nidra's

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...

This is the best time of the year of Bodrum, when all the tourists leave and the summer vacationers leave, and we can have our town back! Presently I am way too busy with my small scale "animal/dog shelter", it is a private/personal place, I call it shelter because it is becoming one apparently! I have 7 dogs and 1 cat living in 6 different sections of my home and yard! The first entrance where I park my car became Ivan's quarters, he has his own separate doghouse which was Macho's earlier (the doghouse is a gift from a friend Yasare) and Macho instead moved in to the 3rd section of the front yard! He sometimes shares the yard for playtime with Lady, Lara and Panda and has a larger doghouse he sometimes also shares with whoever wants to?!. The 2nd section usually is left to whoever wants some privacy! That is also my pedestrian entry to the yard towards my house. The 4th level is for the older members of the pack: Panda, Lady, Lara and Dharma. They also have 2 big...