Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Giove -- Update

Finally, finally we are getting to give Giove a wonderful life, he so deserves it.
You remember Giove from the terrible shelter. Ylva took a picture that a wonderful couple in Sweden saw and fell in love with him. They fell so much on love that they adopted him and this was back in February! He was transported to another shelter, not as bad as the other one, but not very nice either. Paper work is a nightmare here and the change of microchip took a long time so we could start with all the blood tests. We transferred Giove to one veterinarian clinic in quarantine, tests and a hernia surgery, de-worming and de-worming and gosh everything.

We have paid, me and my husband, 700 euro for his treatment and lodging. And then the trip for him is not included. This is one reason why Sweden gets a lot of sickness and problem dogs since adopting a healthy dog is expensive and no organization can afford to spend up to 1000 euro per dog on many cases.

Today, me and my children picked him up and he was so sweet in the car, sitting looking out through the back windows. He was a good gentleman when walking into my yard and 6 dogs greeted him sniffing him very carefully and he stood absolutely still and wagged his tail.


Right now he is outside laying in his first grass ever, together with his former "terrible shelter" friends wondering...what is this green stuff?

Tuesday, August 4, 2009

Up For Adoption




David and Ida seem to be his first human contacts and he's gone from being very worried to being really quite happy. He's quiet (hardly makes a sound!), and is learning how to play. As you can imagine he was covered in fleas when he was found, and although they are now all gone there are areas on his body where the fur is a little thin due to scratching - these will no doubt be properly fur covered soon. The vet has tested him for ear parasite and mange, both negative. He seems really quite healthy, and we've been asked to take him back to the vets in a week's time for his inoculations.


He was rescued by David, found in the storm drain.


Small Medium size dog

Monday, August 3, 2009

More Amore Doggie Walk

Andreas from Germany took one of the dogs outside. You can see how both are enjoying the time and view.
There are all sizes, this dog is "SquarePants", so much to love.

One of the lucky puppies that got Amore from Cheryl.
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Sunday, August 2, 2009

Dog Walking

What a fantastic surprise, so many volunteers in my garden! A short briefing before driving to the shelter.
Handicapped dogs got to enjoy the life outside the cage too.
The young volunteers played and made so many rescue dogs happy and also surprised, with all the amore.



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A Young Volunteers Dog Walking Day

"Animals Without Limits: young volunteer dog-walker" by AnimalsWithoutLimits on audioboo.fm








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Saturday, August 1, 2009

Dog Walking Mission Success!


Big AWL thanks to every one of the approximately 70 people who showed up to walk the shelter dogs on Saturday, 1 August. What an amazing turnout! We I know the dogs really appreciated the exercise, attention and affection you all provided.

More information, follow up and pictures later. Just a super dog~human day.

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