DARCY was abandoned and one day followed a young boy on a bicycle back home.
He wanted to keep the pup but his father wouldn’t let him so they took him to a friend where the father happens to work. That lady is also our friend, who couldn’t keep him either, so………here he is in foster with us!
His estimated date of birth is February 1, 2025. So around six months at time of posting.
He is a very lively pup and loves playing with the other young dogs we have, namely Tilly and Robby. Gets on with all other dogs here, large and small.
Sleeps in his crate at night and during hot afternoons, as do all our dogs.
Walks on lead when we have time. Will be small-medium adult. Vaccinated and wormed as usual. Ready to go to his permanent home.

If you are interested please contact us via the button Contact and fill in the questionnaire.

AFONSO was abandoned in the countryside and became a roaming, scavenging young dog, fending for himself! How can this happen, you may well ask.
Eventually, the nearest local council vet service got him picked up and he was castrated, vaccinated and returned to the hamlet where he was being fed by locals.
A good, long time friend of ours discovered him, took pity and asked us to help.
Not surprisingly, he had tick fever and Heartworm. Municipalities do not blood test the dogs they pick up and neuter.
We did the whole, long, Heartworm  procedure here and after 5 months he was ready to start a new life.
He is now in foster and training with our friend Yvonne, qualified dog trainer and doing well.
Estimated date of birth is November 1, 2021.
Afonso is a Cão do Barrocal Algarvio. Not well known because it is an ancient Algarve breed but not recognised by the International Canine Federation. It is a Podengo type but with a different coat and only one size, medium.
He weighs 20 Kg and measures 50 cm at the shoulder.
If interested please contact us via the Contact button and fill in the questions.

ROBBY was hand reared by us from one day old. Found in a tightly bound plastic supermarket bag in a field. When friends ripped open the middle of the bag they were shocked….4 bundles inside, 3 pups were dead and full of maggots. One was barely alive so they picked him up and brought him here. He was cold to touch and weighed less than 300 gm. He just lay in the palm of my hand.
Of course we have bottles and teats of all sizes, as well as puppy milk powder, hot water bottles, fleecy blankets and towels, everything you need to try and save the life of a new born. I started with a hot water bottle, woolly blanket and towel in a cat carrier. Feeding 2 ml of milk in a syringe every couple of hours round the clock. Then 2,3,5,10 ml. Then changed to a kitten bottle and eventually to a puppy one.

Robby survived.

He’s a very special young dog now looking for a very special home as we are too old to keep him. Robby needs a new substitute mother. He loves everyone and everything, is very active and playful. He travels well in the car, walks on lead and sleeps in his crate at night. Always clean.
Date of birth is 15 September 2024, vet checked, vaccinated, wormed, chipped with EU pp and castrated.
Robby is a medium sized dog of 25 kg at one year of age and measures 48 cm on the shoulder
If you can be his new mum, please fill in the questionnaire on the Contact button.

FERNANDO is the last male puppy from a female doggy we helped to sterilise last year. 
His mother is a small mixed breed with super ears. As his father is unknown we expect Fernando to become a medium sized dog. 
He is very social with all dogs, loves to play and run around the garden with them. 
This is how he learns to be a good, social dog. He comes on recall! 
We are sure he will make a lovely, family pet. As a second dog would be ideal..
At night he sleeps in his crate, always clean in the morning. No sound! 
Born July 2023. He is fully vaccinated, chipped and castrated.
Can travel with EU passport.
Who can give this cute, intelligent boy his forever home?

SAMMY was the companion of Soul, who was adopted recently by a wonderful Estrela orientated family in England. Soul developed fairly quickly into a social, well balanced loving dog. Sammy was his shadow, hiding behind him for support and comfort. Following him around their pen in the shelter but not having the courage to be stroked and cuddled by the volunteers. But all that is history. Now it's Sammy's turn to get a loving home and we will do everything to make that happen. Sammy is not shy anymore but very calm but only interested in his own family. Strangers and visitors will be accepted but he really doesn’t care what they do. Many Estrelas show the same independent behaviour due to their role as flock guardians working with only a sole shepherd as their companion. Once you are the one he trusts, his world changes and so does yours.

Sammy is vaccinated, castrated, chipped and tested as all our dogs are.
Date of birth is May 10, 2020. He weighs 52 kg and is 60 cm at the shoulder.

Please contact us via the button "Contact" and answer the questions if you are interested in giving Sammy his deserved, loving, forever home.

ROSE, the flower of our rescue end of 2021.

She is the mother of the Rockies, pups we spent a long time catching from the rocky heights they were hidden in. Mum of course disappeared and was only sighted later after we had all the pups safe and sound here with us. It took us 5 months to catch her! By that time she was on heat again so we knew we had to get her and we did.

At first she was very shy and afraid of humans. She had only known life in the fields and an old man who fed her. From the same place, we had also rescued a mother cat with 4 kittens. They new each other!

Rose and mummy cat often slept in a basket together. Slowly, week by week, she became less afraid and started mixing with some of our other dogs and actually enjoying herself, playing and wagging her tail.

Rose is in remission from Leishmania and doing brilliantly. We hope to stop the Allopurinol after the next check up blood tests. She is spayed, completely vaccinated, wormed etc etc. Her estimated date of birth is 01 July 2018. She weighs 11 kg and stands 39 cm at the shoulder.

A doggy for a quiet person or retired couple to walk and cuddle with and of course, for Rose, cats are no problem at all.

If you are interested please go to the button "Contact" and answer the questions.

HAYA, born January 2018, came to us as tiny traumatised pup with her brother who took the lead in the puppy stage and she always hid behind him. He was adopted but Haya has always stayed here as she is people shy. She’s a beautiful dog, inside and out but needs time to trust people.

We are looking for a special home for her now with a very dog safe garden and other dogs to play with as she loves dogs. She has her own crate where she feels safe but plays in the house, on the sofa and outside everywhere in the garden. Will come for treats when she knows you.

For more info and a visit please contact us.

JOCHEM IS A RESCUE FROM A DIRTY, HELL-HOLE PLACE. Had he stayed there he would be dead. Estimated date of birth is 01/01/2016. Castrated, vaccinated and tested negative for Med.blood parasites. He is an affectionate boy with people he knows, otherwise he is a guard dog. He needs a safe home where he can run around guarding the property. No cats, no kids, as he’s too strong for them. Probably OK with females, probably not with males. At night he is used to sleeping indoors in a run in the garage with 3 other dogs, all separate.