Rusty.Toska.Lucas.Simón.

Dogs have been in my life since I was a child.

I have always been one of the people who greet dogs in the street, I look for food, and what I would most like is to give them a home, but to this day I can not take them all.

If you have a dog at home, surely I have greeted it before you.

I remember when my mom bring home a schnauzer salt and pepper, which we call "Rusty", it was love at first sight. One day I took it hidden in my backpack to the school (I was in 4th grade) obviously the joke did not last because they talked to my parents and Rusty was taken for me.

Rusty was an accomplice of mischief, a nurse in our illnesses, my father's companion at the time of running in the mornings, an official caretaker when my parents were not at home, he became part of the family.

Our family was completed when "Toska" arrived another schnauzer with whom Rusty found company.

Toska was already showing signs of being mistreated, she had a "tremor" as a result of a roof fall, but in our house she found a home.

Time passed and they had puppies ... 7 !!!

They were crazy, crazy times with 9 dogs in the house. I must confess I always had a conflict with having puppies, I believed in how terrible it was for Toska to let them go (I was always amazed at how he cared and protected them) and I also believed that people were not as responsible with animals as we were .

The moment arrived and the dogs went to different houses, none of us sold it, we gave it to people we thought would take care of them (or so we thought ...) over time we learned that several were lost, others got sick and very few were still alive and that broke my heart and I promised not to reproduce our dogs again.

Rusty and Toska were part of our family for 14 years and their departure meant a lot of pain for all of us, they had been life partners and part of our hearts.

At the time they gave us another schnauzer "Lucas" who came to give us joy again, playful, cheerful, sleepy and excellent companion at the time of reading.

But I must say that of all the dogs that I have had none has moved me as much as "Simón", he was rescued from the street by our neighbors being just a puppy of weeks, and they asked us if we could stay with him. With much effort to convince my dad he agreed.

Simon arrived undernourished, with worms in his stomach, full of fleas and afraid of EVERYTHING.

At his young age having survived in the street left him with many traumas, among them to dogs (when rescued he was being chased by bigger dogs) an inexplicable fear of the wind, and any surprise movement.

At lunchtime, he ate like crazy, as if someone took away his food, and it took time for him to learn to share.

Over time he became Lucas' partner and now they can not live without one another.

Simón is the most grateful dog in the world, he is the one who woke me up in the mornings, he who does not matter the time I got home comes down to receive me, he who protects me whenever someone unknown comes near. Simón that little dog full of fears stole my heart. Now Lucas and Simón are sterilized, we do not want them to reproduce.

Having a dog is not having a toy, it is not having something to entertain or that is tender just because it is a puppy, it is to have time, patience, care, investment, it is to open your house and your heart because they become part of your family. They grow and age together with you, and that is a privilege.

Dogs are not for anyone.

According to Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health, 70% of dogs live in a state of neglect in Mexico... so many dogs without homes, without attention, without love... and the most painful thing is that many of them someday had a home and they were abandoned.

I firmly believe that the reproduction of dogs is something that is out of control, many people only see them with a $$$ sign because they are "dogs of race".

You have dogs only to reproduce and sometimes in terrible conditions, and part of the responsibility is in people who continue to buy them.

The issue of animal care will always be important to me, but dogs will have a special place.

There are many people who are in charge of rescuing street dogs, many of whom get hurt, run over, with signs of total abandonment and rehabilitate them, give love and a home and then help find responsible people for them.

Maybe we do not have the opportunity to adopt a dog for a thousand reasons, but we can help by donating, either money or time, and so the people who do this work can follow.

"Benito's House"

A Mexican guy who lives in Mexico City (or CDMX ..)

Approximately 90 dogs are in his care and some of them are already old dogs or cripples, and it is much more difficult for someone to want to adopt them.

Imagine 90 dogs in your care ... so he works hard for them to have attention, food, love and he receive donations !!

https://www.facebook.com/benitoshouse/

I invite you to see "Dogs" of Netflix, they talk about the subject and there is an awesome place that is "Territorio de Zaguates" in Costa Rica, an exclusive mountain for dogs, if you have a chance... see it!

I leave some links to pages or facebook if you want to help. (international)

https://www.heartsandbonesrescue.com

https://www.sftmorocco.org

https://info.territoriodezaguates.com/index/

Hopefully we become aware that the fact of buying a dog keeps them reproducing animals without meaning, that street dogs will stay there if nobody gives them a chance, that the love you give them you will receive from them multiplied by 1000.

Adopt, don't shop.