Imagine, how a Romanian puppy of about four months old must feel, being flown across Europe in a crate. Then, after a long drive in a car, the puppy is dumped into an alien environment, a home.
How do you help a rescued street dog adjust to life in a home without overwhelming them? In the photo the Romanian street dog is in a kill shelter. Then a lady the from a local rescue saved the Romanian Mioritic Shepherd, in the nick of time. One day before execution. Read more
Is aggressive behaviour caused by dominance — or by fear, stress and feeling unsafe? Aggressive behaviour, is it through fear or something else? Delilah was in another room behind a gate when I arrived, barking but not for long. Her lead was already attached to her harness. When the gate Read more
Two of these little dogs had been fending for themselves on the streets of Romania, roaming free. The two girls, black and white Bonnie with little terrier Elma, were probably abandoned pets. The lady is an experienced dog owner – particularly with rescue dogs. She took on much older Charlie, Read more
Holly quite well illustrates the difference between Romanian street dogs that are used to being around people, and other dogs that are coming from the same part of the world but have been living wild – feral dogs not used to humans. These feral dogs are a lot harder to settle and there have been some heartbreaking stories of failed homings.