Think We are With Dog Part 2

We went to the veterinarian with Trooper and he will have to stay there for one week. Trooper is now going through a de-worming program, and with the vaccinations shots he has to start all over again. His papers were not completed with all the shoots and they (shots) where also too old!


The trainer at the Kennel told us the story about how the owner had bought this beige Labrador Retriever from Hungary (900 Euro) as a present for his son. The dog dug up the whole yard so the owner put him (not the son) in the Kennel and said, "Give it away!"

That was 3 months and 180 Euro in kennel fees ago.


The trainer had told our Italian translator that if we wanted to give him some money for the dogs boarding bill, it would be great, but just if we wanted.



Todd and I, with big animal hearts thought to ourselves, "of course we will, hell we will even help him with other dogs and medicine."



A phone call three days after our first meeting, we said "yes we wanted Trooper". We agreed we would meet the owner and sign the papers at the Kennel. (In Italy, there is a formal procedure to transfer ownership of a pet.)


For us it is very important to have the papers signed, not least of all because the microchip has the owners name. Later with the paper we will have to go to an Italian office and change the name of the ownership. So it is very important.


I whispered to Todd that this man-- the owner-- would not show up, he would have other things to do than signing papers at a place where he has a bill!


And of course, he didn't show up. The trainer tried his five phone numbers and the answer he got, "he is to busy"



Another Italian friend of mine said, "who else than the Camora has five different phone numbers?"



Oh-boy! Are we having a "hot" Camora! dog?

We are on the News

My mother called and said she would send some newspaper pictures from the Swedish paper about "our" garbage problem. I told her she didn't have to, I can just open our window and have a "pleasant" view.

It is so sad in a beautiful country that something like this can happen and that the government is doing nothing. According to my friends here, it is the Camora (Mafia) that ownes the now closed garbage landfills --they are overfilled from northern Italy's garbage--good money. People here are getting mad over the plan for old dumps are going to be re-opened. The people strike in protest, and it is not quiet or violence free. The protesters shut the exits of the motorway off and block traffic. The people on the motorway can't get off and inch forward. I got an angry phone call from my husband, he was stuck for four hours on a trip that normally takes no more than 20 minutes!

Wannabe mafiaosos with masks on their faces--throw rocks from the bridges down on the cars, some of them had baseball bats smashing the car's windows while people where sitting inside.

Southern Italy is suffering a lot of cancellations of fruit and vegetable delivery to other countries. Customers are frightened over possible contamination from the garbage that is being spread every where.

Tourists are re-booking the trips to other regions and countries....the garbage is a huge problem.

When I pick up Olivia from her school her comment is; "Look mommy...garbage!" We nearly have to climb a mountain of trash to get back home!

This is not Amore!