GRACIE IS WONDERING ~ WHEN WILL YOU ADOPT ME?

 UP FOR ADOPTION VIA AWL Gracie is a medium sized dog she weighs about 30 lbs. She is about 2 and a half years old. Gracie is up to date on all her shots and she is spayed. She is great with kids and very playful. Gracie is crate trained and house trained. Right now is Gracie  in a foster home and she loves to run but unfortunately the family dont have the space ( apartment) She isn't real keen on stray cats but have been introduced -- lately-- to cats while she was on a leash and she didnt mind. 

She will come with her crate, toys and food. Gracie was rescued from a family that had her in a kennel most of her life/muzzeled. 

She still is not arfaid of her kennel and is not the average "Naples" dog she is easy to train and sweet.

For more information please send us an email "subject Gracie" awlrescueteam@gmail.com

MAX, TO SOON. WE ASK, WHY/

Max! Max! whispers Universe. Time to come home! 
We didn’t want to hear that whisper, NO!! screamed our hearts, but only an empty echo was being heard.

He was loved by many, and made us smile at his goofy way of talking back to you. Yes, he could talk!  

MAX, not even one year old, with a black beautiful fur-coat charmed us all. Even us, who only saw him on a picture.

Yes he could talk. He talked to his foster mom every morning, well every minute he saw her. And she, as a good mom, answered him back with so much love and affection.

An American lady found him.  She thought he was very skinny and brought him to the veterinarian, who de-wormed him. Still he wouldn’t gain any weight, and they also thought he walked funny. He was taken to another veterinarian who said he probably had a neurologic problem. AWL was contacted and the pictures that were sent with a request made Mia’s eyes tear up. He was a young, black male with the saddest yet hopeful eyes.

Mia, our president, was in a hospital at that time, fighting her own fight against a disease.  She would sneak out from treatment to check the email updates.  The American lady had brought him in but couldn’t keep him.  MAX had terrible diarrhea and his rear-end was red, raw and horrible. Mia called down to Italy, to her friend and volunteer Martina. Rambling on, half sobbing, half begging Mia asked Martina to bring MAX in to the hospice.

He came to our hospice and was loved by everyone, some felt so bad for him because he often slipped in his own diarrhea.  Martina and Pio agreed to bring him to their home where they could better monitor him. There was so much love between Martina and MAX, every morning he would speak to her. He loved it, having his own jacket that she bought special for him--and on top of everything getting to lie next to the radiator. He was morning-lazy and didn’t want to go out but Martina smiled and helped him out.

Tests were done, many tests, many different opinions, many different medicines prescribed. Confusion started to fill our hearts and minds.

Martina and Pio fought for him, drove back and forth to the clinic, cried and tried to be brave.

He gained a little weight, and everything began to look positive until MAX started to have small seizures.  He was rushed back to the veterinarian for more medicine. A test to take out fluid from his brain was scheduled, but delayed.  Max got worse and started to suffer really bad seizures.  

At the end the pain to see this Angel suffer was enough. Dr. Vittorio was called to come Martina’s home to have MAX removed from his miseries. The pain inside Martina’s heart was so enormous that she shut the whole world out. Those who don’t know her cannot see anything different, but we who know her, can see the deep pain and scares left in her heart.

MAX will be buried under the tree in their garden, to ever be close, ever remembered, ever loved --- one who left this Earth far too early.

He left many smiles before leaving. It is not difficult to love a dog; the difficulty is to let go when heaven is calling.

Rest in Peace, MAX.  Rest in forever Amore.

HAPPY VALENTINE EVERYONE

Happy Valentine everyone that has their heart on the right side.

AWL Team are wishing you a wonderful loving day. That's Amore!

VALENTINE GIFT FROM KLEBER FAMILY

From Vincent Kleber, in memory came a generous Valentine donation. When Vincent were still together with his family Craig and Tracey, every day was Valentine. That's Amore!

Thank you so much!

BROWN EYESIn early youth I made a vow That if to Cupid I should bow, The one for whom he aimed the dart At my desired, unclaimed heart, Must have brown eyes; large, soft brown eyes. Time came when eyes looked into mine; Large, soft brown eyes that seemed to shine With intellect. Did I succumb? Oh yes! for though the lips were dumb, Those lovely eyes I deemed a prize. Within their depths devotion shone, And as they gazed into my own, They seemed to say, "My love is thine. Please let me know that I have thine." And Oh! I knew his heart was true. My arms his snowy neck entwined, And I rejoiced a love to find So worshipful, so constant, true. How oft they've thrilled me through and through, My collie's wise, large, soft brown eyes! Mrs.S.L.Dempsey

TIGRE OUR CASA DELL'AMORE NONNA HAS LEFT US

 Tigre our old hospice girl couldn’t be saved any longer.

Her soul was stronger than our power to save her body, so we let her go to her other friends across the Rainbow Bridge.

My heart ached together with so many other volunteers; Tigre had been with us for a long time at the hospice Casa dell’Amore. She and her husband Angelo came to our hospice as one off our first clients. We loved this old little Neapolitan woman, strong and powerful as she escorted her blind husband Angelo around their new home. They had never lived inside a house before, at least not that we know. She and Angelo lived together with a pack of stray dogs out in the freedom of the streets of Napoli, they were happy out on the streets together with a man who also lived on the streets. The people saw them every day and it was a normal sight, everything was as it should be. Some people gave them food, some gave them a blanket others gave the man a little money. One day we got a message; the man had become very ill and had to be taken away to the hospital. The pack was left longing after their leader, confused over what had happen. The pack was threatened to be caught and put in one of the horrible shelters. They’d be in cages and be fed once in a while. Some people who didn’t like the dogs threatened to poison them.

We said yes to Tigre and Angelo, welcoming them to their new home at the new hospice.

We smiled when the couple came and were astounded by how Tigre pushed her crusty nose at Angelo’s back legs—left back leg If he had to go to the left—right back legs for him to turn to the right. She guided him around, orienting him to his new environment. After one week he was able to find his way around by himself in the house.  It seemed Tigre considered her job complete, she moved out to the handsome Dicky, another client, and laid close to him very happy.  Angelo didn’t seem to mind the loss of his wife.

Later on Dicky got sick and had to go across the Rainbow Bridge; a couple of months later, it was Angelo’s turn to take that final journey.

Tigre was a strong Neapolitan female that survived (at least) two husbands.  One morning recently, Tigre had a seizure, and she was rushed to the veterinarian clinic where Dr. Damiani performed all the examinations. When the results came back and we had the full understanding of the condition Tigre was in, confused and in pain, we had to let her go. Tigre is now together with all her husbands and she is so missed by many of us, our little Neapolitan with the crusty nose.

Rest in Peace, Our Love.

Thank you to all the volunteers through the time at the hospice who have been there helping and loving.

Martina and Angy, you were at Dr Damiani’s clinic making sure she wasn’t alone, thank you.
Mia adored Tigre and one of her long time friends that meant so much to her. 

And to all you wonderful followers on FB, for your support, love and thoughts ---thank you--- it means the world to us. I know that Tigre would agree on everything I said. She was full of Amore, our Tigre Nonna!

GABY OUR ANGEL FROM NAPOLI NOW SWEDISH HEARTBREAKER

The best "payment" are when we receive pictures from the new owner --  on our former rescue Angels. Gaby is having a wonderful time in Sweden together with her mom and extra mom.

Here she is, Gaby running together with her new Swedish friends. Having a blast.

That's Amore!

GOOD MORNING FROM HOSPICE

Good morning from our two seniors, Mr Edgar Poe and Mrs. Fochetta. They love to snuggle up by the radiator to catch extra heat.

That's Amore!