HELP, HELP!!
A desperate happy ending is needed urgently. For this old boy was left to die twice, 1st in the road then the kill station. He was taken to a pound in the North of Spain and left untreated for 21 days which was the required time to see if his family came looking. No one came. A rescuer in the area saw his leg was broken and he was in agony and believed he deserved life. Many pleas for help failed for many reasons, space, money, time. He's had his leg pinned and is pain free. The rescuers have come to us and he will be taken care of by our volunteers at our shelter. He is taking treatment for Leishmaniosis. The main treatment will be expensive but after that it will be cheap and he may recover entirely. After all he's been through, help us fix his broken heart and put a song back into his soul. HELP US FIND A LOVING HOME.

24.05.2018

PLEASE READ THE MAN'S STORY AT THE END OF MY POST.

Yet another individual going back to UK as things are not working out over here. He approached me for help because a while ago he took in a young Mastin cross (called OSO) and simply cannot leave him behind but he does not know how to get him ready for travel and has no funds.
I told him that it will be one month before he can take the dog with him and he said he was prepared to wait because he was not leaving him behind. Last night I met him at the vet office and I got OSO his passport, cocktail with first rabies and registered the chip in his name. In four weeks time he will bring Oso back for his 2nd rabies, worming and health check and then he will be going to the UK. I wish more people would make the effort to take their animals rather than leave them behind. I know sometimes is impossible but some of the excuses I get are simply ridiculous and some people (not all) take the easy option.
Please note that we help with this sort of thing if and when we can and it can only be possible with your continued support at our shop and or donations. Please go to this link if you wish to donate and any amount large or small will be gratefully received http://www.animals-in-distress.eu/donate.html in the page there are several options as well as our 2 Euro per month club if you wish to join?

He just wrote something he would like me to put on here:

Hi Joe

A little back story

I came here in December to take a break from the UK winter and increase my climbing ability and knowledge. Whilst here i saw an awful lot of dogs in need of some very basic attention and love, alongside some more serious cases of abhorrent neglect. It is clear to me that a lot of Spanish do not concern themselves with the basic heath requirements of their dogs. I feel they are simply there to bark at anyone approaching their properties. After some months i went to stay at a farm which had one stray dog in particular. A spanish mastiff who was abandoned and desperate for some hugs, as the area is quite rural i took to training him, walking him and generally just being there for him, he was incredibly receptive and beautiful in his character. I fell in love with him. I knew that if i left him here i would never forgive myself. One day i discovered the bones of another puppy in the garden and that was the end of the story for me, he was coming home to England...no matter what. By this point i had run out of money, having only some cash for a flight home, i spent this on Oso's food, and arranging transport and travel to see Joe. I knew i was in the stink, but Oso was in the stink too and we were family now, so we we would be in the stink together....i took to the internet (free wifi at local cafe) and that's where i found Joe and his organisation. I explained the situation to him and he was nothing short of heroic in his response. He provided me with the opportunity to provide Oso with the necessary ingredients to get him home to England, his forever home. Where he will be free of ticks, fleas, and never sleep in the dirt outside ever again. There's a whole host of reasons to feel down about humanity when you see the state of some of these animals here in Spain, but individuals like Joe show us that there are real, genuine, honest to god heroes everywhere. I cannot thank him enough for all he's done for us, and countless other people like me who truly know what it means in this life to have a "Man's best friend" at his side. A thousand thanks from Oso and myself.

Jono

FROM LORNA BARFORD

Helping out at Animals in Distress for a couple of hours this morning.
Mr M below walking his namesake Gary (found abandoned by Mr M & my brother on Sierra Gorda last summer) & also Mischa. Gary the black & brown dog is very friendly & playful. Mischa is very sweet & good natured. Both were very well behaved on their leads. They would love a forever home of their own & are just 2 of the many dogs currently being housed & cared for by Animals in Distress.

Met up with Angela Allsop last Saturday.
She has not been well due to her hip problem and difficult to get about. Angie has lots of dogs to feed and once in a while we donate food for them. This time I gave her 160Kg, which wont last long, but every little helps. Get well soon Angie

Two different dogs? NO!!
She was found starving and came to our shelter end of Oct 2017 and after SIX WEEKS of food and love this is the result.
This is her story:
Born 2010
Dear Sita, when you were brought in to us the tears jumped into our eyes. You were more dead than alive by neglect. With a height of 70 cm your weight was only 14 kg, your fur was falling out and your eyes looked dull. You were tested for different diseases but they were negative. We didn’t believe the outcome of the tests and you were tested again, cause where people are there can be made mistakes. The blood tests did not surprise us, you were very ill and it was a miracle that you were still alive. At the same time we started with medication and special feed.

You didn’t have lost the courage yet - you are shining again and your fur was growing again. We took you on a leash for walk and knew some time ago someone must have loved you because you knew the basic commands and there was still trust in people.
Unfortunately you didn’t have a chip and searches made along long-missed dogs didn’t yield anything.
Now we are more than 5 months later and your weight has more than doubled.

This already older lady deserves to finally get a home again where she will be loved and may grow old.

Sita is still waiting for adoption.
Please PM me for adoption inquiry

Location: Malaga, Spain.
If you cannot adopt, perhaps you can sponsor Sita?
http://www.animals-in-distress.eu/sponsor-a-dog.html#sita

A lovely surprise yesterday when a box arrived full of goodies for the animals. It was from Birgit Bibi Linssen Many thanks to all that help to make these donations possible xx

Yesterday morning we said goodbye to three more lucky doggies. They were being collected to go to TRACES kennels for two days before traveling to UK via Joanne Smart of http://www.smartpets.info
Left to right: Dolly the black Labrador found by Karoline Coster Barrett in the middle of the road and we placed her in our shelter. The middle one is Neutron, part of two pups found on the side of a river bed at 5 weeks old, which I fostered. His brother has been homed in Spain. Far right is Nala, she was found with another dog and had a problem with a hip and went through a lot of aftercare.

Dolly & Neutron are both going to a family in Kent and Nala to a family in Southend on Sea.
Thank you all for all the help xx

A BIG THANK YOU to Molino Propertyfor their wonderful donation of 500€. This will go towards our next project at our shelter which is to make escape proof the outside play pens as well as building new play pens. Visit their website: www.molinoproperty.com

I just want to say A BIG THANK YOU and share the pic with you because a few days ago we had a lovely surprise. A parcel arrived (part of two) and full of items for the doggies donated by the people that came to our first dog walk in Belgium. Thank you all, you are so very kind xx