Welcome to Pet Talk! You sound like one of us; you will fit right in I am also heartbroken over the stray issue. I never see strays in my little town, but there were a lot when I visited Spain in April. I was soo sad, and managed to sneak them food whenever I could. I had one who followed me around, a big beautiful husky with one brown eye, one blue. We called him Pedro, and he was a sweetie. When we said "sientate" (sit, in Spanish) he did, and we were all amazed