Update Refugio - 26th May

Dear All,

We are very busy - it's all hands on deck. We're repairing, laying concrete, plastering, painting, sanding - you name it, we are doing it. Thanks to all the donations we can, thank God, do what they are demanding of us. And the dear and couragous words of so many people are doing us so much good. A huge amount of good!!!

In an emergency you see only that there are good people out there!!! So we are enormously grateful to everyone who supports us in any and every way. It's just heart warming and, above all, we will continue to fight on, every day, for these dogs who were dumped without a chance !!

Ton, Eliane and I had a meeting with the director and his assistant, the head of the Junta. The letter had not come, tensions were running high among us all, we could not hold out. 

We, all of us, a lot of people couldn't sleep. So many sleepless nights so I got my courage up and though we had no appointment we just went there. They received us in a very pleasant and friendly manner, we had our say and told them our fears ...

Then they promised to give us an extension. They are coming on Thursday, May 28th, to undertake a further inspection to see what progress we are making.  That is when we're going to ask the inspector to give us a concrete and certain response.

There are a lot of people working here and they will be here during the inspection, and together we are going to ask this question. "Please give us a definate date".

People, we'll go for it, so again a sincere thank you,

Together we stand, together with these dogs, we will win this battle !!!!!!

Fabienne

Play the video to see the work in progress

Ivanhoe - Director of the Day

In the Directors Chair - I'm in charge!!!

Our Maries is back in action .. along with Pedro and Tequila !!!

Maries with cute Pedro, our star of the day!

Kisses.

Don't worry, little Pedro. We'll find you a forever home!

Tequila and Maries in front of the Happy Endings board. We'll make sure you get one too, little Tequila.

Puttting my best paw forward (and my ears as well)!

The epitomy of cute!

Lundie - he really wants to go home

Please! Is it you?

Will you give me a forever home and love me for ever and ever?

Harley and Davidson are growing up too ...

What a difference from a few weeks ago.

Harley on the left, Davidson on the right!

I'm nearly a big girl now.

Sweet brother and sister - they now have a future.

Chelsea is growing up fast ....

Here's a delightful photo of Chelsea (Moussa) relaxing with Frankie, one of her new brothers, in her loving forever home in the UK. Apart from being loved to pieces by her new owners, she's also lucky enough to have found her forever home with a couple who are dog trainers. So she's having a wonderful time and learning a lot.

Frankie on the left, Chelsea on the right as you look at the photo.

Mijas found his forever home

Mijas is home!

A message from the Begeer family

Mijas, who was called Noel in the Refugio, quickly learnt to recognise his new name and learnt commands just as quickly.  He soon claimed his place on our deck, and still does and spends hours watching the scenery and all the interesting creatures that move back and forth. Mijas is very social and loves to be cuddled. Also, he has become a real waterbaby and splashes only too happily in the Meuse. At first he found water a bit exciting but now he swims everywhere. And how he can swim!

Mijas is relatively insecure with other dogs. He was often bothered by them when he was on the lead, out of fear? But the moment he is loose, there is not problem and he plays just like the other dogs.  However, his fear is diminishing and we try to increase his confdence around other dogs. This took a lot of time and energy, because he was heavily bitten on his buttock by another dog. Fortunately, I can really help him to have more positive experiences with other dogs and he is going 100% in the right direction! I've been with him to Obedience GG1 and achieved successful results!

Furthermore Mijas is especially a very funny dog. He will entertain himself by throwing his ball (or Kluifje) himself, which is also really hilarious to watch! Together with other dogs, he lets his greyhound side have full rein, running plummeting laps. And the less well they keep up with him, the more he enjoys it. And kisses! Mijas love to give kisses. All day. Lots of kisses!

We are very pleased with our Mijas and I'm sure he can learn much more! I'm going to work on agility with him and together we go more often walking in the busy city and increasingly I'm socialising him with children (which is all getting better!).

Thanks again for your great work ACE!

Greetings,

The family Begeer and a paw from Bibi, Mac and Mijas

Peek-a-Boo!

Playing with my new friend.

Hmmm! Interesting smells!

Chilling!

This air smells great!