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		<description><![CDATA[  Dog at Yungay National Cemetery; Mount Huascaran in background (photo by Barbara Drake 2009) Buy Zolpidem Without Prescription,  Last Sunday, El Fotógrafo, El Híjo and I toured the cemetery above the buried town of Yungay, about 30 miles north of Huaraz. Where can i order Zolpidem without prescription, We were with a group of scientists [...]


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"I'm playful and loving, with a good character. Searching for a beautiful girlfriend to make a family. (Please call my owner's cell phone number.)"</blockquote>
Many include color photos of the <em>machos</em>, like this one for "Diego":
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El Fotógrafo and I check out the signs each week when we bring Lola in for a grooming at the neighborhood pet store.

Lola's 13 months old now and has just finished her first <a href="http://americaninlima.com/2008/08/07/why-would-someone-in-her-right-mind-buy-denim-panties-for-a-labrador/" target="_blank"><em>celo</em> </a>(heat). That milestone qualifies her as a <em>senorita</em> here in Peru, where few people spay or neuter their dogs.

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We plan to mate Lola on her third heat, when she's around two years old. That event is a year away, but, to paraphrase Diego, it's never too soon to start planning.

I've never been in this position before -- checking out prospective boyfriends/studs for my dog.

Like most Americans, I've always had pets that were fixed, dogs and cats alike. Having an "intact" female is new territory for me. It entrails more work and more worry, but it also deepens my emotional connection with Lola, as I described in "<a href="http://americaninlima.com/2008/08/09/es-hembrita/" target="_blank">Es Hembrita</a>?"

My dog deserves the best. That especially goes for her future <em>novio</em>.

El Fotógrafo and El Híjo agree with me.

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Another dog to play with, Lola thinks.

Hmmm, wonder if it's male? I'm thinking.

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The habit of scouting for a future father of Lola's puppies is becoming so engrained, EF and I do it even when Lola's not with us.

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It was a beautiful five-year-old black field Labrador, with a glossy coat and a sweet disposition.

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"Hey, I might have found a match for Lola," EF told me later.

The idea tempting: Lola and the Gentle Bomb-sniffing Lab. What a pair.

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Ready for fatherhood? Let's fall in puppy love."</blockquote>
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		<description><![CDATA[[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="265" caption="null"][/caption] Figure 1: Lola at 3 1/2 months, on the Malecon, in Miraflores Es hembrita? That's the first question Peruvians ask me when I'm out walking Lola. It doesn't matter if the person is male or female, young or old, with dog or without. Nine times out of ten, a Peruvian [...]


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<em>Es hembrita?</em>

That's the first question Peruvians ask me when I'm out walking Lola. It doesn't matter if the person is male or female, young or old, with dog or without. Nine times out of ten, a Peruvian seeing my dog for the first time wants to know if she's a bitch (<em>hembra</em>).

Sometimes, they want to know if she's a little bitch (<em>hembrita</em>).

In contrast, back in the United States the first question people ask is, "What's your dog's name?" From the answer, they usually can infer the animal's sex.

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It's the verbal equivalent of the butt-sniffing that dogs do when they meet.

I used to be upset by the <em>hembrita</em> question when Lola was a puppy. It struck me as obsessive, Peruvians' ubiquitous need to peg my dog's gender before knowing anything else about her, such as her name or temperament.

Now that Lola is 11 months old and in heat, however, I am beginning to understand Peru's <em>hembra </em>fixation.

In a country where most pets aren't spayed or neutered, a dog's being <em>hembra</em> is a big deal. It matters a lot more than whether the dog's name is "Lola" or "Lucky" or "Pisco." Because most girl dogs here aren't fixed and can get pregnant, anyone who chooses an <em>hembra</em> for a pet is taking on a big responsibility. You either breed your dog and spend months tending to the puppies, or twice a year, when she's in heat, you guard her virginity like a hawk.

That's the situation we're in now. When El Fotógrafo, El Híjo and I take Lola on a walk, we carry a tall stick with which to fend off horny pooches (the Humping Poodle being our No. 1 target). Most of the time, we keep Lola in the backyard so she doesn't drive the machos crazy. But once or twice a day, we do a quick trot around the park, and each time, it's a drama.

My attitude was firmly (unquestioningly) American when we first got Lola. I presumed we'd fix her. That was what my parents did with our female beagle in New Jersey when I was a kid. Bridgette didn't seem to mind not having ovaries or pups; nobody I knew in the 40-something years I lived in the U.S. ever complained about having spayed their pets. Neutering your pet is the responsible thing to do in America, where the dog population is more than 66 million. With numbers like that, not-neutering is barely an option; the moral obligation to keep down the pet population has been hard-wired into the national consciousness. It's the right thing to do in countries like the United States, where if people didn't fix their pets, the country would be overrun with strays.

In Peru, however, where there are only about 3.5 million dogs, neutering isn't a tradition. The country's dog problem isn't overpopulation – it's rabies – and so public campaigns about dogs focus on that issue. I suspect that as more Peruvians acquire pets, however, fixing dogs will become more common.

We bought Lola at 3 months from a British man on the Malecon, who came there daily with Lola's mom and her litter of puppies. El Fotografo first spied the mother dog during his morning runs and was impressed at how competently she managed the nine puppies that swarmed around her in the park. Over several weeks, the litter grew smaller until only two pups were left, Lola and her sister. "Peruvians don't want female dogs," the owner explained when we asked about buying a puppy.

I was surprised. "We <em>want</em> a female," I said as EH wrapped the puppy in his arms. That night, we handed over US 0 – the bargain price for a purebred <em>embrita</em> Lab in Peru -- and she was ours.

Our veterinarian, a woman in her late 20s, welcomed our plan to fix Lola, an attitude that's rare among Peruvian vets, I've come to understand.

 'Yes, fixing her is a good idea," she said calmly. "You can do it now or wait."

But other vets we encountered – pet doctors at the groomers, at pet stores – reacted ferociously to the idea.

"It's barbaric!" one vet in Barranco yelled at me. "All the Americans want to operate on their animals. It's not necessary. If you are a responsible pet owner, you keep your dog in the house when she's in heat."

"But," I began, a bit shocked.

"It's horrible, all you Americans cutting off the dogs' testicles and ovaries!" (This lady wouldn't back down an inch.)

I hurriedly paid for the large dog crate I'd come to the store to purchase and raced out of there.

As unpleasant as that encounter was, it got me thinking. Did we have to fix Lola? Might we want a litter of puppies? Freed from the American obligation to fix our dog, and presumably now being committed to keeping her under lock and key during her heat, might it be possible to let Lola keep her options open for a few years?

I let it become a subject for family discussion.

Our verdict: We'd wait until Lola was sexually mature, around 24 months, to see if we wanted to mate her. If the answer was no, we'd fix her. If we wanted puppies, we'd find her a <em>novio</em> (boyfriend) and let her have one litter, then do the operation.

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Our backyard is fenced in by concrete walls, two stories high, so other dogs can't get to her that way.

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"We're the girls in the house," I say, putting my face to her silky black muzzle. "We have to stick together."

She looks up at me with her brown eyes, an expressive look that seems to say, "Yeah, you're right."

I know she's not really thinking that, but she lets me hold her for a while.

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<p>"Like Jesus and the Apostles!" EF said under his breath as they squeezed by, <b>Lunesta For Sale</b>.  <b>Lunesta over the counter</b>, Lola just sniffed at the famous writer's pants.</p>
<p>I have no idea who the other four people were, <b>buy Lunesta online cod</b>.  <b>Lunesta pharmacy</b>, EF thinks they were syncophants (every time you open a Lima newspaper, there's another article on The Great Peruvian Writer); I'm included to think Wife, <b>where can i order Lunesta without prescription</b>, <b>Order Lunesta no prescription</b>, Friends, Children, <b>buy Lunesta no prescription</b>.  <b>Order Lunesta from mexican pharmacy</b>, Bumping into Vargas Llosa (or rather, having my dog smell his ankles) made me want to compliment the writer, <b>where can i buy Lunesta online</b>. There wasn't time to do it, but if I could have said anything, it would have been, "Thank you for <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Praise-Stepmother-Mario-Vargas-Llosa/dp/0312421303" target="_blank">In Praise of the Stepmother</a>."<br />
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<p>This short novel centers on a love triangle between a self-absorbed widower, his sensuous young wife and the widower's Cupid-like son. It's dark, erotic, funny, perverse. My favorite scenes are of the older man spending hours clipping his nose hairs and gazing at himself in the bathroom mirror, clueless that his son is seducing his stepmother down the hall. It's sad and ironic and all too human, how the widower bungles things.</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[Noctamid For Sale, This post originally appeared on August 9, 2008. I like the piece so I'm running it again while I'm on vacation. Es hembrita? That's the first question Peruvians ask me when I'm out walking Lola. It doesn't matter if the person is male or female, young or old, buy Noctamid without prescription, [...]


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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p> <em> <b>Noctamid For Sale</b>, This post originally appeared on August 9, 2008. I like the piece so I'm running it again while I'm on vacation.</em><br />
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<em>Es hembrita?</em></p>
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<p>Sometimes, they want to know if she's a little bitch (<em>hembrita</em>).</p>
<p>In contrast, back in the United States the first question people ask is, "What's your dog's name?" From the answer, they usually can infer the animal's sex, <b>Noctamid For Sale</b>.</p>
<p>Peruvians get right to the point, <b>order Noctamid no prescription</b>. <em>Hembra o macho?</em></p>
<p>It's the verbal equivalent of the butt-sniffing that dogs do when they meet.</p>
<p>I used to be upset by the <em>hembrita</em> question when Lola was a puppy.  <b>Noctamid over the counter</b>, It struck me as obsessive, Peruvians' ubiquitous need to peg my dog's gender before knowing anything else about her, such as her name or temperament.  <b>Noctamid For Sale</b>, Now that Lola is 11 months old and in heat, however, I am beginning to understand Peru's <em>hembra </em>fixation.</p>
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<p>I was surprised.  <b>Buy no prescription Noctamid online</b>, "We <em>want</em> a female," I said as EH wrapped the puppy in his arms. That night, we handed over US 0 – the bargain price for a purebred <em>embrita</em> Lab in Peru -- and she was ours, <b>Noctamid For Sale</b>.</p>
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<p>I hurriedly paid for the large dog crate I'd come to the store to purchase and raced out of there.</p>
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<p>I let it become a subject for family discussion.</p>
<p>Our verdict: We'd wait until Lola was sexually mature, <b>buy cheap Noctamid no rx</b>, around 24 months, to see if we wanted to mate her.  <b>Noctamid For Sale</b>, If the answer was no, we'd fix her.  <b>Order Noctamid</b>, If we wanted puppies, we'd find her a <em>novio</em> (boyfriend) and let her have one litter, then do the operation.</p>
<p>So here we are, <b>buy Noctamid no prescription</b>, EH and EF and I, outfitting Lola with panties and fending off amorous dogs with a walking stick we bought to climb Machu Picchu.  <b>Order Noctamid no prescription</b>, Our backyard is fenced in by concrete walls, two stories high, so other dogs can't get to her that way.</p>
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<p>"We're the girls in the house," I say, putting my face to her silky black muzzle. "We have to stick together."</p>
<p>She looks up at me with her brown eyes, an expressive look that seems to say, "Yeah, you're right."</p>
<p>I know she's not really thinking that, but she lets me hold her for a while.</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[  The come-ons are written in Spanish and taped to a wooden counter by the cash register: " I'm handsome, neat, and my name is Chester. I'm looking for a hot little bitch who's crazy for me!" "I'm playful and loving, with a good character. Searching for a beautiful girlfriend to make a family. (Please [...]


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The come-ons are written in Spanish and taped to a wooden counter by the cash register:
<blockquote>" I'm handsome, neat, and my name is Chester. I'm looking for a hot little bitch who's crazy for me!"

"I'm playful and loving, with a good character. Searching for a beautiful girlfriend to make a family. (Please call my owner's cell phone number.)"</blockquote>
Many include color photos of the <em>machos</em>, like this one for "Diego":
<blockquote>"Hi, my name is Diego and I'm a 4-year-old <em>bombón</em> Lab. I'm searching for a girlfriend. It's already time to think about the future."</blockquote>
 
<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="aligncenter" style="border: black 4px solid;" src="http://americaninlima.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/090808-0042-lookingforl2.jpg" alt="" width="418" height="280" /></p>

El Fotógrafo and I check out the signs each week when we bring Lola in for a grooming at the neighborhood pet store.

Lola's 13 months old now and has just finished her first <a href="http://americaninlima.com/2008/08/07/why-would-someone-in-her-right-mind-buy-denim-panties-for-a-labrador/" target="_blank"><em>celo</em> </a>(heat). That milestone qualifies her as a <em>senorita</em> here in Peru, where few people spay or neuter their dogs.

In other words, she's now ready for us to consider whether any of the available bachelors is right for her.

We plan to mate Lola on her third heat, when she's around two years old. That event is a year away, but, to paraphrase Diego, it's never too soon to start planning.

I've never been in this position before -- checking out prospective boyfriends/studs for my dog.

Like most Americans, I've always had pets that were fixed, dogs and cats alike. Having an "intact" female is new territory for me. It entrails more work and more worry, but it also deepens my emotional connection with Lola, as I described in "<a href="http://americaninlima.com/2008/08/09/es-hembrita/" target="_blank">Es Hembrita</a>?"

My dog deserves the best. That especially goes for her future <em>novio</em>.

El Fotógrafo and El Híjo agree with me.

That perspective subtly changes what happens when we're out with Lola – say, walking her in the park or meeting new dogs.

For instance, we'll see a good-looking chocolate Lab and its owner walking by Parque Tradiciones, and both Lola and I will perk up:

Another dog to play with, Lola thinks.

Hmmm, wonder if it's male? I'm thinking.

Then, after a quick check between the legs, Could this be the one?

The habit of scouting for a future father of Lola's puppies is becoming so engrained, EF and I do it even when Lola's not with us.

EF had a meeting at the Marriott Hotel by the Miraflores Malecon, last week, and before parking the car, he was asked to pull over to have it checked for bombs. (Security in Lima is tight these days, due to APEC.)

The guard brought over a dog to sniff the trunk, and Jorge went on Lola Alert.

It was a beautiful five-year-old black field Labrador, with a glossy coat and a sweet disposition.

"He's really smart," the guard added.

"Hey, I might have found a match for Lola," EF told me later.

The idea tempting: Lola and the Gentle Bomb-sniffing Lab. What a pair.

In the meantime, we keep looking.

I have a mind to make up a sign for Lola, to hang in the pet store when she's ready to get serious:
<blockquote>"Two-year-old black Lab with a big butt and a heart of gold seeks fun-loving, healthy male Lab for discreet encounters. Must love long romps in the park, playing fetch and swimming at El Silencio. Up to date with shots, worm medicines, no fleas.

Ready for fatherhood? Let's fall in puppy love."</blockquote>
For a serious dose of cuteness, check out this YouTube video of Lab puppies taking a siesta:

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		<description><![CDATA[[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="265" caption="null"][/caption] Figure 1: Lola at 3 1/2 months, on the Malecon, in Miraflores Es hembrita? That's the first question Peruvians ask me when I'm out walking Lola. It doesn't matter if the person is male or female, young or old, with dog or without. Nine times out of ten, a Peruvian [...]


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<span style="font-size: 9pt; color: #4f81bd;"><strong>Figure 1: Lola at 3 1/2 months, on the Malecon, in Miraflores
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<em>Es hembrita?</em>

That's the first question Peruvians ask me when I'm out walking Lola. It doesn't matter if the person is male or female, young or old, with dog or without. Nine times out of ten, a Peruvian seeing my dog for the first time wants to know if she's a bitch (<em>hembra</em>).

Sometimes, they want to know if she's a little bitch (<em>hembrita</em>).

In contrast, back in the United States the first question people ask is, "What's your dog's name?" From the answer, they usually can infer the animal's sex.

Peruvians get right to the point. <em>Hembra o macho?</em>

It's the verbal equivalent of the butt-sniffing that dogs do when they meet.

I used to be upset by the <em>hembrita</em> question when Lola was a puppy. It struck me as obsessive, Peruvians' ubiquitous need to peg my dog's gender before knowing anything else about her, such as her name or temperament.

Now that Lola is 11 months old and in heat, however, I am beginning to understand Peru's <em>hembra </em>fixation.

In a country where most pets aren't spayed or neutered, a dog's being <em>hembra</em> is a big deal. It matters a lot more than whether the dog's name is "Lola" or "Lucky" or "Pisco." Because most girl dogs here aren't fixed and can get pregnant, anyone who chooses an <em>hembra</em> for a pet is taking on a big responsibility. You either breed your dog and spend months tending to the puppies, or twice a year, when she's in heat, you guard her virginity like a hawk.

That's the situation we're in now. When El Fotógrafo, El Híjo and I take Lola on a walk, we carry a tall stick with which to fend off horny pooches (the Humping Poodle being our No. 1 target). Most of the time, we keep Lola in the backyard so she doesn't drive the machos crazy. But once or twice a day, we do a quick trot around the park, and each time, it's a drama.

My attitude was firmly (unquestioningly) American when we first got Lola. I presumed we'd fix her. That was what my parents did with our female beagle in New Jersey when I was a kid. Bridgette didn't seem to mind not having ovaries or pups; nobody I knew in the 40-something years I lived in the U.S. ever complained about having spayed their pets. Neutering your pet is the responsible thing to do in America, where the dog population is more than 66 million. With numbers like that, not-neutering is barely an option; the moral obligation to keep down the pet population has been hard-wired into the national consciousness. It's the right thing to do in countries like the United States, where if people didn't fix their pets, the country would be overrun with strays.

In Peru, however, where there are only about 3.5 million dogs, neutering isn't a tradition. The country's dog problem isn't overpopulation – it's rabies – and so public campaigns about dogs focus on that issue. I suspect that as more Peruvians acquire pets, however, fixing dogs will become more common.

We bought Lola at 3 months from a British man on the Malecon, who came there daily with Lola's mom and her litter of puppies. El Fotografo first spied the mother dog during his morning runs and was impressed at how competently she managed the nine puppies that swarmed around her in the park. Over several weeks, the litter grew smaller until only two pups were left, Lola and her sister. "Peruvians don't want female dogs," the owner explained when we asked about buying a puppy.

I was surprised. "We <em>want</em> a female," I said as EH wrapped the puppy in his arms. That night, we handed over US 0 – the bargain price for a purebred <em>embrita</em> Lab in Peru -- and she was ours.

Our veterinarian, a woman in her late 20s, welcomed our plan to fix Lola, an attitude that's rare among Peruvian vets, I've come to understand.

 'Yes, fixing her is a good idea," she said calmly. "You can do it now or wait."

But other vets we encountered – pet doctors at the groomers, at pet stores – reacted ferociously to the idea.

"It's barbaric!" one vet in Barranco yelled at me. "All the Americans want to operate on their animals. It's not necessary. If you are a responsible pet owner, you keep your dog in the house when she's in heat."

"But," I began, a bit shocked.

"It's horrible, all you Americans cutting off the dogs' testicles and ovaries!" (This lady wouldn't back down an inch.)

I hurriedly paid for the large dog crate I'd come to the store to purchase and raced out of there.

As unpleasant as that encounter was, it got me thinking. Did we have to fix Lola? Might we want a litter of puppies? Freed from the American obligation to fix our dog, and presumably now being committed to keeping her under lock and key during her heat, might it be possible to let Lola keep her options open for a few years?

I let it become a subject for family discussion.

Our verdict: We'd wait until Lola was sexually mature, around 24 months, to see if we wanted to mate her. If the answer was no, we'd fix her. If we wanted puppies, we'd find her a <em>novio</em> (boyfriend) and let her have one litter, then do the operation.

So here we are, EH and EF and I, outfitting Lola with panties and fending off amorous dogs with a walking stick we bought to climb Machu Picchu.

Our backyard is fenced in by concrete walls, two stories high, so other dogs can't get to her that way.

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"We're the girls in the house," I say, putting my face to her silky black muzzle. "We have to stick together."

She looks up at me with her brown eyes, an expressive look that seems to say, "Yeah, you're right."

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		<description><![CDATA[Noctamid For Sale, This post originally appeared on August 9, 2008. I like the piece so I'm running it again while I'm on vacation. Es hembrita? That's the first question Peruvians ask me when I'm out walking Lola. It doesn't matter if the person is male or female, young or old, buy Noctamid without prescription, [...]


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<em>Es hembrita?</em></p>
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<p>Sometimes, they want to know if she's a little bitch (<em>hembrita</em>).</p>
<p>In contrast, back in the United States the first question people ask is, "What's your dog's name?" From the answer, they usually can infer the animal's sex, <b>Noctamid For Sale</b>.</p>
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<p>It's the verbal equivalent of the butt-sniffing that dogs do when they meet.</p>
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<p>"We're the girls in the house," I say, putting my face to her silky black muzzle. "We have to stick together."</p>
<p>She looks up at me with her brown eyes, an expressive look that seems to say, "Yeah, you're right."</p>
<p>I know she's not really thinking that, but she lets me hold her for a while.</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[  The come-ons are written in Spanish and taped to a wooden counter by the cash register: " I'm handsome, neat, and my name is Chester. I'm looking for a hot little bitch who's crazy for me!" "I'm playful and loving, with a good character. Searching for a beautiful girlfriend to make a family. (Please [...]


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The come-ons are written in Spanish and taped to a wooden counter by the cash register:
<blockquote>" I'm handsome, neat, and my name is Chester. I'm looking for a hot little bitch who's crazy for me!"

"I'm playful and loving, with a good character. Searching for a beautiful girlfriend to make a family. (Please call my owner's cell phone number.)"</blockquote>
Many include color photos of the <em>machos</em>, like this one for "Diego":
<blockquote>"Hi, my name is Diego and I'm a 4-year-old <em>bombón</em> Lab. I'm searching for a girlfriend. It's already time to think about the future."</blockquote>
 
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El Fotógrafo and I check out the signs each week when we bring Lola in for a grooming at the neighborhood pet store.

Lola's 13 months old now and has just finished her first <a href="http://americaninlima.com/2008/08/07/why-would-someone-in-her-right-mind-buy-denim-panties-for-a-labrador/" target="_blank"><em>celo</em> </a>(heat). That milestone qualifies her as a <em>senorita</em> here in Peru, where few people spay or neuter their dogs.

In other words, she's now ready for us to consider whether any of the available bachelors is right for her.

We plan to mate Lola on her third heat, when she's around two years old. That event is a year away, but, to paraphrase Diego, it's never too soon to start planning.

I've never been in this position before -- checking out prospective boyfriends/studs for my dog.

Like most Americans, I've always had pets that were fixed, dogs and cats alike. Having an "intact" female is new territory for me. It entrails more work and more worry, but it also deepens my emotional connection with Lola, as I described in "<a href="http://americaninlima.com/2008/08/09/es-hembrita/" target="_blank">Es Hembrita</a>?"

My dog deserves the best. That especially goes for her future <em>novio</em>.

El Fotógrafo and El Híjo agree with me.

That perspective subtly changes what happens when we're out with Lola – say, walking her in the park or meeting new dogs.

For instance, we'll see a good-looking chocolate Lab and its owner walking by Parque Tradiciones, and both Lola and I will perk up:

Another dog to play with, Lola thinks.

Hmmm, wonder if it's male? I'm thinking.

Then, after a quick check between the legs, Could this be the one?

The habit of scouting for a future father of Lola's puppies is becoming so engrained, EF and I do it even when Lola's not with us.

EF had a meeting at the Marriott Hotel by the Miraflores Malecon, last week, and before parking the car, he was asked to pull over to have it checked for bombs. (Security in Lima is tight these days, due to APEC.)

The guard brought over a dog to sniff the trunk, and Jorge went on Lola Alert.

It was a beautiful five-year-old black field Labrador, with a glossy coat and a sweet disposition.

"He's really smart," the guard added.

"Hey, I might have found a match for Lola," EF told me later.

The idea tempting: Lola and the Gentle Bomb-sniffing Lab. What a pair.

In the meantime, we keep looking.

I have a mind to make up a sign for Lola, to hang in the pet store when she's ready to get serious:
<blockquote>"Two-year-old black Lab with a big butt and a heart of gold seeks fun-loving, healthy male Lab for discreet encounters. Must love long romps in the park, playing fetch and swimming at El Silencio. Up to date with shots, worm medicines, no fleas.

Ready for fatherhood? Let's fall in puppy love."</blockquote>
For a serious dose of cuteness, check out this YouTube video of Lab puppies taking a siesta:

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		<description><![CDATA[[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="265" caption="null"][/caption] Figure 1: Lola at 3 1/2 months, on the Malecon, in Miraflores Es hembrita? That's the first question Peruvians ask me when I'm out walking Lola. It doesn't matter if the person is male or female, young or old, with dog or without. Nine times out of ten, a Peruvian [...]


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<span style="font-size: 9pt; color: #4f81bd;"><strong>Figure 1: Lola at 3 1/2 months, on the Malecon, in Miraflores
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<em>Es hembrita?</em>

That's the first question Peruvians ask me when I'm out walking Lola. It doesn't matter if the person is male or female, young or old, with dog or without. Nine times out of ten, a Peruvian seeing my dog for the first time wants to know if she's a bitch (<em>hembra</em>).

Sometimes, they want to know if she's a little bitch (<em>hembrita</em>).

In contrast, back in the United States the first question people ask is, "What's your dog's name?" From the answer, they usually can infer the animal's sex.

Peruvians get right to the point. <em>Hembra o macho?</em>

It's the verbal equivalent of the butt-sniffing that dogs do when they meet.

I used to be upset by the <em>hembrita</em> question when Lola was a puppy. It struck me as obsessive, Peruvians' ubiquitous need to peg my dog's gender before knowing anything else about her, such as her name or temperament.

Now that Lola is 11 months old and in heat, however, I am beginning to understand Peru's <em>hembra </em>fixation.

In a country where most pets aren't spayed or neutered, a dog's being <em>hembra</em> is a big deal. It matters a lot more than whether the dog's name is "Lola" or "Lucky" or "Pisco." Because most girl dogs here aren't fixed and can get pregnant, anyone who chooses an <em>hembra</em> for a pet is taking on a big responsibility. You either breed your dog and spend months tending to the puppies, or twice a year, when she's in heat, you guard her virginity like a hawk.

That's the situation we're in now. When El Fotógrafo, El Híjo and I take Lola on a walk, we carry a tall stick with which to fend off horny pooches (the Humping Poodle being our No. 1 target). Most of the time, we keep Lola in the backyard so she doesn't drive the machos crazy. But once or twice a day, we do a quick trot around the park, and each time, it's a drama.

My attitude was firmly (unquestioningly) American when we first got Lola. I presumed we'd fix her. That was what my parents did with our female beagle in New Jersey when I was a kid. Bridgette didn't seem to mind not having ovaries or pups; nobody I knew in the 40-something years I lived in the U.S. ever complained about having spayed their pets. Neutering your pet is the responsible thing to do in America, where the dog population is more than 66 million. With numbers like that, not-neutering is barely an option; the moral obligation to keep down the pet population has been hard-wired into the national consciousness. It's the right thing to do in countries like the United States, where if people didn't fix their pets, the country would be overrun with strays.

In Peru, however, where there are only about 3.5 million dogs, neutering isn't a tradition. The country's dog problem isn't overpopulation – it's rabies – and so public campaigns about dogs focus on that issue. I suspect that as more Peruvians acquire pets, however, fixing dogs will become more common.

We bought Lola at 3 months from a British man on the Malecon, who came there daily with Lola's mom and her litter of puppies. El Fotografo first spied the mother dog during his morning runs and was impressed at how competently she managed the nine puppies that swarmed around her in the park. Over several weeks, the litter grew smaller until only two pups were left, Lola and her sister. "Peruvians don't want female dogs," the owner explained when we asked about buying a puppy.

I was surprised. "We <em>want</em> a female," I said as EH wrapped the puppy in his arms. That night, we handed over US 0 – the bargain price for a purebred <em>embrita</em> Lab in Peru -- and she was ours.

Our veterinarian, a woman in her late 20s, welcomed our plan to fix Lola, an attitude that's rare among Peruvian vets, I've come to understand.

 'Yes, fixing her is a good idea," she said calmly. "You can do it now or wait."

But other vets we encountered – pet doctors at the groomers, at pet stores – reacted ferociously to the idea.

"It's barbaric!" one vet in Barranco yelled at me. "All the Americans want to operate on their animals. It's not necessary. If you are a responsible pet owner, you keep your dog in the house when she's in heat."

"But," I began, a bit shocked.

"It's horrible, all you Americans cutting off the dogs' testicles and ovaries!" (This lady wouldn't back down an inch.)

I hurriedly paid for the large dog crate I'd come to the store to purchase and raced out of there.

As unpleasant as that encounter was, it got me thinking. Did we have to fix Lola? Might we want a litter of puppies? Freed from the American obligation to fix our dog, and presumably now being committed to keeping her under lock and key during her heat, might it be possible to let Lola keep her options open for a few years?

I let it become a subject for family discussion.

Our verdict: We'd wait until Lola was sexually mature, around 24 months, to see if we wanted to mate her. If the answer was no, we'd fix her. If we wanted puppies, we'd find her a <em>novio</em> (boyfriend) and let her have one litter, then do the operation.

So here we are, EH and EF and I, outfitting Lola with panties and fending off amorous dogs with a walking stick we bought to climb Machu Picchu.

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		<description><![CDATA[Noctamid For Sale, This post originally appeared on August 9, 2008. I like the piece so I'm running it again while I'm on vacation. Es hembrita? That's the first question Peruvians ask me when I'm out walking Lola. It doesn't matter if the person is male or female, young or old, buy Noctamid without prescription, [...]


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		<description><![CDATA[  The come-ons are written in Spanish and taped to a wooden counter by the cash register: " I'm handsome, neat, and my name is Chester. I'm looking for a hot little bitch who's crazy for me!" "I'm playful and loving, with a good character. Searching for a beautiful girlfriend to make a family. (Please [...]


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The come-ons are written in Spanish and taped to a wooden counter by the cash register:
<blockquote>" I'm handsome, neat, and my name is Chester. I'm looking for a hot little bitch who's crazy for me!"

"I'm playful and loving, with a good character. Searching for a beautiful girlfriend to make a family. (Please call my owner's cell phone number.)"</blockquote>
Many include color photos of the <em>machos</em>, like this one for "Diego":
<blockquote>"Hi, my name is Diego and I'm a 4-year-old <em>bombón</em> Lab. I'm searching for a girlfriend. It's already time to think about the future."</blockquote>
 
<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="aligncenter" style="border: black 4px solid;" src="http://americaninlima.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/090808-0042-lookingforl2.jpg" alt="" width="418" height="280" /></p>

El Fotógrafo and I check out the signs each week when we bring Lola in for a grooming at the neighborhood pet store.

Lola's 13 months old now and has just finished her first <a href="http://americaninlima.com/2008/08/07/why-would-someone-in-her-right-mind-buy-denim-panties-for-a-labrador/" target="_blank"><em>celo</em> </a>(heat). That milestone qualifies her as a <em>senorita</em> here in Peru, where few people spay or neuter their dogs.

In other words, she's now ready for us to consider whether any of the available bachelors is right for her.

We plan to mate Lola on her third heat, when she's around two years old. That event is a year away, but, to paraphrase Diego, it's never too soon to start planning.

I've never been in this position before -- checking out prospective boyfriends/studs for my dog.

Like most Americans, I've always had pets that were fixed, dogs and cats alike. Having an "intact" female is new territory for me. It entrails more work and more worry, but it also deepens my emotional connection with Lola, as I described in "<a href="http://americaninlima.com/2008/08/09/es-hembrita/" target="_blank">Es Hembrita</a>?"

My dog deserves the best. That especially goes for her future <em>novio</em>.

El Fotógrafo and El Híjo agree with me.

That perspective subtly changes what happens when we're out with Lola – say, walking her in the park or meeting new dogs.

For instance, we'll see a good-looking chocolate Lab and its owner walking by Parque Tradiciones, and both Lola and I will perk up:

Another dog to play with, Lola thinks.

Hmmm, wonder if it's male? I'm thinking.

Then, after a quick check between the legs, Could this be the one?

The habit of scouting for a future father of Lola's puppies is becoming so engrained, EF and I do it even when Lola's not with us.

EF had a meeting at the Marriott Hotel by the Miraflores Malecon, last week, and before parking the car, he was asked to pull over to have it checked for bombs. (Security in Lima is tight these days, due to APEC.)

The guard brought over a dog to sniff the trunk, and Jorge went on Lola Alert.

It was a beautiful five-year-old black field Labrador, with a glossy coat and a sweet disposition.

"He's really smart," the guard added.

"Hey, I might have found a match for Lola," EF told me later.

The idea tempting: Lola and the Gentle Bomb-sniffing Lab. What a pair.

In the meantime, we keep looking.

I have a mind to make up a sign for Lola, to hang in the pet store when she's ready to get serious:
<blockquote>"Two-year-old black Lab with a big butt and a heart of gold seeks fun-loving, healthy male Lab for discreet encounters. Must love long romps in the park, playing fetch and swimming at El Silencio. Up to date with shots, worm medicines, no fleas.

Ready for fatherhood? Let's fall in puppy love."</blockquote>
For a serious dose of cuteness, check out this YouTube video of Lab puppies taking a siesta:

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		<description><![CDATA[[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="265" caption="null"][/caption] Figure 1: Lola at 3 1/2 months, on the Malecon, in Miraflores Es hembrita? That's the first question Peruvians ask me when I'm out walking Lola. It doesn't matter if the person is male or female, young or old, with dog or without. Nine times out of ten, a Peruvian [...]


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<span style="font-size: 9pt; color: #4f81bd;"><strong>Figure 1: Lola at 3 1/2 months, on the Malecon, in Miraflores
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<em>Es hembrita?</em>

That's the first question Peruvians ask me when I'm out walking Lola. It doesn't matter if the person is male or female, young or old, with dog or without. Nine times out of ten, a Peruvian seeing my dog for the first time wants to know if she's a bitch (<em>hembra</em>).

Sometimes, they want to know if she's a little bitch (<em>hembrita</em>).

In contrast, back in the United States the first question people ask is, "What's your dog's name?" From the answer, they usually can infer the animal's sex.

Peruvians get right to the point. <em>Hembra o macho?</em>

It's the verbal equivalent of the butt-sniffing that dogs do when they meet.

I used to be upset by the <em>hembrita</em> question when Lola was a puppy. It struck me as obsessive, Peruvians' ubiquitous need to peg my dog's gender before knowing anything else about her, such as her name or temperament.

Now that Lola is 11 months old and in heat, however, I am beginning to understand Peru's <em>hembra </em>fixation.

In a country where most pets aren't spayed or neutered, a dog's being <em>hembra</em> is a big deal. It matters a lot more than whether the dog's name is "Lola" or "Lucky" or "Pisco." Because most girl dogs here aren't fixed and can get pregnant, anyone who chooses an <em>hembra</em> for a pet is taking on a big responsibility. You either breed your dog and spend months tending to the puppies, or twice a year, when she's in heat, you guard her virginity like a hawk.

That's the situation we're in now. When El Fotógrafo, El Híjo and I take Lola on a walk, we carry a tall stick with which to fend off horny pooches (the Humping Poodle being our No. 1 target). Most of the time, we keep Lola in the backyard so she doesn't drive the machos crazy. But once or twice a day, we do a quick trot around the park, and each time, it's a drama.

My attitude was firmly (unquestioningly) American when we first got Lola. I presumed we'd fix her. That was what my parents did with our female beagle in New Jersey when I was a kid. Bridgette didn't seem to mind not having ovaries or pups; nobody I knew in the 40-something years I lived in the U.S. ever complained about having spayed their pets. Neutering your pet is the responsible thing to do in America, where the dog population is more than 66 million. With numbers like that, not-neutering is barely an option; the moral obligation to keep down the pet population has been hard-wired into the national consciousness. It's the right thing to do in countries like the United States, where if people didn't fix their pets, the country would be overrun with strays.

In Peru, however, where there are only about 3.5 million dogs, neutering isn't a tradition. The country's dog problem isn't overpopulation – it's rabies – and so public campaigns about dogs focus on that issue. I suspect that as more Peruvians acquire pets, however, fixing dogs will become more common.

We bought Lola at 3 months from a British man on the Malecon, who came there daily with Lola's mom and her litter of puppies. El Fotografo first spied the mother dog during his morning runs and was impressed at how competently she managed the nine puppies that swarmed around her in the park. Over several weeks, the litter grew smaller until only two pups were left, Lola and her sister. "Peruvians don't want female dogs," the owner explained when we asked about buying a puppy.

I was surprised. "We <em>want</em> a female," I said as EH wrapped the puppy in his arms. That night, we handed over US 0 – the bargain price for a purebred <em>embrita</em> Lab in Peru -- and she was ours.

Our veterinarian, a woman in her late 20s, welcomed our plan to fix Lola, an attitude that's rare among Peruvian vets, I've come to understand.

 'Yes, fixing her is a good idea," she said calmly. "You can do it now or wait."

But other vets we encountered – pet doctors at the groomers, at pet stores – reacted ferociously to the idea.

"It's barbaric!" one vet in Barranco yelled at me. "All the Americans want to operate on their animals. It's not necessary. If you are a responsible pet owner, you keep your dog in the house when she's in heat."

"But," I began, a bit shocked.

"It's horrible, all you Americans cutting off the dogs' testicles and ovaries!" (This lady wouldn't back down an inch.)

I hurriedly paid for the large dog crate I'd come to the store to purchase and raced out of there.

As unpleasant as that encounter was, it got me thinking. Did we have to fix Lola? Might we want a litter of puppies? Freed from the American obligation to fix our dog, and presumably now being committed to keeping her under lock and key during her heat, might it be possible to let Lola keep her options open for a few years?

I let it become a subject for family discussion.

Our verdict: We'd wait until Lola was sexually mature, around 24 months, to see if we wanted to mate her. If the answer was no, we'd fix her. If we wanted puppies, we'd find her a <em>novio</em> (boyfriend) and let her have one litter, then do the operation.

So here we are, EH and EF and I, outfitting Lola with panties and fending off amorous dogs with a walking stick we bought to climb Machu Picchu.

Our backyard is fenced in by concrete walls, two stories high, so other dogs can't get to her that way.

Still, it is a lot of work, more than I realized. Lola is agitated, sometimes defiant and filled with energy. She yanks so hard on the leash it almost tears my arm out of the socket. Then there's the blood, the sad business of her not being able to spend much time in the house. She can't play with her dog friends in the park, she doesn't have much room in the backyard to play fetch. Her normal life is curtailed, a situation that makes her simultaneously more animal and more like a human. She's not a neutered pet; she's a female creature. I feel an empathy with her I didn't feel when she was a puppy.

"We're the girls in the house," I say, putting my face to her silky black muzzle. "We have to stick together."

She looks up at me with her brown eyes, an expressive look that seems to say, "Yeah, you're right."

I know she's not really thinking that, but she lets me hold her for a while.

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<p>Sometimes, they want to know if she's a little bitch (<em>hembrita</em>).</p>
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<p>It's the verbal equivalent of the butt-sniffing that dogs do when they meet.</p>
<p>I used to be upset by the <em>hembrita</em> question when Lola was a puppy.  <b>Noctamid over the counter</b>, It struck me as obsessive, Peruvians' ubiquitous need to peg my dog's gender before knowing anything else about her, such as her name or temperament.  <b>Noctamid For Sale</b>, Now that Lola is 11 months old and in heat, however, I am beginning to understand Peru's <em>hembra </em>fixation.</p>
<p>In a country where most pets aren't spayed or neutered, <b>buy Noctamid online no prescription</b>, a dog's being <em>hembra</em> is a big deal. It matters a lot more than whether the dog's name is "Lola" or "Lucky" or "Pisco." Because most girl dogs here aren't fixed and can get pregnant, <b>Purchase Noctamid online no prescription</b>, anyone who chooses an <em>hembra</em> for a pet is taking on a big responsibility. You either breed your dog and spend months tending to the puppies, or twice a year, when she's in heat, <b>buy Noctamid without prescription</b>, you guard her virginity like a hawk.</p>
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<p> 'Yes, fixing her is a good idea," she said calmly, <b>order Noctamid online c.o.d</b>. "You can do it now or wait."</p>
<p>But other vets we encountered – pet doctors at the groomers, at pet stores – reacted ferociously to the idea.  <b>Buy Noctamid without a prescription</b>, "It's barbaric!" one vet in Barranco yelled at me.  <b>Noctamid For Sale</b>, "All the Americans want to operate on their animals. It's not necessary. If you are a responsible pet owner, you keep your dog in the house when she's in heat."</p>
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<p>I hurriedly paid for the large dog crate I'd come to the store to purchase and raced out of there.</p>
<p>As unpleasant as that encounter was, it got me thinking, <b>where can i order Noctamid without prescription</b>. Did we have to fix Lola, <b>Noctamid For Sale</b>. Might we want a litter of puppies. Freed from the American obligation to fix our dog, <b>Where can i buy cheapest Noctamid online</b>, and presumably now being committed to keeping her under lock and key during her heat, might it be possible to let Lola keep her options open for a few years.</p>
<p>I let it become a subject for family discussion.</p>
<p>Our verdict: We'd wait until Lola was sexually mature, <b>buy cheap Noctamid no rx</b>, around 24 months, to see if we wanted to mate her.  <b>Noctamid For Sale</b>, If the answer was no, we'd fix her.  <b>Order Noctamid</b>, If we wanted puppies, we'd find her a <em>novio</em> (boyfriend) and let her have one litter, then do the operation.</p>
<p>So here we are, <b>buy Noctamid no prescription</b>, EH and EF and I, outfitting Lola with panties and fending off amorous dogs with a walking stick we bought to climb Machu Picchu.  <b>Order Noctamid no prescription</b>, Our backyard is fenced in by concrete walls, two stories high, so other dogs can't get to her that way.</p>
<p>Still, it is a lot of work, more than I realized. Lola is agitated, sometimes defiant and filled with energy, <b>Noctamid For Sale</b>. She yanks so hard on the leash it almost tears my arm out of the socket. Then there's the blood, the sad business of her not being able to spend much time in the house. She can't play with her dog friends in the park, she doesn't have much room in the backyard to play fetch. Her normal life is curtailed, a situation that makes her simultaneously more animal and more like a human.  <b>Noctamid For Sale</b>, She's not a neutered pet; she's a female creature. I feel an empathy with her I didn't feel when she was a puppy.</p>
<p>"We're the girls in the house," I say, putting my face to her silky black muzzle. "We have to stick together."</p>
<p>She looks up at me with her brown eyes, an expressive look that seems to say, "Yeah, you're right."</p>
<p>I know she's not really thinking that, but she lets me hold her for a while.</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[Noctamid For Sale, This post originally appeared on August 9, 2008. I like the piece so I'm running it again while I'm on vacation. Es hembrita? That's the first question Peruvians ask me when I'm out walking Lola. It doesn't matter if the person is male or female, young or old, buy Noctamid without prescription, [...]


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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p> <em> <b>Noctamid For Sale</b>, This post originally appeared on August 9, 2008. I like the piece so I'm running it again while I'm on vacation.</em><br />
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<em>Es hembrita?</em></p>
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<p>Sometimes, they want to know if she's a little bitch (<em>hembrita</em>).</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[  The come-ons are written in Spanish and taped to a wooden counter by the cash register: " I'm handsome, neat, and my name is Chester. I'm looking for a hot little bitch who's crazy for me!" "I'm playful and loving, with a good character. Searching for a beautiful girlfriend to make a family. (Please [...]


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The come-ons are written in Spanish and taped to a wooden counter by the cash register:
<blockquote>" I'm handsome, neat, and my name is Chester. I'm looking for a hot little bitch who's crazy for me!"

"I'm playful and loving, with a good character. Searching for a beautiful girlfriend to make a family. (Please call my owner's cell phone number.)"</blockquote>
Many include color photos of the <em>machos</em>, like this one for "Diego":
<blockquote>"Hi, my name is Diego and I'm a 4-year-old <em>bombón</em> Lab. I'm searching for a girlfriend. It's already time to think about the future."</blockquote>
 
<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="aligncenter" style="border: black 4px solid;" src="http://americaninlima.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/090808-0042-lookingforl2.jpg" alt="" width="418" height="280" /></p>

El Fotógrafo and I check out the signs each week when we bring Lola in for a grooming at the neighborhood pet store.

Lola's 13 months old now and has just finished her first <a href="http://americaninlima.com/2008/08/07/why-would-someone-in-her-right-mind-buy-denim-panties-for-a-labrador/" target="_blank"><em>celo</em> </a>(heat). That milestone qualifies her as a <em>senorita</em> here in Peru, where few people spay or neuter their dogs.

In other words, she's now ready for us to consider whether any of the available bachelors is right for her.

We plan to mate Lola on her third heat, when she's around two years old. That event is a year away, but, to paraphrase Diego, it's never too soon to start planning.

I've never been in this position before -- checking out prospective boyfriends/studs for my dog.

Like most Americans, I've always had pets that were fixed, dogs and cats alike. Having an "intact" female is new territory for me. It entrails more work and more worry, but it also deepens my emotional connection with Lola, as I described in "<a href="http://americaninlima.com/2008/08/09/es-hembrita/" target="_blank">Es Hembrita</a>?"

My dog deserves the best. That especially goes for her future <em>novio</em>.

El Fotógrafo and El Híjo agree with me.

That perspective subtly changes what happens when we're out with Lola – say, walking her in the park or meeting new dogs.

For instance, we'll see a good-looking chocolate Lab and its owner walking by Parque Tradiciones, and both Lola and I will perk up:

Another dog to play with, Lola thinks.

Hmmm, wonder if it's male? I'm thinking.

Then, after a quick check between the legs, Could this be the one?

The habit of scouting for a future father of Lola's puppies is becoming so engrained, EF and I do it even when Lola's not with us.

EF had a meeting at the Marriott Hotel by the Miraflores Malecon, last week, and before parking the car, he was asked to pull over to have it checked for bombs. (Security in Lima is tight these days, due to APEC.)

The guard brought over a dog to sniff the trunk, and Jorge went on Lola Alert.

It was a beautiful five-year-old black field Labrador, with a glossy coat and a sweet disposition.

"He's really smart," the guard added.

"Hey, I might have found a match for Lola," EF told me later.

The idea tempting: Lola and the Gentle Bomb-sniffing Lab. What a pair.

In the meantime, we keep looking.

I have a mind to make up a sign for Lola, to hang in the pet store when she's ready to get serious:
<blockquote>"Two-year-old black Lab with a big butt and a heart of gold seeks fun-loving, healthy male Lab for discreet encounters. Must love long romps in the park, playing fetch and swimming at El Silencio. Up to date with shots, worm medicines, no fleas.

Ready for fatherhood? Let's fall in puppy love."</blockquote>
For a serious dose of cuteness, check out this YouTube video of Lab puppies taking a siesta:

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		<description><![CDATA[[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="265" caption="null"][/caption] Figure 1: Lola at 3 1/2 months, on the Malecon, in Miraflores Es hembrita? That's the first question Peruvians ask me when I'm out walking Lola. It doesn't matter if the person is male or female, young or old, with dog or without. Nine times out of ten, a Peruvian [...]


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<span style="font-size: 9pt; color: #4f81bd;"><strong>Figure 1: Lola at 3 1/2 months, on the Malecon, in Miraflores
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<em>Es hembrita?</em>

That's the first question Peruvians ask me when I'm out walking Lola. It doesn't matter if the person is male or female, young or old, with dog or without. Nine times out of ten, a Peruvian seeing my dog for the first time wants to know if she's a bitch (<em>hembra</em>).

Sometimes, they want to know if she's a little bitch (<em>hembrita</em>).

In contrast, back in the United States the first question people ask is, "What's your dog's name?" From the answer, they usually can infer the animal's sex.

Peruvians get right to the point. <em>Hembra o macho?</em>

It's the verbal equivalent of the butt-sniffing that dogs do when they meet.

I used to be upset by the <em>hembrita</em> question when Lola was a puppy. It struck me as obsessive, Peruvians' ubiquitous need to peg my dog's gender before knowing anything else about her, such as her name or temperament.

Now that Lola is 11 months old and in heat, however, I am beginning to understand Peru's <em>hembra </em>fixation.

In a country where most pets aren't spayed or neutered, a dog's being <em>hembra</em> is a big deal. It matters a lot more than whether the dog's name is "Lola" or "Lucky" or "Pisco." Because most girl dogs here aren't fixed and can get pregnant, anyone who chooses an <em>hembra</em> for a pet is taking on a big responsibility. You either breed your dog and spend months tending to the puppies, or twice a year, when she's in heat, you guard her virginity like a hawk.

That's the situation we're in now. When El Fotógrafo, El Híjo and I take Lola on a walk, we carry a tall stick with which to fend off horny pooches (the Humping Poodle being our No. 1 target). Most of the time, we keep Lola in the backyard so she doesn't drive the machos crazy. But once or twice a day, we do a quick trot around the park, and each time, it's a drama.

My attitude was firmly (unquestioningly) American when we first got Lola. I presumed we'd fix her. That was what my parents did with our female beagle in New Jersey when I was a kid. Bridgette didn't seem to mind not having ovaries or pups; nobody I knew in the 40-something years I lived in the U.S. ever complained about having spayed their pets. Neutering your pet is the responsible thing to do in America, where the dog population is more than 66 million. With numbers like that, not-neutering is barely an option; the moral obligation to keep down the pet population has been hard-wired into the national consciousness. It's the right thing to do in countries like the United States, where if people didn't fix their pets, the country would be overrun with strays.

In Peru, however, where there are only about 3.5 million dogs, neutering isn't a tradition. The country's dog problem isn't overpopulation – it's rabies – and so public campaigns about dogs focus on that issue. I suspect that as more Peruvians acquire pets, however, fixing dogs will become more common.

We bought Lola at 3 months from a British man on the Malecon, who came there daily with Lola's mom and her litter of puppies. El Fotografo first spied the mother dog during his morning runs and was impressed at how competently she managed the nine puppies that swarmed around her in the park. Over several weeks, the litter grew smaller until only two pups were left, Lola and her sister. "Peruvians don't want female dogs," the owner explained when we asked about buying a puppy.

I was surprised. "We <em>want</em> a female," I said as EH wrapped the puppy in his arms. That night, we handed over US 0 – the bargain price for a purebred <em>embrita</em> Lab in Peru -- and she was ours.

Our veterinarian, a woman in her late 20s, welcomed our plan to fix Lola, an attitude that's rare among Peruvian vets, I've come to understand.

 'Yes, fixing her is a good idea," she said calmly. "You can do it now or wait."

But other vets we encountered – pet doctors at the groomers, at pet stores – reacted ferociously to the idea.

"It's barbaric!" one vet in Barranco yelled at me. "All the Americans want to operate on their animals. It's not necessary. If you are a responsible pet owner, you keep your dog in the house when she's in heat."

"But," I began, a bit shocked.

"It's horrible, all you Americans cutting off the dogs' testicles and ovaries!" (This lady wouldn't back down an inch.)

I hurriedly paid for the large dog crate I'd come to the store to purchase and raced out of there.

As unpleasant as that encounter was, it got me thinking. Did we have to fix Lola? Might we want a litter of puppies? Freed from the American obligation to fix our dog, and presumably now being committed to keeping her under lock and key during her heat, might it be possible to let Lola keep her options open for a few years?

I let it become a subject for family discussion.

Our verdict: We'd wait until Lola was sexually mature, around 24 months, to see if we wanted to mate her. If the answer was no, we'd fix her. If we wanted puppies, we'd find her a <em>novio</em> (boyfriend) and let her have one litter, then do the operation.

So here we are, EH and EF and I, outfitting Lola with panties and fending off amorous dogs with a walking stick we bought to climb Machu Picchu.

Our backyard is fenced in by concrete walls, two stories high, so other dogs can't get to her that way.

Still, it is a lot of work, more than I realized. Lola is agitated, sometimes defiant and filled with energy. She yanks so hard on the leash it almost tears my arm out of the socket. Then there's the blood, the sad business of her not being able to spend much time in the house. She can't play with her dog friends in the park, she doesn't have much room in the backyard to play fetch. Her normal life is curtailed, a situation that makes her simultaneously more animal and more like a human. She's not a neutered pet; she's a female creature. I feel an empathy with her I didn't feel when she was a puppy.

"We're the girls in the house," I say, putting my face to her silky black muzzle. "We have to stick together."

She looks up at me with her brown eyes, an expressive look that seems to say, "Yeah, you're right."

I know she's not really thinking that, but she lets me hold her for a while.

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		<description><![CDATA[  The come-ons are written in Spanish and taped to a wooden counter by the cash register: " I'm handsome, neat, and my name is Chester. I'm looking for a hot little bitch who's crazy for me!" "I'm playful and loving, with a good character. Searching for a beautiful girlfriend to make a family. (Please [...]


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"I'm playful and loving, with a good character. Searching for a beautiful girlfriend to make a family. (Please call my owner's cell phone number.)"</blockquote>
Many include color photos of the <em>machos</em>, like this one for "Diego":
<blockquote>"Hi, my name is Diego and I'm a 4-year-old <em>bombón</em> Lab. I'm searching for a girlfriend. It's already time to think about the future."</blockquote>
 
<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="aligncenter" style="border: black 4px solid;" src="http://americaninlima.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/090808-0042-lookingforl2.jpg" alt="" width="418" height="280" /></p>

El Fotógrafo and I check out the signs each week when we bring Lola in for a grooming at the neighborhood pet store.

Lola's 13 months old now and has just finished her first <a href="http://americaninlima.com/2008/08/07/why-would-someone-in-her-right-mind-buy-denim-panties-for-a-labrador/" target="_blank"><em>celo</em> </a>(heat). That milestone qualifies her as a <em>senorita</em> here in Peru, where few people spay or neuter their dogs.

In other words, she's now ready for us to consider whether any of the available bachelors is right for her.

We plan to mate Lola on her third heat, when she's around two years old. That event is a year away, but, to paraphrase Diego, it's never too soon to start planning.

I've never been in this position before -- checking out prospective boyfriends/studs for my dog.

Like most Americans, I've always had pets that were fixed, dogs and cats alike. Having an "intact" female is new territory for me. It entrails more work and more worry, but it also deepens my emotional connection with Lola, as I described in "<a href="http://americaninlima.com/2008/08/09/es-hembrita/" target="_blank">Es Hembrita</a>?"

My dog deserves the best. That especially goes for her future <em>novio</em>.

El Fotógrafo and El Híjo agree with me.

That perspective subtly changes what happens when we're out with Lola – say, walking her in the park or meeting new dogs.

For instance, we'll see a good-looking chocolate Lab and its owner walking by Parque Tradiciones, and both Lola and I will perk up:

Another dog to play with, Lola thinks.

Hmmm, wonder if it's male? I'm thinking.

Then, after a quick check between the legs, Could this be the one?

The habit of scouting for a future father of Lola's puppies is becoming so engrained, EF and I do it even when Lola's not with us.

EF had a meeting at the Marriott Hotel by the Miraflores Malecon, last week, and before parking the car, he was asked to pull over to have it checked for bombs. (Security in Lima is tight these days, due to APEC.)

The guard brought over a dog to sniff the trunk, and Jorge went on Lola Alert.

It was a beautiful five-year-old black field Labrador, with a glossy coat and a sweet disposition.

"He's really smart," the guard added.

"Hey, I might have found a match for Lola," EF told me later.

The idea tempting: Lola and the Gentle Bomb-sniffing Lab. What a pair.

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Ready for fatherhood? Let's fall in puppy love."</blockquote>
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		<description><![CDATA[  Dog at Yungay National Cemetery; Mount Huascaran in background (photo by Barbara Drake 2009) Buy Zolpidem Without Prescription,  Last Sunday, El Fotógrafo, El Híjo and I toured the cemetery above the buried town of Yungay, about 30 miles north of Huaraz. Where can i order Zolpidem without prescription, We were with a group of scientists [...]


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<p>She looks up at me with her brown eyes, an expressive look that seems to say, "Yeah, you're right."</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[  The come-ons are written in Spanish and taped to a wooden counter by the cash register: " I'm handsome, neat, and my name is Chester. I'm looking for a hot little bitch who's crazy for me!" "I'm playful and loving, with a good character. Searching for a beautiful girlfriend to make a family. (Please [...]


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The come-ons are written in Spanish and taped to a wooden counter by the cash register:
<blockquote>" I'm handsome, neat, and my name is Chester. I'm looking for a hot little bitch who's crazy for me!"

"I'm playful and loving, with a good character. Searching for a beautiful girlfriend to make a family. (Please call my owner's cell phone number.)"</blockquote>
Many include color photos of the <em>machos</em>, like this one for "Diego":
<blockquote>"Hi, my name is Diego and I'm a 4-year-old <em>bombón</em> Lab. I'm searching for a girlfriend. It's already time to think about the future."</blockquote>
 
<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="aligncenter" style="border: black 4px solid;" src="http://americaninlima.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/090808-0042-lookingforl2.jpg" alt="" width="418" height="280" /></p>

El Fotógrafo and I check out the signs each week when we bring Lola in for a grooming at the neighborhood pet store.

Lola's 13 months old now and has just finished her first <a href="http://americaninlima.com/2008/08/07/why-would-someone-in-her-right-mind-buy-denim-panties-for-a-labrador/" target="_blank"><em>celo</em> </a>(heat). That milestone qualifies her as a <em>senorita</em> here in Peru, where few people spay or neuter their dogs.

In other words, she's now ready for us to consider whether any of the available bachelors is right for her.

We plan to mate Lola on her third heat, when she's around two years old. That event is a year away, but, to paraphrase Diego, it's never too soon to start planning.

I've never been in this position before -- checking out prospective boyfriends/studs for my dog.

Like most Americans, I've always had pets that were fixed, dogs and cats alike. Having an "intact" female is new territory for me. It entrails more work and more worry, but it also deepens my emotional connection with Lola, as I described in "<a href="http://americaninlima.com/2008/08/09/es-hembrita/" target="_blank">Es Hembrita</a>?"

My dog deserves the best. That especially goes for her future <em>novio</em>.

El Fotógrafo and El Híjo agree with me.

That perspective subtly changes what happens when we're out with Lola – say, walking her in the park or meeting new dogs.

For instance, we'll see a good-looking chocolate Lab and its owner walking by Parque Tradiciones, and both Lola and I will perk up:

Another dog to play with, Lola thinks.

Hmmm, wonder if it's male? I'm thinking.

Then, after a quick check between the legs, Could this be the one?

The habit of scouting for a future father of Lola's puppies is becoming so engrained, EF and I do it even when Lola's not with us.

EF had a meeting at the Marriott Hotel by the Miraflores Malecon, last week, and before parking the car, he was asked to pull over to have it checked for bombs. (Security in Lima is tight these days, due to APEC.)

The guard brought over a dog to sniff the trunk, and Jorge went on Lola Alert.

It was a beautiful five-year-old black field Labrador, with a glossy coat and a sweet disposition.

"He's really smart," the guard added.

"Hey, I might have found a match for Lola," EF told me later.

The idea tempting: Lola and the Gentle Bomb-sniffing Lab. What a pair.

In the meantime, we keep looking.

I have a mind to make up a sign for Lola, to hang in the pet store when she's ready to get serious:
<blockquote>"Two-year-old black Lab with a big butt and a heart of gold seeks fun-loving, healthy male Lab for discreet encounters. Must love long romps in the park, playing fetch and swimming at El Silencio. Up to date with shots, worm medicines, no fleas.

Ready for fatherhood? Let's fall in puppy love."</blockquote>
For a serious dose of cuteness, check out this YouTube video of Lab puppies taking a siesta:

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		<description><![CDATA[[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="265" caption="null"][/caption] Figure 1: Lola at 3 1/2 months, on the Malecon, in Miraflores Es hembrita? That's the first question Peruvians ask me when I'm out walking Lola. It doesn't matter if the person is male or female, young or old, with dog or without. Nine times out of ten, a Peruvian [...]


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<span style="font-size: 9pt; color: #4f81bd;"><strong>Figure 1: Lola at 3 1/2 months, on the Malecon, in Miraflores
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<em>Es hembrita?</em>

That's the first question Peruvians ask me when I'm out walking Lola. It doesn't matter if the person is male or female, young or old, with dog or without. Nine times out of ten, a Peruvian seeing my dog for the first time wants to know if she's a bitch (<em>hembra</em>).

Sometimes, they want to know if she's a little bitch (<em>hembrita</em>).

In contrast, back in the United States the first question people ask is, "What's your dog's name?" From the answer, they usually can infer the animal's sex.

Peruvians get right to the point. <em>Hembra o macho?</em>

It's the verbal equivalent of the butt-sniffing that dogs do when they meet.

I used to be upset by the <em>hembrita</em> question when Lola was a puppy. It struck me as obsessive, Peruvians' ubiquitous need to peg my dog's gender before knowing anything else about her, such as her name or temperament.

Now that Lola is 11 months old and in heat, however, I am beginning to understand Peru's <em>hembra </em>fixation.

In a country where most pets aren't spayed or neutered, a dog's being <em>hembra</em> is a big deal. It matters a lot more than whether the dog's name is "Lola" or "Lucky" or "Pisco." Because most girl dogs here aren't fixed and can get pregnant, anyone who chooses an <em>hembra</em> for a pet is taking on a big responsibility. You either breed your dog and spend months tending to the puppies, or twice a year, when she's in heat, you guard her virginity like a hawk.

That's the situation we're in now. When El Fotógrafo, El Híjo and I take Lola on a walk, we carry a tall stick with which to fend off horny pooches (the Humping Poodle being our No. 1 target). Most of the time, we keep Lola in the backyard so she doesn't drive the machos crazy. But once or twice a day, we do a quick trot around the park, and each time, it's a drama.

My attitude was firmly (unquestioningly) American when we first got Lola. I presumed we'd fix her. That was what my parents did with our female beagle in New Jersey when I was a kid. Bridgette didn't seem to mind not having ovaries or pups; nobody I knew in the 40-something years I lived in the U.S. ever complained about having spayed their pets. Neutering your pet is the responsible thing to do in America, where the dog population is more than 66 million. With numbers like that, not-neutering is barely an option; the moral obligation to keep down the pet population has been hard-wired into the national consciousness. It's the right thing to do in countries like the United States, where if people didn't fix their pets, the country would be overrun with strays.

In Peru, however, where there are only about 3.5 million dogs, neutering isn't a tradition. The country's dog problem isn't overpopulation – it's rabies – and so public campaigns about dogs focus on that issue. I suspect that as more Peruvians acquire pets, however, fixing dogs will become more common.

We bought Lola at 3 months from a British man on the Malecon, who came there daily with Lola's mom and her litter of puppies. El Fotografo first spied the mother dog during his morning runs and was impressed at how competently she managed the nine puppies that swarmed around her in the park. Over several weeks, the litter grew smaller until only two pups were left, Lola and her sister. "Peruvians don't want female dogs," the owner explained when we asked about buying a puppy.

I was surprised. "We <em>want</em> a female," I said as EH wrapped the puppy in his arms. That night, we handed over US 0 – the bargain price for a purebred <em>embrita</em> Lab in Peru -- and she was ours.

Our veterinarian, a woman in her late 20s, welcomed our plan to fix Lola, an attitude that's rare among Peruvian vets, I've come to understand.

 'Yes, fixing her is a good idea," she said calmly. "You can do it now or wait."

But other vets we encountered – pet doctors at the groomers, at pet stores – reacted ferociously to the idea.

"It's barbaric!" one vet in Barranco yelled at me. "All the Americans want to operate on their animals. It's not necessary. If you are a responsible pet owner, you keep your dog in the house when she's in heat."

"But," I began, a bit shocked.

"It's horrible, all you Americans cutting off the dogs' testicles and ovaries!" (This lady wouldn't back down an inch.)

I hurriedly paid for the large dog crate I'd come to the store to purchase and raced out of there.

As unpleasant as that encounter was, it got me thinking. Did we have to fix Lola? Might we want a litter of puppies? Freed from the American obligation to fix our dog, and presumably now being committed to keeping her under lock and key during her heat, might it be possible to let Lola keep her options open for a few years?

I let it become a subject for family discussion.

Our verdict: We'd wait until Lola was sexually mature, around 24 months, to see if we wanted to mate her. If the answer was no, we'd fix her. If we wanted puppies, we'd find her a <em>novio</em> (boyfriend) and let her have one litter, then do the operation.

So here we are, EH and EF and I, outfitting Lola with panties and fending off amorous dogs with a walking stick we bought to climb Machu Picchu.

Our backyard is fenced in by concrete walls, two stories high, so other dogs can't get to her that way.

Still, it is a lot of work, more than I realized. Lola is agitated, sometimes defiant and filled with energy. She yanks so hard on the leash it almost tears my arm out of the socket. Then there's the blood, the sad business of her not being able to spend much time in the house. She can't play with her dog friends in the park, she doesn't have much room in the backyard to play fetch. Her normal life is curtailed, a situation that makes her simultaneously more animal and more like a human. She's not a neutered pet; she's a female creature. I feel an empathy with her I didn't feel when she was a puppy.

"We're the girls in the house," I say, putting my face to her silky black muzzle. "We have to stick together."

She looks up at me with her brown eyes, an expressive look that seems to say, "Yeah, you're right."

I know she's not really thinking that, but she lets me hold her for a while.

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<span style="font-size: 9pt; color: #4f81bd;"><strong>Figure 1: Lola at 3 1/2 months, on the Malecon, in Miraflores
</strong></span>

<em>Es hembrita?</em>

That's the first question Peruvians ask me when I'm out walking Lola. It doesn't matter if the person is male or female, young or old, with dog or without. Nine times out of ten, a Peruvian seeing my dog for the first time wants to know if she's a bitch (<em>hembra</em>).

Sometimes, they want to know if she's a little bitch (<em>hembrita</em>).

In contrast, back in the United States the first question people ask is, "What's your dog's name?" From the answer, they usually can infer the animal's sex.

Peruvians get right to the point. <em>Hembra o macho?</em>

It's the verbal equivalent of the butt-sniffing that dogs do when they meet.

I used to be upset by the <em>hembrita</em> question when Lola was a puppy. It struck me as obsessive, Peruvians' ubiquitous need to peg my dog's gender before knowing anything else about her, such as her name or temperament.

Now that Lola is 11 months old and in heat, however, I am beginning to understand Peru's <em>hembra </em>fixation.

In a country where most pets aren't spayed or neutered, a dog's being <em>hembra</em> is a big deal. It matters a lot more than whether the dog's name is "Lola" or "Lucky" or "Pisco." Because most girl dogs here aren't fixed and can get pregnant, anyone who chooses an <em>hembra</em> for a pet is taking on a big responsibility. You either breed your dog and spend months tending to the puppies, or twice a year, when she's in heat, you guard her virginity like a hawk.

That's the situation we're in now. When El Fotógrafo, El Híjo and I take Lola on a walk, we carry a tall stick with which to fend off horny pooches (the Humping Poodle being our No. 1 target). Most of the time, we keep Lola in the backyard so she doesn't drive the machos crazy. But once or twice a day, we do a quick trot around the park, and each time, it's a drama.

My attitude was firmly (unquestioningly) American when we first got Lola. I presumed we'd fix her. That was what my parents did with our female beagle in New Jersey when I was a kid. Bridgette didn't seem to mind not having ovaries or pups; nobody I knew in the 40-something years I lived in the U.S. ever complained about having spayed their pets. Neutering your pet is the responsible thing to do in America, where the dog population is more than 66 million. With numbers like that, not-neutering is barely an option; the moral obligation to keep down the pet population has been hard-wired into the national consciousness. It's the right thing to do in countries like the United States, where if people didn't fix their pets, the country would be overrun with strays.

In Peru, however, where there are only about 3.5 million dogs, neutering isn't a tradition. The country's dog problem isn't overpopulation – it's rabies – and so public campaigns about dogs focus on that issue. I suspect that as more Peruvians acquire pets, however, fixing dogs will become more common.

We bought Lola at 3 months from a British man on the Malecon, who came there daily with Lola's mom and her litter of puppies. El Fotografo first spied the mother dog during his morning runs and was impressed at how competently she managed the nine puppies that swarmed around her in the park. Over several weeks, the litter grew smaller until only two pups were left, Lola and her sister. "Peruvians don't want female dogs," the owner explained when we asked about buying a puppy.

I was surprised. "We <em>want</em> a female," I said as EH wrapped the puppy in his arms. That night, we handed over US $100 – the bargain price for a purebred <em>embrita</em> Lab in Peru -- and she was ours.

Our veterinarian, a woman in her late 20s, welcomed our plan to fix Lola, an attitude that's rare among Peruvian vets, I've come to understand.

 'Yes, fixing her is a good idea," she said calmly. "You can do it now or wait."

But other vets we encountered – pet doctors at the groomers, at pet stores – reacted ferociously to the idea.

"It's barbaric!" one vet in Barranco yelled at me. "All the Americans want to operate on their animals. It's not necessary. If you are a responsible pet owner, you keep your dog in the house when she's in heat."

"But," I began, a bit shocked.

"It's horrible, all you Americans cutting off the dogs' testicles and ovaries!" (This lady wouldn't back down an inch.)

I hurriedly paid for the large dog crate I'd come to the store to purchase and raced out of there.

As unpleasant as that encounter was, it got me thinking. Did we have to fix Lola? Might we want a litter of puppies? Freed from the American obligation to fix our dog, and presumably now being committed to keeping her under lock and key during her heat, might it be possible to let Lola keep her options open for a few years?

I let it become a subject for family discussion.

Our verdict: We'd wait until Lola was sexually mature, around 24 months, to see if we wanted to mate her. If the answer was no, we'd fix her. If we wanted puppies, we'd find her a <em>novio</em> (boyfriend) and let her have one litter, then do the operation.

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Our backyard is fenced in by concrete walls, two stories high, so other dogs can't get to her that way.

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"We're the girls in the house," I say, putting my face to her silky black muzzle. "We have to stick together."

She looks up at me with her brown eyes, an expressive look that seems to say, "Yeah, you're right."

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<p>I let it become a subject for family discussion.</p>
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<p>"We're the girls in the house," I say, putting my face to her silky black muzzle. "We have to stick together."</p>
<p>She looks up at me with her brown eyes, an expressive look that seems to say, "Yeah, you're right."</p>
<p>I know she's not really thinking that, but she lets me hold her for a while.</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[  The come-ons are written in Spanish and taped to a wooden counter by the cash register: " I'm handsome, neat, and my name is Chester. I'm looking for a hot little bitch who's crazy for me!" "I'm playful and loving, with a good character. Searching for a beautiful girlfriend to make a family. (Please [...]


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The come-ons are written in Spanish and taped to a wooden counter by the cash register:
<blockquote>" I'm handsome, neat, and my name is Chester. I'm looking for a hot little bitch who's crazy for me!"

"I'm playful and loving, with a good character. Searching for a beautiful girlfriend to make a family. (Please call my owner's cell phone number.)"</blockquote>
Many include color photos of the <em>machos</em>, like this one for "Diego":
<blockquote>"Hi, my name is Diego and I'm a 4-year-old <em>bombón</em> Lab. I'm searching for a girlfriend. It's already time to think about the future."</blockquote>
 
<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="aligncenter" style="border: black 4px solid;" src="http://americaninlima.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/090808-0042-lookingforl2.jpg" alt="" width="418" height="280" /></p>

El Fotógrafo and I check out the signs each week when we bring Lola in for a grooming at the neighborhood pet store.

Lola's 13 months old now and has just finished her first <a href="http://americaninlima.com/2008/08/07/why-would-someone-in-her-right-mind-buy-denim-panties-for-a-labrador/" target="_blank"><em>celo</em> </a>(heat). That milestone qualifies her as a <em>senorita</em> here in Peru, where few people spay or neuter their dogs.

In other words, she's now ready for us to consider whether any of the available bachelors is right for her.

We plan to mate Lola on her third heat, when she's around two years old. That event is a year away, but, to paraphrase Diego, it's never too soon to start planning.

I've never been in this position before -- checking out prospective boyfriends/studs for my dog.

Like most Americans, I've always had pets that were fixed, dogs and cats alike. Having an "intact" female is new territory for me. It entrails more work and more worry, but it also deepens my emotional connection with Lola, as I described in "<a href="http://americaninlima.com/2008/08/09/es-hembrita/" target="_blank">Es Hembrita</a>?"

My dog deserves the best. That especially goes for her future <em>novio</em>.

El Fotógrafo and El Híjo agree with me.

That perspective subtly changes what happens when we're out with Lola – say, walking her in the park or meeting new dogs.

For instance, we'll see a good-looking chocolate Lab and its owner walking by Parque Tradiciones, and both Lola and I will perk up:

Another dog to play with, Lola thinks.

Hmmm, wonder if it's male? I'm thinking.

Then, after a quick check between the legs, Could this be the one?

The habit of scouting for a future father of Lola's puppies is becoming so engrained, EF and I do it even when Lola's not with us.

EF had a meeting at the Marriott Hotel by the Miraflores Malecon, last week, and before parking the car, he was asked to pull over to have it checked for bombs. (Security in Lima is tight these days, due to APEC.)

The guard brought over a dog to sniff the trunk, and Jorge went on Lola Alert.

It was a beautiful five-year-old black field Labrador, with a glossy coat and a sweet disposition.

"He's really smart," the guard added.

"Hey, I might have found a match for Lola," EF told me later.

The idea tempting: Lola and the Gentle Bomb-sniffing Lab. What a pair.

In the meantime, we keep looking.

I have a mind to make up a sign for Lola, to hang in the pet store when she's ready to get serious:
<blockquote>"Two-year-old black Lab with a big butt and a heart of gold seeks fun-loving, healthy male Lab for discreet encounters. Must love long romps in the park, playing fetch and swimming at El Silencio. Up to date with shots, worm medicines, no fleas.

Ready for fatherhood? Let's fall in puppy love."</blockquote>
For a serious dose of cuteness, check out this YouTube video of Lab puppies taking a siesta:

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		<description><![CDATA[[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="265" caption="null"][/caption] Figure 1: Lola at 3 1/2 months, on the Malecon, in Miraflores Es hembrita? That's the first question Peruvians ask me when I'm out walking Lola. It doesn't matter if the person is male or female, young or old, with dog or without. Nine times out of ten, a Peruvian [...]


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<span style="font-size: 9pt; color: #4f81bd;"><strong>Figure 1: Lola at 3 1/2 months, on the Malecon, in Miraflores
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<em>Es hembrita?</em>

That's the first question Peruvians ask me when I'm out walking Lola. It doesn't matter if the person is male or female, young or old, with dog or without. Nine times out of ten, a Peruvian seeing my dog for the first time wants to know if she's a bitch (<em>hembra</em>).

Sometimes, they want to know if she's a little bitch (<em>hembrita</em>).

In contrast, back in the United States the first question people ask is, "What's your dog's name?" From the answer, they usually can infer the animal's sex.

Peruvians get right to the point. <em>Hembra o macho?</em>

It's the verbal equivalent of the butt-sniffing that dogs do when they meet.

I used to be upset by the <em>hembrita</em> question when Lola was a puppy. It struck me as obsessive, Peruvians' ubiquitous need to peg my dog's gender before knowing anything else about her, such as her name or temperament.

Now that Lola is 11 months old and in heat, however, I am beginning to understand Peru's <em>hembra </em>fixation.

In a country where most pets aren't spayed or neutered, a dog's being <em>hembra</em> is a big deal. It matters a lot more than whether the dog's name is "Lola" or "Lucky" or "Pisco." Because most girl dogs here aren't fixed and can get pregnant, anyone who chooses an <em>hembra</em> for a pet is taking on a big responsibility. You either breed your dog and spend months tending to the puppies, or twice a year, when she's in heat, you guard her virginity like a hawk.

That's the situation we're in now. When El Fotógrafo, El Híjo and I take Lola on a walk, we carry a tall stick with which to fend off horny pooches (the Humping Poodle being our No. 1 target). Most of the time, we keep Lola in the backyard so she doesn't drive the machos crazy. But once or twice a day, we do a quick trot around the park, and each time, it's a drama.

My attitude was firmly (unquestioningly) American when we first got Lola. I presumed we'd fix her. That was what my parents did with our female beagle in New Jersey when I was a kid. Bridgette didn't seem to mind not having ovaries or pups; nobody I knew in the 40-something years I lived in the U.S. ever complained about having spayed their pets. Neutering your pet is the responsible thing to do in America, where the dog population is more than 66 million. With numbers like that, not-neutering is barely an option; the moral obligation to keep down the pet population has been hard-wired into the national consciousness. It's the right thing to do in countries like the United States, where if people didn't fix their pets, the country would be overrun with strays.

In Peru, however, where there are only about 3.5 million dogs, neutering isn't a tradition. The country's dog problem isn't overpopulation – it's rabies – and so public campaigns about dogs focus on that issue. I suspect that as more Peruvians acquire pets, however, fixing dogs will become more common.

We bought Lola at 3 months from a British man on the Malecon, who came there daily with Lola's mom and her litter of puppies. El Fotografo first spied the mother dog during his morning runs and was impressed at how competently she managed the nine puppies that swarmed around her in the park. Over several weeks, the litter grew smaller until only two pups were left, Lola and her sister. "Peruvians don't want female dogs," the owner explained when we asked about buying a puppy.

I was surprised. "We <em>want</em> a female," I said as EH wrapped the puppy in his arms. That night, we handed over US 0 – the bargain price for a purebred <em>embrita</em> Lab in Peru -- and she was ours.

Our veterinarian, a woman in her late 20s, welcomed our plan to fix Lola, an attitude that's rare among Peruvian vets, I've come to understand.

 'Yes, fixing her is a good idea," she said calmly. "You can do it now or wait."

But other vets we encountered – pet doctors at the groomers, at pet stores – reacted ferociously to the idea.

"It's barbaric!" one vet in Barranco yelled at me. "All the Americans want to operate on their animals. It's not necessary. If you are a responsible pet owner, you keep your dog in the house when she's in heat."

"But," I began, a bit shocked.

"It's horrible, all you Americans cutting off the dogs' testicles and ovaries!" (This lady wouldn't back down an inch.)

I hurriedly paid for the large dog crate I'd come to the store to purchase and raced out of there.

As unpleasant as that encounter was, it got me thinking. Did we have to fix Lola? Might we want a litter of puppies? Freed from the American obligation to fix our dog, and presumably now being committed to keeping her under lock and key during her heat, might it be possible to let Lola keep her options open for a few years?

I let it become a subject for family discussion.

Our verdict: We'd wait until Lola was sexually mature, around 24 months, to see if we wanted to mate her. If the answer was no, we'd fix her. If we wanted puppies, we'd find her a <em>novio</em> (boyfriend) and let her have one litter, then do the operation.

So here we are, EH and EF and I, outfitting Lola with panties and fending off amorous dogs with a walking stick we bought to climb Machu Picchu.

Our backyard is fenced in by concrete walls, two stories high, so other dogs can't get to her that way.

Still, it is a lot of work, more than I realized. Lola is agitated, sometimes defiant and filled with energy. She yanks so hard on the leash it almost tears my arm out of the socket. Then there's the blood, the sad business of her not being able to spend much time in the house. She can't play with her dog friends in the park, she doesn't have much room in the backyard to play fetch. Her normal life is curtailed, a situation that makes her simultaneously more animal and more like a human. She's not a neutered pet; she's a female creature. I feel an empathy with her I didn't feel when she was a puppy.

"We're the girls in the house," I say, putting my face to her silky black muzzle. "We have to stick together."

She looks up at me with her brown eyes, an expressive look that seems to say, "Yeah, you're right."

I know she's not really thinking that, but she lets me hold her for a while.

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I can't. Not today. It's a saga.

I'll just post the image and explain later. It does have something to do with attitudes toward pets in Peru.

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