It's Raining and Raining and Raining

We are on red alert for floods again here. It is raining again. We are hoping for the best and bracing ourselves for the worse. There are many regions on alert and there has aready been flooding in nearby towns. Some roads have had minor slides and were partially blocked about four kilometers from here. The weather forecast is not good news. The rivers were already very full.

Another New Pup Here

Well last night a new pup arrived dumped outside our gate. He looks healthy and is very young. Mom says about five weeks old. He is realy missing his mom because he screams everytime mom leaves him alone. She had to take him to bed with her. The rain has stopped here although it did quite a lot of damage in many parts of the country before it stopped. Here our some photos of the new little pup who weighs in at 2.10 kilos. He hasn't got a name yet.

He is very cute!

As you can see he is about the size of Dad's foot.

This was going to be his bed but he cried so much he managed to get into mom's bed and slept across her neck. She didn't get much sleep.

  He curled up on Dad's lap in this weird position and fell asleep. Why won't dad let me sleep on his lap? Mom says it's because I am 35 kilos and way to big for that sort of thing. Huh!

Topi

Topi is making huge progress here. He is coming to his name and responding to affection. He is really a sweet boy. He is still spinning but less than 50% of what it was before. This morning mom went out and called him and he came in a straight line to her and he is now wagging his tail. He is beginning to be a dog. We are all dying to talk to him when he gets the confidence to talk to us. He is very shy and distracted with the spinning business. He barked for the first time new years day and really wags his tail now. Mom is really happy about his progress. When he gets excited about food he does start spinning and if he is left alone he spins more. We will film him when the rain stops. Mom says we are on maximum alert here for floods. Where we are moving to has already got 200 people homeless and mudslides. The roads are blocked so dad can't build our kennels either. It's still raining and mom says if it doesn't stop there will be another disaster. 2012 hasn't started off quite the way we all imagined it. Mom says we are going to be a charity as soon as the lawyer comes back from his Christmas holidays she will talk to him and get going on that.  So lots going on here. Praying the rain stops soon.

Welcome 2012

Happy new year everyone may 2012 be 100% better than 2011. We are ready for 2012 here.

Friday's last Day

Friday had a short and harsh life. He was probably born in the streets. Mom and Dad are dong everything they can to stop this kind of thing.

  Please help them to get their charity going and start vaccination programmes and spay and neuter clinics to alleviate suffering like this. Friday got the gift of peace for New Year. What a shame he didn't get the gift of a good quality life instead.

Friday Boy Died This Morning

The dog delivered yesterday sadly had to be euthanized this morning. Mom and Dad borrowed a car and got him to a vet. He did have distemper and was in the final stages. He was completely paralysed. His heart stopped with just the anesthetic, although he was given the euthanizing drug too just to make sure. The vet said there was nothing else we could do. He was close to death anyway. If, we had managed to get him to a vet yesterday then the outcome would have been the same. Me Mom and Dad are all very upset. He was only three or four months old still had some baby teeth. He lived a horrible short life here in this world. Mom says at the rainbow bridge all dogs are happy and cared for. There is no hunger, pain, or abuse there. He was named by the people on Facebook, so that he had a name when he crossed over. Dad stayed up until 2.30 am talking to him. He explained that he would have a better life somewhere else. He then slipped into what seemed to be a coma and never opened his eyes again. The vet said to mom that even if by some miracle he survived then he would be totally paralysed for the rest of his life and not even able to lift his head. We are so sad for him and all the others out there. Mom will be a property charity soon and she says she will be able to help more. RIP Friday Boy. 

Dog arrived at door dying

Well today has been a real bad day for mom and dad. Dad tried to go to Teresopolis to get more of the temporary kennels as he can't build kennels in the pouring rain. He had to turn back because the clutch on the car wouldn't permit him to climb the mountain. Later on two guys mom and dad know from the tyre shop here came with a little dog which they said was poisoned in a card board box. He was in a real bad way. Warning graphic video coming.

We gave him medication for poisoning but we are beginning to think he has distemper. He has all the symptoms. He doesn't look like he will make the night. Normally mom and dad don't film this but because they we are making the transition to charity status then the world should see what they deal with regularly. We will let you know if he survives and if he survives with severe neuro damage, That is why we have to fund raise and march on to stop this. The dog is so thin and mal nourished. If he was poisoned then he was this thin before. If he has distemper it's because he was born in the streets and never got vaccinated or had a negligent owner. There are many of those here.  Either way his suffering is intolerable. We don't have any choice we have to try and save him. Mom has many of these problems brought to our door. The car clutch went today. All vet's are closed except for one 40 miles away. Car won't make it, We are fund raising tonight to see if we can get him to a vets tomorrow if he survives the night. Pray for him he is really, really sick.

Article about us

http://digitaljournal.com/article/316866#tab=comments&sc=  Here is an article and interview published today.

Merry Christmas

A Merry Christmas and a BIG thank you to all of you that have followed and supported us. We probably would have seen a tragedy here if it hadn't been for all of you. We save dogs because you help us to do it. We could not of continued without you all. Merry Christmas to everyone and let's hope 2012 is better than the worst year of our lives so far. Glad 2011 is nearly over. We will be going ahead with our charity status process and thank everyone that has helped with that. We will be saving more animals and entering into the world of registered charities. It's going to be a good year for street dogs.

Topi's Home for Christmas. (From Blog)

Here is Topi's first walk around the garden on his own. He was quite bewildered by it all and a bit frightened. He kept his tail between his legs and continue to stop now and then to spin around. He always spins anti clockwise. He has some sort of defect walking and a very strange gait. It comes and goes like the spinning. When he saw some meat to eat (probably for the first time in his life) he spun round faster. He seems very introverted and lost in his own little world. He shows no response to affection at all, or when mom and dad call him. If,  he is spinning he pays no attention to anything else. During eating he stops to spin too. If, he isn't spinning and you call him loudly he will momentarily focus on the person calling. We are hoping he will get better so he can play and be a normal dog at least some of the time. He hasn't cried or barked like we all do.   He was much more confident on a leash and walked in a straight line.

Nicki is on medication for a problem she has. She was producing milk even though she cannot be expecting pups. We were all secretly hoping she was because we could play with them. Mom says it's impossible and she has to now take medication to stop this. A lump was found in her breast, the vet told mom to give her the medication and then see if it is still there. Then they will decide what to do. Mom is still campaigning for the funds to get our place set up as a registered charity, so she can help more of us. It's going quite well and they are about half way there with two weeks to go. If you want to help then Mom says click on Daisy. She is the little scruffy white dog rescued last August. We want to say a big Thank You to everybody who has helped us survive nearly a year in Brazil. All your suppport and donations kept us all going. It has been a tough year for mom and dad, however, many dog lovers stepped forward and refused to let us starve, or mom and dad. Thank you everyone.