Buddy’s Journey, from beaten in Spain to happy at home in the UK
Buddy arrived at the shelter in October 2023, the police had taken him in from the street as some people were beating him with a stick. This awful behaviour is unfortunately commonplace in Spain, there are many people out there who work hard to help the dogs on the street, but there are also many people who see them as pests and an inconvenience.
We don’t know how long Buddy had been on the streets, but we do know the terrible condition he was in when he was rescued.
In addition to being beaten, Buddy, this gentle older dog, had many ticks, scabies and an inner ear infection.
Buddy when he first arrived at Animals Help
You can see the extent of fleas on Buddy in this video
As well as receiving flea treatment Buddy was put on antibiotics for 15 days. The vet also had to put a strong antibiotic in his ears. At one point during his recovery, Sonia came in one day to find Buddy had lost a lot of hair and skin, almost like a snake shedding its skin.
Fast forward to March 2024 and we received a website enquiry about Buddy and the rest, as they say, was history! We held a virtual home check on a Saturday, there happened to be room on the next transport to the UK the very next week and Buddy arrived in the UK just 7 days after his adoption was confirmed.
Buddy out for a walk during this trip from Spain to the UK with Wawapets.
Buddy has adapted amazingly well to his new life in the UK, and his wonderful adopters have sent us updates that have had us all grinning from ear to ear. We are thrilled for Buddy to have found such an amazing home and we are so grateful to his new family for opening their hearts and home to a senior rescue dog from Spain.
Rescue dogs from Spain may seem a million miles away but we do what we can to make the process simple and make adopting a dog from Spain easy. We are also there to support you from when your rescue dog arrives with you and every day after that. If you would like to adopt a dog, please consider rescue dogs from Spain.
