Dog Found - Castro Laboreiro

"On September 16, a dog was found in "Estrada da Circunvalação" near of the "Parque Nascente".

His age is between the 6 months and 1 year old. He is a brown Castro Laboreiro breed and he had a collar and a chip, but unfortunately his chart wasn't delivered to the competent authorities and therefore it is impossible to know who the owner is.

So far no one claim him, even when it was distributed posters across the area where I found him.

At the time he limp, obviously in result of a car collision. I took him to the Vet, and he was x-rayed. The diagnosis showed a fracture in two places, radius and ulna. It wasn’t operated immediately because the bone was very infected.

First he had to be treated with analgesics, antibiotics and anti-inflammatory drugs, said the Vet that he suffered for at least two weeks with this paw in that condition. It was in that point to be calcified and infected.

Last 21st of September he was on operated and the surgery went well and we'll be fine, is now recovering in a hotel because for 3 weeks has to be as fixed as possible.

The costs were too high, as the factures attached shows.

Therefore, I call upon all who love and respect animals, to donate to this expense.

Help me and help him.

Thank you."

P.S. If you know someone who wants to look after this sweet and gentle friend, please contact me

jorge.edgar@se.efacec.pt

This blog is dedicated to all animals in general but particularly to the ones that need our special care and help.

Everyday lots of animals are abandoned for a long list of reasons. According to animal shelters organizations, this number is increasing over the last years!!

When animals don’t have no more use to people, whether they are old to guard a house and they are swapped for younger ones, or simply because they are tired of the pet.

There are no valid reasons that could justify that horrible act, but what concern to me, is the fact that there are numerous of “stupid” reasons why people give for abandoning their pets.

The most usual of all is because the pet “is too playful”, or “too dumb”, because cats ruin the furniture, because the “…dog didn’t burke when he supposed to”, or it “isn’t aggressive enough to guard a house”, or because it “grew too much”, “they are dirty and they pied on the sofa...”
But I may say that the most ridicule off all is this “…the pet didn’t match the new furniture…”, “…did not alert me when my phone rings or someone is at the door…"

People don’t realise that having an animal is a commitment for life and they have special needs, pretty much like having a child.

Unfortunately people don’t have this thought when they are thinking in acquiring a pet or another animal. The most usual reason is because their child wants to have a cute poppy and when it grows up isn’t cute anymore, becoming disposable.

Animals are considered having no feelings and no rights and frequently seen as a fashion accessory that can be discarded after a few months.

Sometimes I think that people should fulfil some kind of requirement in order to have the privilege of having an animal, just like adoption of children.

You may find it absurd and perhaps a little drastic, but I really think that if people don’t have the responsibly to care properly the animal, they ought not to be allowed to, at the very least shouldn’t be places where you can buy them so easily like here is.

My special concern is in behalf to these animals which are daily abandoned, which knew affection and attention for a wile, and suddenly lose everything. They become defenceless in a world where they don’t know anything about.

I hope that this blog will help those people that are considering in adoption, to think very well before taking that step.
It’s a living beeing and its a life choise, that you will commit to, not an object. You must give them a new home, your affection and care, and they will give to you their unconditional love.

If you are certain of that step, PLEASE don’t buy the animal, ADOPT one.

There are hundreds animal welfare organizations in which you can rely on.

In another hand, if you lost your pet, you can post photographs and other information about your special friend.

You can also track down information about found pets. Perhaps it’s your lucky day, we hope so.

Feel free to comment or share with us your experience with any animal that you had/have…