Dogs in Brazil

21/12/2025

Kula the Puppy.
Kula had an unfortunate and cruel life. She was r***d by a 60 plus year old daily. Somebody tipped us off so we rescued her from the abandoned house where she was chained and brought her home. We then informed the authorities and were asked to take her to a vet clinic to be checked out. She had internal injuries visible when examined. She is better now and playing like any normal puppy. The ra**st was arrested and we found out he was sentenced to 20 years in Prison. This was good news he won’t be hurting any more dogs and hopefully will die in prison.
Kula the Puppy.
Kula had an unfortunate and cruel life. She was r***d by a 60 plus year old daily. Somebody tipped us off so we rescued her from the abandoned house where she was chained and brought her home. We then informed the authorities and were asked to take her to a vet clinic to be checked out. She had internal injuries visible when examined. She is better now and playing like any normal puppy. The ra**st was arrested and we found out he was sentenced to 20 years in Prison. This was good news he won’t be hurting any more dogs and hopefully will die in prison.

21/12/2025

Atlas, He came in a few weeks ago with a broken leg. He is beginning to put weight on the leg now. He is a huge dog and has a lovely soft personality. He loves humans. A real big softy. If you would like to help others like Atlas then please donate to [email protected]

21/12/2025

Atlas, He came in a few weeks ago with a broken leg. He is beginning to put weight on the leg now. He is a huge dog and has a lovely soft personality. He loves humans.

20/12/2025

20/12/2025

Good Morning from Brazil. We have two Matches to meet. One is for 100 Canadian dollars ($72.50 USA) and the other is for $150 USA. Thank you to both donors for offering matches. Please donate to [email protected] if you would like to help us meet the matches.

17/12/2025

Joey with his love Gemma photo by Raili

Evening from Brazil. We have severe rain and floods here. It was my first day without Joey in 15 years. It was painful. I keep seeing reminders of him and thinking about him. It’s going to be difficult. The city center is under water. Carlos had to clean kennels as we cannot find staff. He is 75 years old and luckily pretty fit. He has to do this again soon as the remaining staffs need their days off. The house seems very quiet without Joey. Tomorrow we have to go shopping depending on the water level in town. It’s been a sad week with Maggie dying then Joey. Then the flooding.

17/12/2025

Evening from Brazil. We have severe rain and floods here. It was my first day without Joey in 15 years. It was painful. I keep seeing reminders of him and thinking about him. It’s going to be difficult. The city center is under water. Carlos had to clean kennels as we cannot find staff. He is 75 years old and luckily pretty fit. He has to do this again soon as the remaining staffs need their days off. The house seems very quiet without Joey. Tomorrow we have to go shopping depending on the water level in town. It’s been a sad week with Maggie dying then Joey. Then the flooding.

16/12/2025

This is one of the hardest and saddest things I have had to do for many years. I am trying to write a Tribute to dear Joey. He passed away last night with cancer. I am hoping to get through this Tribute without crying. Joey was one of the funniest and clever dogs I have ever met. He had been with us 15 years. He arrived as a tiny puppy with a huge head and a tiny body January the 5th 2012 just after the floods here. He was very quirky and loved playing with blankets and actually putting them on his head for entertainment purposes. He was always stealing Chicken. If the doorbell rang he would spring into the closet and hide. He used to narrate the blog but he got too lazy to do it as he got older. He was affectionate and funny. If there was such a thing as a dog comedian then that was Joey. I loved him with all my heart and was dreading this day. He held on bravely, but the cancer finally took him. I have to stop here as the tears are falling. I keep wondering where he is. Hoping he is in Heaven with Harry, Henry, Tom, Whisper, Emmy and all the other friends he made here over the years. The house seems empty without him even though it’s full of dogs. My heart aches I just wish he could have hung on longer. I am posting some pics of him in younger days. There are so many good memories of him. He moved houses with us five times. I love you Joey RIP.

14/12/2025

Maggie
Evening from Brazil. Maggie died some time during the night. She had been perfectly normal up until now. She arrived on the 16th 0f October in 2016 with a badly broken leg. She was run over close to the house. She was a lovely little dog and never gave any trouble. She loved her kennel mates Phoebe and Cuam. She will be missed by all here. Joey is not doing well either. RIP dear Maggie we loved you so much.

18/11/2025

Yet Another Rainy Day.
Good Evening from Brazil. There was Two torrential downpours so far. Yesterday midafternoon a large tree fell on the electrical wires close to the house. The tree brought down electricity and internet. The electricity came back quickly, but the internet was down until this morning around 10 am. We got caught in a long line of cars whilst the used chain saws to cut the tree. It took over an hour in the queue. I received my results from my ultra sound, but cannot decipher them as they are in Portuguese medical language. I will have to book an appointment with my doctor for her to translate. Carlos has finally got his results for the exams he had to do down in Rio. He also will have to see his doctor for him to explain the results. We took a cute little dog we rescued some time back after having been run over. Her name is Sam and she is very cute and well behaved when she goes out. She arrived here with three fractures and is fine now. Please donate as the end of the month is looming and always a hard time. Please donate to [email protected] or through our website to https://www.dogsinbrazil.org/

13/11/2025

Hospital visit and exams.
I went for another ultra sound to see if anything more could be found out about the lump in my breast. I don’t have the results yet so will have to wait. The doctor said he saw cysts filled with fluid. We then went for Carlos’s pace maker check. All was okay. The exams he took in Rio have not come out yet. We have to wait for that. This took virtually all day to do. We ate a cheap, crappy lunch and then started buying stuff that the animals needed mainly liver, minced meat and meds. We know now that we won’t make it to the end of the month as there has been a dip in donations. I also forgot to tell you all that my emails have been blocked again. We have to get the guy back again to repair it. They had to reinstall windows 10 and change it again into English as they misunderstood. Now I have to gather what’s left. Get my emails back, and transfer everything from an old hard drive. Ugh! [email protected] is working for donations but I don’t have any access to it. [email protected] is also blocked If you need to contact me please go via messenger. I am sorry for the inconvenience. The little black puppy that was being r***d is doing well happy and energetic. She is sharing a kennel with Charlie who is blind and they are getting on well. We have five blind dogs now. Thank you all who do donate we love you all. Happy Birthday Marilyn sorry I am late and thank you. If I missed other people who had Birthdays I am sorry too. Please donate to [email protected] or go through our website. This is Dylan Who we rescued a while ago. He lost his ear to maggots.

09/11/2025

Rain
It has been raining all day again. Tomorrow Carlos and I will be going to the hospital. I have to mark an Ultra Sound to further investigate the lump that was found in my breast. Carlos has more blood tests to do. We have to drop the computer off as it’s still not working properly. Atlas is restless and wants to run and play, but we have to keep him quiet. He is very strong and chewing up his accommodation. The last x-ray showed the plate and screws were good but the bones still hadn’t healed. We still haven’t named the little puppy who was being r***d. She seems perfectly normal now and running and playing. She has no fear of us or the staff. If the rain let’s up tomorrow late afternoon will try to take some films. We are still short staffed so it’s difficult. Joey is unstable as his back legs are going. Today he fell over again. Its heartbreaking watching him struggle. He has been with us since a very young puppy he will be 15 next month. Joey was always my baby. He is eccentric and greedy for food. It’s been a long road of rescue over twenty years many of the dogs that passed with old age are deeply missed: Misty, Pebbles, Harry our first rescue in Brazil, Guga, Nicholas, Jessie , Nina another eccentric dog, Little Fat Sol, Tessa the abused dog , Trooper and Sam,the list is huge so many. It feels like a lifetime of rescue. There were others puppies like Whisper who died after surgery, Sasha who died young, Bo the bull, and Beatrice his adopted mom. I have cried thousands of times. I guess that is normal for most rescuers. I can’t remember them all. Things here have become more difficult as the economy here is in a downward spiral. Dog food has increased steadily in price. Everything has increased in price. We need to find people that can fund raise for us, donate, and send blankets, beds, dog clothes as its cold here now. Flea treatments and worm treatments are needed. Please donate to [email protected]