Baavgai (Pronounced Bah Gwah and translated to bear), our adult male Bankhar, escaped the other day making for a long, cold, unproductive day. He is incredibly nice and relaxed dog with a menacing bark, and is too smart for his own good. He returned, as he usually does, because he knows home is where the food is. Anyway, we left Gachuurt, and like always, we are fighting the most illogical, stupid, and obnoxious drivers during our commute back to UB. I can't express how frustrating the drivers are here. Some suspect that their habits stem from the fact that many people grew up in the country and the city life, and driving, is entirely new to them. Now like always, Doug and I are feeling genuinely hungry, so we jump in some random mystery Mongel food joint and order who knows what because I can't  read Mongolian. That's my own fault. Well I got some tasty noodles and potato salad. Then, as we are eating, Mr. Drunken Fat Guy strolls in and loiters around our table and begins to watch us eat. Then he walks away... Then comes back and stares at everything again. And at this point Doug had finished his Ramen noodles but had some tasty orange broth leftover. So this guy, without saying a word, helps himself to Doug's broth. I'm trying seriously hard to stifle laughter and end up giving him my potatoes. After that he tried to sell us bus tickets so we left.

This week was great, but also shitty. So, I suppose, that's why, in the end it was great. A frustrating week for sure but not boring in the least. Today we tried to introduce the next mother and her pups to sheep but of course mom decided she wanted to eat the sheep and began chasing them. She managed to chomp down on the sheep's lard tail and I had to wrestle her off the thing. So, that was a big failure because her puppies need to love and caress the sheep. Most likely  this mother never grew up around livestock, like we suspect our other mother dogs did. On the bright side the other "drunk" caretaker bought Doug a Redbull, showed us some Tibetan mastiffs, and has been a genuinely cool guy this past week.

The mighty Baavgai...

Red Scarf (mother) and half her litter. Pups are around 7 weeks old here.

Annnnnnd this kid, who shows up now and again. Still don't know his name but he's the man.