Team Paws Bulgaria

25/09/2025

Dave has left the building!

Happy tears this afternoon. Dave has been picked up to travel to his new home in the UK with Laura and another Paws pup, Izzy.

Have the best life Dave you'll be missed here xx

20/09/2025

Lots of tears this morning, as sadly the pup that was hit by the car last Monday, didn't make it😥

She passed away in early hours this morning, sometime after I checked her at about 2am. Not sure whether it was the car hitting her (though it wouldn't have helped) but our vet discovered several underlying health problems as the week went on. She had a barrage of test from full blood work to testing for heartworm but her kidneys failing was what maybe killed her😥

She'd lost her coordination after the accident, so she'd been camping out in the kitchen on a big comfy blanket and everyday I'd carry her out to the car, talking to her as I went and without fail she'd still be wagging her tail😥

The fact that she was still wagging her tail gave me hope that she hadn't given up, but her health had other ideas.

Give your doggos a big hug today, they're never with us for long enough!

Run free over the bridge baby girl, you're in good company and at least you knew love🌈

Simon

15/09/2025

07/09/2025

Lovely Dave has found his forever home❤️ and will be travelling in a couple of weeks.
He will be going to live in the UK with Izzy one of our rescue dogs from a few years ago.
A trip to the vet last week to be neutered and tests done and he is good to go.
Thank you Laura for adopting him, he is such a lovely laid back boy .

02/08/2025

PLEASE CONTACT CHAZ TRU if you can help

Hi All,
There is a little lost soul that lives on the streets of Tsenovo (a small town not far from me).
He has been shunned by dogs and people alike and I'm worried that soon he might be disposed of!
He's friendly and submissive about 10 months old? And desperately needs a home.
I feed him occasionally but I can't take him in permanently.
Could anyone possibly give him a home?
I would arrange everything if someone would take him.

29/07/2025

More abandoned puppies desperately needing a home.
7 in total 6 weeks old, located VT side of Pavlikeni, unfortunately which is just out the catchment area for the Pavlikeni shelter.
Please is anyone is interested in homing or adopting one please contact us or Liz Clarke for more details

25/07/2025

Up and out early to the vets, little Hugo has been to be neutered such a good little boy and didn't take much time at all coming round.
A week of antibiotics and neutering 30 leva about £13 50 uk price., why do uk charge so much😔
I still have trouble understanding how the Bulgarians move their animals around, a little old lady rocked up at the vets in a small hatchback, on lifting the boot there was this large goat sitting there, I asked what was the problem , the reply " too much corn"😔 Krasi did come out to treat it in the car , dont think it getting out was and option 🤣

14/07/2025

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08/07/2025

A massive Thank-you once again everyone who attended, helped and donated to the auction last Saturday, total raised was 1927 leva, when all totals from the auction, raffle, bric a brac stall and cake stall were added together.

The monies will go towards the ongoing up keep of the 20 dogs we have in our long term care, this doesn't include our own dogs.

Many of these long termers are 'lifers' who we have either tried to rehome and have failed, old age or have a medical condition which makes rehoming nigh on impossible.

We recently took in the last 2 dogs belonging to the late Angie Sheppard, who sadly passed away a few months ago, I know a few of you knew Angie and the dogs.

We have lovely Yoko who is 10 years old according to her passport & Suma (black & white) who is 5 years old.
Suma was very nervous at first and took quite awhile to settle into a different daily routine but has come round to the change and is back to her playful self, she doesn't know it yet but she is going to the vets next week for a quick checkup and then hopefully will be neutered afterwards.
Yoko, after the first day, you would think she had been here forever and just loves her cuddles.

Anyway, once again, thank you everyone for your continued support of these events. Though it was a really hot day, it was fabulous to catch up with old faces and quite a few new faces.

Thank you
Jules & Simon xx

05/07/2025

Just want to say a massive thank you to everyone who attended the Paws Mutts & Moggies auction day in Dolna Lipnitsa today, it was rather warm to say the least, but a really fabulous turn out.

Thank you Simon Hutchinson , Denise Orzel ,Louise, Felicity, Russ & Aileen, Keith & Sandra, Harry Harris, Jacquie, Julie & Richard, Sally, Russell, Michelle for all your help today, and to Rosa for kindly letting us hold the event at the bar again.

Fingers crossed we will do it all again in October.

Here are just some pictures of the event.

Update on total to follow when we've cooled down😅

04/07/2025

Let me introduce you to "Dave" (named by the people who rescued him), he is roughly 8 weeks old and was saved from being attacked by larger street dogs by a bin as he was looking for food.

They took him in and cleaned his wounds & bathed him.

We cobbled together an emergency quarantine area, since we moved to a smaller property we have no room for anything more permanent and he is now with us and had his first vaccination, he's a happy little chappy, with fine fluffy hair and his hair styles differ daily😅

We will keep you posted on his progress.

Jules x

03/07/2025

These lovely pups are looking for forever homes here in Bulgaria or in the uk , 3 boys ,1 girl just over 2 months old, currently being fed by a lady .
Lovely natured pups.
Please if you would be interested in coming one of these please message.