The mean streets of Dubai … for dogs

Susan Robertson
11 min readJan 11, 2019

I lived in Dubai from November of 2016 to March of 2018 and while I was there I finally adopted a dog. I’d been wanting to for decades literally but never felt that I had a stable enough personal situation to do it. But there I was in a decent job and making good money, and I decided to go for it.

I ended up with three dogs in three months instead of the one with which I started. There’s a story there about what it’s like to be a dog in the UAE, and what it’s like to own a dog there. It explains how I ended up with three dogs instead of the one I started with.

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Susan Robertson

Susan is an economist who worked in international development. Interested in food, board games, dogs, and development. Writing about whatever I feel like.