DOGS WE HAVE RESCUED
SPITHA
The first dog to join us. One day we were walking to our olive trees with two donkeys (George and Meli) This little red and white dog followed us all the way. She stayed with us all day whilst we collected olives and then returned to our house with us. She was about 6 months old and had only one ear (the other had been cut off – a tradition here). She soon became part of the family and loved her life, always wanting to play games with us and our visitors, especially children.
Spitha ate poison in June 2009 and we were unable to save her
We still miss her so much
The first dog to join us. One day we were walking to our olive trees with two donkeys (George and Meli) This little red and white dog followed us all the way. She stayed with us all day whilst we collected olives and then returned to our house with us. She was about 6 months old and had only one ear (the other had been cut off – a tradition here). She soon became part of the family and loved her life, always wanting to play games with us and our visitors, especially children.
Spitha ate poison in June 2009 and we were unable to save her
We still miss her so much
WIGGY
So called because her tail never stops wagging. Spitha found this little puppy under a tree in a field. We took her home and she and Spitha became great friends. She lives in the house with us and Timmy.
MR RED
This dog used to sit under a tree next to the road as if he was waiting for someone to come back for him. We left food and water for him but he would not let us near him. A few weeks later he moved up to the village and killed some of our chickens. We were still not able to catch him. One day we found him falling into the stone water trough in the village. He had blood on him and it was obvious that he had been shot. We bathed his wounds and then he ran off again. Months later he started following us and then moved up onto our terrace. He is blind in one eye after the shooting but is now a wonderful dog. We have had him for 2 years now but he is still nervous of strangers, especially men.
MAMMA MIA
Was left in an outhouse near our stables where she gave birth to 7 puppies. One puppy was still born and five of them disappeared one day (presumably taken away and dumped). Because she was not getting fed by the owner very often we fed and watered here every day. She and her baby started to follow us and eventually decided they would move house and live near the stables.
She is now a very happy dog and spends all her time looking for mice in the bushes by the stables
She is now a very happy dog and spends all her time looking for mice in the bushes by the stables
TIMMY
We decided to give Timmy a home after Spitha died. He is Mia’s baby and a real character. He is a very lucky dog as he has never known cruelty having only met ourselves and our visitors who used to carry him around when he was a baby. He lives in the house with us and Wiggy.
BEAUTY
We saw Beauty in the mountains when we were on a picnic walk with some Americans. For the next week we wondered how she was and if she had survived the thunderstorms. She had and she made it down to the village where we heard her crying and rescued her from an abandoned building. She was very thin but otherwise seemed healthy. A beautiful hunting dog but we knew we could not keep her. With the help of PAWS and Myrtos Animal Project Beauty has found a wonderful home in Holland where she is much loved and looked after.
SCRUFF
This white polar bear looking puppy arrived at our stable one Sunday morning. He had a thin rope around his neck which had grown into the skin. It was not possible to slide the blade of the knife underneath the rope. We had to cut it very carefully from the top. By that evening he had recovered from his ordeal and has become a beautiful friendly dog. He comes when we call him and just loves playing with the others. He is off to a new home in Germany – we will miss him.
Scruff actually has a new home in the Netherlands where he runs on the beach
Scruff actually has a new home in the Netherlands where he runs on the beach
RHEA
Ok this dog is actually a goat! She is a very annoying and fat pygmy goat that bullies the donkeys. She thinks she is a dog and comes walking with us when we go