Let Me Introduce You To Jack

Who is Jack? Let me introduce you:

Jack (or full name Jack Daniels LOL) is our new family addition. Many of you who are familiar with Zakynthos will know that the island has a population of stray dogs that have to survive by living on their wits & with the help of the local Zakynthos Animal Welfare volunteers.
I had decided a long time ago that I would like to have my own dog here & when the time was right it would be one of the strays that I would give a home. We look after one of Sia's (the landlady) dogs during the Winter when she is in Switzerland. Towards the end of 2008 Anesti & me took her dog, Chocolate, down to the beach for a good walk & while there we were joined by a group of about 5 strays. One of the strays stayed close to us for much of our walk & was playing with Chocolate. I immediately felt there was something special about this little black dog & something told me I thought he was the one for me. When we returned home after our walk I made up my mind that the next time we were on the beach we would try to 'rescue' him & bring him home. About a week later we were on the beach again & looked for our little friend but he was nowhere to be seen. In fact we didn't see any stary dogs that day & we heard rumours that poison had been put down by some unscupulous people to get rid of the strays. I felt gutted & really wished that I had taken him home the week before, I thought it was the last we had seen of him. A week further on & we were back on the beach & to my great relief he was there. We managed to get him into the car using Chocolate's collar & lead & successfully got him home.
That was on the 16th November 2008 & now he is settled here with us & is a big part of our lives, we just wouldn't be without him now. He is so good & is such a character & as you can see from the photo above, he has made himself at home. We definitely made the right decision in choosing him.