Happy endings

We named her Ahni, which means powedered sugar, because that's what she's like. Gentle and soft. Not in the coat, but in the character.

She's like a fluid and soft presence in space, not solid, and the way she sits and hangs out on the couch for hours, it's like having a piece of sugar at home.

Ahni found herself on the street, along with her sister Sahara, when she was around one year old. She is a dog that will come home, sit on the couch and hang out there. And she may never move again, for hours.

She does the same when we take her to a training club. She is sitting. Many times she falls asleep during the "lesson". She gets up, takes two steps, eats a treat and lies down again.

Ahni has been fostered twice, both times in a house with cats, with whom the gets along perfectly. In the first house she was a model dog. Perfectly. Clean, quiet, she stayed alone for several hours, ate her food, went for walks and slept. 

Achni has been hosted twice, both times in a house with cats, with whom she gets along perfectly. In the first house he was a model dog. Perfect. Clean, quiet, she lived alone for several hours, ate her food, went for walks and slept. In the second house he was not a model dog.

All this means is that Achni is a dog that is greatly influenced by the environment in which it lives, and by the handling of the people around it.

This dog has gone through so many different phases that every month or two we look at him and wonder if someone came secretly and exchanged him for another.

We knew him as an infant when he was a round ball, then as a baby he had a sad poor tone, and he was shy. T

hen when he was three or four months old, suddenly his nose lengthened, something creased appeared on his face, his eyes became droopy and he looked a bit like these breeds with wrinkles.

And the other day someone came to the shelter and asked what the Labrador was. We also look around to see Labrador, and we understand that he means him. Anyway, whatever it is now, it may be another one in a couple of months.

So first he looks like agreat Dane type of dog, then suddenly he turns into a labrador, one day he might end up a chiouaoua. The important thing is that Bisco is a good dog.

He is cheerful, playful, very nice to other dogs, is perfect for walking, and is generally a wonderful puppy.

He came with his mom and siblings to the 8th TNR mission, when he was one month old, and the whole family traveled with us to Athens.

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Oh we can't tell you what a sweet baby she was. By baby we mean infant. He had two huge watery eyes and on the edges of his lips the was an idea of a smile forming.

And now that he has gone from being an infant to a baby, he still has that sweetness.

The deep, warm look in his eyes and something like a smile on the edges of his lips, and all that, along with the brown eyebrows that give him an expression of surprise, make you want to eat him.

So since he's so sweet to eat, we named him Donut. Donut has been with us since he was still drinking bottled milk. He was born in Preveza, we met him in the 8th TNR program, and he came with us to Athens, along with his brother Burito.

He is an incredibly good-natured and sweet baby, you'll want to spend all day every day with him.

Well, when he was only a few weeks old, HE ALREADY HAD HAIR.

He was a baby, and walked like his little tiny feet, and his hair and whiskers went back and forth.

Now, of course, he still has hair and whiskers. An excellent asset for a dog, because even when they are babies, dogs with whiskers look smart and wise, and funny at the same time.

Burrito joined us from 8 TNR program in western Greece, along with his brother Donut. He grew up with us and we adore him.

He is one of the sweetest babies, he makes the sweetest joys, and when he gets tired he goes and lies down like a baby and watches with one eye open and his whiskers spilling on the floor.

So, let us tell you the whole story.

She was a baby when we met her and among so many puppies, who had come in dozens when we were in the 8th TNR program, we didn't tell her apart nor did she look what she was because she was still an infant.

And then little by little all the puppies began to grow, and so did she. And then all the puppies started to grow taller, EXCEPT HER.

Bikini is like a normal dog whose paws went into the wash. Very. She is short-legged, sassy, very funny and at the same time very sweet, and has the softerst fur in the world.

If he were an artist he would be Fred Astaire probably – dancer, choreographer, singer and actor, all of that together.

Funny, and nice, and a star and chic but also relatable and generally many things together and many talents together.

Fred is a happy, sweet puppy, smiling with his eyes, mouth and ears, and all the creases on his face, which he inherited from a great-grandfather who probably belonged to those breeds with many wrinkles.

He is vaccinated and dewormed and is looking for his forever home.