Coco - before and now

 Monday, October 18, 2021

That's how he came in, and that's how he is today…in his golden basket,…a life as it should be !!!

BEFORE

NOW

Fabienne's Diary - Our gentle giant, Timba.

 Friday, October 15, 2021

A couple was quietly enjoying a nice drink on their terrace, when they suddenly saw a cat lying on their lounger. Completely chilled and relaxed as if he were at home there. The cat of the house did not find this new resident a very nice addition and will not accept it under any circumstances. So this handsome, sympathetic giant has to live elsewhere.

And so Timba is now up for adoption. He gets along well with these people's dog and the other cats in the area. He is a quiet cat who prefers to purr in a cozy place somewhere. He is used to living in a house and misses it terribly. Timba also comes to eat at the times when he has learned that from the current reception family. He is a sweet, gentle cat with a friendly and good character!

For more information about sweet Timba, please click on his name.

Gentille and Peonza

 Friday 15th October 2021

Gentille and Peonza, both adopted in December 2020. They are both doing very well.

Fabienne's Diary: Harper, an extremely sweet shepherd

 Thursday 14 October 2021

A couple called us, they had a Shepherd they wanted to get rid of, either we took them or she'd go to the killing station. It's only a small difference to them, and so easily said, the day their dog suddenly becomes too much after years with them. But a difference of life and death. Harper came in to us, and stayed at our office, because we are way too full. Immediately we saw those sweet eyes and that gentle, good character come up. A resigned, gentle, tolerant dog, a special treasure.

A shepherd is usually not a group dog but all other dogs at the office were allowed to sniff and she let it happen. A volunteer went for a walk with her and also lost his heart to her, she loves men and women, and is really beautiful. She came in very skinny and malnourished, but she is gradually regaining her strength. Be sure that if you love Shepherds, she will be a lifelong unconditional companion. There is no more faithful, brave soul to be found.

For more information about dear Harper, please click on her name.

Kelly and Pascale visit the refugio.

Sunday 17 October 2021

Our first day at Refugio is over. As always it was one with a smile and a tear but we are so happy that we were able to make a difference for all the dumped souls here.

A few were allowed to leave the shelter for a while and go on a walk with us and nice pictures were taken to put them in the spotlight in the coming weeks, and later in the day all the shelter dogs were spoiled with hugs and cookies.

It is unimaginable how sweet and grateful they are, despite their past and their tough asylum life.

Respect for Fabienne and her team, who care for them every day with great love and conviction with the aim that they can one day leave for a better future... 

Fabienne's Diary: Heavily pregnant in the death station.

Saturday, October 16, 2021

We got a call to ask if we could rescue dogs from one of the so many killing stations, but we are overcrowded and overcrowded, so it is very difficult but we do what we can, one by one. This time it was a heavily pregnant mother who literally and figuratively was about to explode. We took her in urgently. You don't think it possible, but the unimaginable happened. The moment she entered our front door, the birth started. Six small, defenceless puppies. The mother was so full of stress that she started giving birth. First the journey from the killing station to us, then coming in at a strange place, and there her water broke. There are no words for what such a dog has to endure.

She was able to go to a foster family, but a day later two puppies were dead, and Mom herself was not well either. We immediately took her to the emergency doctor. She had a high temperature and when we did an ultrasound we saw that it was quite a bit was wrong. She had to be operated on immediately, because she still had two dead puppies, and on top of that also a pyometry. 

She endured the operation with all the strength she had, because she would get through this too. The most moving thing was that she immediately looked for her puppies when she woke up from the operation, no matter how weak she was. She wanted to see her children. Unbelievable but true, Señorita is a great mom, really a sweetheart, fighting for the life of her puppies, and her own.

But a few days later it went wrong again. Our worst nightmare came true. Señorita is no more. A beautiful, innocent dog, left to her own devices, and never loved before. She didn't count with her former owner, in the killing station she was a number. Here she was finally loved. She only had a few days of hope, only a few days allowed to feel what her life should be like. But she was loved by everyone.

We tell her story because she must not be forgotten. We would have loved to give her the world, but it was not allowed to be. We continue to fight for her puppies, who lost their mother way too early. They are now taken care of and bottle-raised, and we hope they'll make it.

Unfortunately, this is also part of the rescue life.

The hard, unfair goodbye.

Unreal, and hard.

the end...

Saturday, October 16, 2021

Last day at the Refugio, lots of hugs and cookies and a and fingers crossed that they get a golden basket.👍💕

Goodbye, dear friends 🐶, everyone there, and Fabienne, what you achieve there, chapeau, we are touched by it and we will make sure your new project is finished, promise 🐱🐶❤💕 now some shops under a radiant sun ☀️ for ✈ @ Belgica.