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Venus: Doggess of Love Venus Doggess Of Love is a Tobago-based animal rescue/welfare charitable non profit NGO. Motto/tagline: LOVE CHANGES LIVES.

We rescue, rehabilitate, rehome (locally & abroad), spay/neuter & assist disadvantaged dogs & cats and sometimes other species. Venus Doggess of Love is a charitable non-profit NGO creating better lives for Tobago’s dogs and cats (and sometimes other species) through rescue work and education on the humane treatment of animals. It rescues and rehabilitates homeless and underprivileged animals, spays/neuters and re-homes them to safe, loving homes (locally and abroad).

06/09/2025

My finger photobombed.

Posting on behalf of Healing With Horses. They need donations to cover the spays of these three rescues, all of whom als...
06/09/2025

Posting on behalf of Healing With Horses. They need donations to cover the spays of these three rescues, all of whom also need to be adopted.

If there is space in this month's low cost spay/neuter at the Ttspca- Tobago Shelter they can be done there for $200 per. If not, they will either have to wait until October's low cost spay/neuter or pay the full cost of a spay which is much higher (approx $1000TT on average).

Onyx
Luna
Lola

Please contact Healing with Horses via their page or via 305-2000 to find out their banking info for the donations and requirements for adoption.

DONATIONS OF BACTROVET SPRAY AND WOUND POWDER NEEDED TO PRESERVE AND SAVE CANINE LIVES IN CHARLOTTEVILLE.Good morning to...
06/09/2025

DONATIONS OF BACTROVET SPRAY AND WOUND POWDER NEEDED TO PRESERVE AND SAVE CANINE LIVES IN CHARLOTTEVILLE.

Good morning to All. Sorry to bring up this photo again of Charlie the Charlotteville beach dog, but it is to show how maggots caused his demise (after he was injured—either through being struck by stones or by a car, as two different sources stated).

According to Dr. Gordon, the veterinarian who lives in Charlotteville, maggots are one of the main (if not the main) cause of death for dogs in C'ville.

While working on the 'Charlotteville Tails' film (where we first met Charlie) we encountered maggots and screw worms on a few dogs. One was Ginger (featured in the film). Had her young owner not come to me on the jetty to say "Something is wrong with my dog" we would not have known about Ginger and her issue as she was tied at the back of their house, unseen. Her neck was infested with screw worms which (as Dr Gordon says in the film) can kill a dog within a week. Thankfully we were able to get Dr. Gordon to treat those screw worms in time.

Another dog, Milo, also had screw worms in his ears when we were in the village. By the time Dr. Gordon got to treat him, it was too late. The worms had eaten too far in and sadly, he died the next day.

Kinte (the fisherman featured in the film) does a great job of helping the dogs in the village—feeding, looking out for wounds, spraying them, etc. (i.e. I had given him some wound spray and powder but those are finished). He is the one who called me to tell me that Charlie needed help ... but sadly by the time he was aware of it, the maggots had done too much damage.

If anyone is willing to donate towards tins of Bactrovet and wound powder (e.g. Jones Wound Powder) for Kinte, that would go a long way in helping wounded village animals. People have come to know that Kinte has the wound spray and I have heard someone say that a dog has a wound so "Where is Kinte and the spray?"

This is what we need to encourage . . . for people to be on the lookout for wet wounds, and for the wounds to be sprayed early enough, to keep away the maggots before their work becomes detrimental or fatal.

What also needs to be prevented is whatever causes the wounds in the first place: some form of accident, abuse, fighting (e.g. unneutered males get into fights, etc.)

If interested in assisting, please contact Venus Doggess Of Love.

(Photos show Charlie before and after).

This is so heartwarming and important.
05/09/2025

This is so heartwarming and important.

A NEW STAR SHINES IN THE SKY FROM TONIGHT . . .
05/09/2025

A NEW STAR SHINES IN THE SKY FROM TONIGHT . . .

05/09/2025

INVITING SUGGESTED WORDING FOR A MEMORIAL PLAQUE FOR CHARLIE.

Charlie (a Charlotteville beach dog) appeared in my film, 'Charlotteville Tails', and I have some unused footage that is included in this featured memorial video. (Read his sad story at the link at end of the post).

A friend and supporter in the US, Julian Gibson-Serrette, co-owns an animal rescue sanctuary (Dharma Bear's Rescue INC.) in Florida. They were one of the sponsors of the 24 August MovieTowne Tobago screening of 'Charlotteville Tails' and they also donated to help cover Charlie's bill after his injury and neglect.

As he is a poet, Julian sent one of his original poems ("I Will") as a tribute to Charlie and suggested that we plant a tree in his honour. I have used the poem in this memorial video.

The tree-planting ceremony is being planned and will take place in Charlotteville on a date to be announced.

We welcome suggestions for the wording to go on Charlie's plaque. Please make your suggestion 30 - 40 words long (or less) and leave it in the comments below. We will work with the one we feel works best (or a combination thereof).

The date of the tree planting will be announced and all who can attend are welcome to. Publicly honouring a dog after his sad demise can help send a message that all animals are important and worth of love and respect—while alive and also in death.

(Here is the post of Charlie's last days, for those of you not familiar: https://www.facebook.com/VenusDoggessOfLove/posts/pfbid02fuuY8hctLzdCfvNALfCo6GJWC5DYXEULjq85Xg9qRi66ArHLRjGi8KPYdokNgF5Ql)

04/09/2025
SEEKING SOMEONE FOR A TRANSPORT JOB (TOBAGO).We would like someone to transport Gigi from the Tobago Animal Hospital to ...
04/09/2025

SEEKING SOMEONE FOR A TRANSPORT JOB (TOBAGO).

We would like someone to transport Gigi from the Tobago Animal Hospital to the TTSPCA on the morning of 9 September 2025 (for the low cost spay) and then transport her back to the Tobago Animal Hospital once she has awoken after surgery later that same day.

Anyone in Tobago interested in doing this as a transport job please contact Venus Doggess Of Love asap for details.

Thanks.

03/09/2025

Sweet Petal

03/09/2025

Please read about her in original post. She needs to be homed.

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HERCULES URGENTLY NEEDS A FOSTER OR ADOPTERHercules is the pup who was recently hit by a vehicle in Crown Point. Thankfu...
03/09/2025

HERCULES URGENTLY NEEDS A FOSTER OR ADOPTER

Hercules is the pup who was recently hit by a vehicle in Crown Point. Thankfully he is doing really well and walking like normal again. A real cutie! Sadly his rescuer nor his current foster can keep him. His foster says he is very loving and playful and deserves to have attention and playtime that she cannot give him due to long hours at work.

We urgently need someone out there who can offer him a good home—love, responsibility, commitment and security (fenced/walled/gated property).

He is in Tobago but can easily be sent to Trinidad if you are there.

Please reach out to Venus Doggess Of Love asap if you can assist! Thanks.

03/09/2025

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Love changes lives

Venus Doggess of Love NGO (Non profit organisation) is creating better lives for Tobago’s dogs and cats (and sometimes other species) through rescue work and humane education. Venus rescues and rehabilitates homeless animals, spays/neuters and rehomes them to safe, loving homes (local and foreign). As a currently small scale operation, VDL is more about animal rescue quality (highly personalized attention and care) than mass quantity. A lot of the rescue work is made possible through case-specific donations from kind followers of the VDL page, offline donations and fundraising ventures.

On a voluntary basis, Venus invests time and energy in: (i) Rescuing, rehabilitating and rehoming animals (ii) producing films, photographs and written material to educate, raise awareness, promote compassion or encourage fostering/adoption of rescued animals.

In Tobago, the dogs and cats (homeless, underprivileged and owned-but-neglected) are in crisis. Unless there is intervention, animals roam the streets and beaches, mating throughout life, putting stress on their bodies and contributing to rampant overpopulation. Many owned dogs are tied on short chains in the elements (scorching heat, rain) with little or no shade, often without basic needs like food and water. One wonders if there is awareness of their existence as living, sentient beings. Many are not touched or spoken to. Names are often simply “Dog” or “Cat”, so there is no acknowledgment of each animal being an individual with inherent enough value to be given a name. It is as if they are invisible. And these are the simple issues. The more extreme problems involve unthinkable abuse and rampant poisoning with no recourse/enforcement from the existing, but very weak, local laws against animal cruelty.

Venus Doggess Of Love cares about animals and cannot stand to see them suffer. Venus Doggess Of Love is committed to ensuring the best life for as many animals as possible. Thank you for your support.