What happened to us on the 33rd week?

When something really great, miracle-like happens, unfortunately there is always bad news beside, which makes it not possible for us to be 100% happy – though this week one of our elderly protégée, becoming owned, has given us all the reasons for this. Balu spent more then 5 years at a rural shelter, has got to us from there. The moany, half-blind old bear slowly, but steadily benigned, was enjoying any attention given – most likely he got used to living in kennel lately, but what meant new for him at us: the extreme amount of training. Probably he would not have felt the need for an owner in case his life finishes this way, but fate was much more gracious to him: a German family fell in love with him and adopted him as a sole dog beside their cat. (Balu, surprisingly, cannot tolerate dogs, but prefers to be with cats). Before the great journey cosmetic has also awaited Balu, so that he can leave behind the country where nobody wanted him good-looking and well-set…as there was another land, where someone wanted only him!

Bizu, the Siamese ladie has also found her new owner – she had been given to our protection by her family, being so much frightened in her first week with us that she set about everyone. She has changed her residence now for a family, being experienced with Siamese cats…her flatmate being a 22-year-old (wow..) other cat.

Boggy has got to our care by the patroning of her finder – immediately moving to a temporary adoptive. The young-adult mix lady had been found some months before together with her puppies – the puppies were then placed by an animal rescue organization, but the mom not. We are trying to find her the family where she could develop to her top. Her first step with Futrinka was the heartworm-test, luckily Boggy is not affected by the infection.

Neither is heartworm-positive Párna (meaning Pillow), the fairy lady escaped from Miskolc flaying-house – so this week she has gone through spaying. Sadly, her calvary started right the following day – she became sick, hence was taken back to the clinic, where she had to be operated.

Unfortunately we have lost Watta, the basset lady, whose circulation has broken and though the doctors were struggling hard, her life could not be saved

The original owner of Bingó, the mix sire from Érd has not turned up, also his time in quarantine is over – from this time on he is receiving his fans at the kennels. Not a secret, he has quite a lot J

Dachshund-rescue has finished a mixed week, the greatest nerve being a new tumour operation of Gombócka – as it developed suddenly, then fulminated. The surgical intervention could not have been postponed and we could only hope that Gombócka would endure it well. The more than 14-year-old proved again: even though being in great pain and having huge stitches he took the operation well and by now has become as before. His first miracles were to recover from the heartworm infection, then surviving his first tumour-operation, followed by serious epilepsy surges. Many would have let him go…but they do not know what we do: Gombócka does not want to leave us yet, for him death would not be merciful, as something good has just started to happen to him…

So, we had quite a lot of operations for this week, but the usual spays were going on as well. Borlay, the miniature smooth-haired dachshund sire underwent the procedure as well, moving then to a family during the weekend.

We have also had Panther, the kaninchen dam striving dry eyes operated – she has also moved to a family, by now being a  dog with an owner.

Janke, the black-tan smooth-haired miniature dachshund dam also had to visit the operating theatre, as an owner awaits her - we would not like them to be forced to wait any longer because of the lack of this intervention.

Kapirga, the smooth-haired, special coloured dachshund dam has also become neutral, then moving to a temporary adoptive with option…if our intuition is correct, we again lose a temporary adoptive – at the same time winning a great owner J

Cunika, of special beauty, is a long-haried miniature dachshund dam, also has been operated, hence nothing can stop her becoming the beloved little pet of someone.

From the Tarnok kennel two dogs have been transported to lose their knockers. Both Tükör (meaning Mirror) and Vilinger have taken the intervention well, woke up normally and even though wearing horns did not really cheer them up, they took the obstacles of the first days pretty easy. Both of them are looking for a home, or at least a temporary adoptive.

Tükör is an appr. 3-year-old wire-haried dachshund mixture sire, whom we had saved from the Miskolc flaying house so that he is not put to sleep forever. Very friendly, has good contact with all the other dogs. As he tends to try escaping we will only give him for indoor keeping.

Vilinger is a short-haired miniature dachshund (mixture?) sire, also arriving from the Miskolc flaying house - though we have saved him not from there, but from his 2nd adoptive after leaving the flaying house – he could not take any longer Vilinger’s roistering nature.

Truváj strenghtens the mixture-team of the dachshunds, previously saved from the Eger flaying house - but the great saving action resulted in asking for our help, as he could not stay with the people saving him. Truváj is a nice, friendly mixture sire, who would be more than happy even with a dedicated temporary adoptive.

Talán (meaning Maybe), the black mixture dam, thrown out of a car, has arrived to our protection – her original owner did not show up. Talán is a fairy, beautiful, friendly little girl, whom we have placed now at a temporary adoptive.

We have also received three wire-haired dachshunds, all of them arriving from their owners. Katniss, having a unique colour is around 5-years of age, a wire-haired dam, given to us as her owner could not have financed her hernia operation.

Hester is a wire-haired kaninchen dam, also with a special colouring. She had to leave her previous home for demodex infection. Her treatment has also started and as soon as possible she will undergo spaying, as we have potential owners on the waiting list for kaninchen dachshunds.

Hua, the wire-haired miniature dachshund dam got to her temporary adoptives with an option – also in her case it is hard to imagine that she might be given back, but spaying is in front of her, till then we would not like to speak too soon.

The super owner-finding of the week is that of Jumurdzsák, the dachshund mix arriving from ASKA house – despite his half-eye and being a mixture he soon left Tarnok kennel behind to start a new life in Veszprém.

Barátfüle has fled from Hungarian Vizsla breed rescue. When arriving he was problematic, tense, highly dominant-agressive in the company of other dogs, but never having any conflict with people, them he has loved without any conditions. He was placed at the Tarnok kennel, and as a result of his personalized training he slowly internalized dog communication, became easy to be taken for walks with dams. The people taking him for walks over long-long weeks decided to adopt him, we had no reason to oppose this.

A problematic one leaves us, another one arrives – more or less this is always the same. Not surprisingly a new sire landed at us, already keeping his previous owner in terror. He got a special housing at a competent pansionist. We will see how the behaviour of Mr. Samu changes as a consequence of the attention tailored to him.

Reverz came to our care almost exactly a year ago. He is over an unsuccessful adoption, but we hope now he finds his stable home: he moved to a new family, loving and accepting him.

Trisztán, the Hungarian vizsla sire tied up in the forest also seems to be finding his final home, becoming the member of a big and happy family. Four children and two labrador dogs had awaited him excitedly, to teach him what real vizsla life is about.

Tótfalusi Aladár was given to our care by his owner and most likely many of us will long remember how he had waited the dream owner squatting in a hole. Fortunately he did not have to wait too much, this week he travelled to Germany.

Uborka (meaning Cucumber) and Rozsdás (Rusty), the two beautiful Hungarian vizsla guys got to us almost at the same time, this way also started their vaccination and emasculating programme together. Luckily both of them produced a negative mikrofilariae test, hence there was no obstacle in front of being emasculated. By now both are running around with horns on their head.

Lunetta, one of the vizsla-mixture sisters found in the forest, could move to an owner this week. She had been very much waited for. The perseverance of the family is also shown by the fact that they traveled twice to Kecskemét to visit Lunetta at her temporary adoptives, so that they can establish with her a life-long relationship. We have given Lunetta to her adoptives with an obligation for spaying, as is the case with all our puppies below 1 year of age..