SayulitAnimals

This is T T, the sweet beachdog who adopted us not long after we arrived.  She saw 'sucker' written all over us.  Rowan immediately fell in love with her when she followed him, like a shadow, to the beach and promptly curled up next to him as he played in the sand.  Of course, like all beach dogs in Sayulita she looks one part dingo and a part every other dog who ever happened by this beach in the last 5 years.  She started sleeping under the trailer in the driveway and has worked her way into sleeping in the yard.  

Holly is somewhat tolerant of her and tries to ignore her for the most part, Rally couldn't care less.  T spends the day wandering around and can often be found in front of our gate.  Rowan has been making sure she gets a fair share (or a  bit more) of the dog food and is working on fattening her up.  Where ever we go she find us and follows quietly behind, we've found that dogs are welcome most everywhere here.  On Thanksgiving, she followed us to the gathering at Barefoot Casa, she was even welcomed there.  She did make quite an impression that evening, when she fell in the pool and had to be pulled out.  It was quite clear that like many local people here, she was not a swimmer.

Of course, things are always a little more complicated here......she is in heat.  It looks as though she has already had at least one litter of pups and, if I had to guess, I'd say she isn't more than two years old.  So with the help of our friends, we discovered SayulitAnimals.  A clinic providing free spay/neutering, and help to the street animals of Sayulita.  Tomorrow morning 'T' will be spayed, she may not like us much for a few days but in the long run she will be much better off.  

In talking to the folks around here, we were warned that if you bring in a male street dog a careful search goes on to make sure that he is not owned by someone, before they will consider neutering.  This is because neutering is somehow seen as an insult to the male power and macho.  That being said, I think we are all good taking T in.  

In a small way, it feels like we are already becoming part of this quirky beach community.