THE THREE HOSPICE PUPPIES

Normally we do not accept puppies at the hospice. We are not a shelter, we are a sanctuary for senior dogs. It can be very stressful for older dogs to have puppies playing and yapping all day long.
But, these three were being found on the NAVY Base and were going to be caught and handed to the shelters. And we know how these shelters operates.

Two, we have found home to, but the brown black, she is still waiting for your warm arms.

MY ITALIAN JOURNEY PART 2

After a great day in the shelter near Caserta, Martina, Olivia and I drove

home. As with every other day, we stopped by to feed The Mother of all the puppies by the church in Castle Volturno. 
We were very tired after a long day of working in the shelter, but decided we had to stop and feed them. And what a lucky decision! 

One of the puppies' head was stuck in an empty foodcan, totally exhausted and dizzy. We got his head out and could make sure he wasn't cut or wounded. 
We de-wormed them all; mother Bobby, puppies, and sister Chicca, and gave them plenty of food. The place was full of trash,and we tried to clean up a little. 

We found two puppies that had beenkilled, probably by other strays. But it made us concerned, we didn't want any other puppies to be killed. We had to move them quickly! 
Also pushing us was that mother Bobby was old and tired, and needed to have a break. Another big factor, was that other area puppies had gotten out, were killed by the cars on the busy street next to them.

The next morning we picked the puppies up, seven cuties. 

We started to wonder if the puppies were from two litters.  We drove to the hospice and Lori Garcia was there and helped us to make one room into a "nursery room" for the seven bundles of joy.


Dr. Vittorio came over on an Italian holiday, and helped us with examination and vaccination of all the puppies, and even some of our other associates:Valerie's rescue dog, and Chiarra's boyfriend's rescue dog. It sure was one hot, buzzy, busy day.

The next day we had a wonderful lady named Julia Johnson helping us to foster five of the puppies while two stayed for observation at the hospice: Tiny and Marlene. 

Tiny was the smallest and skinniest, he was very low and mellow, so he had to get extra puppy milk. Marlene was shy and we wanted him to grow and glow, and so they both did.

All puppies are now adopted and doing wonderfully.

 THAT'S AMORE!

MOTHER SETTER WITH HER TWO PUPPIES

Two wonderful volunteers, Ivan and Fede found mother with her two puppies. They are searching for good loving homes. AWL made sure they are de wormed and healthy, and vaccinated.
If you want to adopt please contact us awlrescueteam@gmail.com

That's Amore help.

PREGNANT MOM BEGING FOR HELP

This is momma Dog! She is "very" pregnant and will have any days now. She is a stray no where to go, no arms to be folded into. Instead she is on the streets, ice cold and everyone is kicking her away.

AWL got her a wood dog house for now, some blankets and food. She is in a "kind off" safe place outside in a parking place. Its not on the busy streets.

She is so loving and warm, and only want to please you. AWL would be so enormous happy if you could lend us your yard, or garage until the puppies are 8 weeks and we can adopt them away. We will pay for medical treatment, food, blankets and stay in touch with you every day to know how our babies are doing. Please don't let them freeze to death. That's Cold Amore.

UPDATE ON THE GREAT DANES-ALANO FAMILGIA

Here's Trevor.....

We still have mom and dad Great Dane that we rescued 2 months ago with 8 puppies. We have 4 puppies remaining, Cindy & Morgana (F), and Trevor & Stewart (M). A Great Dane rescue organization in Italy is going to help us to adopt away the puppies (born 30 July) to great families. Momma and Daddy will hopefully go to Spain together, (we need sponsors for that trip). A great home is awaiting them there.

Hilly Billy's from the country side....Me and Stewart!

Cindy....

Cindy surprise! Out for a stroll...

Our sweet Morgana.....

And momma dog, Lady, who we drove to Lega Pro to have sterilized. Thank you to Pio for helping me lift 60 kg of dog into my SUV.

THREE GERMAN SHEPHERD MIX RESIDENTS OF THE HOSPICE

Having puppies is not easy but kind of fun. AWL got a phone call about 6 puppies 4 weeks old pushed down into a bucket and pushed into an American Park. 2 got adopted by the Italian guards, one by an American girl, and me, I am "fostering" 3 of them at the hospice.

I am more of an "oldy lover," puppies are not really my thing. But my opinion doesn't help them, and they needed help. They are now 7-8 weeks old and sweeter than sweet roaming around peeing and pooping everywhere, and then they slide in it. Eating like small little pigs, but gosh it is so sweet to see them sleep so safe together, on top of each other.

The hospice is a place they can be safe, and grow up until someone adopts them.

It was time for their vaccinations and off to Dr. Damiani we went. They really were good, taking their shots like little troopers. They are 2 girls and 1 boy.

But little Gracie had to stay for a biopsy. She has some skin defects that we don't know what it is. On her back paw was a huge blister that hurt her, and still no fur on her back tail. It looks like a rat tail. I went out in the car and got a stuffed animal for her so she has a roommate at the clinic.

I hope Gracie you will soon be back at the hospice, sleeping in your dog bed that Aunt Tracey sent to you all the way from America.

That's Amore!

A NEW LIFE STARTS

Adorable puppies, rescued by Martina and Pio. AWL visited them and they are so sweet.

Found down by the railroad near the dog catchers shelters and brought to veterinarian

They were so full of parasites that it took hours to remove them. Now, clean and shiny and up for a nice warm forever home.

LOVELY AMORE DAY

Marie (UK) had told me about the puppies in Lago Patria and today I went with her to have a look at them and feed them. To my wonderful surprise their mother is the one I fed in Varcaturo for 2 years and then she disappeared. Happy to see she was doing well--and her puppies!

Then we drove to the NEX warehouse on Base to collect some dog food donations and cat food too. The cat food I gave to Lynn (UK) who is the Varcaturo cat lady. And the dog food we will drive to a new shelter this up coming Saturday.

(AWL Sweden left Italy on a bus to Sweden yesterday--what an adventure! Thank you for everything)

SHELTER IN NEED OF BIG HELP

Last Saturday we were only a few people going out to the Shelter. Jerry, Richard, Drew and Todd were going to work on the building project. Jackie had the puppy section and I was meeting up with the veterinarian as well as making some mental tests on a couple of dogs that are to be adopted. Lindy was assisting with her calm and natural way. I have been keeping my eye on her for some time and she is a natural, gifted dog person. A non drama person, if she has any problems you can not notice it and that is what is a big asset to working with animal psychology.

We had some bad luck to begin with. Our tire exploded on the highway and no spare tire (its already on) but fantastic friends helped us. Thank you Ethan for your help with Todd despite that you were sick, and to Jackie and the above guy crew that came and picked up Olivia and I, and all our things. But can you believe it? Five minutes down the road, Jackie gets a flat tire!! I started to giggle, not the right time but it started to get totally hysteric. The guys were behind us, so heroiclly they changed out the flat in 6 minutes. Many hours later than planned, we finally entered the shelter. We were lucky with the weather at least: sunshine.

The shelter was like a war-zone with dogs everywere, so many puppies and sickness and sickness. They had found a little dog that nearly couldn't walk, just skin and bones, his penis hanging out full of blisters, swollen and horrible. Blood in many dogs' stools.

I dragged the veterinarian with me and pointed at dogs everywere: this one, sick; that one is freezing to death. This veterinarian is very sweet and dear but she is too expensive for our foundation, we can not help many dogs at her prices with our resources. This shelter is also well away from our location and our veterinarians . Without our own rehab clinic we have no place to keep the dogs until Monday morning. When we get the clinic we will be able to drive them there on Saturday; treat and safeguard them and keep them warm, then drive them to our vets on Monday.

While at the shelter, I took a walk and nearly tripped over a curled-up English Setter, just skin and bones and with her right eye poked out. She screamed when I put the collar/leash on her. I sat and talked to her for some minutes and Olivia, my mission girl, did a good job comforting her too.

After a while did she follow us to the shelter and we fed her with some hot dogs. What a sweet heart, so gentle and polite and of course no microchip.

Saturday I am returning to pick her up. The shelter is full and I am praying to the Universe and bugging my real estate agent to hurry up and get our clinic as soon as possible. So many dogs are dying and suffering.

Please help us with donations or care packages!

LAST SATURDAY MISSION IN RAIN

But that didn't stop us--well some. The puppies are growing so fast and are now learning to eat by themselves.

But a little drink now and then doesn't hurt. Jackie out great volunteer made sure that everything is clean blankets and their little house.

It is not a glamorous job, picking poop after 85 dogs....Brandy did a great job!

Pio an Italian volunteer is at the shelter every Saturday, early morning until late afternoon. Him and Martina (another IT great volunteer) are fantastic.

Todd found the other puppies that were abandoned in a church.

It was a lot of Amore in the rain. Thank you AWL volunteers; Jackie, Lindy, Eric, Todd, Mark, Brandy, Mia, Kristin.

DONATIONS AND HELP

Now you can donate every month from your account. Look at the right hand side on this blog, and decide how much you want to donate every month from your account. The buttons "subscribe" Thank you for helping us keeping the dogs healthy!

Today AWL got help from two wonderful girls. Olivia 4 year-old and Jackie (always very young and blossom) At the shelter they cleaned out for the puppies and put in new clean blankets. Then they de-wormed all the puppies so they will be stronger and healthier. Amore girls, thank you!

PUPPY DAY YESTERDAY

This puppy got a home today, she will stay with Ben and his wife in a safe home.

This is a wonderful mother that was dumped alone and pregnant, she is taking good care of her 3 day old pupps. She stays at the shelter now, but would like to have a permanent home.

She is a very good mother!

This fuzzball would like to chew on your fingers and play with your feet. Needs a home ASAP

In you I trust!

Thank you everyone for your donations so we can still work with the shelter with our spay and neuter project. Shelter and Killing will not reduce the problem, AWL pays for the spay and neuter surgery.

What A Surprise

Remember this picture? Last time we helped clean Rossella Shelter, we all fell in love with the dog Fiora. She was so different from the others, we could tell right away; so loving and used to humans. We found out she had been abandoned by her former English family, left in their empty apartment together with her brother.

Well, to every one's surprise, she had been pregnant, and when we showed up to clean the shelter yesterday, she had had these beautiful pups. And we can tell you she is a wonderful mother. She is having her peace in a small building at the shelter were she can nurse kind of in peace and quiet. Do I need to say "They are up for adoption?"

Fiora and her puppies are proof that there is amore in the world.