What happened to us on the 20th week?

We had not planned boredom or laziness for this week but at the weekend summary we already noticed that we exceeded our intense plans and there wasn’t a minute to rest despite the bad weather. (When you are reading our reports, please note that we have no full-time employee to deal with operative tasks; dog rescue related activities are done by our small team of volunteers who do this job in their sparetime.)

When checking our bank account it was visible that unfortunatelly we would not have enough money until november when the government transfers the „tax 1%” offered by our supporters, so we have to seize every opportunity to gather donation. For this purpose you can check our Charity bid on our Facebook page, in frame of this Bid different stuff (offered by supporters) came under the hammer. All money received is spent on the costs of our protegees and all related coordination is done by volunteers.

Charity bid (or) https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.863883556975097.1073741861.513322045364585&type=1

We have the possibility to sign an agreement with www.garmada.net and based on this now you can bring there any of your stuff which is unnecessary for you but is in good condition, and with selling them through the Garmada shop you automatically support our activities. For further information you can contact us at info@futrinkautca.hu, but all your questions can be answered in the shop as well. We thank you for all your offerings!

This week we received 200 kilograms of high quality cat food from the ARION pet food products’ distributor for which we thank them very much. We have now two cats in our care, this quantity will be enough for the whole year. We hope that the number of our cats will not increase as our primary mission is to rescue dogs.

Unfortunately we have to ask for other items as well, as our stocks are finite. At our kennels in Tárnok we need canned food, detergents (mainly hypo), probiotics, Vitamin C, anti-flea and anti-tick spots and dog collars. If anyone can provide us with any of the above mentioned items and/or would like to take one of our dogs for a walk, please feel free to visit us any weekday between 10 am and 16 pm! We and our dogs will be happy to see you!

This week we planned to take part in the picnic organized by Demény, who is our former and popular protegee Hungarian pointer,  but bad weather interferred with the event. Next time weather permitting, we will be there.  We look forward to meeting our former dogs!

forrás: http://demenyakotsog.cafeblog.hu/

Followers of our activitities are aware of the fact that we regularly help other pet rescue associations, especially those who are not well- known,  to assist them with collecting donations or give them a helping hand. This time we wanted to help the Kisvárda Animal Shelter. This Shelter has to move from their current place to another.  Unfortunately, the new facility can only accept 100 dogs while they have about 200. You can easily understand what it means in case of those 100 dogs who they cannot accommodate, but this Shelter refuses to go down that road. Despite limited financial means, they help all dogs. They don’t have the funds to spay all the dogs, so they avoid pregnancies by keeping the male unneutered dogs on chains. All of their dogs are microchipped, vaccinated and in good condition. We have taken eight dogs until now, but we would like to help them in the future as well. We are looking for volunteers who can foster dogs on a temporary basis. Unfortunately we do not have place for more dogs but if someone can help temporarily we would arrange the transfer of the dog, the medical attention, annd give all support to get a final home for the dog.

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Our three base activity groups have these new dogs from Kisvárda and now they are safe.  However we do not have any free kennels.

The group who deals with mutts has received two, they are are very „special”, both are victims and mementos of human cruelty. 

Mokkus who is a kind of retriever was in very bad condition when the Kisvárda shelter found him with scalloped (amputated) tongue. As a result of this terrible fate, this very affectionate and friendly, human focused dog cannot control his body temperature  and needs special attention.  We believe we will find that loving family who can live together with this kind of handicap. Otherwise, he has learned to eat and drink without his tongue, and is very happy with us in his new kennel. He enjoys his walks  very much.

Majré was found with a metal tuft in her neck which caused a serious wound. Happily, she has completely recovered.  Hopefully her trust in humans will improve as well. This shy dog is also very happy in our care,  has easily adapted to the changes and she is very friendly when someone approaches her

We had one more unplanned newcomer this week. This dog, named Bubamara,  is more than 10 years old.  Her owner took her to a veterinairan to end her life just because he is moving abroad. One of our volunteers was there and fortunately, did not let this happen. Bubamara is housebroken, gets on well with other dogs and humans, but after she arrived to our association it turned out that she needs medical care because of pancreas problems. Now she is in an animal hospital and we are looking for at least a temporary foster for her.

Elic, a very nice, but shy spainiel-setter mix was saved from the shelter at Illatos street, has just undergone spay surgery .  She recovered quickly and was back to normal the next day.

Woodrow has also been neutered. He's our mix male with French bulldog lineage.  Sadly, he was abused by children on the rural streets.  Despite the fact that he has never lived indoors, he was completely housebroken from the first moment, he does not destroy things and is very friendly with everyone, including his host's cat!  He would be an ideal choice even for rookie dog owners since he is a dream dog.

At the end of the week we received some very great news! One of our old protégées was visited by a family who decided to adopt him. We wanted Bunsen to be with them as soon as possible so we organized his travel to his new home!! Our kennels will feel odd without him, but we are very-very happy that someone finally wants him and he has found his forever home.

The Dachshund Rescue received some more new dogs this week. Actually, they had to make serious decisions every day.

Last week we accepted three one-week old Dachshunds whose mother was sick and could no longer breastfeed them. We were aware of the fact that with giving them only goat milk and special nutrition, their chance of survival would not be too high, so we wanted to find a small-medium sized surrogate mother with same age puppies from a place where the risk of infection was low. Luckily, we received information about a mix dog with similar parameters. We travelled to the place to collect the family and surprisingly this dog was a Bolognese mix. However her puppies were like three mini grizzly bears! Loni, the surrogate mother dog and the puppies had been saved. Happily, Loni takes care of all six doggies with the help of some supplementary nutrition.

From the animal shelter in Gyömrő, we were alerted that an owner surrendered his wire-haired dachshund to them, because he was always escaping from home and they got sick of it that they always needed to retrieve the dog from somewhere. And, this is how Mogyimanó, the wheat-colored wire-haired dachshund male came to us.   He is not yet 1 year old. We can see that his previous owners were careless in properly training him, which is certainly why he was running away from home. He needs to learn everything now. Fortunately his vaccination program is on time, so he could be spayed this week in the hope that he doesn't need to live for long in the kennels and someone will fall in love with him and he will find his forever home.  

The Dachshund rescue group got new dogs from Kisvárda as well, for whom we wanted to provide safe shelter. We hope that we will find a perfect home for them! One of the new arrivals is Rebus, a pekingese-dachshund mix. She had lived more than a year in the Kisvárda Shelter and no one wanted to adopt her. She is a very nice, friendly, very intelligent dog who would be a great choice to keep in a flat.  And, she gets on well with other dogs. We are looking for a temporary home for her as well!

Opossum is a unique dog as well. She is a spitz-dachshund mix, who continues to wait for her forever home. We believe that this special little dog should not need to wait any longer! Opi is vaccinated,spayed and chipped, and can be adopted immediately. We are looking for temporay home for her as well!

Virsli, who has also dachshund origins, couldn’t be left there. Why? If you look at this photo you can imagine how desperately he needs our help because of his serious demodex. His treatment has been started, although the full recovery will take a long time but we hope to see this friendly and playful dog completely healthy and happy.

You might remember Gombócka the more than 14 year-old dachshund mix who had been left by his owner at the flaying-house in Csongrád, and has tumor and heartworms.  Many of you wished her to stay alive. Until now it seems that the old girl is strong enough to fight the illnesses and she is quite well. This week after the removal of her stitches she had a bath. We have one more piece of good news : one of our very old protegees’s adopter turned up and indicated that he might adopt Gombócka and provide her a loving home. After Gombócka gets stronger we will organize her transfer to her new family.

Einsten from ASKA, a young dachshund mix male, moved to a new foster home this week.  At his new home there is a chance to stay permanently after the neuter surgery.  Hopefully, he has found his forever home!

Beside Mogyimanó we had two other dachshund neutered this week. Mérges, who used to be completely unsocialized, has learned a lot and is ready for adoption. He will not be an easy dog to live with as he had been assaulted so much in his past, that he might react agressively in fearful situations, so we do not suggest keeping him in families where children or old persons live. He already shows his friendly and insistent face for those whom he trusts.

The other freshly neuterized is Börze, a young black-brown dachshund male, who has possible adopters and we are hoping that he will find a suitable  family and we can inform you soon about the happy change.

Our hungarian pointer rescue group has also received three dogs from the Kisvárda Shelter.

Frankó is a heavy boned one-year-old pointer who is extremely friendly with people. He has a constant need to be in motion,  and he has to learn a lot as his training at the moment is non-existent. However, he is very clever . He is looking for a temporary home as well.

Berkus is one year old too, however he has a skinnier complexion. With his sissy face, medium-cut tail and airy appearence he will surely find an owner.  He is active as well, but not as hyper as Franko. Here is a sensitive and very lovable dog. He is looking for a temporary home too!

The third one from Kisvárda is Lajcsika, the adult male mix with possible pointer origins. He was the luckiest from the entire Kisvárda team as he moved to a temporary home right upon arrival and he is waiting there for a forever home. Lajcsika is very friendly with everyone, looks to be a puppy, can be walked easily on a leash and gets on well with other dogs. He is quickly learning how to live in a flat. He is a perfect choice as a first dog, and ideal as a family dog too. He is vaccinated, chipped, neutered, and adoptable right now.

One of our previous adopters found a pointer-like dog chained in a forest near Nyáregyháza. It  turned out that his owner had left him there because he did not, or could not care for him anymore. This beautiful, friendly, and very agile dog is looking  for a new and loving family. We hope that someone will choose him. (Trisztán)

Another adopter found two pointers on the weekend, but they did not come to us.  We mention this because it is difficult to have microchips read on the weekends, as most veterinarians are closed.  Happily, in the end, the chip  was successfully read and after a call they were reunited with their loving home. We ask you all to please, please have your dogs microchipped – especially as it is mandatory – Be sure to have the chip registered so it can be checked on petvetdata.hu. If it is not registered, any veterinarian can do that for you. 

Zsim has undergone surgery because the seam from neutering became inflamed. Luckily this second intervention was successful and he is now in good condition

This week we had only one adoption.  Nevertheless, this is fantastic news for us!  Csavargó, the mutt had been kept on a chain and as a result, is understandably frightened of men.  From our kennel he moved to a temporary home and this family decided to adopt him. We filled out the adoption documentation this week and his new family will bring Csavargó to obedience classes.

The last 2-3 weeks we have been busy dealing with illnesses, examinations and visits at the veterinarian. We would like to give you here a longer report about what happened, how are the treatments.

Following is an update on Hektor, who, when he arrived  on the 16th of November, 2013, from very bad circumstances, was very malnurished.

Luckily he adapted very well, and we have had no problems with him at all. We were  searching for a temporary home so he could  be indoors for the winter and we could get to know him better.  Fortunately Norbi and his family accepted this temporary role and Hektor spent Christmas in a warm flat and in a loving family.   The weeks and months after Christmas went by and nobody wanted him. We coult not believe that this young and beautiful dog would spend such a long time with us.  In the meantime, we learned a lot about him.  It turns out that he is housebroken, behaves well inside, loves being with children and travelling.  He needs an experienced and strong-minded owner but this should not be a problem!

We successfully treated his recurring diarrhea with medicines, diet, special nutrition, vitamins, etc  .A newer problem is that his rectum always turns inside out when he relieves himself. We needed to know what causes this symptom, so on the 12th of May Hektor went to another examination (colonoscopy). This intervention needs serious preparation, 36 hours-fasting, limited water consumption. Unfortunatelly the results were not so good... They found a tumour near the rectum which needs to be operated. The results of histology is coming in two weeks – we hope that there is no serious problem..

Please keep Hektor in your thoughts!

Omar, the young giant thoroughly scared us. Two weeks ago we noticed his runny nose, and of course we immediately took him to the doctor, so we could start the necessary treatment. We remember, vividly, the loss of two of our protégés, whose problems also started with a simple runny nose. Besides the ongoing immune-busting treatment and vitamins he was given anti-biotic nasal treatments. His chest cleared, his appetite and mood was also ok. After 3 days, unfortunately he started coughing, so we immediately ran back to the veterinary clinic with him. This time he got antibiotics in a large dose. His cough went away, but his runny nose remained and the biggest panic was that he was fighting a continuous fever. In addition to the antibiotics he also got antipyretic. At the end of his medication treatment his fever was still present, so we took him back to control where we got the bad news: starting pneumonia. We immediately started the new treatment, with a newer, wide scale, very effective antibiotics injection which needed to be repeated every 3 days. The immune-boost continues to be important, for this we try to obtain the best available, most effective pills for him. Yesterday’s control showed a little bit of improvement, Omar's mood is again the usual, he is waiting for breakfast, lunch and dinner singing and he has had no fever since Sunday! On Friday we were again on a control and we got the best news of the week: Omar's chest X-ray is totally clear. He can be considered healed!

Unfortunately, Dixie didn’t miss out on the doctors visits either.  With Dixy, the investigations are running along two lines. One part is the continuous diarrhea. The strange thing is that he is not losing weight and remains in a good mood, but there are problems with the 'end product'. The other problem seems to be some kind of skin disease, but we don't know exactly what it is yet, or what is the cause.  On his chin, chest curve and on one of his rear paws there is a weird alopecia. Moreover, on his chin the skin surface is inflamed and pretty ugly. Because he is continuously drooling, the redness has extended and some small bumps have appeared. Dixy currently is eating prescription dog food because of his tummy problems and for the skin problems we are using disinfectant spray locally. He was at the vet today for phlebotomy and we also provided a fecal sample. After the results we will know more.. His eye-surgery will take place only when he is recovered from diarrhea.

 You can see, that we are not in a lucky shape with our protegees. We are doing everything possible to help our animals recover as soon as possible, but we need your kind help regarding this. And we ask you to please continue thinking about our Giant Ones!

Anyone who can help, even with a few hundred HUF, please do it! Lots of little ones make a big one! We count on you! We await your kind donations by bank transfer at Futrinka Association’s (Futrinka Egyesület) bank account number, hosted at K&H Bank: 10404089-49575251-57561000. In the comment box, please specify the following: HEKTOR, OMÁR or Dixy. Thank you!