a home for a puppy

As there are three people feeding this dog we could share the cost. The problem is the dog is quite wild, she still barks and growls although she knows we bring food. She does not come near us, so it will be very difficult to catch her. The other difficulty is that one of the ladies who feeds her told us that she bites! When we first saw her she was painfully thin,she must have been trying to make it on her own for a long time. It is unusual for an abandoned dog to be unfriendly, of course she may just be protective of her puppies, or she may have good reason to be untrusting of people.

The man saw the puppies before he rang us, so we did not see him. He said he had been told they were half Alsation! This was done by someone else who thought there was nothing wrong with lying about it, as people want Alsations or Alsation mixes. So he came, he saw and he was disappointed, but he didn't tell us that. He rang and said he would return for the puppy with a car and arranged to meet us. We went to the spot where the puppies were with their mother and waited, and waited and he did not turn up. We wasted hours and so did another lady who has already acquired a huge number of strays and offered to check the man out before we let him take the puppy. We were angry about the man being told a lie. He wasted his time too. The puppies are about 10 weeks old now and getting larger and growing wild like their mother. My husband and I decided that if they were left any longer they would be a problem to tame and train. We decided to take two of them home to take care of them, get them vet treatment, both have fleas, one has a skin problem and they need vaccination. We hope to get them into good shape and be able to find good homes for them. We left thye last one with the mother, it was the most aggressive of the puppies. I know there is a danger that we might end up keeping them, but if we leave them where they are they will either get run over, it is next to a road, or survive and become a pack of wild dogs.

I admire your efforts for these dogs. I do hope that you're able to find homes for those that you've taken home. Is it possible to capture the mother and have her sterilised? I'm thinking that it may be a good use of your money if you're wanting to prevent this happening all over again next year. A friend of mine has a stray female who periodically births a litter near her home, and although she feeds the babies (now adults really!) she's never been able to get close enough to the mother to prevent it happening again, and again, and again ....

Unfotunately there are no pounds in Greece - the dogs simply roam the streets and people who feel sorry for them feed them.