D e c e m b e r a d o p t i o n t r i p S P E C I A L

P O I N T S O F

I N T E R E S T :

December

adoption trip

New arrivals:

Mechka, Inka,

Jorja, and four

pups Eileen,

Wojtek, Tidus

and Turi

Update on

Courage

Appeal for vac-

cination dona-

tions and spon-

sors

Winter for

RSDR

A special thank

you to everyone

who has sent

gift packages

and much

needed items

for our dogs

and cats.

December 2012 Issue 49 Foundation No. 175647065

RSDR

(Rudozem Street Dog Rescue) W W W . S T R E E T D O G R E S C U E . C O M

Two cats and 15 dogs left us in December. Cats Muddi and Angel were adopted together and

went to the UK. Mungo, Logan, Sooty, Hawkins and Sweety all went to new homes in the UK,

Baron, Primrose, Lord, Fleur, Loopy, King, Gracie and Rachel were all adopted in Holland and

Prince and Diamond went to foster homes in Holland. Prince was being fostered by the family

who adopted Primrose and we are happy that they have now adopted him aswell. Once again we

would like to thank our adoption teams, supporters and the families who have adopted the dogs

and cats.

N e w A r r i v a l s

P a g e 2 R S D R

Jorja On the 15th December, liam and luke were

out at night in Rudozem and saw Jorja

alone on the streets. She is a very affec-

tionate girl and just wanted attention. The

boys kept her safe with them and then took

her home. The next day they brought her to

the shelter.

On the 29th December a man

turned up at the shelter with

four young pups. A street

dog had given birth near his

house . He had been feeding

the mum and pups and look-

ing out for them and brought

them to us when mum had

moved on.

Eileen Tidus

Turi Wojtek

Mechka On their way to work one morning, the boys spotted Mech-

ka not far from the shelter. He was wet and shivering and

was curled up at the side of the road in the snow.

Mechka is a big pup but only about four months old. He is

very friendly. Since arriving he hasn’t been eating very

well and has an upset stomach. He won’t eat dog food but

will eat cooked chicken so he is on a special diet at the

moment and antibiotics.

Inka

On the 28th December, Tony brought Inka to the shelter. She

was on a shop window ledge and a woman went over and

smacked her, knocking her off the ledge. We had seen Inka

days earlier when she was sat on the window ledge of another

shop. We had gone back in the shop to buy soft food for her

but she wasn’t interested.

After Tony saw the woman hit her, he picked her and put her

in the car.

P a g e 3 R S D R

Courage Courage is the first pup that we rescued from near the Devil’s Throat Cave. Last month he had an operation to remove

his badly damaged eye and had his ears flushed

out before starting treatment for a fungal infec-

tion. His stitches have now been removed and

he has made a full recovery. Courage is a very

loveable boy and is now available for adop-

tion.. He lives quite happily in the staffroom

with us, the other dogs and the cats. He soon

learned that one cat has to be ignored whilst

the other one will play. His only fault is that he

does still guard his food and everyone else’s so

we do have to watch him when food is about.

The rest of the time he plays happily with the

other dogs. He is very affectionate and loves to

snuggle up next to you when he is tired.

If you are interested in adopting Courage or

one of our other dogs or cats, please go to the

website adoption pages

http://www.streetdogrescue.com/

readyforadoption.htm

Winter is most defi-

nitely here bringing

with it the snow and

freezing tempera-

tures. Power cuts are

very common when

we get heavy snow

and often we can go

days or weeks with-

out any electricity or

mobile phone signal

and sometimes the

water will freeze so

we have to fill con-

tainers up and bring

water to the shelter.

There is no heating at

the shelter apart from

the log burner in the

staffroom where we

live and sleep with

some of the dogs and

pups.

At least now we have

a new roof so don’t have the worry of the roof collapsing under the snow, but still there is so much to do. Many of the

windows are broken or missing and there is an open front to one part of the building. We have no electric in the main

parts of the building where the dogs are so we have to adjust the daily routine according to the time of year and when we

have daylight. Hopefully when we are able to have ceilings put in and the windows replaced, this will keep a bit more

heat in. Once these things are done we can then aim for drainage, floors and proper pens and an isolation unit.

The first thing on our list of renovations is to get hot water, a sink, shower and plumbing for a washing machine. There is

only one tap and tiny sink which are in the staff room and a large water pipe in the main part of the building. If we need

hot water we have to boil water with the kettle or on the log burner. When we bath dogs or wash blankets, this has to be

done outside with a large plastic bowl. In freezing temperatures, we can’t wash blankets or dogs outside so end up with

bags of blankets that need washing and no way of washing them and dogs that desperately need bathing and nowhere to

bath them. Some of the dogs and pups that we rescue are extremely dirty and smelly as they have been living on all sorts

of rubbish just to try and keep warm. Hot water, a large sink, shower and a washing machine would really make a differ-

ence to the dogs and to us.

C h r i s t m a s a n d s n o w

P a g e 4 R S D R

P a g e 5 R S D R

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Help needed with vaccinations and sponsors

We have so many dogs and cats at the moment and desperately need help with vaccination donations and sponsors. All

dogs and cats have to be vaccinated and microchipped before they can leave the shelter and be adopted. Apart from this we

cannot risk leaving pups and kittens unprotected against fatal diseases. Next week we have over 30 dogs and cats that need

vaccinations or annual boosters and we still have dogs and cats on the webstore that were done some time ago and never

donated for. Sometimes dogs are adopted and their vaccination costs are never covered. We need to cover these costs to

continue making sure that all vaccinations are up to date. We also have 10 Euro vaccination vouchers on the webstore for

anyone who would like to help but cannot cover the full costs of vaccinations. Please help if you can.

http://www.streetdogrescueshop.com/DONATIONS_FOR__Vaccination__Neutering/cat218195_161287.aspx

Anyone that has one or two cats or dogs will appreciate how much it costs a month to care for them and just for feeding

costs alone. For 10 euros a month you can sponsor a dog/cat and help to cover their feeding costs. On average we need two

sponsors per animal to cover their monthly feeding costs. If any dog or cat has more than two sponsors this helps us to cov-

er the costs for dogs and cats that aren’t sponsored and to feed the animals that are still on the streets. At the moment we

have 41 dogs and 12 cats who aren’t sponsored at all. That is a lot of dogs and cats to feed every month without any help

towards feeding costs. Please help if you can by sponsoring a dog or cat.

http://www.streetdogrescue.com/sponsoradog.htm

Unsponsored dogs

Oliver, Spot, Oakley, Josh, Sasha, Kissinger, Mona, Lara, Alice, Renee, Molly, Rasty, Cariad, Wendy, Jarvis, Bridie,

Ruthie, Gem, Amy, Peggy, Walter, Finnigan, Flicka, Puma, Archibald, Esme, Eileen, Wojtek, Turi, Tidus, Mechka, Mila-

da, Cecilia and 8 un-named pups.Total 41

Dogs with only one sponsor

Connor, ,Harley , Mungo, Sebastian, Lucinda, Star, Misty, Leah, Shyanne, Total 9

Unsponsored cats

Romeo, Bradley, John B, Shai, Peachy, Rolo, Boris, Misty, Bean, Ceasar, Mini, Inka---Total 12

Pic of the month Our daughter Sam and 3 year old

grandaughter Nikita, were here

for a week earlier in December.

It was lovely to see them but in

sad circumstances. They had to

get here quickly from England

for a funeral after the unexpected

death of Nikita’s daddy. It isn’t

something that you can easily

explain to a 3 year old, so for

now she has been told that her

Daddy has gone to The Rainbow

Bridge to look after Gingerpuss

and the other animals. This pic-

ture of Nikita and Bigdog was

taken just days later which to me

made it all the more poignant.

R.I.P Dimitar Metchev.