Luca was rescued from dire conditions & was in a bad way at the time of his rescue. He has a number of health problems which are treatable. He is approximately 10 yrs old. He is a long haired collie type dog but had to have his coat shaved off because of skin problems. He is being treated now & is doing well. Luca is a nervous & sad dog but responds well to ove & attention. He walks calmly on the lead & gets on well with other dogs.
We desperately need a special loving foster home for Luca. He is in need of much TLC and he will reward you with his special look and soft face. He is no trouble at all but is just old and has skin leish so he is very uncomfortable. We would dearly like to see this boy in a loving and nurturing environment after all he has been through in his life, we have to help him to get this new home. He is old and very vulnerable now. He is currently in foster care - but this was a temporary and urgent arrangement to be able to get him out of the hell-hole he was in. Luca has come from the same place as Lola - who sadly died just over a month after she was rescued - so please please can you help him to have the same love that Lola was lucky enough to have at the end of her life.... ....please can you help?
The following has been taken from Actin-Spain site.....
Luca is a shepherd dog of that I am sure. He looks just like many of the typical goat herding dogs we see out here in the campo. Well he did until he had his poor tangled, wretched coat shaved off. Luca was one of the Rudy rescued dogs. This is a group of dogs in a pen that were neglected and not fed, or cared for properly; so called the Rudy dogs now – Rudy is a Pointer that had lived like this for 18 months and many people wanted him saved. Their locked pen didn’t even allow someone in, to give them some human kindness or contact and food and water had to be tipped over the fence. Luca was rescued 3 weeks ago along with the others –
The day of the rescue was very stressful and a member of ours came with us and helped and took Luca, (who we had nicknamed Scruffy) to her home and his been his carer since. It was discovered he had skin leishmania and he must have been so uncomfortable in his horribly knotted coat, especially last summer. His ears are thickened with the skin leish and so painful for him.
We went to see him yesterday for the first time and I haven’t said a lot about this boy, as I was not able to be with him through his first few weeks after rescue but he has been looked after and tended to very well. I have been looking forward to seeing him since that day and so was happy when he came out to greet me, albeit slowly and awkwardly, as he is such an uncomfortable boy. When he looked at me with those eyes, it told me so many things, how he had suffered but never complained, how he had probably worked so hard and served his master, just to be kicked out when he was too old. I didn’t realise that he is quite old, possibly 10 years old, although in his state, maybe he is younger and just suffering the consequences of a hard life. My heart aches for every shepherd dog like this, who will spend his life chained up only to be allowed free once a day to run with the flock, which is their saving grace. But the rest of the time, shown no love, no decent food and depending on the owner probably not enough water. These dogs are not treated with respect in spite of the work they do and their intelligence but the dogs don’t know any better. So when Luca looked at me and stood staring in disbelief, as he received another of many cuddles and strokes that he now gets on a daily basis, I could see his gratitude. He didn’t want it to stop, this lovely feeling of being caressed and being taken notice of. He stood there and I could feel his acceptance of me, in spite of his life and his need to be loved. If only we could show these owners what they have done to these poor creatures. If only they knew how much love a dog like this can give, as well as the practical hard work. No chains, good food, a protective scalibor collar, a kennel for shade and a nice stroke and words of kindness; how much would it cost them to do this?
Once again we realise that our efforts need to be invested in educating these people, getting laws in place and protecting this loyal and wonderful creatures from cruelty, neglect and in most cases complete indifference from their owners.
I really hope we can find this deserving old boy a good home, because when you look into his eyes you will see how much he deserves that, after all he has been through. He is having treatment at the moment which should be successful. The treatment of injections is 200 euros, if anyone would like to sponsor him, or ultimately offer him a home for the last few years of his life.
Source: ACTIN-SPAIN
%20in%20captivity-text.jpg)
Please email admin@actin-spain.com to help with a foster home or donation for darling old Luca. Thank you for caring!
