Dumaguete Animal Sanctuary

Every Life Matters

Dog Update

Lewis

Lewis

Lewis

Lewis

We unfortunately have some sad news - Lewis passed away very suddenly and unexpectedly a couple of days ago.  

Lewis

Lewis

Lewis was rescued from the street with his friend / companion Lois. They were in a really bad state - totally emaciated, riddled with mange and worms and very weak.

Lewis

Lewis

Lois

Lois

Lois sadly passed away the day after we rescued her but Lewis seemed to be recovering.

He had transitioned from isolation after fourteen days and we moved him to the quarantine area with some of our other recovering dogs. He was active, although still very wary of staff. He had actually started playing with some of the younger dogs in the area.  Then a couple of days ago he suddenly collapsed and stopped breathing. We don't know exactly what happened but the suddenness of his death indicates a cardiac arrest. When dogs are emaciated and riddled with worms, a great deal of damage is done to their internal organs that often we can't detect.
Sometimes all we seem to be able to do for these poor souls is give them a safe, comfortable and kind place to pass on. Rest in peace Lewis - we hope you have found Lois again.

Jade and Pogo adopted!

Jade and Pogo Adopted!

Jade and Pogo adopted

Jade and Pogo adopted

Some fantastic news - two dogs were adopted on 9 October 2023 by the family who adopted Puck from us around a year ago.
They adopted Pogo, a puppy that was dumped outside the shelter with his siblings Paco and Polly.
And they adopted Jade, an adult dog who we thought would never be adopted despite her super friendly nature. Jade was rescued when we found her collapsed, weak and hairless at the beginning of this year.

Jade adopted

Jade adopted

We have been getting more adult dogs adopted recently, which is such great news as we rarely used to have people interested in the adult dogs.
She now finally has her own family, as does Pogo, which is all we want for our rescues. Thank you Kit and family for adopting 3 of our rescues.

Rosco out for a walk

Please consider adopting from us. You will be helping us in our mission towards a stray free Dumaguete.
If you have room for one more dog or cat in your home, please message the inbox.

Triple adoption week!

Triple Adoption Week

Azure adopted

Azure adopted

Farley adopted

Farley adopted

Kori adopted

Kori adopted

What a great week of adoptions!  First Azure found a new home with Iker and his family.  Then Irah and family adopted Farley, and finally Cristina adopted Kori, to join Liam who was adopted last year.

Ryan

Ryan

It's wonderful to see these young dogs adopted while they are still in their puppy months.  We see far too many puppies turn to adults, and then it becomes more problematic to find them a home.  

Farley, female

Farley, female

Please consider adopting from us. You will be helping us in our mission towards a stray free Dumaguete.
If you have room for one more dog or cat in your home, please message the inbox.

Kori, male

Kori, male

Shaun

Shaun

We have always promised that if Shaun's situation was suffering without end we would make the call. Today we made that call.
We had to put Shaun to sleep this morning at 10am, Saturday 30 September 2023.  It may never become clear quite what was causing the immense pain and discomfort he began to feel just over a couple of weeks ago.

Shaun

Shaun on the beach

Last night, when his morphine wore off, he was in absolute agony. He was screaming and writhing in pain. The recommended dose of morphine didn't work. We doubled it. It took 3 hours after that for Shaun to get some respite. When the sun came up we took him outside and we knew we couldn't let him suffer any longer. 

The morphine started to wear off around 9am. We couldn't let him go through the agony of the previous night. Nothing was working and we had no answers.

Shaun

Shaun

We made the decision to let him pass peacefully. It was the hardest decision. Christine held his head in my hands and told him how much he was loved. He passed with so much love surrounding him.
We didn't give up on him. We did what was best for him. We cremated him in the afternoon and have placed his ashes in the clinic.
He was the bestest of boys.
We will name our free clinic The Mighty Shaun Memorial Clinic.  We will provide free treatment in his name and alleviate so much suffering.

Shaun

Run free Shaun. Our hearts are breaking.  You can read more about Shaun and his remarkable resilience against the raw deal life threw at him, and the happy years he spent in our lives, on his profile page here. 

Ranger

Ranger

Ranger

Ranger

On 18 September 2023 we received a report of another hit and run. He had apparently been lying in this spot since 11pm the previous night. We brought him to the Sanctuary and put him on IV and pain killers, and the following day took him to Animal Wellness for x-rays only to discover his spine was completely severed.
This is an injury that even with the best neurosurgeon it's difficult to fix and we don't have any vet here who can do the surgery.  There was no possibility of recovery and we would not let him suffer.
Thank you to everyone who donated and sent well wishes.
Please take some comfort in the fact that we treated him with care and compassion and gave him a service to send him on his way with love.
We called him Ranger. We are sorry you had to suffer as you did.

Ranger

Ranger