Berta

Berta is one of the many victims of neglect. We found her two days ago on the streets, very confused and scared. Her hair was a complete nightmare, her nails were so long it hurt her to walk and she had very irritated eyes. Surely she must have been bought in some petstore by someone thinking they bought a toy and not an animal with its own necessities. We don’t even want to think in what kind of conditions she had to live to end up like this, the most important thing is that she is

with us now and the volunteers have been untangling her hair, cutting her nails and giving her an ointment so her eyes will get better soon. Taking care of an animal is a big responsibility, from the moment you either adopt or buy a pet, you need to spend time with it and make sure it is doing OK. We hope that Berta will be better soon, we will take care of her here and give her all the love she needs. If you are against neglect and abandonment and want to help us in rescueing and making sure animals are better off, you can help us do that by:

Making a donation: http://www.scoobymedina.org/en/how_you_can_help.html

Making a virtual adoption: http://www.scoobymedina.org/en/virtual_adoption/index.html

Adopt one of our animals: http://www.scoobymedina.org/en/adoption/index.html

Become a volunteer: http://www.scoobymedina.org/en/volunteering.html

Join the teaming: https://www.teaming.net/scoobymedina?lang=en_UK

 

Paloma

She was abandoned and too young to find something to eat, she could not cope with the freezing cold at night, she could not find shelter to protect her from that. She only weighs some 10 kilos, desperate and afraid, 2 more days like this and she would be dead. Than she saw people with another dog and in an ultimate attempt to survive, she went to them and happily they took her and brought her to the Scooby residencia.

She is now with the other white skeletons and we hope she will make it.

This is the ugly face from hunting with galgos and abandoning dogs, especially in winter...!!!

Cobie

Yaris-happy at home

With the help of one of our partner organisation Dierenopvang Koningen in the

Netherlands another Scooby dog has found a loving forever home, like

many many others in the past and hopefully in the future. The mail below

is from the new owner and gives an impression not only on Yaris´happiness

but also on her´s;-)

When the doors of the bus opened I immediately saw her big sweet face between all the 19 dogs and got instant goosebumps over my whole body! What a weird sensation and as Esmee said: “and this is how it's supposed to feel!”

The arrival from Spain was delayed, so after all those hours, she finally came of the bus, shivering and upset. But after a few minutes she recovered and calmed down super fast.

We went  to introduce her to my dog Katie, who was waiting in the car. During our wait for the transport we took Katie for a walk with two other shelter dogs. Katie is quite picky in her choice of friends. But when we took Katie out of the car to meet Yaris the first thing we saw was how Yaris pressed her big nose against Katies, two dog noses saying hello. Another great thrill, that first impression! From that moment on the match was perfect and they walked together as they have known each other for years. Thanks to Yaris' happy, social and stable character our Katie transformed into a lively, happy and above all relaxed dog. Fantastic!

When all the papers were made and we were going home I walked towards the fence and said: “Who's going with me??” en yes, Yaris came running straight away! What a feeling, a super click from all sides!

At home Yaris had to discover the whole house of course and ended up in her new bench, satisfied. The only thing she had to be corrected in, was her claiming the food, all the food, Katies and ours. But this took only one day of correction and after that she was perfect: we can leave the bench open day and night and I don't have to hide bones, Yaris totally understands it and has respect for us all, amazing!! She can really look at you like she is saying: “I understand you” when you say this is not the way she should behave and gently push her away so you can eat quietly without her jumping on top of the counter.

I have to say we were very very lucky to have adopted such an intelligent calm Shepherd who has learned the house rules and more super fast!

A few days later:

All together I have to say it is going really well! She has found her place in the family and outside it's going great; Yaris and Katie run and play a lot together in the forest and afterwards they sleep next to each other just peacefully..

A big thank you to everybody for all the care and hard work you do for all the animals. Thanks to you we were able to adopt our third dog. Thank you!

Roelanda, Katie and of course Yaris (now Lisa)

P.S.

What do you think as Yaris as a service dog?

She walks very proud beside my mother's wheelchair like they never did otherwise, unbelievable..

Yaris´ brother ARCO is still waiting to be adopted. Do you have space for this great boy?

http://www.scoobymedina.org/nl/adoption/available_dogs.html

Video Yaris: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0F9-qHmUOU