The blind Pekingese; Isaac

Our friend from Heves went to her veterinarian with some dogs and cats, when he told her about Isaac.



Isaac`s eye had popped out, so he was taken in for surgery to remove it completely. When the surgery was done they realized that poor Isaac was blind on the one eye he has left.


The owner the left his dog there to be euthanized. But lucky for Isaac the veterinarian did not have the heart to put him to sleep.

He is now going into fostering as a proud member of our Budadog pack, to show the world that he deserves to live even if he is blind :)


Isaac is only 1 year old and is such a loving dog, so we are happy to give him a second chance.

-Maud Kristine-

Dog hotel

We have built our own doghotel in a garden outside Budapest, where we pay the couple who owns it to take care of our dogs.
We use the hotel for dogs in need of fostering or if they need some time before he/she is ready to live with people in a fosterhome (very fearful dogs often needs some pack mentality to help them along). We also use it as temporary accomodation during summer, easter and christmas.


We went out to our Dog hotel last weekend, and the dogs love it there! It is so great to see how the dogs rehabilitate eachother in a pack.



Suki, our newest addition, loves to be able to run around with the other puppies, and get much needed social skills from the older dogs. Her and the other dogs enjoys the paddling pools we have left for them for the hot days.



The couple who runs the Budadog hotel are great with our dogs, and they give them walks and let the dogs run loose in the garden a couple of hours each day.





Dougal (above) was with a family, but was still so shy after a couple of weeks that we decided to bring him out to the Doghotel and now he loves to get attention, and has seen the other dogs play and cuddle with people and realized that we are not all that bad :)

-Maud Kristine-

Lisa in her new home

Lisa has been in her new home in Norway for a year now, and thriving!
She has buildt some muscles so she is no longer our little stalky girl, but grown into quite the lady :)


Lisa`s "mom" takes Lisa and her companion Tyson out for a hike every day, and they have a fenced-in garden that they can run around in the rest of the day.


Lisa can run around off the leash almost everywhere, and she always comes when called. Her "mom" is so happy with her little Lisa, that she might just get another Budadog some day ;) (we hope)



Lisa`s owner has a studio at home so both Lisa and Tyson comes to work with her every day, and they even get to sleep in her bed, Lisa prefers to lie under the covers with her :)
Her owner tells us that Lisa follows her around constantly, and everyone falls in love with her little Budadog :) she spreads joy wherever she goes!



We are so happy for them both!

-Maud Kristine-

Tegwen from Illatos

Eve and Maud went to Illatos yesterday to get a German Shepard mix, that we have named Tegwen, out of Illatos kennel. On the illatos website it said that she was a 5 year old female and very shy, her age can`t be much more than 3 years old, but they were right about her being timid. Tegwen (nickname "penguin") hid as best as she could in the small kennel, and crawled along the ground when the worker walked her to the office to get her chipped. But already at the office, Tegwen showed us that she wants to trust people, when she crawled over to the office lady for some attention.



When we got back to Budapest, Anouska, Maud and Tegwen drove out to Monor to check on our Dog hotel there and Tegwen was very curious out in the garden and Maud got some great photos of her strutting around.




-Maud Kristine-

Florence has accepted Baby-Maud!

I am so happy to announce that Florence, the female terrier mix who was rescued not long ago with three puppies of which one died, has accepted our little Maud.
Maud was found in a card-board box at Keleti railwaystation some days ago by a Hungarian vet. student who asked us to please take on the little girl. Maud is only 4-5 weeks old and much too young to have been separated from her mother. Our plan after her deworming and vaccination was to introduce her to Florence and her puppies Lou Lou and Jumble. Although these puppies are a few weeks older than Maud and I thought Flo`s milk might have dried out it would still be good for Maud to get the physical contact and crucial social-skill development from the rescued family.

We brought Maud to Amanda`s house yesterday where Florence and the pups have been living in the garden with Amanda`s own two dogs, Winston and her adopted Budadog Moby. At first Florence was not too happy about the little newcomer so Amanda kept them separated and let Maud interact with the puppies and Winston who seems to take surrogacy in his stride. Maud however was craving the maternal attention Flo potentially could offer so with some subtle manipulation Amanda thought she might be able to persuade the young mother. She placed daughter Lou Lou and newcomer Maud wrapped in Florence`s own blanket under her own jumper to mix up all the different smells into one "Happy family scent". Great job on Amanda`s part and it seems Florence still has some milk left over for baby-Maud. The pictures speak a thousand words and we are of course delighted! :))

Thanks to Amanda for the amazing job she is doing with these dogs!




"I`ve still got some milk left for you, babe"



Florence and her new surrogate baby, 4 week old Maud



Florence and all three babies, Jumble, Lou Lou and Maud



Uncle Winston simply loves his role as Nanny



"Myyy you`ve got a big nose, Uncle Winston!!!"

Doggies ready for travelling and new homes in Norway!

Here are our current ads in Norway on dogs that are ready for travel before summer and if adopted will not have to stay in kennels for the long summer months:

Taffy

http://www.finn.no/finn/torget/tilsalgs/annonse?finnkode=21672334

Speedy

http://www.finn.no/finn/torget/tilsalgs/annonse?finnkode=22218278

Bobby

http://www.finn.no/finn/torget/tilsalgs/annonse?finnkode=22220713

Chilli

http://www.finn.no/finn/torget/tilsalgs/annonse?finnkode=22222254

The Lion and his girl

What I love the most about this work is the before and after. I can`t help but get weepy everytime I recieve a photograph where the dog I once knew looks so different I would never have recognized it on the street. One such case is "Løve" - one of our very first rehomings - and his girl Venja.

Løve came to us from Illatos, chosen specifically by his new family in Norway who saw him on the website. Ironically I named him "Løve" which means Lion in Norwegian and is as far from his character then as one could imagine. He was full of tangled, filthy fur and looked like he had lost the will to live. When we collected Løve he was apathetic - he lay down, refused to move and ignored any attempt at contact. He was too scared to contemplate accepting the love that was offered him. He would, however, gaze up from his lying position and gain eye-contact and he had such a tenderness in his eye - as if to say "just give me some time - I`ll be okey".

Løve went into fostering with Illatos rescue Venja, a sweet, young female with not much dog-dog social skill, but a great love for humans. Together they were the "deaf leading the blind" - Løve loved dogs, Venja loved people. The unlikely duo formed an inseparable bond as as the days and weeks passed they grew stronger in their own ways. Løve decided walking on all four legs without his stomach touching the ground wasn`t so bad afterall and Venja realised other dogs were, infact, a source of some amusement and not only there to poison her day.

Seeing as Løve had a family from the very beginning we were just at the point of advertising Venja when Løve`s family contacted us about getting a dog for their mother-in-law. She wanted a calm, soulful dog to share her life with and really, there was no better match than Venja! So the beautiful story goes that The Lion and his girl flew to Norway together and they could not have asked for a better life. The most striking change is the look in their eyes. No longer the look of fear, bewilderment and hopelessness. Now just a peaceful grace....


When Løve first came to us he didn`t want to stand up...







There is no similarity between the then....



And the Now!! Who is the Lion?




Venja - The frightened and soulful little girl at Illatos



Now quite the lady with a slightly different look in her eye too


Løve and Venja running "hand in hand" in Norway:)

And the Saga continues because today a new adoption took place and The Lion and his girl will get a new addition to their pack - namely the most loving and heartbreaking little lady with a very sad story - and now an amazingly bright future :)And that is our gorgeous little Sally! I`m so delighted!!