Have you noticed it as well? When you are doing what you love time simply races by! Before you turn around – many years have passed. We were so surprised when our friend Sandra Stibi reminded us this month makes a total of 4 years since we began working with Stibi’s Hundeparadies!
4 years… it seems like it was yesterday. And yet our work together shows the time – hundreds of dogs rehomed, hundreds of tons of donations and a bond of true friendship between our two teams – it couldn’t have been yesterday.
We don’t know how to relate to you how much we count on Sandra, Bella and their volunteers, fosters and donors, so we will only tell you a few stories of our work together – for the dogs of Sofia.
Each of our transports – no matter if they are going to Holland or Germany, stops at the farm where Sandra and her husband live. There, our dogs and drivers can take a rest, grab a bite, stretch their legs running about (only the dogs…we haven’t heard of a running driver yet), get their strength back for the rest of the journey…
And on the way back – we always go through Sandra’s farm again – to collect the dog food they have collected, the medical equipment, blankets and even coffee and tea for the human inhabitants of the shelter.
And it’s great that we do it, because Sandra never turns a dog back. Brass went to Holland, but a few months later it was decided that he must be returned to us – he had chased after a cyclist in the park. Labeled as “aggressive” Brass remained in Austrie and he now has a wonderful home with a lovely family – a year later they have no trouble with Brass or the cyclist – it is a happy ever after story.
With Zola and Terry the situation was somewhat more complicated. The stress of the journey and sudden change of environment influenced their behavior toward people in a negative way. Both had to quickly be reassigned from Holland to Austria. Zola spent two whole years at Sandra’s home – the love and patience the Stibi family gave her helped her calm down and recently Zola finally found her right home. For Terry it is a third year at Stibi’s Hundeparadies and it seems he has no desire to leave. Which is all right for him, for his fosters and for us – knowing how happy he is there!
To commemorate our 4 year jubilee Sandra and Bella sent us photos of dogs they have long since rehomed (a few of them you see here in the post). Some of them like YoYo, Ella, Vito, Willow, Kosta, Yoshy and Chester have been in their Austrian homes for 3 or 4 years. Others – like SnowWhite and Ice have only been there for about a year. They all share a common trait – and that is happiness, we share it as well – because we see it.
Thank you, dear girls! Thank you for the love and care you have for the animals, thank you for always being there when we need you! Thank you for being real friends to the dogs of Sofia!
If you, dear friends, like what Sandra has done for our animals, please, like the Stibi’s Hundeparadies Facebook Page – your click will help them raise the next portion of dog food, or an euro or two to be turned into a vaccine or antibiotic. Thank you for your support!
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