Meet Mishka and Sky, these are the two puppies that my mum and I fell in love with when we came to India.
When we came to volunteer with Maureen and her amazing project we certainly didn’t think that we would end up trying to adopt two puppies to take to the UK.
But we knew that both of them would live a very short and unhappy life if they stayed in India. Mishka was found by some lovely British tourists who were staying at the Gateway hotel.Gateway hotel is situated on a bend of a very busy road that has taken the lives of many dogs in Varkala. We imagine that the same fate had come to Mishka’s mother and siblings. Sky, on the other hand, was staying in an awful shelter where he was kept in a cage with 9 other puppies.
The cages were very rarely cleaned so the 10 puppies were living in their own filth, many of them had eye and skin infections. Very rarely puppies are so lucky to be rescued from that place. I saw Sky and fell in love with him straight away not only because of his unusual look but he seemed so full of life and spirit.Both Mishka and Sky love running and playing on the beach, I take them out every morning at around 6, as there are fewer people around and it’s not so hot. Today we even tried to go in the sea together but they only got as far as getting their paws wet.
As I am staying in India for 3 months I wanted to rent a house and I found a lovely family that would accept me and my 2 puppies. After a rocky introduction, Mishka and Sky have accepted each other as brother and sister, it is hard to separate them and they can spend hours playing with each other. I am now in the process of adopting both puppies to take them back to the UK to live with me in there forever home.
Mary at street dog watch got us a number of a good private vet in Trivandrum, the vets here are a bit clueless about most things regarding dogs but especially about the process of taking them to the UK. So Maureen made the call and I and the two pups travelled yesterday (14th of December) to see Dr. Annie.
It turned out to be a great day as both doggies got passports and rabies injections. We also got a clear schedule of all the vaccinations and between now and 14th of February I have to visit Trivandrum 5 times which will be expensive and tough on the puppies but totally worth it. It seems that things are finally moving forward.
