Happy endings

"The grandmother with the string around her neck", that's what we called her in the beginning. For a while, each of us referred to her by different names each, until we ended up in Vaya (meaning wet nurse in Greek).

She is elderly. So old that her muzzle is whitewashed, and she was in a cage in the public pound of Sparta with at least 11 puppies. We found her in a small house, trying to protect herself. And at this age, she probably didn't know what to protect ehrself from. From the filth? from panic? from the hustle and bustle?

Imagine how much fuss, how much constant noise eleven puppies make in a cage, and imagine how intolerable this is for an elderly dog, who on top of that is also starved for who knows how many days.

Sarah is one of those dogs that have a calmness and a stoicism.

Maybe it's age, maybe it's just her character. She looks gorgeous when we look at her like that from afar, it almost makes you think that now that she is old she is more beautiful than she was in her youth.

She is currenlty available for virtual adoption only.

This little girl there in the public pound of Sparta, along with the rest of the dogs that roamed freely in the front. She was emaciated, with dermatological problems, sad and quiet, but there.

At every moment, as we were looking from outside, and when we walked in, she was there. She was looking at the people taking the other dogs from the cages, at the volunteers who were cleaning up, at the people transporting the dogs outside. As if she was trying to participate without annoying us, just being present, trying to understand what was going on. She was so present that we have her in countless photos and countless videos from that day. We had already picked up most of the dogs when in the end we got her too.

She was one of the last dogs to come out of there that day, she saw the space she knew changing around her in a few hours, and sometimes we wonder what she was thinking as she watched us come and go, before she realized that she would not just be a spectator, but she would also leave with the others.

The thing with Mellie is not that she has recovered, that she has gained weight and that she has become beautiful. It is that she is the sweetest, most easy-going and tender creature in the world, and Mellie, which means honey in Greek, is the most fitting name for her. She has a kindness and a sweetness in her ways, which are rare, and she is an easy easy. Easy to love, easy to be around, easy to communicate and live with. 

VIDEO of her story

Alma in Latin means soul, and if we had to choose one dog with the strongest soul, it would be her.

Alma is elderly, and lived chained in the public pound of Sparta for four years. When we walked in, we found her curled up in a dog house, as if she had given up on life.

Despite her starvation and advanced age, Alma was healthy, with the exception of a huge tumor under her neck, which had come to be twice the size of her head. With a combination of cortisone and antibiotics the tumor was reduced to a third, and although Alma is very wakened, she refses to give up.

We have promised her to do everything for her so that she can live the years she has left with dignity. She has the most beautiful eyes in the world. She is currently available for virtual adoption only.

Apollo was in the public pound of Sparta, in a cage with other adult dogs and many puppies with symptoms of parvo.

He came with us to Athens and went straight into solitary confinement in the veterinary clinic, along with all the other puppies from that kennel. Only two of them recovered, Apollo and Artemis.

Now he has been discharged, and he never stops enjoying, playing and replenishing every moment of his lost childhood, which was wasted in the horrible kennel of Sparta and the infirmary. He is a luscious, cheerful, sociable boy. A puppy that is very cute and also happy.

It is currently available for virtual adoption only.

Artemis (in english Diana) was in the public pound of Sparta, in a cage with other adult dogs and many puppies with symptoms of parvo.

She came with us to Athens and went straight into solitary confinement in the veterinary clinic, along with all the other puppies from that crate. Only two of them recovered, her and Apollo.

Now she has been discharged, and she never stops enjoying, playing and replenishing every moment her lost childhood, which was wasted in the horrible kennel of Sparta and the informary. She is a luscious, cheerful, social girl. A puppy that is extremely cute and happy. She is probably an english setter mix.

She is currently available for virtual adoption only. 

The sweetest girl is this, sweet as honey, like her brown-blonde coat.

We had been warned of a sick dog, and when we got there we thought she would avoid us and we would have to chase her. Instead, she ran towards us, as if she knew us from yesterday, and was essentially rescued on her own, without us even having to try.

From the first day she behaves as if every acquaintance or stranger who approaches her is her best friend. She loves to be petted, loves walks and loves life. She is an incredibly good creature, made to be a companion and best friend of people and is ready for her forever home.