Our first casualty of the New Year is Nerina. The dear little soul has suffered with her teeth before and had to have some out,this time she has been in great pain,and ended up having two molars and one canine tooth out. She is quite an old girl,we of course don't know how old,as she was abandoned. But we have had her almost four years,and she was quite old when we found her,so we imagine she is well into double figures.

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              Happy New Year

Mino and I would like to wish all our friends,old and new,all the very best for

the coming year. We also send you our grateful thanks for the help you have given us in the past .

Looking back on the months gone by

As a New Year starts and an old one ends
We contemplate what brought us joy
And we think of our loved ones & our friends

Felice Anno Nuovo a tutti i nostri amici

Merry Christmas from all of us here in Puglia

Please don't buy a dog as a Christmas present.Not unless thorough research has gone into what responsible dog ownership entails and what is involved in looking after a puppy. Maybe then those owners who find themselves unable to cope would not abandon the dogs in the nearest kennel , if people researched then maybe we  wouldn't have such a distressing job and the rescue centres wouldn't be so full."

During the holiday season people are so busy that they don't have the time it takes to fulfil a new pup's round the clock demands. It's unfair to bring a young dog into the chaos of holiday celebrations and ignore their needs. Responsible dog ownership is the solution to the problem.

Perhap consider sponsoring one instead,think of it as saving  a dog this Christmas. We can never have enough sponsers!

We are animal rescuers. We have bought animal food with our last penny, we have patted many a mangy head with a bare hand. We have hugged those that are vicious and afraid. We have fallen in love a thousand times, and have cried buckets full into the fur of a lifeless body too many times to count. We are  animal rescuers. Our work is never done,Our home is never quiet, our wallet is always empty but our hearts are always full.

Today,we were invited out for lunch,with our good friends Julie and Simon. If you remember they are the freinds that took Pino and Rags to England. They are here for a week,and have taken Ellen and Piccina for a break. Ellen and Piccina spent the whole summer with them.So we took them over to where they live,and went out for lunch. Those of you who know us,know only too well we very rarely go out together,as we don't like leaving the dogs on their own. When we arrived home, Patch was dead in the garden,he had been attacked by the big dogs.We were horrified.Nothing lke this had ever happened before. Poor little soul,he must have been terrified. We both blame ourselves for not being here and not sorting them out better before we left. We leave most of the small ones inside and it always takes us at least 45 minutes to get out.One goes here,one goes there etc!

Patch was a poor boy,who had had an awful life before we took him.All I am thankful for is that his last four plus years had been happy with us.. The big dogs had never really taken any notice of him before,why this happened is a mystery!

But today has been a lesson,some of the big ones will be put in a run,this cannot be allowed to happen. Mino is devasted. We do not know what happened,we will never know what happened,what kicked it all off. This is even more reason why one of us needs to be here. Such is our destiny!  Bless you Patch X