Transport day

Today there was another transport to The Netherlands and Germany. 29 dogs were going, around 17 from the shelter and 12 from foster homes. So it was pretty crowded here at 8am already. The vet(a Belgian girl) came in and checked every dog one last time. My favorite pups, the Galgo pups, were going as well. I was happy for them(they all have been homed) but I also felt a little sad that I am never going to see them again. They are such lovely sweet dogs. Around 10.30 the van with all the dogs left.

The rest of the day was very hectic. The morning shift took a lot longer than usual and I helped Hollie, a volunteer from the UK, with cleaning the kennels in quarantine. I didn't have lunch til after 3pm.

The dogs hadn´t even left yet or another dog came in. Very sad story. A Podenco mum was found with her litter of 6 puppies. They found the dad(Galgo) as well. But he was dead, hit by a rock that had fallen on him, :(. The puppies are gorgeous(4 boys and 2 girls) and we gave them Flintstones names. The mum is very thin and has huge nipples from feeding her babies. She is pretty scared.

Then the next challenge began. A lot of dogs had to come out of quarantine. They have to figure out which dog can join which group of dogs. They had it all on paper but it all turned out differently than expected. They place a dog into another group when they are outside and stand by and watch how the other dogs react to the new dog. Sometimes they don´t tolerate the new dog and then he/she has to be placed into another group.  If the group accepts the dog they go into the kennel and watch if the dogs still behave the same towards the new dog. Because often dogs turn on each other once they are inside a kennel.
Rosie the Staffy was placed with a Podenco pup named Oreo and two other small dogs. Oreo and Rosie immediately liked each other fortunately and are new best friends.
The older Staffy Sasha was placed with quite a bully, Jellybean, not a very nice dog if you ask me. She was acting very submissive around him but was also very happy in her new surroundings and still acting like a maniac. When you go in there she still jumps at you like crazy, can be quite painful scratching you with her nails(my legs look quite horrible, full with mosquito bites, bruises and scratches from the dogs).

It was a very chaotic but satisfying day!

                                                                  2 of the Flintstones