The animals of Banana Azul
I think they deserve their own post. They definitely enhanced our stay at Banana Azul…they were all so sweet and their presence made us feel more secure. Here they are…
Rosa – she’s like a female version of our dog Fritz. She’s still a young dog (around 1 or 2, they aren’t sure) and loves to play and run and absolutely loves attention. I fell in love with her immediately!
Sheba – she’s older, but still puts up with Rosa’s puppy ways. I loved watching them play…Rosa would bite at and tease Sheba until she played with her. Sheba is also a total sweetheart and loves affection.
Colonie (not sure on the spelling) – he is such a great dog. He is a Rottie, so he is temporarily fenced-in. People are fearful of Rotties and Colin is afraid that someone would kill Colonie if he was out like the other dogs. James and I took Colonie for 2 walks on the beach. He was HILARIOUS. He ran straight into the water and would lay down like he was at home. When he felt a wave coming, he stood up before it got to him. I threw sticks for him for a bit, but he got too excited. An overly-excited Rottie is a big dog to handle, so we then stuck with just walking and playing in the water. Colonie and Rosa also chased each other up and down the beach on our second walk. That was one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen in my life. 🙂 Roberto and Colin will soon have a wooden fence around the property, so Colonie will be able to run with the other dogs without fear. 🙂 I love that big meat head.
Benji – He reminded us a bit of Cain (I think it’s the eyes). Benji spent a lot of time exactly like this – staring at the cats. We observed Benji staring at the cats, who were staring at the fish in the turtle pond. It was pretty funny. We heard a bit of a scuffle, a dog yelp, and a cat run through the patio…we’re not really sure what happened, but we think Benji got to one of the cats who whooped his ass.
The cats. They are still kittens and were always into something. If you know my husband, you know he is a total dog person and doesn’t really like cats. I think these two knew that, because they were always climbing on his book, curling up on his lap, or playing around him.
Manchas (‘spots’)
Macha (‘blond’)
There were more dogs…Bonnie was an old dog who belonged to a dear friend of Roberto and Colin. She passed away from cancer and Colin promised to keep the dogs together and find them good homes. He said he had to split them up, but they wouldn’t have it…they kept going back to their house and would cry and cry…so they adopted Colin and Roberto. 🙂 Pinky is yet another dog who lives with Benji but was a little skittish, so I didn’t see her much or get too close to her.
The animals at Banana Azul are wonderful…they may be some of the happiest dogs I’ve ever seen. 🙂
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[…] After another lovely breakfast, James and I decided to take Colonie for a walk. You can read more about Colonie here. We walked pretty far down the beautiful beach and watched Colonie romp in the water, lay down in the water, sit in the water, roll in the sand, and just run around. He was so happy to be on the beach, and I know he will be so happy once the fence is finished around the property. Andrea came by and said that someone pointed out a three-toed sloth to them, so we ran down the road to check it out. Sure enough, a sloth with a baby was slowly climbing up a tree. Jay had binoculars so we were able to get a better look at her, and it was very interesting. Sloths are such crazy creatures…seeing one like that was insane. […]