What happened at Futrinka during week 11?

Our Association was invited to the Buda Castle for the 15 March national day’s celebration, with the interested meeting us at our stand. Unfortunately the weather was not nice to us at all, but even this way many protegees visited us.

If national celebration, let’s start this week with our Hungarian vizsla breed rescue, being over a really active week this time.

The week at the vizsla breed rescue was full of happenings again, but evidently dominated by the arrivals, besides arranging movings, vet rounds and adoptions. The week was opened with Szimba becoming owned, he will continue his life at an accomplished family, already having experiences with vizslas.

Peták got to our care after the death of his elderly owners, did not really tolerate kennel life, hence moved to an experienced adoptive of ours to a family pansion, waiting for the call of adoptives here.

Brú, the approximately 6-year-old Hungarian vizsla guy arrived at our care from his previous family, temporarily received Peták’s place at our rented kennel row, but after a couple of days spent there could already leave it behind to move to a temporary adoptive.

Boby arrived at us after the death of his owner, was placed at temporary adoptives to learn the rules of city life and those of living inside a flat. Unfortunately his routine heartworm test proved positive, we will start his treatment.

Waldi’s heartworm test was negative earlier, meaning this week he could undergo neutralization. Luckily all went well during the operation.

Most times an arrival is preceded by a longer round of coordination, but exceptions always occur: Perba, Gerti and Patrik landed at us non-planned, the wandering vizsla family was found by an animal friend at Perbál, and as he could not solve their placement, asked for our help. They are not micro-chipped, this way we are looking for their original owners, being able to prove his ownership with valid documentation. The first trip of the family was to the vet, Mom was bleeding from several wounds, cut on her left side and the soft part of her thigh, luckily her two babies, of about 3 months of age are both well, lively ones.

This week two of our protegees, Bobó and Bobolyka, formerly abandoned by their owners have found their final families.

Csongor, the 1-2-year-old Hungarian vizsla male was found in Túrkeve, his finders have asked for our help in his placement. He is not chipped, this way we are looking for his original owner, being able to prove his ownership right with valid documentation. Despite the enormous amount of ticks found in him he is negative for babesia, the bad news being that he is positive for microphilariae.

Except for one all the babies of Sz-litter have found their owners by now – we have been advertising Szende for a long time, so far without success. This week Szende moved to a family pansion, we do hope he will soon be able to follow his brothers.

Pocoyo participated at a controll check-up, according to the results his brain regenerated beautifully, his values also being in order. We have worried a lot for his healthy eye, but by now he sees with it well, does not get tired physically so fast, moreover, if it is about playing, there is no way he gets tired. Pocoyo will soon be finishing his vaccination programme and flee our care, his family is eagerly waiting for him.

Csocsó arrived at our care from his previous owners during the weekend, we are in the phase of learning each other yet, but according to our experiences so far he is a nice, friendly GSP, ready for adoption after his neutralization – till then he is awaiting the application of active, gladly touring would-be owners.

Futrinka Association takes part in each Vizslatúra, this time Vajda, the paralyzed GSP was also invited to participate on the 99th tour this Sunday – thanks very much for the team of Vizslatúra for the possibility! Vajda loves the company of people and dogs, enjoyed the event very much, even though he could not tour with his 4-paw mates.

We cannot say the week around our chanceless mixtures would have passed by in a boring way…

Futrinka Association celebrates its 10th anniversary this year. In 2006, when we founded Futrinka, we primarily rescued from Illatos út, having distemper and dogs being put to sleep as general issues. The team members of the time financed the rescues and arranged everything by themselves: that is where we have started from, we have not always been a beknown organization. To celebrate our anniversary we try to give a new chance each month for a dog from Illatos út.

This week Belli, the old and ill staffordshire terrier female arrived at us, having a lot of medical check-ups in front of her yet. We managed to place her at a temporary adoptive, being a huge chance for her.

After a long long time Tusi, the bonsay St. Bernard found her owners. The final family arrived for her from Austria, she has become a solo dog beside a child, planning to move around a lot together. According to the first pieces of news everything is perfectly all right with Tusi, the family just loves her.

Barnabás, our young Labrador mixture male has also found his owners in Austria, previously we had advertised him unsuccessfully for months. The family also has a Jack Russel male, meaning active weekdays are guaranteed for Barnus as well.

We also had a lot to do with vet issues. Farsang family has reached the age to be micro-chipped and getting their first vaccination, at the same time starting to immunize their Mom, Zomé. The group is soon ready to leave us, hence we are awaiting the applications from candidates, undertaking inside keeping, continuing the vaccination programme and neutralization, also the prevention of heartworm-infection.

We would have liked to get our female dogs neutered, but unfortunately they started heating, this way neither Linda, nor Szimi could be operated.

The wet, not too cold weather also brought us kennel cough, at the kennel row both Vándor and Gombos are struggling with it, but they will not be the only ones, we are continuously accepting vitamin C, Béres-drops, Icelandic lichen syrup and probiotics. Thank you all!

Not only the kennel row, but our pansion places were also reached by coughing. Csobodri, prone to panic also has it and undertakes it pretty bad. This sensible little dog would love a calm owner with a family house, where the stress caused by the leash would also be low in his life, and he would not have to be lifted up – for that he gets desperate and might bite.

Our old Rémusz is not well either, has lost weight to become skin and bones, but even this way would wag continuously. His medical check-up has started, we are looking for a temporary adoptive for him.

Finally the last member of the Eger Dachshund mixture teenagers, Kisvuk has also found his owner, he desperately needs a family taking care of him, unlike in his life so far. Now time has come.

Bora, the wire-haired mini Dachshund lady is re-owned, we do hope this family is not just saying promises, but will become the final home for her.

It would just be great to stop our weekly diary here, as Dachshund breed rescue also has a lot of protegees, but this week three new arrivals also appeared, meaning at the same time a significant rise in our vet costs as well. It would be important to place some of our dogs at temporary adoptives to lower our pansion costs, we are awaiting applications for it.

Masa was found in a horrific state. Her hair was sticking together, her eyes, ears, skin and gums sore, having breast tumours and produced signs of epilepsy. Currently we are at her medical check-up, but even her being trimmed and getting a bath meant a huge rise in her life quality.

Szoszonja had been used to produce litters. By the age of 3 she had raised two of them, by the way living in a yard. Upon her arrival she did not have fur on her back, but this was not that much interesting for her owners, abandoning the used little one because of a move.

Szonda is a beautiful black-tan male with an enormous neck wound that we are taking care of. His story is also a great one…the house sold from above his head, him kind of forgotten, left behind as if belonging to the house. The new owner has asked for help for him.

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