Thank You for getting involved

Sorry that this has hit home for you, but really appreciate that you are using your great resources to try to take care of the problem.

We spent 5 months in Zihuatenajo last winter, and 4 in the 4 prior years. We are considering purchasing a place on Playa La Ropa, and dog regulations have a lot to do with it.

We support SPAZ-HKP by donating leashes and collars and cash. They provide a great service, and we usually end up having a couple of local animals neutered during our stay.

Our two dogs are both from Mexico-one from Playa la Ropa, and one from Puebla. We have managed to exercise and swim them early in the mornings pretty successfully, but would love to not have to worry about being harassed. We tried to get permits for them, but the woman in charge would not accept our letter from Dr. Grayeb.

We had a no dogs allowed ordinance on our Southern California Beach. When it got to be more than we could deal with, we had calm meetings with the harbor department and animal control. We finally came up with the following rules: Dogs, on leash, are allowed from 5pm to 9am. Why those hours? That leaves the lifeguards free from having to try to enforce dog rules. Owners/handlers must carry something (other than an article of clothing) to pick up their animals waste. That's it. Very straight forward.

Our morning walks always include strangers who miss their dogs and need dog love. We have had a number of people who have claimed that we make their vacations more enjoyable because they know they will see us in the morning and get the dog love they need to get them through their vacations. A couple have even said that they wouldn't be returning without knowing they could find dogs to talk to and love.

Until last year, we were the semi-official providers of dog love for the SOB volleyball camp held in Ixtapa in January every year. They do an afternoon/evening event on the beach at Playa la Ropa, and their participants feel much better after visiting with our dogs.

If there is anything we can do to help from here, do please say so. It's a very important issue to many of us, a quality of life issue.