Thinking of the dog shelter, I’m happy to say that the Spazmutt is doing well. I think my landlady is starting to slightly warm up to him after all this time although the daughter of the family is still absolutely terrified and seems to think that his only goal in life is to eat her. It’s interesting how there seems to be a culture of fear in regards to dogs in Kosovo. The other day when walking Smokey several of the neighborhood boys wanted to come pet Smokey but one of the adults on the street was very stern in telling them no and that the dogs are bad. Funnily enough a few of the girls in the neighborhood had just finished petting him a little ways up the road. But I think in walking Smokey on the street and letting the kids pet him (of which he is very patient to the point of letting some of them pull and play with his tail) has helped in dispelling some of the fear that the adults seem to have difficulty conquering and imbed in the children in regards to animals.
A week or so ago, someone contacted me about finding a good hairdresser. After having some truly horrifying and artistically interesting haircuts in Pristina, I managed to find a very good hairdresser in the Ulpiana area. For information and telephone numbers for some of the hairdressers and beauty salons, visit my Kosovo Tips page
MTCowgirl’s Kosovo News
- NATO presses forward with troop reduction despite unrest
- Hackers break into official EULEX website
- Kosovo to lobby for recognitions at UN General Assembly
- Kosovo honors missing persons
- EULEX increases presence in North following clashes between Albanians & Serbs
- Thaci: Level of education never higher
- Kosovo parliament to review EULEX mission
- World Bank writes off part of Kosovo debt
- Kosovo is restless again
- Kosovo’s burning
- Diplomat: EULEX protocols are damaging to Kosovo
- Drunk & disorderly KFOR soldiers sacked
