Charlie's Refuge: Saving Street Dogs
Stories of rescue dogs, of feeding shelter dogs and street cats, of finding homes for strays, and of building an animal refuge in Prahova, Romania
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Hell For Dogs Exists. It’s Romania. (opens the original)
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Friends, I honestly don’t know where to begin with the updates. Perhaps I should start with some gratitude; our GoFundMe campaign has crossed $100,000! Thank you! We’ve been living in near-constant construction as a result, as in addition to feeding and caring for the sweet souls we save we’ve also managed to finish some major infrastructure improvements for the
The Grinning Boy, and How We Can Realistically Take Him In (opens the original)
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The Blessing and Burden of Old Man's "Owner" (opens the original)
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Welcome to your weekly Old Man update for paid subscribers. Thank you for your support, it’s your subscriptions that keep Charlie’s Refuge discoverable and help us expand our reach. If we’re going to to make any difference in the street dog situation in Romania, we’re going to need all the help we can get.This week Old Man decided to relocate from the penthouse suite of the concrete steps to revel in the simplicity of wood shed living. I moved his bed for him, only to find him right back on the
Old Man's Heartbreaking Truth (opens the original)
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Welcome to your weekly Old Man update for paid subscribers. Thank you for your support, it’s your subscriptions that keep Charlie’s Refuge discoverable and help us expand our reach. If we’re going to to make any difference in the street dog situation in Romania, we’re going to need all the help we can get.Last week we were neck deep in puppies when Old Man’s “owner” came home unexpectedly. Sometime that very day, while we were playing a game of manual Tetris with all the stuff in our emergency s
Old Man and The Stairs Of Doom (opens the original)
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Welcome to your weekly Old Man update for paid subscribers. Thank you for your support, it’s your subscriptions that keep Charlie’s Refuge discoverable and help us expand our reach. If we’re going to to make any difference in the street dog situation in Romania, we’re going to need all the help we can get.This past week was all kinds of eventful, both for us and for Old Man. We found more puppies, and as we toiled in 32°C to clear out a space for them we realized just how far beyond our resource
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