ACTIVITIES AT SHELTER / CLINICAnimal Rights Assocition The dogs staying at our shelter at the moment are those that have either been abandoned by their owners or those that have been collected due to various complaints made by citizens. All dogs that are admitted our shelter are first registered and then subject to health control. If a dog is found ill, it is put in a special kennel for treatment. Healthy animals are vaccinated (multivalent) and given worming tablets. Puppies over 1,5 months are vaccinated. In case of outer infestation, relevant medication is applied. Treatment is repeated if necessary. Puppies are usually kept with their mothers in separate kennels. In case of absence of the mother, they are placed in special kennels that are kept for puppies. At the moment due to lack of extra kennels 3 or 4 same aged puppies are kept in each kennel, but we are hoping to improve the conditions as soon as the building of the new kennels is finished. We are planning to keep not more than 2 puppies in each kennel in the future. At our shelter at the moment adult dogs are being fed once a day around 14:00-15:00 hrs.,but puppies are fed an extra meal at 09:00 hrs in the morning. The morning meal consist of bread and milk powder. Dogs that are kept in the big area (neutered and vaccinated) are fed by food collected from the hospitals, hotels, military camp. Dogs that are in the kennels are fed by a meal consisting meat remnants from the municipality slaughterhouse, macaroni and bread. Approximately one bowl of food is served to each dog and these bowls are washed with hot water and detergent after use. Kennels are cleaned and washed daily (in the morning) by a worker, in addition once a week they are washed with detergent or with disinfectant consisting chloride. Dogs sleep on newspaper, cardboard etc., placed on plastic boxes or on cushions or pillows sent to the shelter by caring people. Each morning the kennels are visited by the association's veterinarian. the sick are noted and treated there after. Our shelter at the moment consists of roughly 2 sections: |
