A COLD SWEDEN BUT WITH A BIG WARM HEART

Right now I am in Stockholm, Sweden; cold and a lot of snow. Visiting the warm and wonderful cafe "Himmelska Hundar". Olivia, my daughter, is so happy petting all the dogs that come in for a nice plate of meatloaf or a snack. Look at this site! The pictures! what a difference from were we live in Napoli.

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UPDATE ON BRANDY--SULLY

Do you remember this little girl that AWL Todd and Angie went out rescuing? Read and look

This is her now!!! Isn't it wonderful?

Her family is taking so good care of her and Bless is home with her every day. One vet wanted to put her down to sleep and was even very concerned over that Bless would take care of Brandy (former Sully)

Brandy fooled death several times, and suprised many humans. This is so Amore

ONE BIG ONE SMALL BOTH IN NEED OF LOVE

Amore Bella in need of a yard! A wonderful 96lb mastiff named Bella. She is approximately 2yrs old. She is currently living on base, but the base is forcing the owner to find a new home for her. So it is nothing wrong with the dog! (like 97% of the time)

This little sweet puppy was found together with her sibblings in the garbage. For several days no mother was in sight. Bea, a fantastic Italian woman, made sure all 5 got homes, and AWL is helping Abe and Martha's little new friend (above picture) in their house with up-to-date shots and microchip and later steralization.

COBY IS IN A FOSTERHOME BECAUSE HE GOT DUMPED BY SOMEONE ELSE

The foster family named him Coby. He is a sweet, naive and kind Doberman mix who so enjoys life.

His fostermom picked him yesterday and he now stays with them and his new friend. Coby loves to ride in the car, he can sit, stay and give a paw when the food is coming. He is also castrated.

He loves to admire you, with a little kindness, he will think highly of you and give you loyalty; and in return he never wants to be dumped again.

If you can meet his standards, please contact us and we can give you more info from fostermom Karina.

A COLD AND WINDY, SUNNY DOG WALK

This morning we went out to Rossella's shelter to walk dogs, it's a very nice way of getting exercise, and giving some Amore at the same time. Thank you Bruce and Jake. To the left you can see Linda is doing great after the surgery, she got a lot of energy. Thank you all for your donations so we could give her life back.

Sarah is in love with "toothless." I think she named him "Chum" Sarah took him walking twice and she is the first one that have been giving him love and attention. Their spirit found each other--Chum has been in a shelter nearly his whole life. He was "rescued' to Rossella shelter 3 years ago from a Camorra shelter were he was abused.

Sarah, thank you for all the dog bags of food and 7 jars of vitamins--and treats.

Ahhh Lindy our AWL speed walker together with her husband David. They walked many and long walks at that. They are great walkers! Thank you so much for everything you do for the "rescue" dogs--and all the treats!

Sarah and her love "Chum." He doesn't have any teeth, thats why his tounge is hanging out all the time. But he is so full of Amore and he has a old soul...he really deserves some years in freedom.

I had picked up pallets that we put under doghouses so they don't sit on the cold concrete floor.

Thank you Vania for coming out and being such a great translator. Melissa, Bruce, Jake, Sarah, Leah with two friends, Lindy, David, Olivia. I am sorry I was not in big energy, but my fever slowed me down...but you guys thank you for giving the dogs something to look forward. I can tell that many "rescue" dogs have been changing, to the better when they see us. Today I noticed Ginger and Fred's happiness....you are making changes.

ABBY WITH A BROKEN LEG BUT A HEALED HEART

Our little Abby. Found on the gas station bleeding. At the clinic they found her tooth right up her nose and now she got a broken leg! At Dr Damiani clinic they called in a specialist that made the surgery on Abby.

Our little Lady was such a fantastic client and is our true Amore favorite.

Here you can see the fracture, and it seemed like it was an old fracture. We don't know what happened, but suddenly was she jumping on three legs.


Abby's family in Sweden are waiting and waiting. Their little daughter Engla is drawing pictures to Abby. I know Abby will have a wonderful time in Sweden, normally I don'l like dressed up dogs. But Abby is a freezing little spirit and I think she would love a sweater with a big heart on.

• Thank you Jackie (US) and Jennifer (Belgium) for your donations.

IMPRESSIVE RANGER

An update on Ranger. Remember the German Shepard that had his chain grown into his neck, and a long surgery had to be done, removing half of his neck!

I picked him up and drove him VIP to the vet clinic. He is such a fantastic dog, I could lift him up and put him into my car, and of course he wanted to sit in the front seat. It's like he wants to explore life, he looks at everything with a long observing glare. In the waiting room he charmed everyone, so calm. 40 stiches and he laid still, no one had to hold him...wow what a guy.

I stopped by the dog store and bought a harness that Jackie sponsored. We wanted to keep the promise to Ranger, nothing more around his neck.

When I dropped him off at the care-taking family, I told them that if they don't want Ranger, I want him! He is so full of Amore and gentleness that it breaks my heart out of love.

JACKIE'S CAT MISSIONS

Jackie goes out and trap cats to have them spayed and neutered and later on she picks them up and releases them where they where found. AWL takes care of the bills, our way to say, "Thank you for your hard fantastic work!"

Dr. Longo checking out the girl. She needs antibiotics for her skin condition.

One beautiful little female stray cat that needs to be spayed and treated for a skin condition.
Jackie trapped her in Castel Volturno.

Unfortunately some of the neighbors feel that only the females should be spayed, that the males are not the problem...
Difficult to change a mindset.
So we do what we can and if we're lucky we enlighten some people. Ciao Jackie."

Warmhearted Anna picked up the cats, here together with Dr Damiani.

DAISY IS A NADA

Remember the English Setter that collapsed in my arms? She stayed at Dr Damiani's clinic for observation and we also found out that she had an Italian microchip. Dr Damiani found the owner (after some detective work, nothing is easy here) and the owner had made a police report 3 weeks earlier about their missing English Setter.

Daisy stayed at our house and we discovered that something was wrong with her. She constantly bumped into things. When we would open the big pen door, she came out from the dog house and turned to the wall looking very confused. She was acting like she couldn't see. She ran into our dogs, the children's yard toys, and you had to guide her into her pen again and to her food plate.

I called Dr Damiani and asked for an appointment with their eye specialist. It was now lunch time and we were going to meet the owners in the evening.

I wanted to do everything in my power to figure out what was wrong. I couldn't stand myself handing over a dog telling the owner that "something is wrong" I would never get inner peace, constantly wondering what it was, and why and would the owner continue searching for Daisy's health?

The eye specialist made a very long examination with different tests. Daisy had a slight eye infection.

In the waiting room Daisy tried to walk through the glass door, like she didn't see it. She bumped her head into Dr Damiani's desk twice. It was heartbreaking.....

I had seen this kind of behavior in Bosnia after the war, there were many dogs with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Maybe Daisy had it?

We took blood samples that hopefully will tell us what is wrong. We will have the results at the end of this week. Keep your paws crossed for her.

We went home to take care of other things and Olivia walked Daisy. What a wonderful dog.

I was nervous for the meeting with the owners on this evening, so many questions.
At 18.30 I brought Daisy to her--who's real name is Nada--owner, actually the true owner is the father in the family, who adopted Nada from a hunter. His daughter and her husband came to pick up Nada. Nada hadn't qualified as a hunter, and so came to this family a couple of years ago. This couple promised to follow up with Nada's health, and it felt very nice to know that Nada was a wanted --- and missed--- dog, heading to her home.

I cannot stop thinking though that no one stoped and picked Nada up to check if she had an owner! I could see how many there are that just doesn't want to get involved, or have the time. And also, in this region with 70,000 strays, she was one among them all.

Can it be that the amore in the universe brought she and I together so that she could get home again?

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WORKING WITH GOOD HEARTED SKILLED PEOPLE

Running an organization or foundation, you are seeking good-hearted, skilled and trustworthy people to have around you; ones that have passion and belief in life. Dr Damiani's clinic has showed AWL a lot of those things through many difficult stray cases. Above on the picture you can see me and Dr. Longo who spent more than 2 hours to get out the "object" that was stuck in Abby's nose. He also worked to remove the chain around Ranger's neck. He has the skills, and the passion we are looking for.

Dr. Damiani made the biggest impression on me when we brought in Benjamin, our stray with mange and scabies all over his body. Nobody wanted to even look at him, but Dr. Damiani showed true professionalism, skill and compassion in his treatment for Benjamin, and his guidance to us to help bring about Benji's recovery. Above picture, Dr. Damiani is working with another of our clients, Chloe, as she is getting prepared for sterilization.

Dr. Damiani (right) and Dr. Longo, with "the miracle kitten", Francesco, during the checkup after numerous sessions where he was anethetised and had stitches removed and bandages changed. This was another client where Dr. Damiani's clinic and personnel showed their "true colors". And because of their skill and caring, the kitten can now walk, and is on the road to full recovery.

Dr. Damiani's clinic, and doctors have what it takes for the animals here in Campania. They are some who help with what we are trying to do here. Thank you.