Morane: Two interesting incidents with regards to dogs owned by westerners that took place with me:
Incident 1: One morning I found my boss a westerner, in an exceptionally excellent mood. On quietly enquiring from my colleagues the reason behind the boss' exceptional good mood, I got to learn that his dog was arriving that day from abroad! A company's driver with a car was on kept on standby. The driver was sent to the airport an hour before the plane's landing. Finally, when the boss got the confirmation the dog had arrived "home", he took the rest of the day off to be with his dog.
Incident 2: Several months back, I was waiting on the roadside for someone. This was just opposite Villaggio. A car came and stopped near me. The Bangladeshi driver had been searching for a particular veterinary clinic in that area for quiet sometime. I knew its location and I tried to guide him. He begged me come along with him and promised he would drop me back once he saw the location. The car had a dog sitting on the back seat. He assured me the dog would not react if I sat in the car. While accompanying him to the veterinary clinic, the driver was using bad words against his western boss. On my asking, he told me that the westerner boss does not pay him a single riyal extra for his overtime work, but had given him QR 1000 just to get his dog vaccinated!
You have been very nice to advise of the difficulties that would be faced in getting a dog to Qatar from the west plus the extremely hot weather of Qatar. But possibly you may not be aware that in the west, dogs are more valuable than humans. And then when fat paychecks come down the way each month here, why should they not think of bringing in their pets to Qatar? They have the means and money, don't they?
Morane: Two interesting incidents with regards to dogs owned by westerners that took place with me:
Incident 1: One morning I found my boss a westerner, in an exceptionally excellent mood. On quietly enquiring from my colleagues the reason behind the boss' exceptional good mood, I got to learn that his dog was arriving that day from abroad! A company's driver with a car was on kept on standby. The driver was sent to the airport an hour before the plane's landing. Finally, when the boss got the confirmation the dog had arrived "home", he took the rest of the day off to be with his dog.
Incident 2: Several months back, I was waiting on the roadside for someone. This was just opposite Villaggio. A car came and stopped near me. The Bangladeshi driver had been searching for a particular veterinary clinic in that area for quiet sometime. I knew its location and I tried to guide him. He begged me come along with him and promised he would drop me back once he saw the location. The car had a dog sitting on the back seat. He assured me the dog would not react if I sat in the car. While accompanying him to the veterinary clinic, the driver was using bad words against his western boss. On my asking, he told me that the westerner boss does not pay him a single riyal extra for his overtime work, but had given him QR 1000 just to get his dog vaccinated!
You have been very nice to advise of the difficulties that would be faced in getting a dog to Qatar from the west plus the extremely hot weather of Qatar. But possibly you may not be aware that in the west, dogs are more valuable than humans. And then when fat paychecks come down the way each month here, why should they not think of bringing in their pets to Qatar? They have the means and money, don't they?