Just been on holiday to Turkey , while we were there a group of dogs were hanging around the villa . Second evening what we think was the mother came really close to us with 2 puppies , then promptly buggered off without puppies One looked really unwell with injuries one much bigger and looked ok and quite happily ran around Took them both to the vets the next morning , one puppy died the other was declared ok . We started her vaccinations tick protected and contacted one of the few Animal charities in the area who said what we already knew and we had done our best and to put her back where she was and hopefully she would rejoin the group or do her own thing . We did pay for the charity to trap and neuter 2 of the other dogs they managed to get too and for a spey for her when she was old enough .
The little dog seemed to decide the villa was where she lived and spent 2 nights sat by the door crying .playing on the patio with the children in the daytime . by which point we gave up and brought her in . 🙀. She was a great houseguest for 12 days , housetrained herself , very affectionate, played beautifully with the children .slept quietly at night Then of course reality bites we are going home ! We have left her in a boarding kennels recommended by the rescue organisation with travel prep being undertaken for travel to the U.K. in 4 months time as Turkey not an EU country we can’t bring her in on a pet passport . She is apparently happy and healthy , clean bill of health from the vets .
I’m worried , she really is a lovely little dog but is obviously totally missing out on essential early socialisation being in a boarding kennel till she is 7 months old . The kennels are taking her out for walks and she plays well with the other dogs in there . She has a Parguard collar on to protect her against tick borne diseases They send videos , they probably charge me another £200 for them 😂 I’m prepared for hiccups she isn’t going to rock up here after her (extremely expensive !) flight and be just fine with it all but she really has no alternative there is no where to go and she never did seem very streetwise, just like a standard puppy ( vets reckon mum is a dumped pet )
We were looking at getting a dog at the end of the summer when I reduce my hours at work so realistically a puppy /young dog is no issue someone will be at home and we are prepared for the chaos and have had a dog until recently when our old boy was PTS.
This was not in our plan but I’m not sure what I can do , she had no future In Turkey and I can’t face putting her back on streets . She really is lovely and very affectionate to people.
Aibu for even attempting to bring her back over here to stay with us ? Has anyone else ever done anything as daft and it’s worked out !