So after I affirm through my blog that I´m destined to work for the welfare of dogs the rest of my life, I put on my rain gear, and leave the sleepy house on colo colo street to explore the town of Pucon.
I turn my first corner and there are at least half a dozen sleeping dogs outside a cyber cafe. I quietly remove my camera, but then one by one, in speed-of-light quickness, the dogs pop there heads up and run toward me. Like well behaved house dogs (at first) they surround me in a sit pose. Looking affectionately up at me as if waiting for what´s is owed them-treats!
I stand there until one of them slowly crawls up and onto me, legs pressed against my stomach, nose in the air as if trying to determine my breakfast. I was a little concerned, and started to walk away, but like a herd of elephants protecting their baby, they followed me. Every cafe I tried to enter, to escape them, was closed.
Then I remembered I had snacks in the side pockets of my pack. I stopped to throw them in deeper into my pack, and the barking began. One would purposely run into me and the other would be waiting to receive me and nudge me with his nose. The Chileans watched me without concern, either this was the norm or they enjoyed watching an american in peril.
I tried to cross the street but a car cut me off. At this, the dogs ran screaming after the car, biting at its tires, blocking it from going further until the car reved it´s engine and tore through them (thankfully none of them got hit).
This is my chance! I thought, and I made a break for la casa de buen pan, which had just opened. The dogs ran up to the door and when I thought they´d sprint into the pastry shop and knock over the display of postres, they just haulted at the doorway and sat, smiling, waiting for me. I ordered my coffee. They sat, waiting. I ordered a cookie. They sat, waiting. I read my book. They sat, waiting. Another person walked by with FOOD and they SAT, WAITING!
Finally, they tired of waiting and returned to their dorm outside the cyber cafe, and passed out. I will show you all pictures of this gang de pucon perros when I return. Soy una dama de los perros.
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