Rudozem Street Dog Rescue

The sponsor a dog scheme is to ensure that we have enough funds each month to feed the many dogs. Some of these dogs have been so badly abused that they have trust issues and cannot be put up for adoption. These dogs will stay with us for the rest of their lives. Other dogs may be with us for several months before they are considered ready for adoption or are lucky enough to be offered forever homes. Lets not forget the dogs that are still on the streets. Many of them are scared and hungry. We may not have a shelter or facilities for catching them, but at least we can make sure that they have food.

This is a co-sponsorship scheme whereby some dogs are sponsored by more than one person and some may not have a sponsor at all. 9 euros no longer covers the feed costs for one dog but during these difficult economic times, we decided to keep to this figure and hope that each dog does have more than one sponsor.

 Can you sponsor a Street dog for 9 Euros a month?  Just click the subscribe button above, complete payment details and the name of the dog you wish to sponsor. 
Subscription will automatically run for 12 months.   If your sponsor dog is fortunate enough to be adopted you have the option of transferring sponsorship to another dog or cancelling.

9 February 2010  -   Diane was walking back from her Doctors appointment today and came across Cookie freezing in the snow and wandering the streets in Rudozem.  She is very scared of any noise and screams in terror but went to Diane.  Diane took her home and named her Cookie on the long walk back to the house.  Diane was supposed to have gone to the doctors yesterday, but with the weather being extremely bad, she had to go today, so it was lucky she did otherwise she would not have seen Cookie.  We do not know if Cookie was thrown on the streets or born somewhere near by.

16 Jan 2010  - Tony and the boys were approached by a man who asked if we could take some pups. He also asked if we could take the mother who is a karakachan. They had to explain that we just have nowhere to put another big adult dog. He was grateful that we would at least take the pups as they were getting through his gate to the road. His wife was hugging the pups and had tears in her eyes. She was so happy when they gave her the flyer explaining what we do. Both the pups are girls and are approximately 4 weeks old.

The mother is vaccinated and microchipped which is unusual in Rudozem and goes to show that he does take care of her.

Photo Left:  Jasmine on top of Saffron.  Saffron has 2 white front paws.

Leia followed Kosta up to the house one night. She had a tight collar on and a piece of nylon rope attached. We wormed her and treated her for fleas. The next day we found out that she came from the shoe factory and that she was destined to be a guard dog. After we explained to someone that she needed more adequate shelter and that we could care for her and find her a good home, we were told we could keep her and do what was best for her. She is an adorable little girl.

We were asked to take Oscar after he was found on the streets. The lady who found him was unable to keep him in her apartment. Oscar is very thin and his teeth aren't so good. He has to be fed tinned meat and soft foods. He is used to living in a house and knows how to open doors so was probably once someone's dog.

14/12/09  -  Cassie was abandoned along with her young pups. An old man had been feeding her for 10 days but was unable to take her in as he lived in an apartment. He maybe knew who abandoned Cassie as he told us that she is part Karakachan (Bulgarian Shepherd) and this was her first litter of pups. It does look to us as though she has had more than one litter of pups, although she doesn't look very old. We brought her home along with her pups. She is a very affectionate and gentle dog. 

Tristan was brought home by Kerry and Tony. They witnessed a woman beating him with a broom outside a shop. Kerry ran across the road and called the pup who went straight to her. Despite his size he still has his baby teeth so we guess he was born mid to late July. He is a very friendly pup.

Michael was born at the end of October. He is one of two pups born to Lily. Can you offer a loving home to this little pup? Michael is a very loving and affectionate little boy.

Willow now loves a fuss.

Whisper is desperate to make friends with us. Her little tail wags when she sees us but she lacks that last bit of trust and courage to actually come to us. We are sure it won't take her long.

Khan was probably born early July. The boys found him in an absolute panic in the town centre. Luke managed to catch him and he is now at home with us. The poor boy looks like he has been abused. His body language is so sad and he was too scared to even look at the food we put down for him. After just one day he is starting to wag his tail and come to us. Love and patience will make all the difference to him.

Heather was found one night in the town centre on her own. She was bathed as soon as we got her home as she was covered in fleas. she is a very friendly outgoing little pup and loves to play with people and other dogs.

Lulu is a 10 year old pekingese. She has badly ulcerated eyes and a couple of lumps which need checking. She was given to someone in Rudozem by someone in a city . We suspect she had been used for breeding and at ten years old is considered to be no longer of any use.

Matty

 ( LEFT Before photo - RIGHT after photo)

When we first found matty he was very nervous and covered in matted fur, Gradulally we managed to gain his trust and take him home where we clipped his fur and treated him for worm and fleas.  We thought we might have found him too late and that we might lose him, but he pulled through and is doing great now. Although Matty is now pleased to see us and shows us affection, he finds it very hard to trust people and will bite people if he is unsure or he doesn't know them. It would not be safe or fair to put Matty up for adoption.
 

Lily

Lily is so affectionate and craves attention. Before we ever fed her, she would follow us around the shops, jumping and crying at the doors until we came out. Lily lived on the streets untill being moved to the forrest with her pups. Her pups were just a couple of days old when they were moved. Sadly, they were left in the full sun and two died, The rest have grown up a bit and are all friendly, healthy youngsters. Lilly gave birth to 8 healthy, beautifull pups on 4th of May 2009. We built her a house in our garden but she has moved into our cellar instead, at least her and her pups are at our house in safety where they will be properly looked after and fed. 

Foxy

Foxy was found collapsed and very ill after being shot by one boy and kicked half to death by 2 others.  Most street dogs dont make it to Foxys age.  Foxy finds it very difficult to trust people. It has taken him 10 months to show affection to just a few people of his choosing. He can be stubborn and grumpy at times but who wouldn't after what he's been through.

         Bigdog

Bigdog just appeared at our gate, one day in June 08. He would stand with his paws on the gate, begging to be let in.  He was wearing a collar and also knew to sit and give his paw. We thought he must belong to someone and if we didn't feed or encourage him, he would return home. Every time we went out he would follow us. To discourage him from doing this, we started to drive down to the town centre. It did'nt work. He would chase our car all over town, taking shortcuts down back streets and re-appearing.  We found out after about a month that he had belonged to someone from the other side of the town centre. They simply decided they didn't want him anymore and threw him out.  He has taken up permanent residence outside our garden and sleeps in someone's old unused shed, if the weather is bad.  At least now he gets a meal and is shown love every day. He is a young dog, loyal and intelligent and really deserves his own home.

Misty

Misty was born around January 2008. She was thrown out of her home in a town 20km away and turned up on the streets of Rudozem. She became very attached to Liam and Luke. We took her in when she started killings hens for food and was in danger of being shot. At first she suffered from extreme seperation anxiety if the boys went out and left her. She has now accepted all members of the family but will not interact with anyone else.

Barney

When we first found Barney on the streets, he had been stoned by an older lady, for no reason at all.  We Started to feed him when we saw him, we knew he was blind in one eye but noticed he is going blind in his other eye. A blind dog would never survive on the streets, so we took him home and now he has his own little house in our garden. At least now we know he is safe and he can get used to his surroundings and the people who care for him before he goes completely blind. 

William

William is just under a year old. We first saw him looking after 2 young pups (Poppy and Pippy) who we think may have been his sisters from a later litter. Along with his litter sister Trixie, they stayed by our house until we took them in. William and Trixie now live with us. Both are beautiful friendly dogs.

Trixie

Williams sister

                                                                                                                                        Ranger

Ranger suffered horrendous abuse on the streets.  He is paralysed down one side of his face due to somebody smashing him on the head with a brick.  He has been shot several times and badly beaten.  He took so much abuse and the chances are he can never be safely re-homed.