First Dutch rep Jolien found a dog in a very bad condition in the Skala Potamia area. It was skinny, had infected eyes and wounds on her ears. She contacted ACT and was so kind to take the dog to vet Dina in Limenas. Dina was shocked by the state of the dog and also it had hundreds and hundreds of fleas. It was so bad she even had to bath her. Furthermore a speed test showed that the poor dog has Leishmaniasis as well. Besides flea/worm treatment and antibiotics, she was immediately put on Zylapour tablets. When the lab results came we were relieved that all values were normal, but the Leishmania titter was very high. Good news was that we can start giving her Milteforan. A very expensive medicine, but it has to be done. She is a young dog, so let's hope she recovers soon.
Xara, as we named her, can stay for the time being with Jolien until we found a place for her to stay.
Second Jackie was asked for help by a Greek man in Theologos. He had 2 dogs to "guard" his chickens, but he couldn't afford to have 2 dogs anymore. We discussed with him that we could take the dog, if he was willing to contribute a little money towards our costs. Thus happened and we took the little, one year young setter to the vet for a check. He was skinny and had lice (probably from the chickens), but thank goodness the Leishmania test was negative. After the usual flea and worm treatment we brought him to our enclosure. After some time with good food, he will get his first vaccinations and will be castrated. We named him Woody.
A while ago a stray mother dog with puppies in Skala Marion was reported. People were trying to catch them, but that wasn’t so easy because they were quite scared.
Then suddenly a call: 3 of the puppies were caught! Jackie had already prepared her "puppy beds" and picked them up at vet Nikos. Two days later another 4 were caught. They are about 2-3 months old and their name will start with a Y. We will give Jackie some time to think of 7 nice names ;-)
So we are talking about huge vet bills again for medicines, vaccinations, castrations, microchips etc. It is clear that we would be very pleased with any donation, big or small.
With all these new dogs all our foster homes and the enclosure are totally packed.
Hopefully we won't get any more emergencies, because we won't be able to help them unless we expand…
Xara, as we named her, can stay for the time being with Jolien until we found a place for her to stay.
Second Jackie was asked for help by a Greek man in Theologos. He had 2 dogs to "guard" his chickens, but he couldn't afford to have 2 dogs anymore. We discussed with him that we could take the dog, if he was willing to contribute a little money towards our costs. Thus happened and we took the little, one year young setter to the vet for a check. He was skinny and had lice (probably from the chickens), but thank goodness the Leishmania test was negative. After the usual flea and worm treatment we brought him to our enclosure. After some time with good food, he will get his first vaccinations and will be castrated. We named him Woody.
A while ago a stray mother dog with puppies in Skala Marion was reported. People were trying to catch them, but that wasn’t so easy because they were quite scared.
Then suddenly a call: 3 of the puppies were caught! Jackie had already prepared her "puppy beds" and picked them up at vet Nikos. Two days later another 4 were caught. They are about 2-3 months old and their name will start with a Y. We will give Jackie some time to think of 7 nice names ;-)
So we are talking about huge vet bills again for medicines, vaccinations, castrations, microchips etc. It is clear that we would be very pleased with any donation, big or small.
With all these new dogs all our foster homes and the enclosure are totally packed.
Hopefully we won't get any more emergencies, because we won't be able to help them unless we expand…
