When there's Juba, why bother with Boca and Palm Springs?
The FSD/SIMAS compound is not shared with a tenant, a commercial demining organization called The Development Initiative, or TDI.
As a part of their 'Toolbox' they have mine dogs. Mine dogs are like bomb sniffing dogs in airports or train stations except they get their smell on looking for mines.
Brit--or maybe it really is Brett like the Brett in Flight of the Conchords whose name is pronounced 'Brit'--is a retired mine dog. Brit was brought up in South Africa and has been living in Sudan working as a mine dog for some time. Not too long, but long enough to justify retirement. Brit is 12. Having Brit around is a real pleasure. He is very well adjusted and mellow. He suffers in the heat as much as the rest of us do, probably more. Makes you a little nervous the way he is constantl changing positions, but I guess he keeps looking for a cool spot. He's always got a smile on too, which is nice. He's getting a little brazen trying to enter the kitchen all the time, but who can blame him?
I'd been talking about a compound dog, not some ugly-ass whippet looking local dog, but a burebred like Dr. Brit, so his addition was a welcome one. He isn't much of a guard dog, but the locals don't care for him by nature, which is good, because then we have a well mannered mine dog that does undercover work as a security dog!
And a darned good-looking one, too, for 12. He's lucky to have survived intact long enough to retire, given his occupation. He deserves an occasional trip through the kitchen door for a goody or two.
ReplyDeleteWhy not take a tarp and make him an awning for shade almost all of the time? Maybe big enough that some of you big guys could sit under, it too?
ReplyDeleteLike you, he needs plenty of water too!
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