Introducing Uva!

Uva is our new oldie but goodie. After Tiki Dance and Bumba died, we knew that we could not deny love to another old dog who has suffered so much. She comes to us from a dog pound in southern Lazio, in Frosinone. She is about 10-11 years old and spent 8 of those years in a concrete cell, and was let out maybe 20 minutes a month. She seems both pointer and wolf. She has a very timid personality, and she is very affectionate. She smelled like rotten feces and piss. She probably had 8 years of it encrusted into her fur. I doubt she ever had a bath before. We gave her a DEEP cleaning. She has rotten teeth and a bad case of gum disease, but we will fix that too. She doesn't get that cats are her friends, though she is not violent with them. And she doesn't come upstairs or sleep in a soft dog bed. She likes the bath mat I put down for her on the floor near the sofa. I doubt she has ever had a comfort in her life. Her name was ULTIMA which means last, because she was always the invisible dog that nobody ever came for or looked at so she was the last one. Uva means grape. She is part of our wine loving family now. Along with Chardonnay  and Bellone, our two boys I found abandoned as puppies.




UPDATE:  Uva now sleeps in a soft dog bed.  It took her a good 4-5 days to understand it was all hers all the time.  I can't wait for the summer to go to the mountains for two weeks with her and the boys.  I love Uva!

Uva with her first dog bed.  She has taken possession of it and it is now her favorite place in the world.  Simple pleasures are what makes old dogs a real joy.  Thank you Uva for bringing JOY back into out home.  

Adopting an old dog can be heart breaking because you do not have as much time, but they deserve it. If you can open your heart adopt an old dog. You may be their last chance. 

Thousands Linger in Hell!

No-kill shelters are BIG business in Italy:
http://tiny.cc/W8BMF
It is disgusting how people take advantage of animals for profit.

There is one of these Canile Lager right near Rome, in Rieti. I am trying to
get some of the older dogs out, but I can't help them all.
http://ulminopericanidirieti.splinder.com/
there are only THREE people helping over 700 dogs.
Better is Laura at
http://www.adozionicani.it/
she responds quickly to emails.
I have posted about one, Sole, and received emails regarding wanting to
volunteer.

Your best option would be through them:
http://www.associazionecanililazio.it/
or
Giuliana Montella

Giuliana is a volunteer and organizer with the canili in Rome and speaks
english.

Another option is long distance adoption of one of the dogs of Rieti. This will
ensure the dog will be taken to a canile that actually has volunteers and grass
and has contact with other dogs. The dogs of Rieti NEVER get out of their
cages, NEVER.

2 urgent dogs

Maxina is quasi paralyzed and lived in a Canile Lager in the south of Italy.
She was rescued and then is now slowly losing back leg ability to walk. She
needs help, urgently.

http://rome.en.craigslist.it/pet/1621422090.html

And of course, Sole

http://rome.en.craigslist.it/pet/1591754570.html

If we all pitch in a little, we can help these dogs. STOP RANDAGISIMO IN
ITALY!!

Never buy a dog when so many(thousands and thousands) spend there life locked
up!! You can find dogs of any size, breed or age through the Canile