Friday, 9 April 2021

YACCO (again)


YACCO

Yacco grew up with his siblings at Tanja’s. His siblings were homed and Tanja decided to keep Yacco.

After a few months he started attacking one of her dogs, the “lowest” of her pack. After trying several things nothing improved. So Yacco had to move to our shelter where he stayed separated from the other dogs.

It appeared that he was really very unhappy like this. So we tried to let him in with some of the other dogs. But after 15 minutes walking around he already found “the lowest” dog and attacked him.

We don’t easily give up on an animal, but with Yacco we have reached our limits. What to do?

Keep him in our shelter separated, being unhappy for the rest of his life?

Euthanise him to stop him having an unhappy life? This is really the very last thing we would do to an animal.

Or… look for that needle in the haystack. That one person that says: I will take Yacco, I will save him and do everything possible to give him a good life.

Yacco is not an aggressive dog in general. Only with dogs and then again not with all dogs. He is fine with humans and even with cats.

If you think you are that person, please contact us.


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so we can find Yacco’s needle in the haystack.



Yacco wuchs mit seinen Geschwistern bei Tanja auf. Seine Geschwister wurden vermittelt und Tanja beschloss, Yacco zu behalten.

Nach ein paar Monaten fing er an, einen ihrer Hunde anzugreifen, den „niedrigsten“ ihres Rudels. Nachdem sie einige Dinge ausprobiert hatte, verbesserte sich nichts. Also musste Yacco in unser Tierheim ziehen, wo er von den anderen Hunden getrennt blieb.

Es war klar, dass er so wirklich sehr unglücklich war. Also haben wir versucht, ihn mit einigen der anderen Hunde hereinzulassen. Aber nach 15 Minuten fand er bereits „der niedrigste“ Hund und griff ihn an.


Wir geben ein Tier nicht so einfach auf, aber mit Yacco sind wir an unsere Grenzen gestoßen. Was zu tun?

Ihn in unserem Tierheim getrennt halten und für den Rest seines Lebens unglücklich sein?

Ihn einschläfern, um zu verhindern, dass er ein unglückliches Leben führt? Dies ist wirklich das allerletzte, was wir einem Tier antun würden.

Oder ... suchen nach dieser Stecknadel im Heuhaufen. Diese eine Person, die sagt: Ich werde Yacco nehmen, ich werde ihn retten und alles tun, um ihm ein gutes Leben zu geben.

Yacco ist im Allgemeinen kein aggressiver Hund. Nur mit Hunden und dann wieder nicht mit allen Hunden. Er ist gut mit Menschen und sogar mit Katzen.

Wenn Sie glauben, diese Person zu sein, kontaktieren Sie uns bitte.


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Nur so können wir Yaccos Nadel im Heuhaufen finden.

Saturday, 6 March 2021

Cat sterilisations

We are very glad with the news that the municipality is providing a serious budget for neutering stray cats.

And on top of that we received a very generous donation from Mrs. Beels from the Netherlands especially for castrations of cats. We are very grateful for her help over and over again.

Thassos really has a large number of cats and the only way to control the population is castration.

And NOT as some people seem to think by poisoning them! 

This (and all animal abuse) is forbidden by law with large fines or even prison. 

Recently there were cases of poisoning in Theologos and Potos and it was good that these were reported to the police. And don’t think the police won’t do anything with this. This is not true. The problem is that nobody reports it to the police. The more people report to the police the clearer the situation will be and this way it is more likely that the perpetrator can be caught.

So please in case of a poisoning contact the police and if possible take pictures of the situation and (if there is) of the poison.

The best way to work on this problem is TOGETHER.




Friday, 12 February 2021

Yacco for adoption

 born 12-2019 # 58 cm # 20 kg # castrated # house trained

Yacco is one of the seven Y-puppies born in December 2019. He was lucky he didn’t have to travel because Tanja decided he could stay with her.

But after a while it turned out that he couldn’t get along with one of her dogs. After months of trying all sorts of things we sadly had to decide that they had to be separated for the best of both dogs and before one would get injured seriously.

So with pain in her heart Tanja brought Yacco to the enclosure…

Now we urgently search for the right family for Yacco. This must be a family with no other animals or small children. A family with experience with dogs who have the time and patience to guide him into a life where he feels safe and secure.

Yacco is full of energy, loves to play (also on his own with a toy) and likes long walks.

The only thing he doesn’t like is driving in a car.











Monday, 14 December 2020

Newsletter

 Here you can find our newsletter of 2020:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/12EnQvyTxse-h_mLYxeK_31AF7JX0VSo9/view?usp=sharing


If you wish to receive the newsletter by email, please let us know (act.thassos@gmail.com).

Monday, 23 November 2020

Surgery Diana

Last week Diana, the setter with the tumor, was operated. It wasn't easy and she lost a lot of blood, but now she is fine.

She is getting to know a total different life: freedom to walk around in the garden and a warm bed at night.

Being an older lady (probably about 13 years) we don't like to let her travel a long way for adoption. Instead we hope there is someone on Thassos who is willing to give her the loving home she so much deserves.

Diana is an easy going dog, clean in the house, and no trouble at all with other dogs or cats.

If you want to help this sweet girl, please contact us.


Diana before surgery

Diana after surgery

Diana enjoying a soft warm bed