Every Dog Matters EU

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What happened in 2025?

40 of our dogs were adopted - some of them from our older residents!
Some local but mostly adoptions in Western Europe.
Two of them are actually in Finland- near the town of Santa Clouse.
At the same time more dogs were abandoned either near our premises or the area.
We took some of them, including of 13 puppies.
Puppies are the sweetest creatures!
But imaging caring for 13 of them - this is an exhausting job for a few months.
Puts a lot of pressure on the team.

However those puppies turned into delightful and very social dogs which is very important for adoptions.
What makes adoptions not easy is the fact that they are all to be very big dogs.

Volunteer help means a lot to a cause like ours.
We have had local volunteers, team buildings, company volunteering days.
They walked, groomed and played with our dogs. They helped with digging holes for dividing yards
During the hot months they helped us water the trees that we planted with the help by a few companies.

For a third year we rely on the volunteer help from young travellers from around the world too.

With the help of a local photographer and two volunteers we created our 2026 calendar.
It featured 12 of our 13 juniors.
Pleased to report that we sold out the calendars.
Via orders, a couple of local zoo shops and selling in front of one Mall in Sofia (which was a huge success).
Our contact with the people who purchased a calendar, donated or just stopped to pet our dogs was very inspiring and uplifting.

3 of those 13 juniors are already adopted as per the time of this post.

We took on Lisa, a local dog, badly bitten by dogs. She was in a very bad condition. Our Vet team started the treatment. Then, with the help of donations, we were able to send her to a clinic for additional care. Lisa made a great recovery from the wounds. No longer coughing or difficulties while breathing. She is still to be treated for next 9 months with Advocate for the heartworm disease that she was diagnosed with. But she is ready to be adopted and loved! Miracle!

We took Nadezhda 2 for a temporary shelter and care . She came from Veliko Tarnovo area. Saved by a local lady as the dog was shot with guns while pregnant. As a result she lost the puppies and is paralysed from the waist down. One of our staff members could not bare to see the dog suffering and not being able to walk. So she spent hours at home to assemble herself a wheelchair which Nadezhda 2 LOVES! The dog has an adopter from Germany who will fly over to take her home very soon.

Our Vet Ambulatory is open and charges less than the clinics.

Our initiative for companies ''Sponsor a yard'' was taken on by a few companies, big and small.
They donate 200 leva ( 100 euros) monthly for a year and have a board with the company details and logo attached to a yard of their choice.
One company suppors 5 yards already - HUGE THANK you!

If you come and visit our shelter - you will meet our wonderful and happy dogs and hear more stories of what happened during 2025.

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