Our Non Profit

All the paperwork is ready now for our non profit and our lawyer is ready to go ahead. We are now are just $3000 from completion. We are going to try to raise this money so we can at least continue our work wherever we go and can run local campaigns here in Brazil and globally. We will be able then to get help with dog food, medications, vaccinations, etc from Brazilian companies, which will help a lot. Presuming we get to find and afford somewhere to rent. Another huge problem but we are trying to resolve all these issues one at a time. We have been doing this years and really want to continue the work. We would like to devote our energies entirely to the street dogs and their problems and be able to help by raising money in a professional way. We missed out on many offers of help just because we were not a registered non profit charity and at least one large donation. Everybody paws and hands crossed we get there. We only now have two more bridges to cross. Move from here and rent somewhere for the dogs and us and to open our charity. Then we will run campaigns to expand our efforts. So think positively folks. Anyone with face book please share. Anyone on twitter please tweet, and spread the word so a new beginning can start.

Still looking for dog

We are looking for the dog because we have some pledges to pay for medical care. Will post when we find him/her

New Dog on the Block

Mom saw this poor dog whilst out today. One year ago she would have taken him/her (she never got to see if it was male or female) straight away. She saw the dog walking with great difficulty before it laid down by the bike. Mom had a look at the dogs paw and noticed it has what looks like a club foot. Two toes are clawless and completely moulded together. It is a very sad dog and such a sweet face. The dog wagged it's tail as Dad talked to him/her. Then started to put it's paw in the air just begging for help. Mom cried and she saw Dad wipe a tear too. They then went back to the shopping area and bought a lottery ticket they can't afford. Mom says if she wins the first thing she will do is go and get this little Angel. So sad he /she is defective and thin and so vulnerable to attack from nasty humans because the dog cannot run away. Now they are going to have nightares. Please big dog God in the sky let them win the lottery today and bring the poor baby home with them. The dog has Mange too. It was also extremely cold today. Where is it going to sleep? What will it eat? Who will give it a cuddle?   

Maybe we should change the plan

As it has become obvious we are not going to be able to sell our house in time mom and dad have been thinking. Maybe we should start looking for somewhere to rent right now. The plan is to move to the very outskirts of Teresopolis where we would have a probabilty of earning money. Where we are situated now it is just not feasible. It's a sparsley populated mountain village 55 kilometres from the nearest city. Even our bakery was 45 kilometres away and fuel for cars is highly expensive here. So, once near a big city there would be many more opportunities for us to earn a  living. We would abandon here and maybe keep pestering the rich and famous in the hope against all odds that one would send a substantial donation enough to pay off the house debts. We would then continue to try and sell the house.  Meanwhile we could rent somewhere and set up kennels for our dogs. Maybe we should be campaigning for this because although the move and deposit for a rental house will be costly at least we would have a chance of getting there. We  would need to raise the rent money and moving costs only, which would be less than saving our home. If, wait until the last moment it will be worse and we are already suffering with days of no food, soon no electricty, internet, no money for gas to cook, or hot water to shower. It is obvious even if the bank gave us more time that we need to be earning money ASAP. Mom is very sad and defeated today, but she is still determined to look after us even if they lose everything including the equity in their house.   

Monday

Mom woke up this morning and told us all to make the best of it here. She told us that now that we haven't sold the house and it is beginning to become obvious that we are not going to get lucky then all of our lives are going to change drastically. Today she has not one cent to buy anything. The car is without gas. In an emergency she can't even get us to a vet or herself to a doctor. Now things are really bad. People are weary of our problems and those that empathise have done and are doing all they can. Those that could helped in a more substantial way never did and  have forgotten about us long ago. Their situation is a bit like the natural disaster here that started a long chain of events. People reacted at the time but now it's long forgotten globally. A few kind people always remember us but not enough of them. Mom and Dad are hardly eating, They cancelled medical insurance weeks ago and have only spent on us. We love our mom. She is a good mom. She makes us better when we are ill. She wipes our tears when we cry and she cleans up if  we make a mess. She never complains or blames us. We want to help but we don't know what to do! They never managed even to sell the freezer. Mom says it will be a very bad week. We are going on a radio show in September but mom says we will be lucky to survive that long. As each week passes things get worse. We have now approached many animal loving celebrities with no luck. There are still 14 vaccinations to do. Cassie has conjunctivitis. A kind lady in Rio has some food for us but we don't even have the money to travel there its an hour and a half away. I worry that all this will kill my mom in the end. She can't take much more.  Guga's ultra sound money is safe his auntie Chandra helped.  On bad days I hear her say she just wants to lay in a corner and die. On good days she gets angry and sad alternately. She has saved so many of us why can't someone save her and if she is saved then so are we. She can't sleep. She has lost a lot of weight and feels like the weight of the entire world is on her back. It is!  We hope she doesn't drop under the pressure of it all.

Chip In

The Chipin widget has gone wrong twice this week. One was no longer registering and the new one is only half visible. It works the same and mom is working on a solution. Chip in is driving her mad they also changed the language to Portuguese. As though things aren't difficult enough all ready. They are still moping around depressed, worried and broke. No news on potential house buyers and the time bomb is ticking. 

A Dog That We Can't Help

We are still in the same situation. The pain of losing everything is terrible but made worse when you here Dad's story about a dog in the Teresopolis shelter.  Had it been two years or maybe one year ago they would have helped. Dad did not take a picture, but Mom says next time she goes there she will take a video on her cell phone for you to see. We were all very upset by Dad's story. We just wish Mom and Dad could go on helping the more difficult cases like they used to do. Well here is Dad's story. Whilst doing more volunteer work there on Saturday he decided to walk and play with one very sad dog. This dog is a distemper survivor and has neurological damage. Physically he is fine. He spends his day going around and around in his cage as though he were chasing his tail. He is not chasing his tail though. Jessie did this after her brain lesion but eventually got better. When Dad went into his cage to feed him he played with him and curiously the dog stopped, played and wagged his tail. Whilst he was distracted he stopped rotating. The vet thinks that there is probably no cure. Dad decided to put him on a lead and walk him to see what happened. He walked perfectly in a straight line with Dad. Maybe we are all stupidly optimistic but had this been a while back they would have taken the dog to a neurologist and tried some extensive therapy. If he played and walked long enough they thought that perhaps he may get better. His name is 'Rodador' which means something that spins. This is so sad.

Weekend

Dad back in Teresopolis and mom here with us. It's raining outside. Everybody waiting for the sky to cave in here. Nothing else to think or do anymore. There is a storm coming!

Second Little Pup caught and safe now

Actually yesterday morning. Sorry Mom has been too busy to post.

The Removal Men found two more puppies!

Dad has had a very difficult weekend, He Dr Bruno and Anderson worked really hard all weekend. Estimacao is closing down one of the flood victim warehouses to put all the remaining animals together in just one warehouse. These two warehouses are approximatelt 6 or 7 miles apart. It was a lot of hard work for the three of them and dad is not so young anymore. They had to dismantle all the cages load them on to pickups and transport cages and dogs to the remaining warehouse. They were the only three volunteers left to do this. Bebete the director is still working hard and the little kid called  'Savio' who has been there since the flood. He has hardly missed a day. Late on Sunday as they were working they noticed a two small puppies coming out from the dense bush behind the warehouse. They were able to catch one of them a female, but the young male got away. Here is Anderson with the little female. 

The three guys then crawled through dense bamboo and foilage looking for the little male. They found the puppies nest, but could not find the male.  Food was left for the male and he is within hearing distance of his sister, so he will hear her barking and maybe he will come out of the bush to get the food. If, he does then he will be caught and put with his sister until homes can be found for them. So, one or maybe two more for adoption. The puppy is a real cutie so she has very good chances of finding a furever home.



Here in our house we are hoping poor Guga get's better. He is taking anti biotics and Prostem Plus again. He will have his second Ultra sound on Tuesday or Wednesday, which his Auntie Chandra paid for him. He is a lucky boy to have her.

Mean while the old fellow is comfy and warm awaiting his surgery and ultra sound. He probably won't have to have his belly shaved again because the fur has not grown back after the last one.  Mom is still desperately seeking a solution after a depressing weekend with no firm offers on the house and a freezer that hasn't sold. So, the problem's continue until our miracle occurs! Today the bank will be calling again to find out if we have a buyer. Sadly not yet. Keep praying folks! The crisis is upon us and time is short. We are running all sorts of campaigns but still not getting anywhere.