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Postcard from Shaun #4

Postcard #4 from Shaun on his Holidays

Dear Everyone,


I've been on my holidays for a week now, but it's not been all snacks and chew-toys. I've been to the doctor's a number of times, to find medicines to help me get better, as I still have Anemia, some kind of infection, and find it hard to sleep through the night because of the mini-seizures I have for some of the day. I know the doctors are trying to help, but what is it with their fondness for THERMOMETERS?!?!

Shaun on the beach

I ate and I slept well last night, partly because I spend so much energy patrolling the beach to keep the locals from harassing the resort staff. If it wasn't for me, the staff would get no peace from these intrusive visitors, and one even got inside my hotel room and ate part of my lunch! CHEEK!  I've just had my morning meds, so am looking forward to another day of exploring the gardens for things to chew.

Action Shaun

Shaun with lunch-stealers...

Missing you all,
Love, Shaun

Postcard from Shaun #3

Another Postcard from Shaun on his Holidays

Dear Buddies,


I have really settled in here by the beach. The sand is soft and so it doesn't matter so much that I can't move around so easily - I just fall on my tummy and get up again. I love exploring the beach, and there are some trees I like to chew, but the resort staff watch me all the time and come and grab me whenever I get near them. Instead, they found me some very agreeable dry sticks to bite, which I have been methodically destroying. Need to keep my teeth sharp because there are CATS around!!!
Missing you all,
Love, Shaun.

Shaun with chewy stick

Dodge Adopted!

Dodge Adopted!

Some wonderful news - Dodge has been adopted by Jezeree and her family, who originally befriended Dodge over a period of months in order to rescue him and get his neck wound treated.  Read more about Dodge's horrific injury, and recovery, on his Profile Page.  

Dodge's Gallery

Kiwi Adopted!

Kiwi Adopted!

Kiwi at her new Adopted family home

From Foster Home to Adoption in under a week!  Kiwi was one of three worm-ridden puppies dumped on the road and found on 19 June 2021. With the Sanctuary at capacity, and the lingering impact of the Distemper outbreak, it was not possible for them to be kept at the Sanctuary. Sam and Emma, two long-standing DAS supporters and foster parents agreed to take one puppy, and named her Kiwi.

Kiwi when rescued

Kiwi went digging!!

Within a couple of days, she was quite settled in her foster home, but it wasn't to last, as Kimberley Guzman and family stepped in to give her a permanent home.  To find out more about Fostering at this difficult time where the Sanctuary is temporarily closed, please check out the Foster page or message us directly.


Thanks Sam and Emma for stepping up, and Kimberley for adopting adorable Kiwi!

Kiwi's Gallery

Another Postcard from Shaun

Another Postcard from Shaun on his Holidays

Dear Gang,

Loving my time here. I've explored every corner of my resort, chewed the trees, met the locals, had some Reiki from my friend Pati, and relaxed. Only downside is the medicines and antibiotics I am taking for mange, anemia, and the twitching left over from that horrid Distemper virus. Sometimes I sleep for hours, but then wake up crying from these terrible spasms. I hope the tablets I am taking will help. I am a bit less itchy, so the mange medicine might be working, and I like the antibiotic juice - it tastes orangey!

Hope you are all keeping well, see you soon.

Love, Shaun

Shaun asleep

Shaun asleep