Another volunteer day organized by Escapees. This was at a dog rescue and boy was our job hard – we had to play with dogs!

Most of the dogs here have been rescued from the street and are very skittish around people. We found 4 dogs that appeared to be from the same litter and spent about an hour trying to get them to trust us.

When we first got there they wouldn’t come anywhere near us, by the time we left they were eating treats from our hand, but still didn’t want to be petted.

Sadly, there are a lot of stray dogs in Mexico. Barb’s Dog Rescue generally shelters about 400 at a time. On a happy note, many of them are eventually adopted, often by families in the US!

Our group donated a large amount of food for the pups as well as cash donations. If you’d like to consider donating, they are a US recognised 501(c)(3) charity.