Abby's Return

Today Abby was picked up from LegaProAnimale having been spayed, de-wormed and expot'ed. Her ear looks much better, now she only needs a nice bath!

Such a sweet heart. Sat in the backseat the whole way home, to her foster home. The little tail was constantly going, like she knew, she got a new start in life.

Meet Abby

On Wednesday, I wrote about the young puppy who was found by Brian where he works.

Well, we have an update:

First, she has a name now: Abby. We think it suits her well.

On Wednesday evening, she took her first-ever car ride and had no problems with it. She spent the night with her foster family, even sneaking upstairs from her quarantine in the garage. Thursday, she took a longer car ride to LegaProAnimale, and was so non-plused by the whole thing, she comfortably snoozed in the backseat of the car most of the way. What a trooper!

She is now with LegaProAnimale, and Dr. Friz is giving her the full treatment: spaying, de-worming, and treating that ear wound. She won't get her initial shots until at least 10 days after the surgery, which was Thursday. Dr. Friz, by the way, estimates Abby's age at just 3 months.

Her foster family is doing wonderfully with her, but she will need a forever home soon.

I'm still under the weather with pneumonia, but Animals Without Limits continues ever onward...

... because of universal amore

Missions go on despite illness

The nasty cough I've had now for about a month, took a nasty turn a couple days ago. I spent a night with high fever, and could barely breath. Well, enough of that, went to the doctor this morning, and was diagnosed with pneumonia. So, now I'm being treated for that, but it takes me out of the fight for a few days.

But, that doesn't mean that the missions stop, or animals don't get helped. Far from it.

Brian, the kind heart who with his wife adopted Lui (and will adopt Fiore in June), found a puppy near where he works in Naples. This puppy has a bad wound to his ear, and needs some TLC.

Because Brian and his wife already committed to Fiore as well as Lui, they didn't feel like they could adopt this little fella, too. But they are going to foster him until they can present him for adoption at the next NFOA adoption day on base. (Or before if a forever home comes along).

AWL will help with the costs for spaying and treating him, getting his first shots, and checkup. That and the love of Brian and his wife, should just do the trick to get this little guy up to par, and into a good forever home.

Big amore hearts.

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Cat in a Serious Problem

I received an email from a family that wants a solution to their cat problem. They have kids, they have had this cat that they adopted from an animal organization here since he was a kitten, nearly two years ago.

The problem is, the cat is swatting the kids and sometimes the adults. Of course, this is not working. They term the cat "aggressive"!

They had contacted the animal organization who adopted them the cat. Two persons in the organization advised them to let the cat out... just abandon it.

quote "suggested releasing him as he could not be placed in a home due to his repeated aggression" end of quote

This cat is an indoor cat, if he ends up on the wrong side of the balcony door, he scratches and wants in again. The veterinarian gave the family Animals Without Limits' email and told them to contact us.

I am so happy that this family contacted us, and that the veterinarian advised them to do so.

Animals Without Limits' veterinarian has now encouraged and provided advice for the family.

This cat that has been an indoor cat his whole life would probably not survive outside. How is he going to get food? He has been handed food his whole life! Scared of new noises, and objects.

Even if he is having a naughty, "unacceptable" behavior, he will miss his family and will never understand why he got abandoned? There is always a reason to an "unacceptable" behavior.

This is a serious problem when advice such as this, from "animal professionals" is provided families that already don't see many options to solve their problem.

Keep your fingers crossed for this family, and their cat who is having a problem with something in his life. AWL will seek to find the problem's cause, as a way to find a solution.

More later! Is he aggressive?

When You Want to Look Good

Its often said that statistics lie.

Well, this article shows that statistics can kill, too.

Statistics. Numbers of stray dogs. Numbers of rabies cases. Numbers of ... the lists and tables go on. Then, for one reason or another, it becomes a crisis, and the 'normal' process is thrown to the side, and people are activated to do that which they wouldn't normally do.

Why? Statistics! And fear of making the city or country look bad on the world stage.

Lives sacrificed for image. Souls cast aside for convenience. Death on a massive scale.

Homeless humans cause much the same problems, and have many similar "statistics", yet society never stands for the wholesale slaughter of them. Why? What makes humans so special?

This article is about bureaucrats sitting behind desks, making decisions totally removed from reality, or from having a heart.

Horses & Children

Watching my daughter ride is a true pleasure. And today, she trotted for her first time. Bouncing up and down, her helmet was flopping around, and she just giggled!
These two boys --on the picture-- were holding their mothers horse while she was helping another lady, that touched my heart.
But it was difficult watching one boy riding his horse in the riding arena, in the same group as my daughter.
He did n’t use his feet to increase the speed of the horse. He did n’t use his seat to hold an even tempo together with his horse. He used his whip on the horse the whole time.
The instructor did n’t say anything, nor his father whom stood watching with an unexpressed face. The roller coast of emotions.....

Island Cat Work

Visited the nearby island of Procida today.

Dr. Inga and I went to treat some harbor cats on the island with frontline and de-worming medicine. Dr Inga had been there before and saw that these cats were well fed and satisfied with the people giving them respect. But she also saw the need for treatment.

We took the 45 minute boat ride (ferry) over from Pozzouli, and it was magic for my soul today. We managed to treat 6 cats, and one had lost his eye and it was running around with a big open wound. Dr. Inga and I tried to catch him but had to give up since he was hiding under a boat and fishing material. Dr.Inga will be returning to the island again soon, and will seek out this cat to try to catch him again.

Dr. Inga knew some local people and introduced me to them, also explaining what we were doing. Raw fish from one of the harbor restaurants was handed to us to make our mission easier (cat food!).

Gosh what a great Amore day.

I brought my camera with me, only to realize that I had forgotten the memory stick. I could kill myself. But I was able to get these few pictures in the internal memory.

Fiora is Getting a New Family

We are so happy to tell you that Fiora....remember?

This warm family that adopted Lui, will open their door to their home for Fiora, when she is done nursing the puppies.--the pups are up for adoption--

I hope it will be molto Amore....she deserves that and, so does the family who lost their dog tragically in April.

Heart Amore

OUR FIRST TEACHER IS OUR OWN HEART.

–CHEYEENE--

A Fine Word

Today, I got one e mail from a journalist -- that sent me one question which I of course answered back.
A quick return from her with the line, "You are a fucking wise woman"

This is the best compliment I have ever got...since the F word is so strong, that means that I am SO wise. I love it! That's Amore

Lui The Fourth

Lui got a new warm, wonderful family. We are so happy for this. Amore Grande

Olivia got a good bye kiss. We miss him since he is a fantastic dog, but also so happy that Lui now can get even more love from a great family.

He was found on the street, castrated by ASL and released back out. Today, we went to ASL to sign papers and change the microchip number. ASL had named him Quatro in the papers.

Lui the Fourth!

Computer Nightmare

My computer broke down! I feel ashamed to admit it...but I hadn't made any back up.
The e mails are gone, so please re-send me e mail(s) again. How stupid can I be?

Wonderful People

Last Saturday I met some very interesting people, and it was with joy I sat down and listened to their stories.

One couple had decided to adopt a dog (in the States) and went to a very nice shelter, found a Rottweiler that they fell in love with. A donation fee was asked for, and the couple gladly paid, and they even paid a little more than double the fee. Later they found out that one man could not afford the adoption fee but wanted one particular dog very much. Because of the generous donation from the couple, this man was able to adopt the dog for free.

This is so much Amore.

The family Wyro are a great Amore family, and even the grandmother has donated to AWL. We thank her dearly.

Our friends from Germany visited us yesterday and they brought donations with them; toys, blankets, dog food and money. You are so wonderful, our dear friends.

Bella with her family, thank you again for your donation. Your support means so much to (us) me.

Veterinarian Inga donated to AWL, not "only" her time but also money. Such Amore.

Vittoria, who spent the whole Tuesday morning translating and seeking/research after Oscar's owner. A very frustrating day.

You wonderful people donate and give us help, hope and strength. I love you!

Mission Question

I want to thank all of you who e mails me with wonderful thoughts and love. I have got several questions, so why not answer them one by one, here on my blog.

First question; Am I not out on missions anymore with AWL veterinarian, or with someone else?

Yes I have, but not as often as a couple of weeks ago. Different reasons; our veterinarian has been in Germany-- but are now back--we missed her a lot.

I still do mini mission, but I do not write everything on the blog since I am working "bone hard" on my manuscript. I want some fresh stories that no one have read before.

Teasing Amore, I guess.

Here is a new picture off Giove all his test came out great. We are so happy for that, and so are his "new" mom and dad!

A Horse Moment

The teacher got a little surprised today, when I asked her to show Olivia how to take care of a horse from the ground. No one had done so before ( at least for a long time) asked to have their child(ren) become dirty, learning the less-fun aspects of horsemanship.

I want Olivia to learn how much work it is with a horse (or any animal) and also the importance to be connected with the horse from the ground, from that perspective of the relationship.

The teacher smiled when I told my daughter to thank the horse after the lesson. I find it very important to be thankful to the horse, who is after all, the one working hard for our pleasure.

Oh dear! Mothers always have internal fears. But I promise you, when she is having her lesson my lips are closed.

Respecting Time

My work with animals can sometimes be sad, but most of the time I can handle that because the dogs give me so much in return.
The moment of joy, honesty and love, pure living that we all seek.

My biggest frustration however is most of the time with humans, the people that many times lie, make an appointment but never show up, selfish handling and get pissy if you are not there for them when they call.
They can be quick to euthanize their dog since the dog is suddenly inconvenient or you are on your way back to your home country and cannot bring the dog you are "fostering". Or, adopts it but brings it back after two days; it was too hairy!

I wish everyone could respect time. And when they know you have children, how can they be so ignorant and not show up? You pay babysitter to facilitate the the appointment, but the person never shows up -- a total waste of time and money.
Today when everybody has a cellphone--use it for information and messages to other people who respect your time.
Like I said to a friend today, hell I have so many stories that it can become a new book. Like the American Professor that wrote the book, "Bullshit" (about why we bullshit other people).

But then, then you met a wonderful person that gives you hope about humans behavior. Like today at the vet clinic. A lady brought two puppies in that she found left by the side of the road, and now had them spayed. Like she asked me, "Why don't more people help?'

Can you answer that question?

My Days Are Words

Yesterday was Olivia's first riding lesson, and she did it with such concentration that I had a headache afterwards....mom nervous? Eh yes, but only in the beginning!
The teacher was wonderful with the kids, and they all loved him back.
Two older girls in Olivia's class had bigger horses, and when the lesson (50 minutes) was nearly over, I saw Olivia pointing at the other horses. Teacher stopped one, took off the rider and put Olivia on top of this huge horse.
Olivia didn't want to ride a pony, she wanted her own big horse. That's my girl!

Well, for me....I am writing and doing research for my new manuscript. It doesn't even have a working title yet, even though I have been writing 124 pages.
I can tell you that it is a very strong book about strays in different countries, dogs healing children and communication between me and strays ...not giving you too much information here now (I hope).

I still go out on mini missions, more about that later. Ciao for now!

Dumping Friends

Somebody dropped eleven puppies outside the Rossella Shelter this morning.


An International family left their two dogs at a Park yesterday and took off for good without them.


How can anyone justify doing something to a "family member" by dumping their problem into someone else's hands! How can you abandon someone who gave you love and trust?

Then I read the news about parents leaving their children at a resturant and disappearing. Many would say they have had a disturbed childhood, many would say they don't know right from wrong about what causes others pain and suffering.....But that is blaming instead of taking full responsibility for your own actions.

My Friends New Book

There is no death. Only a change of worlds.”

- Chief Seattle, Suquamish Chief

My friend Benny Rosenqvist has releazed his new book, so far only in Swedish

I sin nya bok tar Benny Rosenqvist oss med på en resa till andra sidan en plats fylld av kärlek och ljus. Alldeles för många av oss låter rädslan styra våra liv. Vi är rädda för att aldrig hitta kärleken, rädda för att välja fel jobb och fullständigt livrädda för att dö. Vissa av oss är så rädda för döden att vi inte vågar leva livet fullt ut. Med sin tredje bok, Ljusfolket, visar författaren att det faktiskt inte finns något att vara rädd för. För livet tar inte slut när vi dör. Våra själar lever vidare på andra sidan och när vi är redo återföds vi till jorden för att skaffa oss ytterligare erfarenheter och växa som människor. Som läsare får du här veta mer om din egen livsplan som du utformar redan innan du föds! och om hur det vi kallar intuition i själva verket kan vara viktiga budskap från din himmelska guide. Följ med på en resa bland änglar och onda andar, tvillingsjälar och utomjordingar en resa till andra sidan!

Stingers

Did you know....."Only girl bees have stingers." (I know my husband will react on this one)

Me who thought it was only human girls that stung