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Dennis has arrived in Germany
Look at our beautiful Dennis. Here are the first photos from his foster home in Germany. Related...
Read MoreArrival Friday 28th February 2014 – Flight from Paphos to Hamburg
On Friday 28th February 2014 the following dogs fly off to Hamburg to their new homes: Sam, Sushi, Pumpkin, Narnia, Vicky, Zebedee, Bailey, Delboy, Dennis, Angel and Bonnie. Some of them have already found a home and the others have found a foster home. But one thing all have in common: all of them may begin their big journey into happiness. We wish all dogs a smooth flight and landing. We wish the new families a beautiful Acquaintance time. Arrival report of our dogs: Yesterday, our dogs are arrived in Germany. In Germany, many happy faces expected our precious cargo from the airplane. We want to thank you all, who give a dog from Cyprus a home, love and the chance of a new dog´s life. We want to thank you also to the great foster homes, who give our dogs the chance to start a better life. Vicky, our little sweetie was thrown over the fence of a shelter. She is such a lively dog. She was super happy to get out of her box after landing. Now she is living in Dusseldorf. She has found her forever home. Our little Bonnie was eagerly awaited. She has also found her forever home and is now living in Braunschweig. A multigenerational household will take care of her all day. She gets the dog heaven on earth. Sushi was rescued from terrible conditions. Now she is a happy little puppy who loved people more than anything. She has found a foster home in Germany. Zebedee is now greatly missed in Cyprus. He is very popular here. None of us can understand why such a sweet little man had to endure for so many years at the shelter. Zebedee has found his forever home and he is now living in Beckedorf, in a house with large grounds. Little Narnia was 20 months in the shelter. She has found her own family and lives now in Hude. She begins a life without bars and will certainly have a lot of fun with their new family. Bailey was rescued from terrible conditions and could be placed in a shelter. There he had recovered. Now he has found a foster home, but perhaps he may even stay there. Good luck beauty! Angel was submitted at the shelter after 7 years with her family. Now she gets her second chance and moved to a foster home with an option to takeover. We keep our fingers crossed. Good luck. The Little Pumpkin was found as a stray when she was 4 months old. She came in a foster home in Cyprus, where she could recover. Pumpkin has found a foster home in Germany, where she has a better chance of being adopted. Dennis was rescued at the last minute before killing. He has a very loving character and he is very smart. Dennis has found in foster home in Hamburg. In Germany he has better chances of being adopted. Sam was rescued from terrible conditions. Now he is a happy little puppy. Sam has found a foster home in Ihlow. He wishes now nothing more than to find his own family. Delboy has already been adopted in Cyprus, but unfortunately he was brought back to the shelter because his family want to emigrate to Italy. We are pleased, that Delboy has found his forever home in Flensburg. We wish all families a lot of fun with their new family member. Thank you to Zypernhunde, for taking care of our dogs. Related...
Read MoreYAT´s = Young Animal Trainer
We also have YAT´s (young animal trainer) in our trainer team. This is CyDRA’s Young Animal Trainers Group. We set this up to encourage kids and dogs working together as past experience has taught me that they are a great combination. There are three members at the moment and as they are only 11 years old that is enough to start with. They are Natalia, Sandra and Abigail. They are all friends and all very sensible children. This is good for us because of the socialisation aspect and good for them as they learn to clicker train and also to look at health, diet and general welfare. They are given a project – they all have a journal to complete. In their journals they can write about anything they do with animals. They can inset photos or drawings they have done themselves. It´s their journal they can plan it any way they like. You can see, even a young person can lead a dog and train. Our little helpers make this really great. Related...
Read MoreThe first donation container 2014 is arrived in Cyprus
On the 22nd of February the first donation container of 2014 arrived from Germany. This time it was a 40′ft container with 21 pallets packed with food, blankets, towels, dog toys and treats, transport boxes etc. These donation containers get packed and arranged by our sister organization Zypernhunde e.V. in Germany. Many members, volunteers, friends of Zypernhunde e.V. are running non stop all over Germany, to find and collect all these wonderful donations for our Cyprus dogs. The content of the donation container gets shared between CYDRA’s partner organizations. These donations are very important for all of us and are big help to keep our partner organisations operational. Everything item that is sent is an item that doesn´t need to be bought and saves a lot of money for our rescue partners. We can only always repeat how thankful we are to our friends in Germany. And we know what hard work they are putting into finding and collecting all these donations for our dogs. Thanks to all! We are very greatful. Related...
Read MoreUpdate 25.02.14: Force-free & Fun Dog Training Workshop on Sunday the 2nd March 2014
Are you interested in the Workshop Force-free & Fun Dog Training? Then you are welcome to read more. There you can lern, how smart your dog really is at the introduction to Clicker Training. We would be very happy if many people are interested. Please come and learn more about the relationship with you and your dog. Update 25.02.2013: Are you coming to the Training Event on Sunday? If so please do be there by 9.45 so that we can start promptly at 10. All ‘dog’ places are full now, but if you wish to come along as an observer you are welcome to do so. Parking will be organised as you arrive, so if you are just an observer please let the person on the gate know so that we can direct you to the right parking space. Hot and cold drinks and snacks will be available for sale in the Fatsa Cafe. Don’t forget your dog treats, dog blanket, water and your chair. It promises to be a great event and we look forward to seeing you all there. Click here for application form: CLICKER WORKSHOP Blank application form And click here for the direction to the Fatsa Museum and Cafe: Directions to Fatsa Museum and Cafe Related...
Read MoreHercules – Finds an unlucky fellow his happiness?
Recently we received a message from a desperate woman. She found a dog in Analyontas Village 6 months ago. He was in a bad condition and it was him miserable. He was emaciated, very skinny and boned. She found him just as he ran around to searching for food. After threats that he will be shot by village people bothered only by his presence, the woman had removed him immediately and put him in a private kennel. There he found a place at the moment. Her financial resources were always scarce and so she accept an offer from a Russian warehouse owner. Hercules should guard his warehouse. But when she came to visit him, she removed him again, because he was in a worse state, both physical and emotional, as he was first found. He was very frightened and skinny. And he was depressed, because he need his freedom. Then she brought him to an another kennel, where he lived locked in a cage. The people who working there are all volunteers and therefore have little time. Unfortunately, the dogs live there almost entirely without human care. Within the last 6 months the woman has tried to find a home for him, but sadly no one, except the Russian warehouse owner, wanted Hercules. She don´t belong to any Animal Welfare Organisation. She has invested a lot of money out of her own pocket for the private kennel, food, medical care, vaccinations, neutering, microchip and for blood tests. It’s nice to see that even private people try to do much for our Cyprus dogs and of course we will support them. We asked the woman to come to us with Hercules so that we can get to know him. He is a wonderful healthy young and handsome male dog. Full of energy and very friendly. He is only 2 years old. After we met him, we were unable to bring him back to his cage. No dog deserves to vegetate. He is such a lovely boy. So we took him into our custody and brought him to a better shelter. There are someone who cares about him, with tender loving care, enough food and certainly time for a walk. Now he will be trained regularly. There, he will learn to walk on a leash and to sit. He is clever, so he will learn it quickly. Although now an improvement in the living conditions of Hercules was created, but a shelter is still a shelter, and thus not a good place for an animal. He is urgently looking for a home where he can stay forever. Please contact us, if you are interested to adopt our beautiful Hercules. We are sure, he will thank you for the adoption with infinite love. Update 07.05.2014: Hercules needs a home with only qualified people, which can handle strong dogs. Hercules has a very independent character and can also show aggression, when he doesn’t get approached in the correct way. He needs professional training. He shouldn’t go into a home with children. Related...
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