6 years ago I lost my gorgeous dog Abbey, she brought happiness to everyone around her as she just exuded kindness, love, gentleness and fun. I just couldn’t look at getting another dog for a long time… I started looking for another dog about a year ago, but just couldn’t find a dog that I had that same instant connection with…then about 6 months ago, my grandson who adored Abbey, said “gran, it’s maybe time to get another dog”, I was quite delighted to hear him say this as he was absolutely devastated as I was by her passing. I asked “are you sure” and he said “yes”.

As I was looking for a dog, so was my daughter in law, Emma. She managed to look on every available website, facebook page and advert that she could to help me find a dog. She sent loads of pictures for months of dogs needing foster care or adopting… but there just wasn’t a connection! Then… she sent me a picture of Zeus, and it was instant, I fell in love – his beautiful face and demeanour, I just had to see if I could foster him and I couldn’t bear the thought of anyone else fostering him at all. He was just gorgeous… Emma had just sent the pic, and honestly didn’t think I would like him as he’s so big. She sent over the information for him on how to contact All Dogs Rescue Scotland, and I said “I’ve already contacted Emma from ADRS about fostering him”.

Emma from ADRS gave me a couple of days to see if I really wanted to go ahead and I said “YES PLEASE”… she put me in touch with Samantha who organised a video call to check my setting thoroughly and discuss any concerns I may have had, but I’d already done a risk assessment of my home, 6ft fence all round, access to the garden from 2 areas of my home, large space inside and out, inside door to a porch at the front door. Once I had passed the thorough test, Samantha sent me documents to look over and sign. Then Emma created a messenger group with Cristina who was fostering Zeus with her partner Daniel over in Romania, and oh my goodness, talk about amazing human beings…. Crisitina’s communication was phenomenal, offering lots of information and transcribing the vets scans and documents for me to give to my vet upon Zeus’s arrival. The pictures and videos that she sent to me while waiting for Zeus were just brilliant. I sent over a video so that he could hear me talking and see what I looked like just before he travelled over to Scotland.

They built an outdoor shed just for Zeus, so they could look after him as he had been abandoned for potentially week/months…searching for food and scaring anyone who came anywhere near him… and they really didn’t know how he was going to be with their dogs and cats, which was probably just as well as he was pretty awful with them to begin with. He was in a really bad way when Cristina and Daniel found him, with loads of health issues, including heartworms. They fundraised for his vet treatment at the University in Romania and had constant visits back and forward costing a fortune. But they never balked at doing any of this, they saw such a wonderful reaction from Zeus as he was healing beautifully as did the vets at the University.

To this day – I think of Zeus as “our” dog. He is such a beautiful, gentle, kind dog who has brought such an enormous amount of love and healing to my whole family, which in turn is healing him. We got a DNA test on Zeus and he has Chihuahua in him, which is hilarious… He just loves being inside on his posturepedic dog beds!! As well as going for long walks, paddleboarding trips and playing in the garden. And goodness me what a speed he runs at!!

My 6 yr old grandaughter helps me feed and walk him. She gets him to sit, roll over, paw and stop all without saying a word to him using home made treats in positive reinforcing.

Basically Cristina and Daniel saved his life. Without them finding Zeus when they did he wouldn’t have survived, this thought still makes me cry to this day. They were his guardian angels, who were very generously allowing me to look after him 16 months later. I would never have found my forever dog without them, and I am truly truly grateful for them.

It was a Wednesday afternoon in December on Mallorca. Cristina and Daniel found an injured little cat in the street, picked her up, and carried her across the road straight into the veterinary clinic. The little cat got medical care, food, a blanket, a carrier, a toy mouse, … So now she also needed a name. The Spanish word for Wednesday is “Miercoles” which means “Day of Mercury” and as Cristina and Daniel are huge fans of Freddie Mercury, the name for the cat was easily found.

The following days, while taking good care of little Mercury, Cristina and Daniel started looking for a home for her on the island. That is when I saw her photograph on my vet’s facebook, fell in love with her and felt she should come and live with me and my other animals.

Mercury has grown into a healthy, happy, fluffy, sweet and very funny girl. She gets along well with her cat-brother and big-dog-sister. She loves going on mouse-patrol in the abandoned gardens near my home, sunbathing on the neighbour’s roof, and being carried around in my arms while licking my nose. She makes me laugh every day.

Thank you so much Cristina and Daniel for rescuing Mercury, for giving her to me, and for the amazing work you do for so many animals!

Salut, sunt Sia. Am fost adoptată de Agnes și înainte de asta m-a luat Cristina în casa ei. Eu fac și chestii bune, și chestii rele, ca orice cățel, cred. Dintre lucrurile bune le pot aminti pe următoarele: ofer muuuuuuuuuultă iubire, apăr casa de oamenii care urcă sau coboară scările, adică latru într-una să o anunț pe Agnes că trece cineva prin fața ușii, rod adidașii, șoșetele, hainele aruncate pe pat, sau orice e pe pat: perne, lenjerie de pat, plapuma, mănânc de pe jos (când mă vede Agnes devine agitată, cred că e fericită ca mănânc de pe jos așa că termin tot înainte să mă prindă). De fapt cred că fac doar lucruri bune așa că rectific ce am spus la început.
Activitatea mea preferată este sa merg în parc și să mă joc cu prietena mea Zita. Cred că mă place, nu prea are încotro.
Îmi place viața mea. Mă bucur că am avut șansa să ajung pe mâna celor de la Bagheera & Jacques. Au făcut un contract de adopție special pentru miiiiine!!!!! Clar sunt specială.

Salut, sunt Agnes. Am cunoscut-o pe Sia într-o zi de mai și face parte din familie încă de atunci. În rest, cred ca a zis Sia cam tot…

Am aflat de Niña de pe Facebook. Pisica mea Tigruța decedase cu câteva zile în urmă și m-am decis să adopt o pisicuță. Nu am vrut să îmi iau o pisică pentru a umple golul pe care mi l-a lăsat Tigruța sau pentru a o înlocui. Sunt de părere că fiecare animăluț este special în felul lui și pentru fiecare avem un gol la un moment dat care rămâne pentru totdeauna. Am vrut să fac un bine și să adopt un suflet.
Am văzut o poză cu Niña de pe un grup de pe facebook și mi-au plăcut mult ochii ei, faptul că este învățată în ham. Am citit descrierea în care scria despre defectul pe care îl are la gât și despre problemele pe care le-a avut. Pentru mine Niña nu este o pisică cu defecte. Pentru mine, Niña este perfectă și specială. Mi-a plăcut faptul că acceptă hamul. Eu mai am un motan pe nume Benjamin și mi-am spus că nu vreau să îi țin doar în casă. Mi-am spus că trebuie sa-i scot afară, să vadă și ei lumea.
După ce pisica care a stat cu mine timp de 14 ani s-a dus în ceruri, motanul meu a fost trist. Acum Benjamin și Niña sunt frățiori și se iubesc mult, eu sunt fericită din tot sufletul și îi iubesc foarte mult pe Benjamjn și Niña. Dacă ar păți ceva, mi-ar lăsa un gol imens. Îmi doresc să-mi fac frații fericiți. Sunt frații mei nu doar niște animale.
Niña nu este o înlocuitoare. Niña este un nou membru al familiei care la un moment dat și ea îmi va lăsa propriul ei gol în suflet. Dar până atunci vreau să mă bucur de fiecare moment alături de ea. Toată viața mea îmi doresc să adopt. Nu pentru a umple goluri ci pentru a salva și a aduce îngerași noi în casă, povești noi, trăiri noi!

Asociația Bagheera & Jacques au salvat-o pe Niña și multe alte animăluțe. Mă bucur că există această asociație și prin ea, am dat de acest înger. Sunt foarte fericită!