Hectors House Crete

In June 2010 I received a call from a couple of tourists who had found a day old puppy under a bush in the village of Limnes. I agreed to meet them on the premise that I would have to take the puppy to the vets to have it put to sleep, as I could not possibly give 24 hours a day to a puppy, when I had to look after other dogs too. (I don't feel that it is up to tourists to have to go to the vets for such a thing....)
 
When I met Ann and Pete and puppy I was amazed at how 'lively' this little thing was. When I met up with my friend, Becky who was going to accompany me to the vets, she took one look at me and said " I don't know about you, but I can't do it"....I had to agree so made a phone call to a lady who normally hand rears kittens to see if she would agree to rearing the little pup. Thankfully she did and looked after him for the next 6 weeks, then Becky took over until she left for England at the end of July. The puppy then came to HHC.

Scrappy was brought to HHC in the summer of 2011. He was in a terrible state.

Scrappy was malnourished, almost bald, his pads were so sore that they were bleeding and he was in so much discomfort he had to sleep on a padded mattress.
 
After months of special skin treatments, baths and good food Scrappy began to show improvement. His fur started to grow back and he put on lots of weight.