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6.25.12 The Street Animals of Istanbul
Istanbul, Turkey is a beautiful city. The city is actually where the European and Asia continents meet and is divided by the Bosphorus Strait. A fishing town, you would expect to see cats. But there were feral cats everywhere. In all the outside spaces and many of the indoor also. The street dogs, though I did not get to take many pictures because mostly I was being whizzed by in the Taxis that go way to fast, seemed to be of Shepard, working dog, type bodies, with brown and black short fur. “One estimate is that in Istanbul, a city of 11.3 million people, there are at least 150,000 free-roaming dogs. Rabies is endemic in Turkish dogs and every year there are a small number of people who die from the bites of rabid dogs. The Turkish federal government passed a law a few years ago requiring cities to control the roaming dogs. But as in America, few cities have all the resources they need to effectively control the loose animals.”(Managing-street-dogs-cats-turkey)
I was really glad to see stray dogs with ear tags. It made me realize that the city may have a “trap and release” program to spay/neuter/vaccinate strays. I checked and it does and I think that is a great step in the right direction, especially after reading about some of the shelter tragedies in Turkey. Unlike Americans, the Turkish people appear to tolerant the free-roaming animals. I assume that has a cultural basis due to religious heritage and current beliefs. Until this trip, and I travel a lot, I never really thought about another countries challenges with animal control, this is a huge problem worldwide. In Istanbul there appeared to be a calm coexistence (I did not see even one cat/dog fight). Lessons from the street animals of Istanbul.
Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤ 
6.22.12 Rain, Rain, Go Away! Again
From 2.26.12 Rain, Rain, Go Away!
My toy! It’s in the rain!
It was raining. Not something that happened very often this winter in the Mid-Atlantic.
Lulu our toys are getting wet!
Sofie was very distressed that her toys were getting wet.
Lu get Mommy & tell her we need our toys!
Lulu did not really want to go out in the wet stuff but Sofie just had to get the toys.
I don’t like being wet Mommy, let me back in!!!!
Ok, so I let them out to go get the toys, but Sofie was not very happy about that idea either. Louise is no fool, she ran out and ran right back in (my princess). She was not going to play with Sofie in the rain. Lulu likes it in the house with all the warm and dry toys. So Sofie Bear decided that maybe getting wet was not as much fun as it looked and begged to come back in for the dry toys. You have to love the way dogs are so in the moment. So the lesson they taught me today – it may be fun to dance in the ran, so try it, maybe you will like it, maybe you will want to come inside where it is dry.
Just another DogDaz morning at our house ❤ 
6.20.12 Wow-Some New Awards For Us!
This beautiful “Very Inspring Blogger” Award was given to us by our new blogfriends at I Adopted A Dog – Now What? Taylor is a 1 year-old black Scottish terrier/dachshund mix with the cutest little black eyes and nose. She came to heal her new Mommy, Jessica, after the sudden death of their previous little dog, Hopper. It looks like Jessica is doing a great job from the pictures and stories she tells. Don’t worry Jessica, just listen to Taylor and she will tell you what to do.
And thank you to 
Dear Kitty. Some Blog. for sharing “The Versatile Blogger Award.” Though this is a reprise of a previously won award, like chocolate, one can never have to much! Thank you so much for thinking of us Dear Kitty. Here are ten random facts about us:
- Mommy is typing this from Istanbul, Turkey
- Mommy should be sleeping because it is the middle of the night there and she has to teach in the morning
- Mommy has had to much Turkish coffee.
- Mommy travels a lot but does not get to spend much time enjoying the wonderful sites of the cities she goes to, but she always tries to take one day.
- Mommy says there are a lot of dogs and cats on the street of Istanbul. They seem well feed even though they seem loose.
- Mommy loves meeting people from all over the world and working internationally, even when it means she has to leave us for many days.
- We do not like when Mommy is away but we get lots of treats and to go to Doggie Daycare a lot.
- Mommy is thankful and a little surprised with all the people that are reading DogDaz. She said it is because we are so very cute and photogenic.
- We are not surprised because she tries to be the best zoo keeper blogger she can be. We love our human and she loves us. We know she misses us. A lot.
- Mommy hates writing in third person, but sometimes it just works. LOL
Because we are dogs and Mommy is away, she told us to thank you, but paying forward will have to wait until she is back in the USA.
Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤
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