Ah, the well dressed folk of Buenos Aires. I have yet to see anyone over the age of 40 wearing jeans. It probably helps that I am staying on the Sloane Street of the city however even outside my barrio there is a fairly high standard of dress. One thing I don't understand is how people can afford to wear clothes at all! Shoes, handbags, clothes and accessories are incredibly expensive here, even more so than in London.... this is making things difficult for me as there are a lot of very nice clothes here.
Whilst on the subject of the well presented, I saw a blind man with his guide dog recently, the chap was impeccably dressed as is standard however it was the dog that caught my attention. His/her halter was made of beautiful thick dark brown leather with shiny brass fastenings. So it appears even the canines know how to dress in this city. Interesting that the word for pet is 'mascota' I thought.
So yes dogs. There is a lot to say about them as there is such a large pooch population. They come in all different sizes - not just the rats on ropes that you see in Paris, here you see anything up to a St Bernard, although Golden Retrievers seem to be the most fashionable. A little cruel you might think considering the majority of people live in apartments? Well, this trend has lead to a whole new occupation: enter the Dog Walker.
Dog Walkers are mostly seen in the day with on average 7 or 8 dogs each. Tending to be fairly young and of both sexes, the dog alkers are also responsible for checking the overall wellbeing of the animal, doing a bit of grooming and the Dog Walkers often have some basic vetinary training. Since on the whole I'd nevr seen more than 8 dogs with any one dog walker Iassumed that this was sime kind of upper-limit regulattion. Regulation indeed! How terribly British of me; the other day I saw a chica with 14 dogs, all trotting along happily together.
So the good news is... I know that there is a perfect job waiting for me should I want to stay here forever.
Whilst on the subject of the well presented, I saw a blind man with his guide dog recently, the chap was impeccably dressed as is standard however it was the dog that caught my attention. His/her halter was made of beautiful thick dark brown leather with shiny brass fastenings. So it appears even the canines know how to dress in this city. Interesting that the word for pet is 'mascota' I thought.
So yes dogs. There is a lot to say about them as there is such a large pooch population. They come in all different sizes - not just the rats on ropes that you see in Paris, here you see anything up to a St Bernard, although Golden Retrievers seem to be the most fashionable. A little cruel you might think considering the majority of people live in apartments? Well, this trend has lead to a whole new occupation: enter the Dog Walker.
Dog Walkers are mostly seen in the day with on average 7 or 8 dogs each. Tending to be fairly young and of both sexes, the dog alkers are also responsible for checking the overall wellbeing of the animal, doing a bit of grooming and the Dog Walkers often have some basic vetinary training. Since on the whole I'd nevr seen more than 8 dogs with any one dog walker Iassumed that this was sime kind of upper-limit regulattion. Regulation indeed! How terribly British of me; the other day I saw a chica with 14 dogs, all trotting along happily together.
So the good news is... I know that there is a perfect job waiting for me should I want to stay here forever.
5 comments:
Hope you get some phots of those mascotas nons. And of your general living area, sounds N!
Truffle is envious. Her new harness is a shameful nylon. But re the possible career: just think of all those poo bags.
Yes the Dog Walkers are very conscientious, which is more than can be said for the locals.... even the nice areas are worse than Lancaster was 10 years ago :/ Flip-flips are not recommended.
RE Photos.... haven't figured out how to downloads with new phot machine.... will get on the case.
Do these people have children or are the mascotas filling that need?
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