Will we get another dog? Puppy?
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We’re back home from our two months around various parts of the U.S. Unfortunately, we returned home to discover our two portable propane tanks, plus some other things, had been stolen from our yard and our locked side patio. No hot showers that first night home! This took place on a weekday when our housesitters were at their jobs.
Similar thefts happened at quite a few houses in our neighborhood the same day, and robberies like this are increasing all along this Lake Chapala area. We foreigners are seen as rich (whether or not we are by U.S. standards), but the Mexicans of all classes are having similar problems.
A friend of ours in another town lives with a very protective, very large Doberman and two other large dogs. She and her husband have not had any problems. We had lunch with her yesterday and she suggested we add another good-sized dog to be more of an outside dog. (LarryDog prefers to be inside a lot. Since at 10 or 11, he’s a bit of a senior citizen, he does have some rights.)
So we’ve been thinking about it. Our friend Rosie stopped in this morning with her two magnificent young Dobermans, and it was fun to see them running around our yard.
I’ve never gotten a dog JUST for protection, and I wouldn’t do it now… But I’d enjoy having another dog to love… and it would sure give me a lot to write about for this site! As it is, I have a nice little book on multi-dog households that I’m going to re-read.
