dogs just want to have fun........

Pablo has been gone for almost two years now.......I will always miss him.....

Macey has continued the Jack Russell mischief.....

I knew I needed another dog......

so..... I made many little dogs....finding another Pablo wasn't easy........

We may have rescued Macey Mae....but she rescued us right back.....Dogs give back so much....every day a laugh and and a hug, a run and some more fun.....Nothing makes me smile wider than driving down the back road with Macey Mae hanging out of the back window..........

I run with the dogs.....

Macey Mae

I don't walk them like this anymore!

Jose and Macey even play together now.....

Our newly adopted dog, Macey, came to us with some psychological problems. She was snarling and nasty to other dogs and sometimes people. At six years old, this aggression was not acceptable and very worrisome. Then I read a book by Cesar Millan, the dog whisperer. I realized that I was not being the strong leader of my pack of two dogs. Macey was confused by my lack of leadership and instinctively fighting for that role herself. Cesar explains how dogs need a leader. They don't aspire to be one but if leadership is not shown they have no other choice but to take it on themselves. Leaders are calmly assertive and control the pack with their energy. He recommends running with your dogs. So that is what I do every day now. Macey is leashed on the right of me and Jose is leashed on the left. We run with me in the lead and them beside or behind me. We run at least twice a day, for about half an hour each time. We can hardly believe that Macey is the same dog. She knows I am leader now and has relaxed into being a submissive follower. Her and Jose have bonded into a pack and there are no more fights. All that exercise keeps everybody relaxed. Harmony is our normal state of being. It's my new workout....I run with the dogs.....

the dogs of Isla Holbox.....

Since all of Isla Holbox is sand there are no vegetables grown here. But the sea is a mighty provider of all sorts of high quality protein so there is plenty to eat for everybody. The people here love dogs. The dogs here are not the skinny, mangy types that you often see in parts of Mexico.The dogs of Isla Holbox are well fed, groomed and often sporting jackets and ribbons in their hair. Even though there are dogs absolutely everywhere, the streets are clean and rarely do you see unscooped dog excrement.  The kind and happy villagers are always raking their island and many go barefoot all of the time.......