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Virus update

Firstly we are sorry to have ben offline for a while, we have experienced some technical issues beyond our control. It has been a hard few months for us all, not just the people that volunteer at our shelter, but the people that give up there time and energy to care for the many street

Self awareness

Why are some animals self aware and others not? What is self awareness? Which animals are self aware?I know, I am deviating off my brief on this one and I hope Sara will forgive me but I was recently involved in a discussion where it became obvious that there is virtually no understanding of this

Best Christmas ever!!!

Details have been changed to preserve anonymity. One of the consequences of my line of work was to hear peoples personal stories some of which were sad, some very emotional, some evocative and some inspirational.This was Sharon’s story.Sharon was a young lady probably in her late teens with a bubbly personality and she would have

The jealous sheepdog..

Details have been changed to preserve anonymity. “Grockle” a derogatory term for an inconsiderate holiday maker commonly used in Devon and Cornwall. As I have said before, calls to go to farms can be difficult. It is invariably the farmers wife that makes the appointment and I am never sure if the wife has told

Minnie (Naomi)

This story shows how important our amazing foster mamas are! When we find tiny abandoned puppies, or kittens, one of our foster mamas steps in, takes them into their home (and their heart), and cares for them as a mama would…… this means feeding every couple of hours, day and night, watching them carefully for

Fiongo – Bear

This story is very close to my heart, as it was myself and my cousin Kalliopi Metaxaki who actually found little Fiongo. One morning, when i went next door for a coffee to kallipoi’s house, i noticed something strange in her dogs house…. upon further investigation, there was a tiny little puppy! now her dog

Rufos

Date of Birth: 2012 Sex: Male Colour: Light brown and white Size: medium More about Rufos: Rufos, is unfortunately back with us once again. This lovely boy has not had the easiest of lives, and this is the second time he has come back to us. Unfortunately his new family was not able to keep

Zeus

This is a slightly different type of story….. The story of Zeus In the summer of 2019, A young lady named Hannah Jane Petts, and her boyfriend Josh, where on holiday in Heraklion, Crete. They spent most of the time relaxing at the beach, as you do when your on holiday… This is where they

Elpida and Hara

Written by Paul Taylor and Robert Leitch The story of Elpida and Hara our two Creten puppies. On Saturday the first of June we decided to go for a day out taking in Vai beach, Palekastro, and Zakros Cape we left Elounda around 9 am with our friends son seventeen year old Scott Campbell who

3 in a bed

Certain details have been changed to protect anonymity We have briefly mentioned previously about dogs in the bedroom and it reminded me of a problem that I was asked to solve, it went something like this….Mr Brown telephoned me regarding his dog but it all sounded very mysterious as we had to meet in a