Hope for the Street Dogs of Kosovo

ATHENA - looking for a loving home

Athena is one of the largest dogs at the Kosovo dog shelter, and she has one of the largest hearts. She came to the shelter in summer 2009 with her young daughter, Venus, who was later adopted. Athena is probably around 5 years old. She is very affectionate, loves people and loves to go on walks. She gets along with male dogs but does not get along with all female dogs.

Four Lovely Puppies Need A Home!

Can you help these four adorable puppies.  If you can please contact  adoptions@afkosovo.org

 

More Photos @ https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=409834255711307&set=a.234733813221353.73046.217702401591161&type=3&theater

 

 

Marty Needs A Forever Home - Can YOU help?

Marty was born 5th November 2011 and is a very sweet puppy and a very quick learner.  can you help him find a comfortable life?  

Contact us on  adoptions@afkosovo.org for further info

Penny Tu and Lily get loving home in Virginia, USA: “We’re so happy.Thank you for helping us land in paradise!”

“It’s what I always dreamed about at the shelter,” says Penny Tu, the cutest brown terrier that appeared at the Kosovo shelter last summer. “My new parents take Lily, their other dog and myself hiking in the woods every day. And I have a huge garden to play in all day long.” Lily, the lovely little white puppy that also appeared in the middle of last summer suddenly one day out of nowhere agrees: “I want to thank Hope for helping me land in paradise.”

Penny Tu and Lily travelled together to Washington DC with a Hope member and were adopted by close friends who also rescued dogs in Sarajevo when they were posted there. So here’s to the power of networking!

We thought readers would enjoy photographs of Penny Tu and Lily at the shelter and in their new home in Virginia, USA.

                         

     

If you want to make a difference to a street dog’s life please write to us at kosovostreetdogs@gmail.com. The Kosovo shelter has lots of wonderful dogs waiting to find a loving family.

 

 

Ella Needs A New Home ....

Over the past few months here in South Mitrovica, Oliver and I have befriended a lovable mutt named Ella. She is a mixture of Shar Mountain dog and Kosovo street dog. She is one and a half years old, happy, healthy and extremely affectionate. Pictures are attached.

Most of you are aware of Kosovo's practice of shooting dogs dead in the street as a form of "animal control". It's culling season in Mitrovica and so we have rescued Ella from the street and are now looking for a loving person or family to adopt this furry, playful girl. She has all of her vaccinations, a pet passport, and a clean bill of health from the vet. She is great with all people, really gentle, and even doesn't chase the loose chickens in the grass!

All Ella needs is an owner. Could this be you or someone you know?

If you are willing to share your heart and home with Ella, we will help transport her to wherever you are. She already has everything for entry into the U.S. and the paperwork for the E.U. can be completed once an adoption is confirmed.  

Contact:   Tara.Khan@eulex-kosovo.eu  for mor details.

 

 

 

Latest News on Amber .... What A Difference Adoption Makes!

Our readers will remember Amber travelled to New York last June to be with her new family Laura and John who found Amber through this website. We just received some photos of Amber and Avery, adopted from a New York shelter, during their stay at their Long Island summer cottage.

Below is a photo of Amber before she was adopted - just look at the difference in her now!  Go on make a difference in a dogs life - ADOPT TODAY!

Remember Me? ..... A Message From Pickwick

Hello everyone - do you remember me? I'm one of the twin shelties Hope members helped to find a home for last year. Three of us triplets arrived at the shelter when we were 3 weeks old. Picnic got adopted by an American family in Pristina and I flew to a new family in Western Europe. Here I am in my garden enjoying the summer  sunshine. Please say hello to all the dogs at the shelter. Thank you Hope members for all you did for me and my twin, Picnic,

 

Best Wishes

Pickwick, the twin sheltie 

 

We want adopting! How can you resist us - we are soooo cute!

Here are some very cute puppies and terriers that recently arrived at the shelter. Hope members fell in love with the little darlings and we hope someone will open up their hearth and home and adopt one.

     

For more informations contact KosovoStreetDogs@gmail.com

 

Pablo, Rosie and Tommy send their best to everyone at Hope from Westchester, New York: "Keep up the good work!! We're having the time of our lives!!"

Some of you will remember that last December 29^th, Linda, who found our  Hope volunteer organization while visiting relatives in Kosovo, decided to take two adorable puppies that had been placed at the shelter by one of our Hope members Susan.  In a quick rush all Pablo and Rosie's papers were prepared, who at that time were about 5-6 weeks old.

As soon as they arrived in the luggage area at JFK international airport in New York, we photographed the two cuties with their heads sticking out of the bags after a gruelling 15 hours of travel time. Now Pablo and Rosie have been adopted and live with families in Massachusetts and Westchester.

Tommy who travelled with another Hope member in early June is still with his foster family, Linda and her husband.  As you can see all three puppies look very big and very happy! 

Pablo, Rosie and Tommy have a message for everyone at Hope: "You don't know what all your kindness means to us tiny helpless street pups. If Hope member Susan hadn’t rescued us from the street we'd all be dead and if Hope members didn't come and see us at the shelter and arrange our travel to New York we'd be dead and forgotten for sure. Please can everyone who reads our rescue story think about saving a street dog or a Kosovo shelter dog. You can contact Hope at Kosovostretdogs@gmail.com.  HOPE MEMBERS are ready to help the other dogs but they need to find families willing to adopt the dogs.  Thanks ever so much. We also want to thank Linda our new foster Mom, for taking care of us so well."

Hope also wants to thank the owners of the Kosovo Dog Shelter, Nedj and Florim, for working to make the lives of the street dogs better and working with us to make the adoptions a success.

If you would like to make a difference to a street dog's life please contact us at kosovostreetdogs@gmail.com. Consider adopting a dog and taking him/her back to your home country.  So far in 2011 Hope has gotten over 10 dogs adopted in the U.S. and Germany. Last year we got about 35-40 dogs adopted.

 

A special appeal to all dog-loving families: three special pooches!

 Our voluntary association Hope for the Street Dogs of Kosovo wants to appeal to dog lovers everywhere – not only in the Balkans but also in Europe and the U.S. – to consider giving a loving home to any of the three dogs we are featuring here: Jasper: a 9 year old gentle male, who has been at the shelter for 5-6 years; Sheba: female, around 7 years old, has also been at the shelter for a few years; and Rosie: female, who arrived last summer as a puppy but who has won all our hearts and whose turn has come since her smaller friends got adopted last year.

We chose to feature three dogs that have been at the shelter for a really long time and with wonderful temperaments. They’ve stayed so long because families tend to want smaller dogs. It’s also been easier to transport smaller dogs on airlines. But this year we decided to focus on the larger dogs. As you can read in our features section several medium size dogs found homes in New York, Washington DC and Germany recently thanks to families finding on this website, or through our own networks.

We think it’s really important to adopt a dog: Everyday people see stray dogs on the streets, wandering neighborhoods, and going from door to door begging for food. Others languish at shelters. For many dogs that second chance that comes with being adopted literally means the difference between life and death. Saving the life of a stray dog is really doing a good deed for abandoned creatures of the earth who can’t speak out about their plight!

Below are photos of JASPER - SHEBA - ROSIE

     

If you are interested in adopting one of these wonderful dogs or require further information please email us at: KosovoStreetDogs@gmail.com