He’d never experienced playing with other dogs and didn’t understand a kind hand but now he’s the best playmate ever! Merlins Haven is a small farm run by Lynn Morris and her team and is home to many stray, unwanted, abandoned and abused dogs and puppies in Cyprus. Some have been abandoned, abused or lost with their owners never found. The small, brave rescue searching for Flossie’s ‘forever home’ was Saving Pound Dogs Cyprus (SPDC), a registered charity in the UK. It was only a few weeks since we’d lost Dotty. Read the next post to find out what happened next…. She is super loving and affectionate once she knows you and is great with other dogs. Because the sanctuary was bursting at the seams with dogs in need, the founder of the charity, Constantina Constantinou took in all four puppies to her own home so she could care for them personally and also assess their temperaments. We would never replace Dotty, but we had a huge hole that needed filling, and only a dog could fill it. We found ourselves agreeing that we would now adopt a dog from Cyprus and I scampered off to get in touch with the charity. Although I’d done as much homework as possible, we had no real idea of what to expect. He’s a gorgeous boy with a sad past (as you can see from the pics) and spend most of his life in a cage. We had just ordered a dog online. We help them however we can and re home them into loving foster and forever homes. Spot is now approx 17 months old approx 11kg and fully house trained and a typical happy go lucky puppy, very affectionate and makes you laugh with his funny personality and loves playing with dogs big and small. Having lost our playful and loving dog Dotty, I wanted our next dog to have those qualities. She is approx 2 and a half year old and has had a hard life up to now having puppies when she is only a puppy herself! They are fully house trained and the very best of friends! CARE. I really hoped we had done the right thing. She would fly to Paris and then be transported by a specialist DEFRA registered pet courier to the UK. We decided to bring them into the house and so have now learnt how to live happily in a home after Mona being a frightened street dog. They also provided five weeks’ free insurance. t of the car she cowered and crawled along on her tummy to me desperate to be saved but at the same time had sheer fear in her eyes as if I was going to hit her. Please do contact us, Esmae is a stunning 'Litse Hound' who we found by the side of the road after being dumped by her owner. In turn, SPDC agreed to provide support throughout the dog’s life. The aim of Merlin’s Haven is to provide a safe place for dogs to stay while their forever homes are found. If you see a dog that you think you could open your heart and your home to please contact us on Facebook or by emailing us at adopt@dogrescuecyprus.com with your enquiry. View Animals for Adoption: Cyprus Dog Rescue Cyprus Cat Rescue Other Kinds of Animals I knew that Austen would have had a tough time during those first crucial weeks of her life and that any bad experiences could have a lasting effect. And black dogs fare the worst because black dogs are deemed to be unlucky in Cyprus, as they are in other countries too. They were living on our drive for some weeks as we simply didn't have the room to take them in. He was seen on so many occasions wandering the streets and so many people tried to catch him but he was to scared and so would not come close. I was paranoid that someone else would snap her up. Amy flew to her new home in the UK in the summer of 2017. If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with it. We still wonder what she might have witnessed in those first few weeks and months. Poor Mona and her puppy Spot were dumped on our drive back in April 2019 by some heartless fool! SPDC were professional at every stage. Lucky Zeus was not on the adoption list for long and has been adopted in Cyprus to a British couple.

A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than he loves himself. Suzy Pope is a versatile lifestyle writer and newspaper columnist.

However he has been with us at our sanctuary for a while now whilst we got him better and well enough to find a family of his own. We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. This was after much deliberation, writing of lists, searching for name ideas online and eventually drawing up a shortlist. As far as I was concerned, she was ours.