Jan 14, 2018
Celebration of life and news about our girl
Peggy and her husband Robin had been here about a year longer than us.
A while back ago they moved to Maui from the US mainland but often came back to the Isla to visit for a few weeks most years. Peggy was a true animal lover and above all she loved the Isla.
Her RV family here on the Isla were devastated to learn of her sudden and unexpected death this last fall. Colin played soft background music at her beach front memorial.
Adios sweet Peggy. “Your life was a blessing. Your memory a treasure. You are loved beyond words. And missed beyond measure”. Aloha!
Wednesday about 4PM we spotted our girl in the restaurant next to the RV Park just next to the memorial location. I had brought our dog food and water with us to the celebration of life so we had it with us. Princess was as happy to see us as we were her. She ate quite a bit of kibble and drank a good deal of water. She sat with us for a few minutes and after a final cuddle she headed back to the restaurant. She is very independent. A waiter come out shortly thereafter and asked about us caring for her. He asked if we would take her back home with us. He then proceeded to tell us a very sad story.
Just outside the restaurant. The black dog belongs to the owner of the restaurant and is not emaciated but wanted to eat our food.
I think that his timing may be a bit off but he says that about a month ago two pregnant dogs were dropped off onto the beach. He claimed that they looked like sisters. The first dog had her pups in the restaurant. There were eight of them. The owner was most upset about this. Meanwhile the waiter was trying to find someone to care for the babies and the mom. Two days later he came to work to find that the restaurant owner had come in and put the eight babies in a plastic bag and put them and the mom in the back of his truck and dropped them off somewhere on the Isla in the middle of a field far away from everything. An inhumane death sentence. Sometimes that is how things are done here in Mexico 😥
Alberto, the waiter told us that when the owner was away, he allowed our girl to come in and beg at the tables. She particularly loves chicken bones and tortillas and anything else she can get. He actually knew her morning and afternoon schedule which has helped us to meet up with her.
So we knew that she had a good meal with us that afternoon and got some extra begging at the tables.
Our final site-ing of her Wednesday afternoon.
Fortunately we knew she had been well fed this day as the next day, Thursday, we were off to Mazatlan early in the morning.
The end of a long day. A Princess ship heads out into the sunset.
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So sad to hear about Peggy what a wonderful lady, Nice the have a memorial there on the beach for her at a place she loved..
So sad. I wish there were more rescue places in Mexico that fixed strays – that would be a huge help to prevent this kind of thing from happening
There actually are two that I know of here in Mazatlan.
Mazatlan has one..
I WORRY ABOUT ANY DOG EATING CHICKEN BONES AS THEY EASILY BREAK APART AND OFTEN GET LODGED IN THEIR THROATS OR INTESTINAL TRACTS.
LOOKED LIKE A NICE CELEBRATION OF LIFE. MY ASHES ARE GOING TO KONA. SKIP’S DAUGHTER SAID THEY WILL TAKE ME OUT IN THE OCEAN ON THEIR BOAT AND GIVE ME THE USUAL HAWAIIAN “SEND OFF”. I WILL FINALLY MAKE IT TO HAWAII!!!!