Volunteering Caixa Geral dos Depositos

On the 10th of April we hosted in the shelter a group from Caixa Geral dos Depositos who came to do a day of volunteering within the ambit of the 135th anniversary of CGD.


The volunteers brought donations and they offered our dogs a long walk in the forest.

We would like CGD for the organisation of the event and all volunteers who participated in this special day. Their dedication made our dogs very happy.

Thank you!

Gardening in the shelter!

What have we been up to this weekend? Gardening! We are planting plants between the parks so they would grow quickly (at least we hope so) and create a natural wall between the parks. Like this the dogs will not see the neighbours and will not pass their day barking at some neighbour they don't like.
We have choose those plants for their growth and for their smell (like citronella and lavender) as they are supposed to drive mosquitoes away.
We have not finished! Next weekend we continue with the gardening. Anyone who wants to give a hand is welcome.

Some news from the cat sterilisation project

Bianca has for long time already been active in the area of cat sterilisation. We have regular sterilisation campaigns whose objective is to control the population of street cats from several local cat colonies.

This month, April, the magazine "Sesimbra" issued by the municipality is writing about us and this project.
We would like to thank the municipality for attention and for the support given in this campaign as well as the permission to use the municipal installations.

Here is the link for the publication, look at page 5:
http://issuu.com/cmsesimbra/docs/sm138

Bianca in the Secondary School in Loures

Another project within the scope of our educational activity:
Bianca was invited to participate in the initiative organised by the Secondary School José Afonso in Loures. The objective of the initiative was to sensibilise young people to the problem of abandoned animals in Portugal and to make them familiar with the work of Bianca Association. At the same time donations and food for animals were collected.

The initiave lasted for 2 weeks and underwent under the responsibility of prof. Henrique Fernandes and his class EFA 1A.

We would like to thank warmly prof. Fernandes and the Directors of the School that helped to make this initiative happen.

Roy

Roy is a just a 2-month old puppy that was found hit by a car. He didn't break his leg but he damaged the nerve in the right leg and a there is minor dislocation on his left leg. Obviously he needs plenty of rest to recover 100% and he can't play with the others puppies so he is just sitting in a cage observing others play and he gets sad and impatient.
But soon he will be ready to go to a new home. Anyone?

Help for Babe

This lovely cocker spaniel was found on the road near our shelter at nightfall on the 25th of February walking alone. Obviously abandoned there.
He had a tumor on his lip that was enormous and smelled terribly, probably that has grown many months.
On the next day he was shaved with extreme patience and then taken to the vet to have the tumor removed. The operation was successful and since then he has recovered nicely. He also had light ear infection which was cured with two weeks of ear drops. But there is still one thing left.... He has cataracts on both eyes which are progressing and even if he can still see now, he will become blind in the future. Both eyes can be operated and the cataracts removed and he will see fine. Each eye costs 550 €. We would like to have at least one eye operated - one good eye will already ensure him a minimum quality of life.
This is why we are appealing for your donations.
Help us - every small donation counts. You can send your donations (referenced as "Babe") to our bank account:
NIB 0035 0771 00016360530 29
IBAN PT50003507710001636053029
He is a lovely dog, he loves people, he always wants to be touched and petted, he always waves his tail when spoken to. He gets along very well with other dogs, males and females. He is estimated to be 7 years old. He can still live for many years and have a good life in a home. To experience love and care that he might have never had. We need to give him a chance. Help us to help him.

Now:

After the operation, when his tumour was operated:

Day after he was found, with a tumour:

The story of Junior

Junior came on the website of Mirbessa.

The first time when I saw his picture on the website I liked him already.

And thought that he would surely get a nice home to stay.

My daughter thought of the idea of taking him in house till he would be adopted.

And so she got Junior in February 2011.

That weekend we also came to her house to see him how he was is real.

He was such a cutie and so nice to people and other dogs and so I liked him even more.

Also my husband liked him the first time he saw him.

And some times he made remarks from: he most not be that long at you're home or you're mom will adopt him.

On Sunday march the 6^th we had to make a very difficult decision.

Our own dog Spikey was so sick we had to let him go to sleep.

That was not easy to make that decision but it was the best one for Spikey.

So we let him go.

After this heartbreak decision we went home with our daughter and also the dogs from her felt something had happened and also Junior was happy to see us and gave us a warm welcome again.

At that moment we decided to adopt him.

We could not take him the same day home with us that was not easy for us because of letting Spikey go that day.

So in the next week he came to us.

He felt home that moment and also our other 2 dogs Ruca and Skippy wore glad to have another dog to play with.

We also wore glad to have him in our home.

We will never forget Spikey, but Junior makes it a little easier to fill up that empty spot.

We want to thank Bianca for getting Junior of the streets and Mirbessa for also giving him a second change and brought him to The Netherlands.

 

Kindly Regards

Jan and Annie Smit

Ruca, Skippy and Junior

"Cheese, Bread and Wine" Fair in Palmela

Last Sunday Bianca participated in the "Cheese, Bread and Wine" Fair in Palmela promoting the activity of the shelter.

World Stray Animals Day

World Stray Animals' Day. Help us to change the mentalities and therefore reduce the number of animals abandoned on the streets and in municipal kennels. Remember, an animal is not a toy!

Mirelena is recovering

Mirelena is recovering very well and soon she will be fine! She will have a deformation on the top of the head but we believe that will not prevent her from being adopted. Mirelena is such a sweet and kind dog. And
she has suffered enough - she really deserves a good and happy life.

Dear Adoptant

Dear Adoptant


some time ago you adopted an animal from us, a dog or a cat.

Some adoptants sent us the news and pictures which always make us very happy and

for which one we are very grateful. Som others did not.... And we always ask

ourselves how is the animal in the new home, how he/she behaves, how the

puppy/kitten we gave looks now as an adult.... We love them all, we saved them

from the misery on the streets and we worked hard to find new homes for them.

Please give us some news - some stories that we could put on the blog or some

pictures that we could publish on our website in the "adopted" section.

Some news that will give us motivation and force to contnue rescuing more animals.

Thank you and talk to you soon,