I have three kids (1995, 2003, 2011)
Fibromyalgia, arthritis, bad knees and a lot of headache and migraine are things I fight with daily.
I work in a nursing home and love taking care of our elderly.
I live on a farm with my youngest doughter and our animals.
We have dogs, cats, rabbits and hens.
I have a dream!
A dream I have is to go to different rescues to both help as a volunteer but at the same time get a deeper insight into all the work they do and collect material for projects I want to do that will open people's/politicians' eyes to the nasty reality these wonderful creatures live in.
Maybe make a short film (or why not a "real" film) about what is happening with the greyhounds in Spain, Ireland and China, among others.
Bring out as many facts, pictures, films so you can take this to a higher level and try to make a real impact.
This requires resources that do not come for free.
I have always had dogs in my life. No specific breed. Different kind of crossbreeds, small and big dogs, Shih-Tzu, German shepherd, Schabrador, Malamute/Rottweiler/German Shepard-cross, Whippet....
Several dogs in my life have been adoptive dogs that have had a pretty bad life, but even a few small cute puppie has plunged into my life.The reason we chose to adopt my Irish girls that we have now is that we last had a whippet that I loved so much.We wanted a sighthound again and were looking for a new family member everywhere.I had two requirement.It was that it would be a bitch and that she would have passed the puppy stage. This because I have my pain and my sometimes bad energy in everyday life. There was no one in either the breeder or in any ad.In the end, I googled for "sighthounds to be relocated" and came to an agency called NeverNeverLand where I found our little Polly and on that way I entered the "rescuers world" and got to know how bad these wonderful dogs aretreated around the world.
Since then I have adopted three more dogs (one of which unfortunately did not fit our family and my health), I arranged two dog walks for Hundar Utan Hem, two dog walks for GGGW (Great Global Greyhound Walk), made home visits for adoptions and is a bit of a mentor for those I have made home visits with.
There have been some interviews for a daily newspaper and a local newspaper 2016, 2017, 2018 & 2019 and for radio P4 Kristianstad (about the dogs of the homeless and the poor people)
In the fall of 2016, I submitted a citizen proposal that we want a large dog park so that we who have dogs that cannot run free should get the chance to run and have fun. Unfortunately it got rejected 😢
In 2016 I started my first page on Facebook (after my private then). On that page, I helped homeless and other socially disadvantaged with their dogs. With the help of three people who have been homeless / socially exposed, I arranged a cozy evening for dogs of homeless and socially vulnerable and their owners.The dogs received a hot shower with massage and were blown dry. The dogs were also allowed to meet veterinarians who did health checks and possibly vaccination and chip if not done. Medicines were purchased by us for the dogs that needed it. The evening ended with a doggy bag for the dogs and food, quilts, toys and other things were distributed while the dog owners got something to eat and drink.(This page is paused as, among other things, it became too tough to chase help (donations) all the time.)
I am an admin for two Lurcher/sighthound pages on Facebook and I have a page called "Great Global Greyhound Walk Ängelholm / Sweden" and one site associated with my website.
Please visit my facebook pages below
My dream !
One dream I have is to live on a large farm where I can bring sighthounds in need of a home. Where future adopters can come and meet the dogs in reality and where I can better match the right dog with the right owner.
The dogs would live in kennels reminiscent of an ordinary "human-home" with furniture and everything. The dogs would obviously also live with the family and be trained in what they need to be trained with.
My hobbies !
I have always had horses as a great interest and try to come up on the horseback every now and then.
I played bowling very actively when I was young with quite a few competitions both in the team and in private.
About two years ago, I picked up the bowling again despite the fact that doctors, physiotherapists and other understanding practitioners said that I could NEVER do this because of the pain.
But yes. I've played both once and twice a week for two years now and it goes well. The pain is more mild if I play once or twice a week (but I can hardly do vacuuming and hanging laundry)
