Recently we received a message from a desperate woman.
She found a dog in Analyontas Village 6 months ago. He was in a bad condition and it was him miserable. He was emaciated, very skinny and boned. She found him just as he ran around to searching for food.
After threats that he will be shot by village people bothered only by his presence, the woman had removed him immediately and put him in a private kennel. There he found a place at the moment.
Her financial resources were always scarce and so she accept an offer from a Russian warehouse owner. Hercules should guard his warehouse. But when she came to visit him, she removed him again, because he was in a worse state, both physical and emotional, as he was first found. He was very frightened and skinny. And he was depressed, because he need his freedom.
Then she brought him to an another kennel, where he lived locked in a cage. The people who working there are all volunteers and therefore have little time. Unfortunately, the dogs live there almost entirely without human care.
Within the last 6 months the woman has tried to find a home for him, but sadly no one, except the Russian warehouse owner, wanted Hercules.
She don´t belong to any Animal Welfare Organisation. She has invested a lot of money out of her own pocket for the private kennel, food, medical care, vaccinations, neutering, microchip and for blood tests. It’s nice to see that even private people try to do much for our Cyprus dogs and of course we will support them.
We asked the woman to come to us with Hercules so that we can get to know him. He is a wonderful healthy young and handsome male dog. Full of energy and very friendly. He is only 2 years old.
After we met him, we were unable to bring him back to his cage. No dog deserves to vegetate. He is such a lovely boy.
So we took him into our custody and brought him to a better shelter. There are someone who cares about him, with tender loving care, enough food and certainly time for a walk.
Now he will be trained regularly. There, he will learn to walk on a leash and to sit. He is clever, so he will learn it quickly.
Although now an improvement in the living conditions of Hercules was created, but a shelter is still a shelter, and thus not a good place for an animal.
He is urgently looking for a home where he can stay forever.
Please contact us, if you are interested to adopt our beautiful Hercules.
We are sure, he will thank you for the adoption with infinite love.
Update 07.05.2014:
Hercules needs a home with only qualified people, which can handle strong dogs. Hercules has a very independent character and can also show aggression, when he doesn’t get approached in the correct way.
He needs professional training. He shouldn’t go into a home with children.