“DOG ON A HOT TILE ROOF”

“Female dog spotted on roof of a group of holiday homes in the middle of nowhere in the Santa Catarina area.”
Some time ago,  we were approached by our old friend Cliff from Amigos do Museu for help. This doggy was a danger to herself because she was literally on the solar panels, scared to come down. If she damaged them, the result could be a disaster. 
Long story, but eventually she was trapped, brought to us and spayed immediately through STREETLIFE, who always support us in these stressful situations together with our vets at Mercado. Many thanks to you all. 
Roof doggy now has a name, ANDORA, and will be vaccinated and tested this week. 
After a couple of weeks of settling down, she has turned into a friendly, social little girl. She is about 6 years old and weighs 8 kg.
She loves the dogs she is kennelled with, two large Estrelas and a small, 12 year old male who has been with us for ten years and is still traumatised from his terrible experience in a kill shelter from where he was rescued.
Andora is now looking for a permanent home where she can be a family pet, have a normal basket and forget about life on the roof. ( How she got there we will never know)
We have far too many old dogs that are not adoptable and cannot keep any very adoptable rescues. 
If you would like to meet and / or adopt Andora, please contact us via our email on the CONTACT button

TINA AND TOSCA where found crying in a cardboard box next to the garbage bins, on a dull, damp day, in a location not really well known but significant for rescuers with a sense of humour……behind the S. Bras cemetery. Of course, the person who dumped them knew they were NOT going to die.

This has been the pattern now for years in our town……dump pups and kittens, in packaging, close to the rubbish bins and some kind person will find them and take them home. The dumpers conscience is then clear. The kind finder is consequently confronted with how to handle this situation and that is where we and our rescue colleagues come into the picture.

These two small females were about 4 weeks old, estimated date of birth around 1-11-2023 and extremely vulnerable. We kept them in quarantine until 2 weeks after they had the first puppy DP vaccination (Parvo and Distemper). Now they are running around and playing with a few other dogs in our Palm Tree patio. It seems to us they will be small/medium adults….perhaps 12/14 kg.

After polyvalent vaccinations they will be ready for adoption. The girls are extremely social and playful, not worried by anything. Will be good with kids for sure.

If you are interested in seeing them with a view to adoption, please go to the button “contact” and answer the questions.

TINA AND TOSCA where found crying in a cardboard box next to the garbage bins, on a dull, damp day, in a location not really well known but significant for rescuers with a sense of humour……behind the S. Bras cemetery. Of course, the person who dumped them knew they were NOT going to die.

This has been the pattern now for years in our town……dump pups and kittens, in packaging, close to the rubbish bins and some kind person will find them and take them home. The dumpers conscience is then clear. The kind finder is consequently confronted with how to handle this situation and that is where we and our rescue colleagues come into the picture.

These two small females were about 4 weeks old, estimated date of birth around 1-11-2023 and extremely vulnerable. We kept them in quarantine until 2 weeks after they had the first puppy DP vaccination (Parvo and Distemper). Now they are running around and playing with a few other dogs in our Palm Tree patio. It seems to us they will be small/medium adults….perhaps 12/14 kg.

After polyvalent vaccinations they will be ready for adoption. The girls are extremely social and playful, not worried by anything. Will be good with kids for sure.

If you are interested in seeing them with a view to adoption, please go to the button “contact” and answer the questions.

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 vaccinated, chipped etc and will be castrated when adopted. 
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, 4 years old now, 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.