ANNOUNCING THE WINNERS of the COVER MODEL 2022 photo contest!

 Friday 21st January, 2022

On December 11, we launched our photo contest during the ACE SHIN anniversary. For one month, photos of ACE SHIN's own lucky stars could be submitted and voted on.

The 378 entries formed a gallery of lucky charmers, each of which deserves to become a COVER MODEL for ACE SHIN. They represent all of our four-legged friends who, despite their past, have found their way to happiness. The jury was therefore pleased to have to choose the winners from among these beauties.

Besides the many moments of happiness that viewing all those photos brought, the gallery also provided the necessary publicity. There were 22,304 votes, and the photo gallery was viewed almost 50,000 times! Hopefully this will help more dogs and cats find their own golden basket.

The jury also declared the dog and cat with the most votes as WINNERS of the contest. Together they will adorn the front page of www.ace-charity.org in 2022! 

WINNER COVER MODEL 2022 - DOG > EDGAR

WINNER COVER MODEL 2022 - CAT > RODERICK

A new year, a new chance of happiness ..... Filio

Monday 10th January, 2022

Filio

What a sweetie. Such a cuddler. Nevertheless our dear Filio hasn't had a lot of luck. He belonged to a family, a family with children and another dog but for some unfathomable reason, once they took Filio into their home they ignored him. And then came the inevitable, they dumped him and he languished in another organisation for years, yearning for a new home. Felio's been with us for over a year now. He's a good boy; he is dominant with other males but otherwise he's calm and strong. He loves to go for a walk to the beach with our volunteers. Our darling is slightly older now and desperate to come home. Who will give this gorgeous fellow the love he deserves. For more information, please click on his name by the photo.

 

Hooray! Anniversary fundraising target for the sterilisation device achieved!

8th January, 202

On the ACE SHIN Birthday, we launched a big fundraising appeal to enable us to purchase a LigaSure sterilisation device, with which we can better help thousands of dogs and cats!

And on 6th January, on Fabienne's birthday, the goal was reached with a donation of €165.00. A lot of kind people have donated both small and large amounts of money to this great cause, gradually nearing the target... until yesterday when we finally reached our goal.

We are immensely happy with this result! Also it's a great start to the New Year! The vessel-sealing device, which is used for veterinary surgical procedures, will be ordered immediately and, as soon as we start using it, we will of course share this happy moment!

Thanks again to EVERYONE who made this possible!

Fabienne, Dirk, Team ACE SHIN & our four-legged friends

Black Boy and his oranges ...

Saturday 8th January, 2022 

This handsome, slightly older chap, Black Boy, was bought as a little Labrador by a Spanish family. The children were crazy about this beautiful black pearl which made them feel good. But, alas, when Black Boy became a teenager and did some nonsense, the owners decided to ban him to their country house. The children were less and less interested in him and no one took care of him, his cries were ignored because they had other priorities. This poor dog, once so happy, slowly turned into a ghost, forgotten by all, chained day and night somewhere in the interior of the country, where no one could hear him howl at night and where he no longer existed. 

 

One day a new neighbor moved in and noticed this dog bathing in his own droppings, among old, stale bread. He was in chains and hardly ever saw anyone. At first someone came by once a week, then less and less. One morning, Black Boy was lying motionless on the ground, and when the neighbor looked closely, it appeared that he was completely malnourished and extremely weak. This poor beast was simply starving !! The man informed our volunteer Isabel, who immediately took this severely weakened dog into her home.

 

It took months before he regained confidence, but gradually he saw light in the darkness again. ,… He gradually started to feel like living again and he learned to live among the large group of fellow sufferers who are all waiting for that one owner who will come along one day and offer them their golden basket, their forever home.

 

Yesterday, Black Boy suddenly started pulling oranges from the trees  in Isabel's orchard,... He put one in front of Isabelleke's feet and when she threw it for him, he happily ran after the oranges and brought it back to her.,... This was the turning point for all of us … and this makes you fall silent. He is looking forward to a future again. Our sweetheart has found his health and spirits and is leaving the past behind him. Who will give him a few more years full of pampering , and with lots of balls to play with?

For more information about intelligent, playful Black Boy, please click on his name. 

News about Bellita, who after 3 years in our refugio, finally found a warm home.

Sunday 2nd December, 2022

Message from Bellita's owners.

Our dear Bellita has been with us for 2 weeks now and what a sweetheart! You can't go anywhere in the house but she comes with you. When you even look at her, she already starts wagging her tail and looks at you with her puppy eyes, so of course you have to stroke her every time before you can walk by. Her mischievousness and curiosity are also coming out more and more. She enjoys her daily walks, but she enjoys her lazy moments even more, then she can snore undisturbed all evening. Our old lady looks like a puppy again, in other words she has blossomed.

Thank you to everyone at SHIN for giving her a chance and saving her from the killing station.  Then thank you to all the people who gave her so much love as well as the aftercare and guidance that was certainly not lacking. All of you are doing a fantastic job. Without you Bellita would not have been able to enjoy her warm golden basket in her old age.

A big paw from Bellita and many greetings from her owners.

There are so many ways you can help our dogs and cats ...

Sunday 2nd January, 2022 

If you are new to ACE-Shin, or even if you have been following us for a while, you may not be aware of all the many ways you can help us. Apart from ongoing actions and special appeals, there are several groups which have been formed to collect or donate for specific purposes. Such as the Social and Online Promotions groups. 

There's the ACE-Facebook Savings Group for Emergency Medical Aid, who raise money for medical emergencies - such as Tobbe's operation (see last post).

There's ACE-Facebook Fundraisers who raise money for a variety of things, such as e.g. Donate a bowl of food.

Members of ACE - Facebook Marketplace / Sale donate items they no longer want and other members who are interested can buy them. 

The ACE-Facebook /Lottery organises amazing raffles with great prizes.

All the proceeds from these wonderful groups go to our dogs and cats. You can read the full details on this link on the website - https://www.ace-charity.org/en/social-online-acties/

Our sweet Tobbe is home!!!!!!

 Sunday 2nd January, 2022

Our darling Tobbe: home at last!

Sunday 2nd January, 2022

Last Thursday, 30 December, our Tobbe was picked up in Belgium, by his owners ... personally. 

It was a heartbreaking farewell to his foster family who pulled him through the difficult period...Today Tobbe is home! A big defenceless mastin who was once on the table for euthanasia because they didn't think he was worth it. Not worthy of having a life. We thought otherwise. We set up a fund, and after several setbacks - now, after more than fourteen long months our sweet Tobbe is HOME AT LAST!

Thank you to all donors, owners, team Spain, his foster family and Tobbe himself! Thank you all for this miraculous happy ending.

Below I have pasted the links to Tobbe's story as it appeared on this English Blog. They are in reverse order, with the first one being Dog of the Week in October, 2020.

http://ace-english.blogspot.com/2021/07/tobbe-after-three-weeks-of.html

http://ace-english.blogspot.com/2021/06/25-june-2021-update-tub.html

http://ace-english.blogspot.com/2021/03/our-tobbe.html

http://ace-english.blogspot.com/2020/11/greetings-from-tobbe.html

http://ace-english.blogspot.com/2020/10/fabiennes-dog-of-week.html