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| Just look at that sweet face! |
Dogs are ubiquitous in the Caribbean, always trotting along
the road or beach or scrounging around town. Often, these are not attractive,
friendly, or healthy dogs, which always makes our hearts ache. So what a treat
it was to meet and greet the dogs of Providencia and Catalina! Nowhere else in
the Caribbean have we seen such healthy, friendly dogs. Though they wandered all
over, they didn’t seem to be strays, because they all seem well-fed,
well-cared-for, and well-socialized. They’d approach wagging their tails,
appreciate a pat and a scratch, then happily trot off. On Catalina, one young
dog accompanied us from the sidewalk out to Morgan’s Head and back. Its
lookalike mother(?) met us out there and came up for a pet and a wag. Another dog
escorted us and friends all the way up to the top of the Peak, for which he
earned a bite of my ham and pineapple pastry. A bulldog adopted Chris while we
waited for a bus, hopping up on the seat and insisting on being petted. Then
there were the two dogs that several times met us as we landed the dinghy on
our way to town, and the one who accompanied us along Southwest Beach. As a
lifelong dog person, I (Anne) loved them all (Chris liked them, but he’s more
of a cat person).
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| Chris and friend waiting for the bus |
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| On Southwest Beach |
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| Our escort to Morgan's Head |
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| This pup greeted us every time we were in town |
