Building the enclosure

Tuesday July 23rd was the Big Day! That was when we constructed the dog enclosure. There were 6 volunteers. Given the high temperatures, we started work at 7 in the morning. Ouch!
As expected, it took quite some time to measure the placement of the holes for the posts, but once those had been drilled everything went ahead really quickly.
It was very hard work on one of the hottest days of the year, but 7 hours and 10 bottles of water later (who would have thought that water could taste so good!) we had a lovely shady and spacious enclosure. Now all that needs to be done is to put gates on. That should be finished within the next day or so, and then half of the new run will be ready for our first canine guest! The other half will be operational once we have built another kennel in it.
So, it was with a great sense of achievement that the volunteers sat back at the end of a long and tiring day, and quenched parched throats with well deserved cold drinks.

The average age of the volunteers who helped out on this occasion is 60+.  It would be nice if some of younger volunteers could lend a hand as well. Every offer of help is always appreciated.

Building materials

Last week we've been very busy with drawing plans for the enclosure for the dogs and figuring out what materials we need to buy.
The final plan was there and Wednesday we went to Rigas in Potos to buy it. Of course we knew that it would cost quite some money, but nevertheless we were shocked when everything was added up! We were very pleased that Giorgos gave us a generous discount, but still we had to pay 500 euro.

Building a good place for the dogs is very important to us, but this leaves us with hardly any money left and on top of that we have one dog to be spayed next week and 2 dogs on transport this month to pay for.
So we would be very very grateful if you could help us. Any donation, big or small, is now very important for the dogs.
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Thank you very much in advance!

A better place for the dogs

For quite a while now we have been using a plot of land where we can put a few dogs temporarily, while they wait to be rehomed. Having that facility has been a huge help, of course, but the problem is that we cannot built any shelters there and the fencing is not secure. Result - the dogs have to be chained. We try to make their living conditions as good as we can. They are on long chains, and we visit and walk them on a regular basis.
However, that situation is certainly not ideal and we have been looking for a solution. Finally, we got lucky!  Jannis Rigatis (who owns Dionysos restaurant in Limenaria) has kindly offered us the use of some of his land where we can build a large kennel, so that the dogs can walk about and have plenty of space. We are so grateful to him for that. It will make the dogs' lives so much better.
First, we have to buy the materials and do the building work! We'll keep you informed about our progress.
Just keep watching this space...