|
Location: Pyla Village, Larnaka, Cyprus
Joined: Sep 2008
Posts: 14,788
|
|
Originally Posted by
Nippy
That is some soup
Lovely to see them all getting on.
I was going to remark on Bella being the odd one out, are there any other colours than white in Cyprus?
Looks as if poor Mara can't even pee in peace
Most dogs 'native' to Cyprus are that dirty white or very pale blonde colour it seems. Bella looks like a little sausage in among them.
Originally Posted by
chlosmum
Lovely photos of Bella mingling amongst all the other dogs! How I wish mine could do the same over here, but I can't because the local dogs, with a couple of exceptions, are such an unfriendly lot for whom Chloe would just be a tasty snack.
And Tang .. my son and his family lived in Larnaka marina for 2 years whilst he was building his yacht. My grandaughter went to play school there and was the only one who spoke Greek which she's now totally forgotten as she was only three at the time.
Quite a few boat owners 'live' on the marine Chlosmum. I bet your granddaughter still remembers more Greek than I've ever learned! Can't teach an old dog and all that!(No seriously it's the alphabet being so different and them using quite a distinct 'dialect' from proper Greek here that makes it so hard - and then - EVERY CYPRIOT SPEAKS ENGLISH!
Originally Posted by
Lacey10
TANG,gorgeous pics
Bella looks so happy
Have known you for a little while now and think it won't be out of place to say.If that's you in that first pic....HELLO!!.. LEG WAX!!
Not offended at all old girl. But I'm leaving them like that to keep me warm in the winter.
Originally Posted by
Jenny
Lucky Bella .... I'd love to be able to take my dog somewhere and no that all the dogs were so friendly. What fab photos of then all.
I wish you had somewhere like it too - I'm sure your two gentle boys would love this lot. I've posted piccies of her 'night time' walks over there where there is a bigger mix of dogs coz people who go out to work all day tend to take theirs over in the evening. Hand on my heart I have to say that the only dogs who've ever caused problems here are the bigger more 'status symbol pedigree' dogs. No doubt due to a total lack of nous or any training of them by the owners. Not EVERY big dog of course, but it's true. The GSDs, Shar peis, Huskies and Mal types - and the dog currently driving the neighbourhood nuts with its howling is a Boxer.
Hunting dog types are in the main friendly. You don't see too many of them they tend to keep them cooped up outside of the hunting season. But even the strays they've kicked out are all friendly and gentle.
Originally Posted by
Darcy Boy
Lovely photo's. There is a lady I often meet who has her own Poodles & also fosters, at the moment she has 10.
Yes I understand that Poodle types are quite intelligent dogs. These little Cypriot poodles are long lived too. Funny enough but when you see the stray street ones - they rarely appear alone and usually there will be 2 or 3 of them mooching about together!
It's a much more 'doggy' place here in larnaka than it was in Limassol and that might be due in part to a large older, refugee population in the old town who've traditionally always had dogs (we know just as many who never get taken out and we say hello to them thro' their fences or gates). And also probably due in part to a large Eastern European influx as it seems most of them do love to own a dog or have brought one with them.