nidra's

Being a vegetarian for over 20 years, I always found it hard to stand the smell of any kind of meat cooking or otherwise!... So imagine how I'm feeling right now looking after a sick dog who needs special food, home-cooked real food! Most I can deal with is chicken liver and carrots and noodles! Let's get to it! And feeding time ... let's see if she likes it!...

On the fourth day she's still very very skinny! And tired, and lethargic, but eating well and drinking a lot...

My other dogs, especially Dilemma showed some reaction the first time she lay eyes on the Dogo. Obvious territorial reaction! And then harsh barking turned into concerned whining and light barking! .... and end of the first day...

We found another abused, misused and abandoned special breed female dog! A Dogo-Argentino who recently had puppies we assume from her teets. You know that these breeds can't leave the shelter once they are taken in! Because they are branded as forbidden/banded dogs... why? because of a few immoral owners use of these dogs as attack dogs, and organize dogfights and use these poor animals for their own interests, prestige and material gain! What we need to do is to let Animal Welfare Organizations know about these special kinds of dogs so protectors can help them to find suitable homes for them... rather than calling the Municipality's dog collection officers and complain! Because when you complain to the municipality and they come and pick these dogs up to take into the shelter to never let them out ever again with no chance of being re-adopted or re-homed... First on the 14th of June I picked her up from Ortakent, to the vet's. After initial tests we found out th...

When I first arrived to live in Bodrum I chose Turkbuku and in 1996 it was a great place to be living in! And the first few people I met were animal lovers and caretakers just like myself, in a week I had 2 puppies a kitten, bunch of animal lover friends, local vet friends, animal welfare organization friends, and the rest is history…. After 17 years I still have same friends….. well not all of them apparently…. One of those few/rare friends I met at the time was Önder Çevik. And along came a friendship which lasted all these years, thru trials and tribulations, mostly about the animals we cared for, and many hours of conversations while waiting for a dog to come to after an operation or a cat! How many of my pets he saved, how many street dogs and cats I took to him to care for, how many times I woke him up, with emergencies, ask for help for guidance, no other vet were giving out their cellphone numbers Önder was the only one who did at the time and he answered and he responded and...