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