Dogs

Like all big cities, you see dogs on the streets and in the parks in BA. Chihuahuas to Bernese. You also see lots of dog walkers. I have seen them orchestrate up to eight at one time, so far. There is a park about six blocks from my house, and it is packed with dogs in the evening. Like Paris, you also see dog poop, or dog "dirt" as my grandfather used to call it, EVERYWHERE. No one picks up. So, the parks smell like dog dirt, and you have to definately watch where you walk.

So, today, on my way to the polo grounds (no polo matches today, I just wanted to know where to go when..), I passed a park called Plaza Seeber. It really isn't a plaza, but a giant quasi-grassy dog park. There wasn't a human around except for dog walkers. It must be some kind of official dog park. The park has stakes in the ground at regular intervals that dogs are tied to, usually two at a time. So, around each stake is a dirt circle where the dogs have worn the grass down. There is also a fenced area where people let their dog play. But since there are no humans in sight, it is as though they just tie them up for an hour or a day and come back and get them later. Remarkable.