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Plato is the camping puppy. Let us explain. 

Plato sits and lies down, and he does this very well, like a genuine campist who goes around camping years in the summers, and has mastered the art of hanging out outside the tent, under the tree. 

He was born in a Roma camp and lived there for the first month of his life. He came to us with his sister Erato, bringing his green eyes, his puppyish freshness, and his flabby, relaxed body, which as he moves aorund while walking, you can almost hear a pla plaf. 

Is he a sweet and good puppy, sociable and tender, who will play, smell around, walk with his harness, play with his toys and with the other puppies, and when he has had enough of all this, then he will hang out next to you or on you, and no matter what, even if theres a party going on next door, he will realx and he will sleep. 

From the first day she entered her home in Athens, it was as if she had always lived there, in an apartment in the city, even though she had never lived in the city before, even though she had seen the houses only from the outside.

Carolina was abandoned with her three siblings in a rural village when she was about six months old. Over the next two months she was left alone - her siblings disappeared as strays usually do.

Our volunteer neutered her, and after the sterilization she did not want to leave her again in the village stray, for she was "the easiest dog I have hosted".

Carolina sleeps at night in her bed or in her creet, never wakes you up in the morning but waits for you to get up, drink your coffee, and then go for a walk.

She goes to the toilet outside, smells and walks relaxed, then plays for about ten minutes with her toy in a parking lot or park, and then continues walking on a leash joyfully, doing some training on the walk - Nothing special, just the simple, basic commands.

She comes home, eats, sleeps, can take a toy to munch on her bed, or engage in her kong, and relaxes until her next walk. She hasn't soiled inside once, hasn't done half the damage, is left alone at home without stress or nagging, and lives in harmony with two other dogs and three cats, with whom she is incredibly kind.

She is young, tall, long, with a thin long muzzle, and looks like a ballerina taking a break between workouts.

She's incredibly obedient, and if she's not allowed to do something in a home — bullying the cat when she's eating — she'll only need to hear "no" once, and she won't repeat the mistake.

It is a wonderful, easy-going, incredibly loving and even-tempered dog, who gets along well with all humans and all animals.

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We will never understand how any animal can be abandoned, but with certain dogs we are honestly overcome by the lack of thought, empathy and responsibility that some people have.

Dora found herself on the street in the countryside. Eight-month-old baby, Dogo Argentino. Another victim is that of uncontrolled births, with puppies being sold to whoever they are, just enough to put the money in their pockets.

Also a victim of the incredible lack of understanding regarding the needs of dogs, and indeed of this breed, he fell into the hands of people who bought such a special dog to boast to the neighbors that they caught Dogo with one blue eye, or something like that.

Expensive dog, cheap knowledge, the result was probably that they could not meet her needs.

Dora is a happy, silly girl. It seems from her behavior that in her first house she never learned anything. She was bought by people incapable of teaching her anything, and despite her age she still behaves like a baby.

She is still in her teens, and has time until adulthood and maturity to grow up properly, learn everything a dog, and especially such a special dog, needs to know, and live happily.

Her adoption requires a basic training program from the beginning, with preparation before the dog comes home, and the young person should keep in mind that once Dora reaches adulthood, that is, when she is about two years old, she will have to do some training again, which will be adapted to the adult Dogo Argentino that she will be then. Then he will no longer be a child.

Fanoula was found abandoned in the villages of Mani, in the middle of the summer, without water or shade anywhere, and without her people.

She is a very human-centered dog, and the abandonment must have been a huge shock to her.

She was found by one of our volunteers and came to Athens, where she is in hospitality. He is an obedient dog, very quiet, and clean at home.

She goes for a walk and then sits calmly next to you wherever you are and whatever you do, and that, as good as it sounds, is her biggest problem.

Fani becomes overly attached to her caregiver, and being alone at home will be a process she will have to learn all over again.

Obviously, mistakes were made in the house where she was before, and Fani never became independent. This is not good for her, and the stress she experiences when she is alone is something she will have to overcome.

She is very sweet, very easy-going, and very intelligent, and it will take one of her families an education at first, so that Fani can manage stress when she is alone.

Just because she's stressed at home doesn't mean she'll be stressed exactly the same way in a new home, but that's something that's in her character.

It will not be easy for her to adapt to a home where the whole family will be away for work for eight hours, nor is it a solution to always have someone with her and never be left alone. She will have to learn to spend a few hours alone, and this will be done gradually, with help from us and a trainer.

Bahar has all the good and all the jokes that Schnauzers have - one of them is that you do not see mouth and eyes, but you are used to communicating with a head whose hair you mostly see. 

She is very cheerful and enthusiastic. VERY MUCH. 

And of course, the way she rejoices, with her mustaches and her eyebrows and her beard, she gets even funnier. 

Bahar has gone through some kind of training, during which she has learned to do certain things, expecting a treat in return. 

She knows how to walk and keep an eye on you, and waits for a treat to be rewarded, since she was such a good girl. How far her training has come we do not know, and we do not know if this behavior persists even when there are no treats on the walk. 

She also knows a command or two, to sit, to lie down, and maybe she has done agility, because as soon as you instruct her to climb somewhere, she jumps and climbs immediately. 

He grabs the treats by the hand like a little crocodile, with mouth and teeth and with all the momentum of "give it here, I WON IT". She needs training in taking treats politely, and generally being calm when there is food, which she loves. 

Tito was abandoned on the road, where he was hit by a car and his leg had to be amputated, as when he was found his leg was already dead.

And so, with three legs left, without the family he once probably had, Tito came to us. 

Despite all these huge changes in his life, stress, injury, surgery, Tito is a kind, very friendly, loving, communicative and sweet dog. 

He really likes human company, he likes to participate in whatever happens, he comes to you for a caress and then lies next to you wide and it is enough for him that you are there. 

He probably grew up in a house rather than a garden. He prefers to spend time with us in the kitchen or office, rather than outside in the courtyard, and even if we leave there, he does not follow, but stays inside and hangs out. 

He is a very good creature, whose life deprived him of everything he knew and took for granted, and now he must make a fresh start. And it will, because it is an animal adaptable and good.