Best friends

Myrek, Dia de Analucia and Pepino, waiting for the rain to stop

Three little dogs, cuddled up together, waiting for the rain to stop. They are all safe with us now after a pitiful start to their lives. Myrek had the misfortune to be born a Podenco in a land where this beautiful, intelligent breed is abused and unappreciated. Poor fellow had been been trailed around the district from shelter to shelter but no one would take him in - and the next stop was the killing station. Luckily he came to us at the eleventh hour.

A late flight. Dogs safely aboard the plane then the mobile rings. Emergency. Our sweet Isabelleke,  our devoted and untiring foster mother, was by the motorway where she'd found a wounded Podenco. Another unfortunate Podenco. When we arrived she was holding on to the dog for all she was worth,  she would have given her life for it. We know that. On examination the dog was found be in terrible pain. We rushed her to the emergency clinic. The vet needed a name for the dog for his records. Without inspiration, it was late and he was tired he called her after the day it was - Dia de Andalusie. She's recovering now and has found some friends for she's quiet and sweet and her tail never stops wagging.

Pepino is a dear little white dog with interesting markings, quite unique. When they rang up to ask us to take him they said they had a 'little dog'. Well he's not enormous, but nor is he a little dog. When he came to us he was still very frightened, very insecure - and who can blame him. He's growing more confident though and he loves it when we can spare the time to give him one to one attention. And he loves the other dogs. As you can see.

These three darlings, like all our dogs, have suffered at the hands of humans. But they are so loving, so forgiving, so accepting of each other and many are even happy with the cats. Our greatest hope is that one day, very soon, they will each have their own loving family.