The general pic... lousy edenorte, being out most of the day... then a mini-tornado hitting Jarabacoa... torrential rains (and apparently even some hail)... of course, luz being absent for several hours... and us ending up in the dark, our batteries drained...
and then our Malinois deciding this was the perfect moment to give birth...
so I raced up the hill, on my borrowed moto, towards our very own CB, and he borrowed me his portable inverter... which I loaded up my moto, and transported as far as the hill down towards my house...
I stopped, and looked, with serious misgivings and serious despair, towards the slope downwards...
At that moment, a guy who lets his horses roam around our place stopped beside me... I explained my predicament, and without hesitation he picked up the inverter and raced down towards our house...
I followed at a slighter and more reasonable pace, as it was pitch dark...
Arrived, he absolutely refused any payment whatsoever... and wished me well with the puppies and the mother...
so far... 10 healthy puppies, a stressed and tired mother (her first litter), and a hell of a lot of noise... lol
Thanks to CB for lending me the inverter, which, in retrospect we did not need (as the electricity came back on the moment I arrived back at the house), but could have been a life-saver...
Thanks to CB for calling us to check everything was going ok... it just shows how great a friend he is, and how big an animal-lover he and his esposa are...
And thanks for this Dominican cow-herder, knowing us only slightly... but nevertheless helping us, without wanting anything in return...
I now need an expat or Dominican to lend me some earplugs.... whahahahahaha
and then our Malinois deciding this was the perfect moment to give birth...
so I raced up the hill, on my borrowed moto, towards our very own CB, and he borrowed me his portable inverter... which I loaded up my moto, and transported as far as the hill down towards my house...
I stopped, and looked, with serious misgivings and serious despair, towards the slope downwards...
At that moment, a guy who lets his horses roam around our place stopped beside me... I explained my predicament, and without hesitation he picked up the inverter and raced down towards our house...
I followed at a slighter and more reasonable pace, as it was pitch dark...
Arrived, he absolutely refused any payment whatsoever... and wished me well with the puppies and the mother...
so far... 10 healthy puppies, a stressed and tired mother (her first litter), and a hell of a lot of noise... lol
Thanks to CB for lending me the inverter, which, in retrospect we did not need (as the electricity came back on the moment I arrived back at the house), but could have been a life-saver...
Thanks to CB for calling us to check everything was going ok... it just shows how great a friend he is, and how big an animal-lover he and his esposa are...
And thanks for this Dominican cow-herder, knowing us only slightly... but nevertheless helping us, without wanting anything in return...
I now need an expat or Dominican to lend me some earplugs.... whahahahahaha