Category Archives: Stray

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Rio Bravo Pizza Express

February 1, 2009 – 9:58 pm

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Buster is itchy

January 28, 2009 – 1:42 pm

I don’t know why but this boy just looks like he needs to be called Buster. He was quite the character. I first saw him curled into a ball and sleeping quite soundly near a couple of girls who were enjoying the day near some Mexican waterfalls. As he got up, stretched and wandered off I decided to follow him and snap some shots.

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The hardest thing

January 26, 2009 – 9:30 am

The hardest thing I’m finding about A Dog A Day is coming up with a new title for each new photo. After nine months of doing this, I’m finding it extremely hard to come up with a catchy title each and every day. Today, I’ve drawn a complete blank…sorry. Happy to take suggestions! 

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Mayawalk

January 23, 2009 – 8:59 am

This shot was taken in San Ignacio, Belize outside the tour operator through which I organised our horse-riding treck through the beautiful countryside surrounding the town. 

I’ve not done a whole lot of horse-riding in the past, but because I’d done some I ended up with a racehorse who was just amazing. He was so responsive and he loved to run. Unfortunately, because I have short legs my stirrups were just too long and I never really felt quite secure on him. That wasn’t helped when I fell off…. not once, but twice. Once into a ditch on the side of the road, and the second time into the water during a river crossing. I wasn’t hurt at all, and at least now I can say I’ve fallen off a horse!

It was one of the most memorable days of our recent trip to Central America.

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Guatemalan Dog in Profile

January 19, 2009 – 9:05 am

On the day this photo was taken we were travelling for about 12 hours from the south to the north of Guatemala. It was a long day made even longer when our driver discovered a flat tire at one of the military checkpoints. It took an hour to remove, repair and replace the tire, during which time I went for a wander around the local area. I found a pig, an extremely drunk guy on a bike who managed to crash on the side of the road right in front of me, and this dog. I thought you might appreciate the dog photo most.

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Beachside Chillaxing

January 14, 2009 – 7:09 am

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Scavenging

January 10, 2009 – 8:03 am

This shot was taken in Panahachel, Guatemala. This was the day my heart started breaking. The dogs in Mexico were pretty well off, but many of the Guatemalan dogs were in bad shape. I wanted to adopt them all.

The strange thing for me was seeing people with dogs as pets. I get when a poor country has a stray dog problem, but when I see people with pets I wonder how they feel about all the other poor dogs without homes. *sigh* I desperately would like to move to one of these towns and do everything I can for the stray population. 

On a lighter note: Happy Birthday to Polly, who’s a regular commenter and Mum to Bailey and Jonty.

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