Meet Lobo, one of the more memorable citizens of Bucerias. Lobo passed away over a year ago now, but his spirit lives on. The newly reorganized dog protection group has taken the name "the Lobo Society". Lobo was really a human in dog form. He was completely independent and would stay for a while if you fed him properly and didn't try to place too many restrictions on him. We first met him at Mark's Restaurant (which BTW has the best food not only in Bucerias but in the whole area) where he would wait outside until someone who looked friendly came out and he would follow them home and hopefully they would take pity on him and feed him well with some of the left-overs. Not that he was one of those eager beggars, he had a very non-chalant laid back attitude as if to say, "It's alright if you feed me, I might eat if I feel like it". In the morning he would say good-bye and head off for his daily activities. Lobo was never thin so his strategy seemed to work. Everyone in Bucerias knew him and had stories to tell about his exploits. He even had several names. We knew him as Dolce (which we mis-pronounced as dul-che meaning sweet) for several years until we were told his real name was Lobo.
His favorite activity was playing in the water and he would adopt any family with young children who would play with him in the surf. But his favorite sport was body surfing. He would spend hours in the surf, swimming out to where the waves broke and body surfing a wave into shore. He would then turn around and swim back out to catch another wave. He would do this for hours. Somewhere in dog heaven there is an independent little dog teaching all the other dogs how to surf and really enjoy heaven.
