What's Going On?

September 6, 2008

There are dogs everywhere!  I don’t really know what breed they are though.  They kind of look like little dingoes (the dingo ate your baby…haha).  It’s so weird to see all of the dogs just running around all over the place with no owners.  I saw the saddest thing the other day.  There was a tiny puppy that looked like it was starving to death.  It was so sad.  I just wanted to pick it up and bring it back to Visthar.  I suppose that most people don’t keep dogs as pets here because it can cost a lot to keep them but I’m guessing that some dogs attach themselves to people in the area.  The Visthar campus has a few dogs.  They eat pretty well because we put all of our left over food into this bucket and I always see the dogs eating from it.  They are a little skittish though, so I just stay away from them.  I’m a little nervous that the dogs might go crazy if provoked.  It’s been hard for me because I really want to pet all of the dogs and I know that I really shouldn’t.  There are other animals on campus.  There are a few cows running around.  Apparently, the group of students last year gave Visthar a cow as a gift.  I hope that we will be able to do something like that for them.  The other morning we were having breakfast and all of the sudden a calf went walking through the dining hall and we had to scare it away.  After that I went to the bathroom and the calf tried to follow me in.  WTF?  It was really funny but it wouldn’t go away.  I ended up having to chase after it to get it to leave me alone.