Stray dogs are everywhere in Sri Lanka. They are as common as Buddha statues on the street, and those statues are everywhere like Starbucks is in downtown Seattle. Those stray dogs are usually very docile, and they don't bother me at all. But there are three dogs that decided to torture me by barking like crazy. The worst thing of all, they just happen to hang around the meditation center where I really really want to go. I don't know what to do with them. I should have paid more attention when I watched Dog Whisperer.
During the second week here, I was volunteering for the women's movement unit. They have two dogs living in a shack in the back of the office bldg, and one of them just had six puppies. Absolutely adorable ones too. The thing is the mom looks too skinny to feed six hungry babies, and the only food she seems to get is the left over from my lunch. The office orders packed lunch for me, and it's usually a simple fare of dhal, some kinds of veggies, sambol etc...for 70 LKR (Sri Lankan Rupees), which is about 62 cents. The mom is usually waiting for me to finish with her tail wagging. You can imagine the pressure put on me to leave as much food as possible for the mom and puppies...
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