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T E R E S T :

21 dogs adopted

23 more dogs come into

RSDR care

We are currently trying to

raise funds for a vehicle

which we will be buying

from Pet Chauffeurs. The

vehicle will be for the V.T

branch. Kerry and Kosta

are facing the problem

that we had with our old

van and that is that they

can’t get to the vets or

anywhere else when the

roads are bad in Winter.

500 British pounds has

kindly been donated by

someone who doesn't

wish to be named, but we

are still short of the target.

There is a fundraising

widget on the donate/help

page of the website if you

can help.

We currently have 36

unsponsored dogs in our

care and 20 with only one

sponsor. If you can spare

10 euros a month to spon-

sor a dog , please go to

the sponsor page on the

website.

Thank you to everyone

who sent parcels for the

dogs and family, which

were brought to us by Pet

Chauffeurs this month and

to everyone who sponsors

or has donated.

February 2011 Issue 27 Foundation No. 175647065

RSDR

(Rudozem Street Dog Rescue) W W W . S T R E E T D O G R E S C U E . C O M

It was with mixed emotions that we said

goodbye to another twenty one of our

dogs this month. We were sad to see them

leave but happy that they had all been

adopted and were off to meet their new

families.

The journey and the arrival all went well.

Pet Chauffeurs kept in touch to let us

know that all the dogs were travelling

well. Pepper was our first dog adopted in

France. Her new family drove to Holland

to meet her and the team and then drove

her home to France.

We heard from the person who adopted

Odin, that within two days her circum-

stances had changed and she didn’t feel it

was best to keep him. This isn’t some-

thing that could have been anticipated by

our adoption team, no matter how well

applicants are screened. Odin is now with

Reina, one of our team members and is

doing great. As Reina says he is a bril-

liant boy and should have no trouble find-

ing a lovely family.

The dogs who were adopted are Keegan,

Freddy, Seren, Charlie, Sasha, Shera, Poppy,

Emma, Marek, Dee, pepsi, Damson, Mac,

Bunty, Bingo, Tiki, Shep, Harvey, Kos, Pepper

and Odin who is now being fostered.

Thank you once again to Pet Chauffeurs for tak-

ing good care of our dogs on the journey, to our

adoption team who worked so hard to make this

happen and on the day of the arrivals and to all

the fantastic families who have adopted the

dogs.

More pictures can be seen on the website photo

gallery.

A man asked us before his dog gave birth if we could take her pups when they were born. We explained to him that they needed to

stay with their mother, preferably for 6 weeks. At 3 weeks old, he brought them to us and said he could no longer keep them . He did

agree that he would get the mother spayed once we manage to set up the shelter/clinic. Both the parents are Karakachan crosses

so the pups should be quite large.

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Jakey Flower Takeshi Fritz Fern

Laura

Laura is a karakachan cross. She

has been chained up all her life

behind a shop as a guard dog. A

friend of Kerry and Kosta’s is

the only one in the family who

would ever feed and care for her.

When he worked away, no one

else in the family would bother

about her and she was lucky if

she got a piece of bread thrown to

her. Laura was very thin and

probably wouldn’t have been able

to survive for much longer. She is

now with Kerry and Kosta at the

V.T branch.

Zack, Kenai and Nita

Earlier this month we were told about a litter of pups that were living on the edge of the

forest. The pups and their mother were all feral and not used to people at all. We would

go there every day and put food out for them and some of the pups got braver and started

to come near us. When Pet Chauffers were here, Keith came with us a couple of times to

feed them. He caught the first pup, Zack, which he named after his grandson. A couple of

days later, we managed to tempt two of the pups into a cage for food and then close the

cage. They were named Kenai and Nita. Zack was quite a brave pup and it didn’t take

him long at all to get used to us. Kenai and Nita were very nervous at first but gradually

started to come round. All the pups were very thin.

We still go to the forest and leave food for the others but none are brave enough to come

to us.

Zack Kenai Nita

Below left ..Rusty

Below right..Scruffy Scruffy and Rusty

The vet in V.T phoned Kerry and Kosta and asked them if they

could take two dogs. A Scottish lady had rescued Scruffy and

Rusty from the streets when they were both pups. She has had to

return to the UK and was unable to take the dogs with her or find

good homes for them and was so relieved when we said we would

take them.

Scruffy and Rusty are 3 years old and have been vaccinated and

spayed and neutered. Rusty (male) and Scruffy (female) are both

very attached to each other so we are looking for a special family

who will adopt them both together.

D y l a n

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Dylan is a little Tibetan Spaniel

who was abandoned in a parking

lot in the freezing weather. A lady

found him and took him to the

vets. She was unable to keep him

as she already has dogs that she

has recued. The vet contacted

Kerry and Kosta and asked if they

would take Dylan.

Suma and Bowser

Kosta and Liam were at the vets with some of the dogs when a lady came in with a

little dog and pup she had found on the streets. The mother dog had a tumour which

had been scraping along the ground. She was very thin and had been trying to sur-

vive and feed her pup in the snow and freezing weather.

Kosta heard the vet telling the lady that the dog would probably have been dead

within another couple of days and that she urgently needed an operation which

would cost 80 leva. The lady was upset and said that she only had 20 leva and had

nowhere to keep the dogs. When Kosta heard the vet say that the dog and her pup

would have to be put to sleep, he knocked on the door, went in and said we would

pay for the operation and care for the mum and pup.

The mother dog, Suma, had her operation and went home the next day. She was still

able to feed Bowser, her little female pup who was just over two weeks old.

Suma had to return to the vets today as her wound was looking infected. She has

been given an antibiotic injection and we hope the infection will clear up.

Suma Bowser

Queenie

Queenie turned up on the streets of

Rudozem looking very thin and

weak. We were very concerned

about her as she was obviously

used to people and whenever she

heard a voice she would go and see

who it was. The poor girl was ob-

viously looking for someone and

the worry was that she would scare

people by following them and

would end up being killed. We

spent nearly a full night trying to

work out how we could move dogs

about to make room for her.

The next day we moved dogs

around so that we had a free pen.

Tyson, who helps us with the dogs

said he would look for her the next

morning. At 10 am the next day he

was outside with her on a lead.

She has settled in and is very

lovely natured with people.

Four tiny pups

Three weeks ago we were asked if we would take away some new born pups. The

mother is a feral dog who had given birth near someone’s unused shed. We managed

to get the person to agree not to kill or move the pups if we would take them when

they were 3 weeks old. They weren’t happy but did agree and we now have the pups.

The mother runs off at the first sign of people so sadly there is nothing we can do for

her until we get the clinic set up and can start the neuter/release scheme.

The pups are all girls. Three of them have been named, Shirley, Jenny and Belle and

one still has to be named.

Far left..pup 1 un named

Left. Shirley

Far left.. Jenny

Left..Belle

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Another four dogs at V.T branch

We heard through Bulgarian animal lovers

and rescuers on Facebook about the sad

plight of a Dutch lady who was living

rough with her dogs in Velingrad. She had

been evicted from her apartment for having

too many dogs. She spent a couple of days

with Kerry and left four of her dogs in her

care before taking one of the dogs with her

and going back to Velingrad. She has been

in contact to say that she has found a

puppy belonging to the dog that she took

with her and that she will go back to Kerry

and leave the dogs in her care. Two of the

dogs were young pups and are now in a

puppy run with other pups and are doing

fine.

The other two dogs were older,

one is very scared of people and

both needed medical treatment.

They have been to the vets and

Kerry and Kosta are taking care

of them and helping them to

overcome their fear of people.

Keeping the vets in business

Another 19 of the pups in Rudozem were micro chipped and vaccinated this month so that they are able to be put up for

adoption.

Shyanne was taken to a vet in another town as we were worried that she might have had a break to her leg or hip. The vet

said that there are no breaks but her ligaments are badly stretched. We have brought her inside with her sister Lisa, so that

she won’t jump up at the fence every time she sees us go outside. She is getting more rest but still she limps.

Jessie and Oscar had their rabies blood tests and the results came back this week. Both are satisfactory which means that

they can go to the UK in August if good homes can found for them there.

Oscar has lost a bit of weight recently, although he is still eating and is happy and lively enough in himself. Some of his

teeth are bad and the vet wants him to go in for his teeth to be cleaned and sorted out and at the same time, he will do

blood tests to make sure that there is no other cause for his weight loss.

George was neutered this month and Nova was spayed.

Laura, Dylan , Scruffy and Rusty all had to be microchipped and re vaccinated.

Suma, the little dog that was found with her pup, had her tumour removed and went back to the vets today for antibiotics.

Einstein went to vets today to have his rabies blood test but the vet advised that he is vaccinated again before the test as

many dogs are borderline or only just have enough antibodies and it is very expensive to do the blood testing and subse-

quent re-testing. He will go back for the blood test in another 28 days.

Kerry and Kosta took five cats to be neutered, Winnie, Sevdaline, Yoda, Felix and Tiny Tim and Winnie and Sevdaline

were also vaccinated and microchipped. Blossom and Yasmin have moved to the V.T branch. Yasmin has had ongoing

problems with her mouth so she was taken to the vet in V.T today. He said that she is an old cat and that most of her teeth

have been smashed and need to be removed as they are becoming infected. Tomorrow she will be going to the vets for

surgery. Hopefully this will solve the problem and once her mouth heals, whe will have soft food and not be in any more

discomfort.

Special thanks to ATAAC (Australian

Teens Against Animal Cruelty) for raising

funds and awareness for RSDR at the Mel-

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