Sun and Sage Rescues

12/12/2024

Bye bye garden you did well 👋

Well the garden dream is coming to an end. As you can see, it's just not suitable anymore.

It's only the start of rainy season but the rain has been strong and so much that the flood defenses haven't been able to cope.

Aside from pumping the water every day or massively raising the land, there's no real solution. It's been apparent for a while that the garden isn't what I'd intended it to be though.

In dry season it's super dusty.

In wet, it's a mudbath.

So I've gone ahead and taken all the dogs. They're now in Happy Paws or at my house on Saturday I will move them to a new rented house, which I've just agreed to the rent of.

I don't really have the money but I had to get them out. The rent is 25,000,000 IDR a year but there's also extra running costs too, paying the carers, electricity, CCTV etc.

If you'd like to help, monthly is the best way but if you want to do one time, you can start patron and them instantly cancel too. For alternative methods, feel free to send a message.

For now I'm borrowing the 1,500 GBP that was saved up in the Bali Farm Sanctuary account, to be paid back.

Meanwhile, Violet will stay here on her lonesome for a little while, until the Bali Farm Sanctuary land is ready, which will also hopefully be soon. We're just trying to privately source seed funding to rent an initial 20 are (about 20% of an acre) to get the ball rolling and get Violet moved.

Thanks for the support everybody.

09/12/2024

Trisna's video is now live on YouTube!

When I found Trisna hobbling on the streets of Bali, his little body was broken. He had a fractured leg, a severe skin disease, and was battling parvovirus. ...

09/12/2024

📽 New YouTube video about Trisna out now 📽

I'm pleased to have completed Trisna's full feature video, which is available on my YouTube channel.

For insta, here's my favourite pics of his story. It was quite hard to pick.

Trisna beat all the odds to survive when everything pointed to death.

I hope you guys like the video. You can find it through the bio link or type Sun and Sage Rescues on YouTube.

07/12/2024

Some long awaited good news (it's not been easy lately). BF is looking so good now.

The holes in his face are starting to close up and he's a lot more comfortable than before. He's also more friendly now too.

He still needs to be closely monitored of course, but all signs are good.

BF's chemotherapy can now restart too and fingers crossed it'll kill the cancer cells. He had dropped off after his first chemo, probably because his body was fighting too many ailments.

He's on other medication for his blood parasites and anaemia at the moment - he's about half way through the 30 day course.

BF has been in the vet for two and a half weeks so far. It's not cheap of course and any support for the vet bill is very much appreciated. It's likely he'll be here for at least 2 or 3 more weeks.

Before he leaves I'll make sure he's sterilised and fully vaccinated too, but, one step at a time!

Thanks for the support for BF everyone.

02/12/2024

Violet's many mango faces 🥭 🐽

Wishing everyone a great week ahead

29/11/2024

⚠️ Warning graphic images ⚠️

Sorry for the graphic nature of this one. This is Bee-Eff of BF (originally Blacky, then for some reason Black Friday). Best Friend is probably better.

He's the latest arrival in the vet. I'm not supposed to be rescuing right now because there is an urgent need to find homes for the others I've already committed to. But what can you do when Nengah calls desperately asking to help him. Refuse and he'd die in pain.

BF is being treated at for multiple issues, the most striking of which is the holes in his face.

Nengah had found him on her street feeding rounds. He has a home, and human companions who didn't understand what to do.

He came in with a fever of 39.9, anaemia, ticks++, a tumour (TVT) on his man parts, blood parasites, internal inflammation and of coursebhis nose injury.

We're not sure yet how he got his nose injury, it could have been a hosting or things - a fight with another dog or proliferation of his TVT cancer which has been known to affect dogs like this.

The wound was being eaten by maggots.

All the maggots have been removed, his wound has been cleaned and BF has been given intravenous drip of glucose and vitamins. He has anti maggot injections and antibiotics too.

BF needs his wound cleaned every day so that it doesn't get infected or infested again.

He has just had his first round of chemotherapy too.

Poor dog has been through the ringer, but we're all very positive about his recovery. It's also an opportunity for me to educate his humans about proper dog care.

He'll have an elongated stay at and of course it won't be cheap. So if you'd like yo support his bill, please see the bio link and remember to write Aron or Sun and Sage so they know to put the funds to my bill

Thanks so much everyone. I think I'm going through the worst time ever for my rescue effort and I just couldn't keep doing this if it weren't for you all.

26/11/2024

I'm so sorry everyone. Heartbroken to tell you that Theo has left us. He'll always be remembered and it just doesn't feel fair. He deserved a nice, long life and I'm devastated to not have been able to give him that.

18/11/2024

Meet Mari.

She is the star of my latest YouTube video.

Mari was rescued in April 2022, after someone threatened to throw her in the river if I didn't take her. The last photo is her now, in her loving home.

You can see her full video by searching 'Sun and Sage Rescues' on YouTube or head to the bio link thingy.

17/11/2024

Finally finished my next feature rescue video. Thanks for watching!

Just take a look at the difference between 'ugly' puppy Mari and how she grew up.Thank you for supporting my channel and helping me help animals.Support me: ...

04/11/2024

Some great improvements for Riga. What a difference a couple of weeks of care can make.

Riga has now been vaccinated, she's had a couple of medicated washes and he skin is improving.

The gas build up on her body has disapated and she is well and truly on the mend.

Riga will be my last rescue for a while as I have to take a pause and really focus on getting homes for the existing rescues I've taken in.

For now, I'm happy Riga is on the mend. If you can foster or adopt Riga, that would mean the world to me. Please get in touch if you can he'll.

Costs have been heavy lately with all the vet treatment for various animals and I'm beyond grateful to everyone who supports my Sunset Vet bill, or who helps monthly. I'd be lost without you.

I'll keep you updated on how Riga does.

03/11/2024

Good morning from Bali.

Those following the stories on Instagram, might already know, but yesterday Theo was successfully sterilised.

You might think he's too young for sterilisation but for pigs, it's important to sterilise them when young. It was a bit worrying as pigs struggle a little more with anaesthetic than dogs.

All went well and after a nerve-racking wait, Theo came back to us and is back to his normal self. He's recovering at mine for now before he goes back to the garden.

Theo is one of the lucky pigs on the planet. He will have a nice long life, shown only love and care. It's so sad to think pigs just like him are killed just for someone's enjoyment of a bit of bacon. To me he's not bacon, he's another animal that we can choose to be kind to.

Special thanks to Figgy Farm Animal Sanctuary and Every Pig Rescue for all of your advice and support.

30/10/2024

Introducing Theo

Those of you on Patron and who help monthly will have know for a couple of weeks already, but I'm pleased to introduce you to latest rescue Theo.

Without going into too much detail, Theo is another of this world's abandoned baby animals. I am grateful to Denise, his original rescuer, for connecting us and .sanctuary for giving Theo a temporary place while I worked on preparing my garden for him.

Theo is safe now. He'll never have to worry about humans harming him again. He'll grow old, cared for and only experiencing kindness. He'll become part of the future plan for the Bali Farm Sanctuary.

As you probably know, I've spent the last 12 years helping to rescue dogs and cats in Bali. It has been a rollercoaster to say the least.

What has struck me the most though is our absolute outrage when a dog is treated badly, but complete apathy when worse atrocities happen to animals our food system. It makes little sense, because they all have the same abilities to feel joy, all the same abilities to suffer.

It's funny isn't it - a dog meat festival causes major outrage, whilst a food festival of other animals is just...food. the same violence has happened to both animal, yet as humans we are angry about one, but not the other. All for a fleeting taste sensation that we have no real need for. Simply put, we take their lives for our enjoyment.

We can all choose kindness over violence, and compassion over cruelty.

Just one person making kinder choices about their food can save more animals from suffering than a lifetime of rescuing dogs and cats ever could. You can be that person.

It feels like that should be a key message in the rescue world, but it's rarely talked about. I suspect because people don't want to lose support of meat-eating dog lovers.

Our daily decisions mean life or death for animals and I beg you to consider not paying onto their suffering, abuse and subjugation.

For Theo, Violet and all the other animals who us humans have let down.

28/10/2024

This is Riga.

She was...you guessed it...thrown away at the temple. It's the same old story, different innocent baby animal.

There have been several new puppies thrown away at the temple lately and it's soul crushing to constantly see this happen and only able to do a tiny bit to help.

I can't take every thrown away dog thay I meet in, but Riga urgently needed help. So we rushed her into

She has a lot of issues - scabies, buckled/deformed legs low red blood count, anaemia, and unexplained gaseous build-up, putting pressure on her spine. She had no appetite and very little energy.

She's where she needs to be now, receiving albumin to help with the gas pressure and an IV drip for her energy. One that's fixed, we can help her skin. Hopefully, she'll grow into those back legs and have a bright future.

I'll do my very best for her.

I'll never be able to understand how someone could throw away an animal. Let alone one in this condition. But in a world where it's normal to raise animals just to kill them, perhaps it shouldn't be a surprise..

We can all do our bit to reduce animal suffering, and it starts with our daily choices. That's all being vegan is - being kind to animals.

24/10/2024

Coklat's New Life

More great news everybody. Remember Coklat, the incredible puppy and best friend of Kue from the temple? She's been adopted thanks to the efforts of

Coklat had a skin disease, and like many females, was thrown away at the temple.

She is such a personality and it broke my heart that I couldn't take her, Kue or the countless other puppies that are thrown away there.

My problem is that I can't just take every dog I see in. It's not sustainable and not fair to on the others to overload my small garden.

In these cases, I resolve to help them as best as I can while they are 'on the street'. It's better than no help at all.

So I medicated Coklat for her skin, vaccinated her and when she was big enough, sterilised.

Healthy and happy, put Coklat top of the waiting list for a home. To be honest, she jumped the queue a bit as dogs like Rhodesy have been with me for almost a year now.

Finding homes is a real struggle these days. But Nengah doesn't give up. She's always on the lookout for homes. I post and post, but rarely find fosters or adopters these days. For Coklat, she is rehomed and safe now and I couldn't be happier for her.

To me, the real solution to animal suffering isn't really rescuing them, it's changing mindsets about about how we can do right by them.

My education effort is in kindness. To all animals. This is why I always link rescue work with daily decisions that affect animals. Why work so hard to rescue an animal, only to go home and eat another animal?

We love dogs, but rarely apply the same sense of kindness to other animals. Gas chamber a room full of dogs and you're evil. Do the same horrific act to pigs and it's standard food production, for you to enjoy the benefits of.

People sometimes say they would eat a dog if they could, as if that moral consistency means it's ok do whatever they want to other animals.

That places the focus only on the person benefiting out of abuse, not the one being abused.

If someone is happy to, say, beat their wife because they don't have an ethical problem with it, that doesn't excuse the violence or make it right.

Thanks for reading.

21/10/2024

I am proud to say Cimoy has the all clear! Finally!

What a ride this poor dog has been on. Kept as a breeding unit all her life. Thrown on the street. Skin disease. Massive tumour. An amputation. Heart stopped on the table. And then papilloma in her mouth.

She had to stay in a cage at Sunset Vet through this gruelling experience, but through it all she was just a delightful dog.

The latest set back was papilloma in her throat, most likely a growth from liking her infected leg tumour.

We'd made the hard decision to put her under anaesthetic again, being the only way to properly check her papilloma was gone. did an incredible job and was on high alert through the anaesthesia.

The results were good (see last photos before and after) and Cimoy finally, after three months, got the all clear to check out from the vet.

Her bill was a lot as you can imagine and I am so grateful to everyone who supports monthly or has sent directly to Sunset Vet. You've helped save this one.

Humans let her down, but now I'm hopeful she'll see the good side too.

While my part in this is the rescue and rehab, I can't keep helping others unless I find homes.

Right now, Cimoy is at my rescue garden with Violet, Rhodesy, Lola, Bendi. Gedig and Jacky.

She settled in well but this is a basic, temporary solution. Please help me to find a home for her. All options considered so please DM if you're serious about adopting Cimoy.

14/10/2024

I'm not giving up on a home for the sweetest girl, Rhodesy.

By my estimates it must be Rhodesy's first birthday around now and what a present it'd be to find her a home.

In December last year I found some two month old puppers in the temple. It's sadly quite a regularly occurance. With not enough sterilisations in Bali, people often dump pups at the temple area. Rhodesy and her sister Vicky were victims of this. Both girls, both with skin conditions.

She was a little more slower paced than outgoing sister Vicky, but would love nothing more than to sink her head into my hand for a chin rub. Rhodesy is a gentle dog who wouldn't hurt a fly.

Rhodesy beat her skin issues and although having a further setback of a broken leg, she fully recovered.

As they grew, Vicky got adopted and I thought 'great, next up Rhodesy!' But that day still hasn't come. As many of you may know, my imperfect process to keep things managable is to know my limitations on numbers.

It means I can only really help new dogs if I find homes for dogs like Rhodesy.

Fast forward almost a year and it must be her birthday around now and still no home.

It breaks my heart to see Rhodesy, a beautiful specimen of the wonderful breed of Bali Dog, still unwanted.

Meanwhile I see people buying dogs from breeder all the time. It may seem harmless, but every time someone buys from a breeder, they deny a dog like Rhodesy a home.

I'm still hopeful the perfect person will come along for Rhodesy, so if that's you please get in touch.

Oh and of course she is vaccinated and sterilised.

13/10/2024

Cimoy needs a home

Cimoy is such a brave girl. Initially, I couldn't get close to her. She'd been thrown away as an ex breeding unit (please never buy a dog) and to make things worse, had a tumour on her knuckle.

She must have been in a lot of discomfort.

After getting her to Cimoy underwent a series of tests, including a biopsy on the tumour.

Long story short, the tumour was benign, but due to its location on the bone and skin, a skin graft would never work, nor would it guarantee her getting better.

So the decision was made to remove her leg.

After 2.5 months at the vet, she is finally able to leave. She can't be with other dogs just yet, because she stoll has some papilloma on her throat, most likely from licking her infected tumour. She's been treated for this too and hopefully will have the all clear by 19th October.

She's able to leave now though, if I can find a home with no other dogs. Once she gets the papilloma all-clear she should be able to join other dogs too.

Please message me if you think you can offer Cimoy a great home. She is about 7 years old and has had a hard life up until now, but I hope all that is about to change.

Please never, ever buy a breed dog. Every time you do, it not only takes a home away from a loving rescue dog, but you are very likely supporting a system that uses females as breeding machines and throws them away when they're no longer needed. Or because they are sick and not 'worth' spending money on.

If you disagree with that, you'll probably also disagree with the dairy industry, because that's exactly what also happens to mother cows. Once they can no longer provide a high yield of milk, they are sent have their throats cut and turned into burgers and gelatine. Don't take my word for it, do your own research and look into it, asking yourself 'is this milk in my coffee really worth that suffering?'.

11/10/2024

Violet very gracefully doesn't mind sharing her snacks when the doggos get all up in her business. As she's grown older she's learned a lot, including how to be gentle. With great power comes great responsibility!