by orokliniservices » Tue Jan 30, 2007 12:21 pm
I too took in one of the many Cyprus strays. At first we had a bit of a nightmare with our male lab/pointer/jack russel mix? (we're still not 100% sure what he is!!) As he had never lived in a house before marking terrirory came with the territory which yes did cause some problems (mostly with myself and my partner over who was cleaning it up! will have you know it was me 99% of the time) but after he got used to the idea of going outside do do his business he's rarely ever done it again. He's now a extremely lovable and very animated dog. He would never play with a ball or toy as he had no idea what they did, now it's like he's a puppy all over again as he's just now discovering that when you bite into that ball, no way!! it squeaks!!! His first encounter with snow (at troodos last week) was funny too.. very hesitant at first but then loved it, leaping around like a little dear.
As you can tell, this dog is with us for life, he is just one of the hundreds of strays that could use a good loving home. I think what you're doing (Junemichael) is wonderful. I wish i had the space to take more in myself but we have a small home and our little dog just doen't like sharing his attention.
Well done, I wish you all the best.