Ingo

With great sadness we had to say goodbye to Ingo last night.

This giant but very friendly pointer was found on the streets last summer in a terrible condition. We treated him for leishmaniasis and although he was getting a bit better, he didn't put on enough weight. New blood tests showed that he was suffering from a blood parasite. After he was treated for that, he seemed getting stronger, which was confirmed by the results of another blood test.

Now that his "room mate" Donald had left, Tanja and Joop decided a week
ago to take Ingo to their house, hoping that more human contact would do him good and help him to fully recover.
Then, after just a few days, he suddenly got weaker, couldn't even stand on his legs sometimes. The vet concluded that he was suffering from severe anemia and heart problems. Even though there was only a small chance, we put him on a drip.

Before we could make the decision for him, he died peacefully last night.
We are comforted by the thought that at least he didn't die alone, but in the company of Tanja who was with him in his last moments.

Kalo taxidi dear Ingo, you are free now.

Jasper

To our great sadness we received the news that one of our dogs, Jasper, died.

In summer 2013 Jasper was wandering around in Skala Potamia and was regularly chased away by tourists (sometimes in a cruel way), seen by Dutch tourists, who brought him to ACT.

Cheerful, boisterous, but very gentle Jasper ...

He found a good home at the Dutch author Gerbrand Bakker, partly living in Amsterdam and partly in the German Eifel. That way, for 2 ½ years Jasper could enjoy the free nature where he could run around, as well as the urban life and the lectures of his owner, where he was always present.

In February Jasper had problems with his health, was blind and had seizures. On March 13, 2016 Gerbrand had to make the difficult decision to let go of Jasper.

Kalo Taxidi (good journey) Jasper, you now have peace.
We wish his owner who must miss him forever, a lot of strength.

The roof of our enclosure is finished

On January 25th we launched this appeal for donations:

https://www.facebook.com/AnimalCareThassos/posts/960044017415378

and in a short time were a whopping € 580 donated, needless to say that we were very pleased.

We had even more luck: we found cheaper, but good quality materials and the DIY market in Potos "Rigas" had given us a discount. So the roof has become not only cheaper, we even have € 230 remaining, which we will certainly use well for the animals (castration, medicines, etc.).

Val and Grant, with a helping hand of Joop, have now built a weatherproof, stable roof. It was a bit tricky work, since the net (which was previously put on the top to provide shadow in the enclosure) had to be removed and also the grid, because otherwise the wooden slats could not be fitted, on which the roof had to be fixed. You can clearly see on the following photos.



All in all a wonderful result that we could not have done without their help.

Yet it is not very warm, so that the dogs can enjoy early morning and late afternoon, the sunlight in the enclosure. In summer, however, when it is very hot in the midday and the sun burns in the truest sense, our dogs now have a wonderful place in the shade. Apart from the fact that the space is not transformed in a muddy place on rainy days.
This is not only nice for the dogs but also for Joop, who now remains dry when he looks after the dogs.

We like to thank you very much for your quick donations and Val, Grant and Joop for the rapid construction of the roof.