Gul was not rehomed by us but by SHKD, an organization we love and respect most of the time , but I had the pleasure to meet him personally a couple of years ago whilst he was at the shelter waiting for a family in Germany to adopt him. He became best friends with Maria, the irish setter we saved from Ayzer Buyuker and his perverted family.

Today we received a letter from Gul…

That’s me, Gul,

Gul is real sunshine and touches the heart of everybody; he really is a very very special dog. I changed his name to “Panino” which is Italian and means “little bread”. Bread in italian does not only mean bread but “a piece of bread” is a person that is very good and friendly and has nothing bad.
Gul IS nothing but friendly. And really clever, especially if you regard his age. He came here on 23-11-06 and did not know anything. I had to lift him up to sit him in the car and I had to carry him up any stairs. He did not know any leash or collor and was not used to walk straight, but only here and there and around. He was afraid of glass doors (e.g. shops), never lifted his leg for making “pee” and has not been housetrained at all. He obviously never knew things like cheese, yoghurt or other fine things that dogs usually love to eat.
Within 6 months he learned everything:

He goes shopping with me

Loves travelling with friends on the car

Here.. taking a stroll in the fields..

Love the metro!!

and to watch fishes at the zoo…

Gul is scared of those funny small horses..

Going around town using public transportation is cool..

Gul and Cara hate the fireworks in New Year!!

Here… in his little secret corner at the garden…

Loves to buy lingerie…

Here in Munich, Gul became the president of hearts. He is a very special dog that has love for everybody in his heart, no matter if children or adults, no matter if two legs or four.
While Turkish politicians wanted this old guy to be put outside in the streets or in the woods, hoping that he might starve to death, be shot or die otherwise.

Those, who take lives instead of respecting and saving it – will never be president of hearts. They will not even be loved – like a dog.

We all follow our hearts: if your heart is full of love (like the heart of Gul), you will give love. If your heart is full of hate and cruelty, you will give that. I see what you do and I know how your heart is.

With lots of love
Cara, former Kara, soul sister of Gul and another happily escaped dog from Istanbul, living in Munich since 1998

So this is it… Gul… he didnt end up in a chinese restaurant.. or an evil laboratory or any of the usual bullshit you normally hear.. he ended up spending the last years of life enjoying the happiness that was denied to him in Turkey.

A happy dog… from the streets of Istanbul to the streets of Munich.

Anybody has a problem? Surely Gul doesnt!!!

We rescued Pamir from the inept hands of the İstanbul Municipality Veterinarians.

The three month old puppy was showing strong signs of Rachitism that stopped him from being able to walk or stand properly. Watching him crawl in a cage with a hundred of other dogs scrapping for food broke our hearts and we got him out.

The inept Municipal vets had placed a primitive bandage on his legs and drop him with the lot waiting for his turn to be dropped in one of İstanbul forests.

We named him Pamir in honor of a good friend although Mr. Bones soon became his nickname.

Mr. Bones followed a treatment that enabled him to recover the full use of his legs..

To watch him walk upright for the first time in his life was a truly magical moment.

Today Mr. Bones is a totally normal dog… actually not.. the truth is that he is a hyperactive bag of skin and bones and the funkiest black and silver white hair. He eats about twice the amount of his brothers and sisters (he lives in a family with other 5 dogs).

Mr. Bones likes to start his day early… 4 o clock and spends his entire day doing productive stuff like running, jumping and biting his friends, eating constantly and in general running everyone mad.

The rumours spread by those ridiculous Turkish ultra-nationalists maskerading as animal protectors and mad-as-a-hat crazed animal lovers like Adanas Barbie Nesrin Citirik (DOHAYKO) and Gamze Neer (HAYKOD Ankara) go as follows:

Evil animal organizations, namely the Beykoz Volunteers, SHKD and EHDKD are going around the streets of Turkey, catching stray animals and then we send them to Chinese restaurants, fur factories and evil german laboratories where the dog dies being experimented some evil chemical weapon that is being prepared to erase the entire turkish nation from the world….

This is what the rumours say…

Believe it or not there are many.. many .. many people that give credit to this bullshit. It is unbelieveble.. sometimes you are at a dinner and someone tells you.. psss.. did you hear what those evil people are doing to our turkish dogs? there are some evil foreigners that bla, bla, bla, .. then of course the best part is the faces of surprise when you tell them that you have been sending dogs to beautiful homes in Germany for years.. whoa!!!! they cannot believe it.. why do you do that? how much money you sell the dogs for? … are you jewish? how!!! howw!!!!! they are turkish dogs… they are proud to be Turkish!!! they need to stay here… they are happy here protected by us, the True Turks.

Well… I will let Alex do all the talking now.. he is a Turkish dog.. he was born in a turkish family.. raised on a diet of bread and garbage, abused, dropped by the side of the road where he was injured by a passing car… then he meet us.. we healed him from his injuries, tried to find him a family in Turkey but we fail because he is not a pure breed golden retriever… so we asked him.. Alex, do you want to stay here and live a hellish life or maybe you would like to travel to Germany where you will be treated with the dignity and respect you and every dog desserves?

He choose Germany.

Our special thanks to Turkish Airlines, the best airline in the region, without whose help and support we would not be able to offer Alex and dogs like him the life they desserve.

Many thanks

We noticed this post in Lets Adopt..

Erol xxx wrote
at 10:36am on April 1st, 2008
arkadaslar evimde besliyecegim 1-2 aylık yavru golden retreiver arıyorum safkan olmasını istiyorum evde besliyecegim cocuklarım ufak oldugu icin yavru arıyorum cocuklarım 1 yasında ve 4 yasındadır yardımcı olacak arkadaslardanmesaj bekliyorum.
Arkadaslar telefondan ulasmak istiyen arkadaslar olursa sevinirim iş telefonum 0212 217 34 xx

We called the guy.. lets call him Erol to protect his privacy. The story goes like this.. he has a German Shepherd Puppy but (as every puppy) the dog moves around. Erol saw a picture of a golden and the dog was not moving!!! furthermore someone told him that Goldens are very quiet dogs and sit around all day!!!.. So.. Mr. Erol the man decided to get rid of the German Shepherd and adopt a Golden puppy.. very important.. it had to be pure breed!

Fast forward six hours.. the german shepherd is being picked up from Erols home. Erols calls him Pasha but we have changed his name to Tristan. İ believe people have to earn the right to name a dog. With his actions Erol lost that privilege. That guy should not own a dog.
Tristan is a wonderfully good looking, incredibly smart, affectionate and obedient (sometimes) German Shepperd Puppy.

He loves the Carrot Cake at Starbucks!

Tristan was adopted by a young couple and moved to Ankara… Hes been having Carrot Cakes every Sunday!

Yvonne ve Nihan ormanda bulunmuş anne ve dişi yavrusu, biz onlara ikisini birden kabul edecek bir aile bulmak istiyoruz, fakat eğer sadece birisi için talep olursa ,biz bu konuda düşüneceğ.

Sahiplenme koşulları;

- Bir köpek sahibi daha olmak

- Köpeği evde sahiplenmek, bahçede bakılmamalı.

Lütfen Ivan’la bağlantıya geçin

ivan10000@gmail.com

And this is how Yvonne and Nihan ended up…

Yvonne lives now in Kemercountry in an animal loving family. Her life can be described in one word… PLAY!!!!

Hector has just been abandoned by its owner.
He was found hiding under a car in Levent. They left him on the streets and drove away.
He didnt know where to go.
He didnt know what to do.
Why did they abandon him? Because he had an urinary track infection. That simple. The owner did not bother taking him to a vet.. much easier to get rid of the damm thing.

The treatment was extemely simple. It took only a week for the infection to recede. One week.. 14 tablets.

Hector is ready to join a new family.

Usual conditions apply:

- Family must have one dog already. No exceptions.

- Dog will live inside the house, not in the garden.

Contact ivan10000@gmail.com (as usual)

And this is where little big man Hector ended up!!! in bed with a biker dude !!!

We are very happy about this one… thanks a lot man.