We have puppies coming out of our ears .... some abandoned with their mamas, others on their own. No. 1 Mama Lucia and her five little tots.

It's a never ending story. Puppies dumped on our doorstep, puppies found in the campo, puppies rescued from building sites. So many of the currrent stories on Fabienne's Diary are stories such as these. Here are just a few from the last eight days.

Below, Mama Lucia and her five little tots. She lived in a street where there was a depot where tow truck were parked. She became pregnant many times by the many dogs who, like her, were just trying to survive. Many puppies died, the others remained hoeless like their mama. Workers took some of them home. Others were hit by cars. Finally the boss had enough and told the workers to get rid of the 'problem'. Volunteers took 3 of the puppies and finally were also able to save the mama and the two left puppies. When mama and all her puppies were reunited in the Refugio their euphoric reaction was heartwarming! More than beautiful to see. Mama now knows she is safe and se is no longer afraid. We can stroke her and she lets us take care of her pups.

Please save them from the killing station ....

We are lucky not to be in the terrible situation of this lady, the boss of these old cats. She is going to be evicted very soon. She had a lot of cats living in her home. Most of them have found new homes but the oldest, as always, haven't been chosen. People wanted the purebred cats and the pretty young ones but these six stayed behind.

Like the lady, we also would like them to have a chance and that is why we are asking for people to adopt them!!! The lady saved all these cats from commercial breeders. It's so sad that fate hasn't been good to her, like a million other people. She has lost everything and has to leave her house. The cats would then be brought to a killing station and that is what we want to prevent.

Each of these cats have been well looked after and they are used to living in a home.

Who will give Divo his special forever home?

Happy, cheerful Divo.

Today it's exactly three months since we collected Divo and brought him to Hoevelaken (near Amersfoort). He is doing very well in his foster family! He is always cheerful, eats like a docker, and always wants to play - with a chewie, a ball or something he stole (a sponge, a brush or something).

Yes, he's black and he's big (although not very big, the size of a small Labrador). He is very muscular, but his body has to work very hard to compensate for the loss of his right leg. It doesn't bother him at all that he is missing a leg. It's no problem. He runs and play-wrestles just as hard as the other dogs in the foster family. And what's so nice about Divo, he can walk anywhere nice and loose it (where this is allowed of course). He is friendly to every dog ​​he meets. And if a dog is not nice to him, well then it just slides off him. He goes quiet in the car as he knows he is going somewhere. Preferably to the dog beach, because he loves water.

Divo stays in the utility room with another dog when the family is away and also at night. Then he is quiet. He loves a chew bone and gnaws away a very large specimen in a short time. Of course, he is sometimes a bit boistrous so he might not be ideally placed with small children, although he does have a giant love for everyone he meets. Only cats are not such a good idea, because he doesn't really get on with them.

Actually pretty strange that no one has fallen for Divo! He's a really a nice guy in home care for much merriment. Come visit him in Hoevelaken and get to know this superb dog.

Arrivals Schipol July 15th

The aircraft was delayed at Malaga but eventually they arrived at 02.20 am. Little Ainara, Jara, Jennifer Lopez and Toco Loco. They found it a bit scary and a bit uncomfortable. But they went into the arms of their new owners, all wrapped up in a cosy blanket ready for their golden basket.

Freggels with her foster mama, Maries.

Manolito

Manolito, came to me as a hugely fearful dog ... sooo afraid of being beaten and kicked.

Very, very occasionally something will happen to make me remember - "oh yes, that comes from his past experience" but overall Manolito has made huge progress.

I saw him transform from a scared dog from the  street and the killing station, who wanted to make himself truly invisible (because if he was not there he couldn't be seen so nothing could happen to him) to what he is now, a great sweet, humorous and confident honey. .. and every day he puts a smile on my face! I really couldn't be prouder of  him!

But these are also the smaller steps that happen unexpectedly just one day, which are like real gems, like today:

SO MUCH FUN ! AFTER A YEAR AND A HALF MANOLITO CAME TO ME IN THE GARDEN FOR A CUDDLE, FOR THE FIRST TIME !!!

To do this, he behaved as if he thought I was not looking, approachingly stealthily and quickly cuddling me and then running away as fast as he could, back inside.

But today he knows our little garden is there just for him. And so you see, Manolito's really getting there.

Eugenie

Greetings from Gabber, Gorki, Toco, Melisso, Sus and Djoef

Gabber

Gorki

Toco

Toco again!

Melliso

Sus

Djoef

Djoef again!