Dexter

One of the hardest things that we have encountered in our move has been a house with no pets.  We decided that our dog was too old to make the flight over as checked baggage.  We were lucky enough to find a great home for him.  He is probably happier now and has nightmares about us coming back to get him.  We messed up the paperwork for the cat and he is with Anne's parents until January.  

There are a lot of stray dogs and cats around Blagoevgrad.  The city catches dogs, fixes them, places a tag on their ear, and lets them go.  We don't think they do anything about cats and there are more and more every time you look.  We started purchasing dog and cat food to feed all of them.  When we went to Greece a few weeks ago, we noticed that stray cats were also prevalent there.  Anne always made an effort to purchase more food than she needed so she could feed them.  

Stray dog in Blagoevgrad.  If you look closely you can see a tag in his ear.  

Anne feeding the cats in Greece.  

One of the professors noticed that she really needed a cat.  News came from the dormitory that there was a cat that had zero survival skills and was begging for food from the students.  The dorm manager was also concerned that cat would be living in the dorms as soon as it got cold.  The cat was very friendly and was constantly trying to sneak himself inside.  As a result, the dorm manager started to look for a home for this cat.  He learned there was a couple that were in the market.  

That is how we got Dexter.  

He drinks a lot and it makes his eyes sensitive to the light.

He doesn't like noise when he is hung over

He also passes out a lot.  

What he lacks in brains (which is a lot), he makes up for with his personality.