Today I had some free time so I thought I would go for a walk with Bernard my dog through the back streets of Santa Ana, Costa Rica. I have been downtown to places like Amigos, Old West, and several little shops. But I have to say my walk today was much more interesting on the back streets. Walking out of our mega-plex of apartments into the normal streets is a contrast not easily explained. Most of the houses or boarded with old couches in front. Almost every house had people sitting out front and dogs barking as you walk by. I felt like there was a class war amongst dogs that had houses that where fenced in and the street dogs that where dirty trying to find food. To my surprise the street digs where very nice and played with Bernard. Where the house dogs where much more mean. I think the house dogs where mean because they cannot roam when the street dogs are walking by several times a day. But the sad truth is there is very little respect for dogs here and street dogs get killed often by cars. About two blocks up I found a […]