Sponsor Toofy Please

Jan 27

Sponsor Toofy Please

This is " Toofy ".

Toofy is my old darling. He is just a wonderful dog, he is old now, and his joints are seizing up in the cold weather, and he needs some "home-comforts".

Toofy's story is a very sad one, but with a happy ending, he was a pup "on the streets" when he was hit by a car and suffered horrific injuries.

His face was smashed, he lost almost all his teeth, he just has two each side on the top and the bottom jaws, but it is enough for him still to really

enjoy a good chew on a bone. He also had many cuts, but thanks to a very kind German man, Willi, who took him to a Marmaris vet, where his jaw was wired-up, he recovered. Willi paid all his vetinary bills, and brought him back to the village, and fed him every day, but he was still on the streets.

This was his life for several years, wondering around a little to see whats what, and then back to enjoy his dinner, and a few kind words from Willi.

At about this time I "met" Toofy, it was love at first sight for me, he trotted up to me, and really he has never left! Except when he was forcibly removed when there was one of the villages purges on the local wildlife population.

I still feel guilty about not taking Toofy in when I first met him, but at that time I was really trying to keep the numbers of "houseguests" down.

One day Toofy, and a lot of the other street dogs were simply "missing".

Overnight they had disappeared, I was enraged, so sad and guilty for not saving him and all the others, when I could.

Days went by, the promenade where Toofy and all the others used to sun themselves, was empty, all my time I spent searching for the missing dogs, but I knew it was useless, I was so sad.

Then about 5, days after they had gone, I looked up and there was Toofy, and a small puppy limping towards me.

I threw my arms around him and burst into tears of joy.

I took him home on the spot, and he is still with me.

The puppy too, but I did find a good home for her.

Where they had been taken, what had been done to them I will never know.

Toofy did come back, but he has never been quite the same.

the ones that did manage to find their way back, about 5. others, were all in a very bad condition. It was the height of Summer at the time, and dehydration is a very real problem. If they had been deprived of water for several days they are very lucky to have survived at all.

So, Toofy needs some extra treats, he has to have a special "menu", only very soft food he dosn't have to chew, and I think he gets bored with it.

I would like to be able to give him a few extras, but my budget does not allow that.

He also would greatly benefit from a nice soft, warm bed, with cushions to ease his old joints, (believe me, I know how he feels.) So if you can provide these treats for "TOOFY" please e-mail me and you will receive up-dates twice yearly, with some pictures of him.

Just "click" on the Paypal button to send your donation.

Toofy will be so grateful, you will make the last years of his life that much happier. Thank-you.

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