Putting down my dog: The late great Little-Dog

[Douglas Carpenter]

20. I have 'Crazy little dog" - I have not formally adopted her - like I did with one other street dog

Where I live there is an abundance of stray dogs and very little services to deal with them and only one vet on the Island who price gouges everyone. I suspect crazy little dog is a barren women who cannot have puppies. At least people say she has never had any in spite of being at least five years old. I call her crazy little dog - because she does bizarre things like literally bark up a tree with no evidence that anything is there. I'll feed her and let her spend the night occasionally especially when it is raining outside.

I have not yet had to resort to euthanasia for any of the many stray animals in the area - I suppose realistically it is the right thing to do at times. "Bless the beasts and the children- for in this world they have no say."