerto Rican tradition, since man and dog came here.
Don't be surprised if a beach king ignores your offering. Good dog loving islanders take leftovers to the beach after dinner. They visit enjoying the some of the most beautiful coast in the world, while feeding their beloved "Satos".
If you fall in love, I feel a song coming on; forgive me!
That's better, if you fall in love Dr. Davis can get your new friend ready for travel. That lady wants nothing more than the island dogs finding a good forever home.
Personally, I love the island and I love the dogs. I am a dog lover! Te amo Boricua!
Puerto Rico cannot become Auswitch Island for dogs! As long as the population is controlled these people can continue to live with their dogs as they have historically! This is not new; this is how people have lived with dogs since they've been roaming the island.
Living in 2010 we get to make a choice. Do we want to kill them off? Do we want to spay them?
I say, "Spay is the way!"
There are not enough shelters in Puerto Rico! These bitches are breeding every heat cycle; we can't wait for that.
If you want to learn something you didn't know about dogs come to Puerto Rico. Dogs have a barking language, a society that when its not compromised by over population is stable and fascinating. This is the best behavior lab you will ever see!
For those of us interested in dog behavior, this is a gold mine. I am starting to see more of the effects of scarcity of resources as the dog population in my neighborhood grows.
If any of you, who read this blog, are interested in helping, I need advice. I need help in figuring out how to help these dogs. I am not asking for money! What I want is your input on what steps to take next.
Here is what I have so far:
1) Hook up with van MASH units. Who are they, where are they?
2)Central Supply- What equipment to we need to treat sick dogs,
spay, euthanize as necessary? How much will it cost per spay?
3) Medication- Antibiotics? Anesthesia, Vaccinations
4) Funding- Where do we go? I am getting that pilot projects will be necessary
to prove ourselves.
5) Donations of vaccine, equipment.
6) Volunteers-
7) Collars- color coded for the year the animal was picked and vaccinated.
8) Vets to do the deed.
This is the beginner list, please, give me your thoughts. If any of this happens it will be because a bunch of caring humans got together.
Thanks!!
