Paws2Rescue

Akira will be 3 this year. Found alone with her brother and sister as a pup, abandoned, skinny and beaten, she yearns for a loving family.

Time and again she is overlooked, a silver stripe dog, the small end of medium, we cannot see why. Every month we play with her and we really wonder why she is still here. Without a human family.

As our annual neuter campaign in Baia Mare reaches 89 neuters, our first 3 day campaign in Bucharest starts tomorrow. With the support of the Mayor, the police and 6 Associations, we are getting excited.

If you haven't skipped that coffee yet, please be a part of our campaign and donate at: https://www.youcaring.com/paws2rescue-483972

We have spent lots of time over the last two weeks with this sweet girl Kerry. Saved from Moinesti public shelter in March, she is totally adorable.

Joy by name, and joy by nature. Our loving six year old girl truly is the perfect dog.

She had an awful time before she was rescued two years ago, kicked out of her home, probably because she was pregnant. Joy was found hiding with her pups and rescued. Her surviving pups long homed, Joy still waits. Two years in a shelter without anyone asking her to come home.

Joy is a sweet natured girl, very loving to humans. She would suit any medium or low active home.

Tonight is a life-changing night in Romania, as 30 dogs from Bucharest, Timisoara and Baia Mare spend their last night ever in a shelter, in the place that they have known as "home", many for so long. Their minds will be whirling tonight with sadness at leaving their friends and rescuers behind, and yet happiness at their new lives ahead.

As always, there are going to be happy, noisy pups on the van keeping the van team awake with their playing and noise. We have a few old dogs on this van, a blind dog, a pallative care cancer dog, a tripaw. Dogs that eight of our rescuers have trusted into our arms.

We would like to share with you a few photos here of some of this van run's bigger dogs: Dura, Zorro, Hera, Atticus, Ida, Terra Nova and Mia. It is a really special reflection for us to see that some of these bigger dogs whom we met in Baia Mare a few weeks ago finally have their chance too.

Thanks to everyone who has been involved in any small way in all these dogs lives. Now we countdown with no sleep until we know that they are all safely on the van.

A very special weekend for two very precious former inmates of Baia Mare public shelter. These beautiful old girls Terra Nova and Edna are spending their last weekend ever in Romania.

Terra Nova, abandoned, old, and with cancer, and her friend senior Edna will join 6 of their friends from Baia Mare, as they make the long journey to join the happy van in a few days time.

On Tuesday, they will meet up with friends from Bucharest and Timisoara, as they head for the UK. In less than a week, they will be in a warm family home. Never again sleeping in a kennel or suffering the freezing winters.

We start our weekend counting down with tears of happiness for these two girls. Never in a million years would they dare to dream of the warmth and love awaiting them.

All we could say was "WOW!" as our mouths hung open in amazement yesterday evening. Patchy - you are a superstar.

Patchy was one of the most traumatised dogs that we have seen in Romania, over the last years. After abuse from dog catchers, Pallady public shelter, beatings, he could not even be touched by his rescuers. His was one of the saddest faces that we have seen in our lives, never a dog's soul so broken and destroyed as his.

After two years in the UK, Patchy has finally done it - he has conquered the world - or rather, yesterday, he climbed to the very top of Mount Snowdon with his daddy and Romanian sister Hetti.

This is the hugest achievement of his life, and we cannot be prouder of him. We only wish that he could tell us what he was thinking, as he stood on the top of that mountain and looked down at the world.

When Braxton was brought from Moinesti public shelter in Bacau, to Bucharest on Thursday evening, it wouldn't have been right to leave empty space in the car...

Last night, as Braxton underwent emergency surgery, his friends were settling into their lovely new home in Bucharest. Enjoying food donated by you, in the warm sunshine of Bucharest, surrounded by love - these four really look so happy to be finally free of hellhole Moinesti PS. A huge thank you again to Elena and Marius, who are looking after these dogs for us, and for always helping in emergencies.

We are even happier to hear that Braxton is recovering from his surgery - although he is still in a critical condition - he has almost made it through the first 24 hours now. As soon as we hear the prognosis from the vet we will update. We cannot wait to meet these 5 precious dogs when we are back in Romania.

Thank you from the bottom of our hearts to everyone for your support, and those in Paws2Sponsor who help us to keep saving public shelter dogs.

Another 5 lives saved.

Two weeks on from when we met this sweet girl, and look at the difference already! She was rescued with a huge tumour eating her face away. Almost all the infection has gone, and soon she will be able to start reconstructive surgery.

A true testament to our rescuers Marius and Elena and to the amazing skills of the vet Dr Justin, that this girl has not only survived, but will soon enjoy life again.

Faye was rescued from a field where she was walking all alone searching for food. She is 7 months old now and sadly was overlooked as a younger pup. Now she is a Tweenies, but we really would love to help Faye.

Faye lives in an enclosure with lots of pups, and is the gentlest one there. A little shy, she loves cuddles, and enjoys her playtime.

We have lots of older pups too, like Faye, who are looking for homes. Please don't overlook the Tweenies - those who are in between pup and a dog - they really have so much love to give.

It hurts us every month gazing in to her eyes in her enclosure, each month walking away, knowing that she is not on the van - imagine how much it hurts her.

A million "Reblogs" please for this very special lady. Denise left her family and home in the UK in February and flew to Baia Mare to work for two months with our partner NGO Adapostul de caini din Baia Mare.

As well as controlling the Public Shelter, they have their own shelter with 160 dogs and only one full time worker. Denise being there changed their lives for two months.

Denise stayed at a local motel, and took the van to the shelter every day, 7 days a week. She cleaned poop, fed dogs, carried water, spent time lead training, rubbing ointments onto dogs with sore skin, playing with them, being with them and loving them.

We know how much Vio will miss her help. Denise has really been a star.

Two weeks ago, we went out to join Denise. She really is one of the kindest, loving and most fun ladies, and the dogs will really miss her. Working so hard all day, we made time to share some fun and relaxation in the evenings. Rarely having seen volunteers like her work so hard, neither have we laughed so hard. Denise truly is beautiful inside and out.

The sad day finally came today, when Denise has left Baia Mare heading back to her family in the UK. We know that tears will be pouring down her face, and we know that all of the dogs - and a few very special ones for Denise will be joining Alex and Vio in their tears too.

We know that we will be back in Baia Mare again soon, and Denise will be holding our hands and pedalling the propellor plane with us again.