Support for Have A Heart-Namibia

Fire broke his leg when he got hit by a car, probably on his way looking for a female dog in heat. His owner brought him to the clinic on Saturday evening and Dr. Tharina phoned me. She said Fire will need surgery but his owner can't afford it, will AKI be able to help? I said yes, the emergency fund is for dogs like Fire. 

She said Fire will get his operation on Monday morning and she is beyond thankful for AKI's emergency fund as Fire otherwise would have to be put down, and that would be only because Fire's clearly caring owner can't afford the operation.  This would have been terrible and traumatic for him, his family and also not easy for the vet!

We saw a total of 111 dogs and 2 cats on our vaccination day, all of them received anti-parasite treatment and 50 of them were due for their booster vaccination.

Up to date vaccination is so important as we have lots of parvo and also some distemper deaths in this area.

And of course we have a huge problem with mange and lots and lots of fleas, ticks (all houses are built on plain sand) and worms - only a handful of houses have running water. Parasite treatment in dogs and cats is essential to keep not only animals but also their families healthy. And while we are there, nail cutting if need is of course also done.

HAH vaccinated and provided anti-parasite treatment for 37 dogs and 1 cat in Kamanjab, and in Khorixas 15 dogs and 3 cats! Geesche wrote, "Thank you so so so much! Especially Khorixas is somehow a "forgetten" town but the dog and cat owners are so grateful for the support!"

Here's one of the very grateful clients: Hendrik Gawiseb and his children are very thankful to Have a Heart and AKI about the ongoing support they got for their dogs Beauty, Brownie, and Witfoet (White Foot). All three came to see us during the vaccination day and received their needed vaccinations and parasite treatment! (See picture)

From Geesche: 27 January, we had a very special customer asking for help in Khorixas: Pinky, a little piglet (first time we were asked for help for a pig or piglet!) was brought in to Dr. Baines. Pinky had a big hernia. Luckily Dr. Baines has been able to help Pinky and the little one is already feeling so much better! 

In Germany we have the so called "Glücksschwein". Translated it's a lucky-pig. Such a Glücksschwein is supposed to bring you lots of luck and money :-) So I hope Pinky will be super busy in 2019 and will bring you tons of both! We are only able to help little Pinky because of AKI and we are also very happy about the fact that Pinky's family brought the little one to a vet in the first place. Pigs are just random animals for food here in Namibia. They are not mistreated in general but they are also not something special, but the fact his owners cared about the potential dangerous situation for Pinky and made the effort to present it to a vet, shows, this lucky piglet is in caring hands that worry about his well being and it is respected as a living creature. Thank you so much AKI to make it possible for us to support such great people without even having to think about it twice! Pinky and his family shows, the world still has good people!