People out here won't harm your dog for nothing. Cooper has a big dog, Jack. He is always loose on the streets without a leash and one day he attacked a man. The man feared his life and reacted in self-defense as any "regular human" would. Don't get me wrong...I am not saying that it is ok to harm an animal, but in a case like this, what would you have done??? So to avoid things like this from happening, we ask that pet owners keep their dogs on a leash. For their own safety and for the safety of others. But still this doesn't mean that we walk around the island with a machete in our hands all day just to attack dogs for no reason at all?? What kind of people do you think we are Cooper?? Whackos?? People please don't think of our island as Cooper is portraying it to be. We love animals, hell we have some of our own!! And if you love yours, then you wouldn't leave them behind. We don't have permanent vets on the island, but like I mentioned, they come every 2 weeks. If something should ever happen before that 2 weeks, San Pedro and Belize City are very close by boat. Either way, nothing will happen to your dogs. And about the flea meds not working too good out here; I guess it's because of the humidity and the sand. You just have to give them a bath more often and like Monel mentioned, get them on the heartworm meds. It helps a lot!! Chao!! Oh...and ****Happy Easter**** :-)