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. 





Moms desperate

mom is desperate she says she has to save us 

Live a Life That Matters

Ready or not, someday it will all come to an end.
There will be no more sunrises,
no minutes,
hours or days.
All the things you collected,
whether treasured or forgotten,
will pass to someone else.
Your wealth, fame and temporal power will shrivel to irrelevance.

It will not matter what you owned,
or what you were owed.

Your grudges,
resentments,
frustrations,
and jealousies
will finally disappear.
So, too, your hopes,
ambitions,
plans,
and to-do lists will expire.

The wins and losses that once seemed so important
will fade away.
It won't matter where you came from,
or on what side of the tracks you lived, at the end.
It won't matter whether you were beautiful or brilliant.

Even your gender and skin colour will be irrelevant.

So what will matter?
How will the value of your days be measured?

What will matter is not what you bought,
but what you built;
not what you got,
but what you gave.

What will matter is not your success,
but your significance.

What will matter is not what you learned,
but what you taught.

What will matter...
is every act of integrity,
compassion,
courage
or sacrifice..
..that enriched,
empowered
or encouraged, others to emulate your example.

What will matter is not your competence,
but your character.

What will matter is not how many people you knew,
but how many will feel a lasting loss when you're gone.

What will matter is not your memories,
but the memories that live in those who loved you.

What will matter is how long you will be remembered,
by whom
and for what.

Living a life that matters doesn't happen by accident.

It's not a matter of circumstance,
but of choice.

Choose to live a life that matters.

I did not write this myself I wish I had! I don't know who wrote it but somebody sent it to me on face book and i thought how beautiful and profound the sentiment is

Bank

Well the worst occured yesterday. Mom did not want to think about it but the bank want $6000 in the next six days before another loan payment is due. This all but confirms the fact that we are finished here. It is just too much to find and only six days. mom is sat quietly with her head in her hands and dad is dishing up our food. Dogs in Brazil well who knows what will become of us

Situation Financially for a stay of execution or resolution

Okay! mom told me today that a few people want to know our financial situation as it is now. I am so glad us dogs don't depend on money. Well here it is they have a loan on the house for $57,000.00 or £34.000.00 this loan they have paid for over a year at a rate of $1,170.00 or £700.00 per month. They still owe the same amount because the interest rates here are rising and very high normally.

Now for a stay of execution they need to pay off their credit card debt. They owe $4700.00 or £2800.00 the debt never diminishes because they are paying interest only and are more than three months behind right now.

Bank overdraft is around $7,300.00 or £4,400 if these two debts were eliminated then we would not need as much as we do right now to constantly pay the bill and it would give us breathing space to sell the house

In conclusion to pay credit cards off and pay off overdraft we need $12,000.00 or £7000.00

This would leave us with just the loan on the house to pay. We know it is almost impossible to raise this kind of money. We paid for dog food, medication, vet bills, and the loan with our credit cards. We live simply in a small house and drive a ten year old car. This is the depressing situation that has built up since January. If we could somehow get a stay of execution it would buy us time to sell our house .

Of course if we could eliminate the bank loan on the house then our cost of living would be cut in half. We intend to sell our property even if the loan was paid off because we need to move nearer to a big city where there would be business opportunities. We would buy a smaller house and start a business too. We have all the equipment for a restaurant including an English baked potatoe oven, crepe machine etc etc.

The end is nigh

Well as one of the last comments said there is no joy in life. The bank are now phoning us and have just told us the worst. All our possessions are at risk too due to the credit card debt. mom feels like lying down and dying she can't take any more. The people supposed to be coming back for a second look well mom hasn't heard yet from them. It looks like the end is looming near and certainly no miracles in sight. Mom is really upset and to top it all Guga is bleeding from his penis again and it's all too much. Life sucks for humans who depend on money. They don't even have money to eat with next week and they have cut everything back to a minimum. They are hardly eating and we are hoping mom's not gonna have a heart attack if they are left homeless with all of us. It's unthinkable to most normal people to be homeless but with 17 dogs its a suicidal thought. We are very worried what will happen to us. Mom is numb with fear. Nobody has laughed or relaxed here for months and months mom became obseessed with saving us and cannot accept failure even though it's not her fault. Why doesn't someone buy our house quickly we don't care if we only get tiny kennels we want to be with our humans who saved us.
Please God don't let this happen to Mom and Dad and us