Wow, can’t believe our stay here is more than halfway done.  It’s been a really interesting few days making connections here.

 I made an extensive blog post on my other site about a wonderful young man we met last week.   If you click on his photo below, you can read all about our encounter with John.

 

 

I am an avid lover of dogs, having had them most of my life. One thing that really struck me here was the amount of stray dogs, which truly breaks my heart.   Through one of the Yahoo Groups I belong to, I found out that a shelter in Atenas is in the running for a grant from The Animal Rescue website and they of course were asking people to vote for them.  The “challenge” runs until late August and people can vote daily.    I have long been a daily clicker of the Animal Resuce Site/Breast Cancer Site so when I went there,  I voted for the Lighthouse Animal Shelter, then went further to check out their adoption list.   Here’s where it got interesting.

The last dog we got was from a no kill shelter near home.  The dog we took  home, was NOT the dog I planned for, but he has turned out to be a real sweetie pie.  At the pound his name was Tiger and as you can see from his picture, a rather “odd” looking guy.  We have since named him Shorty, due to his disproportionate front legs (from his basset hound genes).  Anyway, I went to the Lighthouse adoption list and look who I found!  His name? Tigger!!!  Coincidence?  I don’t know.  My friend Christine mused that Shorty and Tigger may very well have had the same dad and he’s a traveling salesman

 

 

I simply could not ignore this resemblance and felt compelled to contact the shelter director to offer a link from this blog to theirs as well as to offer to spread the word about the shelter challenge.  The director, Frances Jones, contacted me right away after visiting this blog… and guess what!  They house sat in the exact home we’re now staying in, way back in 2004 when it was first built!  Hopefully, we’ll get to meet on this trip.  In the meantime, please please go to The Animal Rescue Site, click on the Shelter challenge link, then search for Costa Rica.  Lighthouse Animal Shelter is the only one in Costa Rica.  It will only take you a minute or two, and you’ll be helping those than can not speak for themselves!