Individual lives saved
There are many dogs who just do not stand a chance due to breed, predisposition, health issues, temperament or handicap. We believe that every dog is adoptable.
Elpida (in English Hope) was found abandoned, after she got hit by a car and left on the side of the road for days, paralyzed and unable to walk. The local municipality wanted to euthanize her as they had no means of finding her with a home. The local rescue got in touch with us. We helped Elpida, now called Ruby, to find the best home ever. Handicapped dogs can be as happy as non-handicapped dogs and we encourage families to open their eyes to “special needs” dogs as often they have no way of finding a family.
We only focus on “hard-to-adopt” or often called “non-adoptable” dogs or dogs who would be dead without our help. From pulling dogs from the street in complicated rescue missions, rescuing dogs from abuse, pulling dogs from euthanasia lists, over to finding dogs a home who have no chance and who had waited for many years and would die in shelters without our help.
We believe that EVERY dog is adoptable. It just takes training, patience and more effort and a more targeted approach. We only carry out a few adoptions per year, but all dogs we committed to, were successfully adopted and live happily-ever-after.
Bamboo was chained on a tree, left to die in the forest of Aegina. When we found him, he did not want to get near any of us for months. He now lives happily-ever-after.
Beba was shot by a farmer for trying to chase sheep to survive. She waited for years at a hoarding place where she was forced to have babies. For a Greek shepherd very unusual, she now lives happily ever after with 10 cats, 2 dogs, horses and her mom and dad.
Remi was doomed non-adoptable due to health and breed: mastiff. he had waited for years at a shelter and it seemed impossible to get him adopted ever. He then moved to a farm of 8 acre with rescued dogs, cats, and horses.
Irma had the most saddest eyes EVER. She had waited behind bars for years due to stigma attached to her breed and was very sick. The shelter environment - as much as the shelter was amazing - was not the right environment for her and she almost died. It took a miracle to find a family who would adopt a sick pitbull, but she now lives with her mom, dad, two children and a canine friend and is getting better and better by the day. No, she does not have sad eyes anymore…
Michael and Mirto were rescued from the streets of Thessaloniki. they lived next to a busy highway and it was a matter of time for them to be hit by a car and die. They were rescued in a very complicated rescue mission, traveling from Thessaloniki to Athens and afterwards onward to New York. Adopting two large Greek shepherds together into the same family seemed sheer impossible, but we made the impossible possible and they found a loving home with their new mom, dad and a canine friend with a huge house and a 4 acre yard to play…