MOBY GOES TO TURKEY. A tam and pups adventure.

nicholsong said:
When I spent a lot of time in my home port of Poros in the Saronic in Greece I was friendly with a couple: the wife Joan ran a charity whose main purpose was to neuter cats.

They got young vets from UK, and elsewhere, to come down - they had to pay their flights but the charity paid their accommodation and they put in about a 6-8 hour day. So it was partly a holiday for them.

I helped in rounding up the cats and transporting them to the 'surgery' and then back to their neighbourhood for release.

The charity did not get into dogs, which could have been more difficult.

Sadly Joan died of cancer a couple of years later and then I left Poros, so do not know whether the charity is still going. Her husband's phone is now dead.
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When my daughter was newly qualified, she spent her annual leave volunteering for the WVS. As you say, no pay but costs covered and in one memorable case, a local safari company in Botswana giving her and the vet nurse a safari by light plane, night in a lodge and jeep safari next day. Just the 2 of them.
She went to Nepal where she and others tried to help cows that really should have been put down but that is not allowed there, if they collapse and cannot get up, just lie in own mess. Then to Panama City which was a full on production line of spaying, to the Ukraine and other places.

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So I'm now about 90% sure I'd like to take him. He seems to like me and his mum seems to like me. My dogs all are fine with him outside. I know at first if I bring him inside thet will all be a little strange , that's normal ,jade was like that with milo , jade and milo were like that with ela. But it doesn't last and in a day or two they would all be fine .

I guess the question is ....how do I go about it?

Different situation than it was with ela or the other 2 .

I had considered seeing if I can get him or all the dogs to follow me back to the camper next time .. then just pick him up and take him in ... dry him off let him explore etc and get a cuddle , and a chew toy . Then see if he settles in a few hours .. then if he does move to another spot away from all the dogs . As he will have to go out to the toilet etc


Does that sound an idea?
 
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Riverbankannie said:
When my daughter was newly qualified, she spent her annual leave volunteering for the WVS. As you say, no pay but costs covered and in one memorable case, a local safari company in Botswana giving her and the vet nurse a safari by light plane, night in a lodge and jeep safari next day. Just the 2 of them.
She went to Nepal where she and others tried to help cows that really should have been put down but that is not allowed there, if they collapse and cannot get up, just lie in own mess. Then to Panama City which was a full on production line of spaying, to the Ukraine and other places.

Worldwide Veterinary Service

Worldwide Veterinary Service provides free expert care to animals in need all over the world. We do this by sending vets where they are needed most, training them to increase the standard of care globally and by shipping urgent aid supplies worldwide, every week of the year.
wvs.org.uk wvs.org.uk
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Annie, I am showing my age, because when I started treading this I was thinking of WVS as being Womens' Voluntary Service and was wondering what it had to do with animals, but obviously later clicked in.
 
Northernraider said:
So I'm now about 90% sure I'd like to take him. He seems to like me and his mum seems to like me. My dogs all are fine with him outside. I know at first if I bring him inside thet will all be a little strange , that's normal ,jade was like that with milo , jade and milo were like that with ela. But it doesn't last and in a day or two they would all be fine .

I guess the question is ....how do I go about it?

Different situation than it was with ela or the other 2 .

I had considered seeing if I can get him or all the dogs to follow me back to the camper next time .. then just pick him up and take him in ... dry him off let him explore etc and get a cuddle , and a chew toy . Then see if he settles in a few hours .. then if he does move to another spot away from all the dogs . As he will have to go out to the toilet etc


Does that sound an idea?
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I think you are experienced enough to know best.

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Northernraider said:
Jeeso I've been paying £1 for 100 for years . Where you getting 300 for 60p from
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Nappy Sacks from the supermarkets, although they don't seem to be on the shelves anymore, I get my mum to add them to her Tesco delivery, she got me 3 lots, then without asking got some more a couple of weeks later, I did wonder if she really expected him to have done 900 poo's in a fortnight 😂 😂 😂
 
Well that plan didn't work. We've just been for a walk through the village and found all the other dogs bar the pup... never seen him once so not sure where he is . Hopefully just sleeping somewhere.

Did find these two locked together though so there will probably be another litter of pups soon . It's such a shame . If they would just get the females neutered they would cut down on the amount of strays drastically
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Surely you can’t just take the dog,can you? He’s not yours,and I realise he may not have an owner,but he may be curled up on a bed somewhere and being looked after by a local. He is,as you say,well fed and healthy so why not leave be?

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Podney said:
Surely you can’t just take the dog,can you? He’s not yours,and I realise he may not have an owner,but he may be curled up on a bed somewhere and being looked after by a local. He is,as you say,well fed and healthy so why not leave be?
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We have been through this many times so decided to keep out of this one (y)
 
Podney said:
Surely you can’t just take the dog,can you? He’s not yours,and I realise he may not have an owner,but he may be curled up on a bed somewhere and being looked after by a local. He is,as you say,well fed and healthy so why not leave be?
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I don't think the dog would be roaming the streets if he had a loving owner.
 
Gina M said:
I don't think the dog would be roaming the streets if he had a loving owner.
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Might be... and just goes home at night.
Has Tam ever wandered about at night (just curious), or the early hours to see where all these strays sleep.

Hopefully this particular pup hasn't bitten through one set of wiring too many.
 
Langtoftlad said:
Might be... and just goes home at night.
Has Tam ever wandered about at night (just curious), or the early hours to see where all these strays sleep.

Hopefully this particular pup hasn't bitten through one set of wiring too many.
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From what I've seen they're mostly sleeping in a closed beach bar .... they don't have owners as such , most of the ones you see roaming around that do have owners have collars on them like the two i was feeding at Agios Andreas, the charities here are frustrated at how many strays there are that no one takes any responsibility for.
 
Podney said:
Surely you can’t just take the dog,can you? He’s not yours,and I realise he may not have an owner,but he may be curled up on a bed somewhere and being looked after by a local. He is,as you say,well fed and healthy so why not leave be?
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He's not anybodies that's the point, no one takes any responsibility for them. They're just left to roam and multiply and add to the ever increasing problem. I follow various charities in all these countries. @saveagreekstray is the main one here I follow in Greece, but I've also met a few smaller ones like @filialaundry and Diana hans who had neutered ela.


Greek dogs are supposed to be chipped etc by law , so if they're not they're considered to be strays
 
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I do know that it is hard work adopting a dog in this country. We have 3 acres and a specially fenced off garden area and I was told by a friend who had tried that I would be refused as my fence wasn't high enough. My boy was a large Labradoodle and in 14 years he never made it over that fence, even if he saw a rabbit :giggle:
 
Gina M said:
I do know that it is hard work adopting a dog in this country. We have 3 acres and a specially fenced off garden area and I was told by a friend who had tried that I would be refused as my fence wasn't high enough. My boy was a large Labradoodle and in 14 years he never made it over that fence, even if he saw a rabbit :giggle:
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Yes sadly I think many of the animal rescue places in the UK are businesses that make a considerable amount of money. And they are way overboard with their vetting processes etc. They'd rather keep the animals in a shelter than give them to people without 6 foot fences.

I've heard numerous people being refused , and if you live in a camper there's no chance they'd let you adopt.

It's easier to adopt a child in the UK than a dog lol

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My nephew hates a certain animal charity, he used to take injured birds to them when he was a little boy. He did some work for them as an adult and found out they used to kill those birds he is still fuming about it to this day.
 
Gina M said:
My nephew hates a certain animal charity, he used to take injured birds to them when he was a little boy. He did some work for them as an adult and found out they used to kill those birds he is still fuming about it to this day.
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Yeah the rspb strangle many an injured bird. I wasted my time so many times taking injured birds to them before one warden finally told me most of them they just throttle as too much work to save them
 
CAB96 said:
I can't believe it!

I turn my back for 5 minutes, and now you lot are encouraging Tam to adopt a puppy that loves chewing electrics!

Have you not been paying attention to the thread :rofl:
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It’ll give uncle Lenny summat to do when he gets back👍😁😁
 
CAB96 said:
I can't believe it!

I turn my back for 5 minutes, and now you lot are encouraging Tam to adopt a puppy that loves chewing electrics!

Have you not been paying attention to the thread :rofl:
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It will keep Lenny employed on Tams camper.👍

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CAB96 said:
I can't believe it!

I turn my back for 5 minutes, and now you lot are encouraging Tam to adopt a puppy that loves chewing electrics!

Have you not been paying attention to the thread :rofl:
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When I first saw that pic I thought did Tam check whether that is a live cable?

Does he still know?
 

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