There are tons of pet dogs in Buenos Aires. We, in fact, have one of our own. Yayo is very sweet and always comes to say hello when I get home. He also barks really loudly when the door bell rings, just to make sure we've heard that there is someone at the door.
Unfortunately with all the dogs around you have to be careful of walking in poo on the sidewalks. Since there are so many dogs around there are also lots of dogwalkers. A friend on mine said she just found out her family had a dog because the dog stays with the dog walker during the week but comes home on the weekend.
I pass this little bunch on the way to school everyday. I think there are 16 here. The leashes are all on a plastic ring and one guy walks them all.
That is a definite skill, walking that many dogs. Even the big dogs seem to have doggie coats, or maybe those are just some type of harness. I forget it is your winter south of the equator.
ReplyDeleteHmmmmm, I watched a documentary by Carlos Alazraqui and his visit to BA, Argentina. One of his segments featured a dog walker with a large number of dogs like in your picture. Wander if it's the same guy.
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