Joy (adopted)

Update 4.10.2024:

If you have visited us in the last year and nine months, you have met him.

Joy, Mr. Congeniality, is a loving senior who came to us through a member who found him in the worst state.

Leishmania infected, Joy immediately began therapy with us.

Being the adorable senior with an outgoing personality, we all fell in love with him and his quirks and he very quickly became a shelter favorite among us and our visitors.

Joy always needed a perfectly made bed, and he would keep it that way.

Whenever we needed to double up on space and we would have him share his pen with a sloppy roommate he would get so annoyed that he would purposely pee on his perfectly made bed.

When there were treats around, Joy would not bark loud enough to make sure you wouldn’t overlook him (there were a lot of competitors you know).

Joy was an all around daily joy to all except myself and the staff. You see, we loved him so much that we were heartbroken to see him with us and to know that he had two strikes against him, his age and his Leishmania. This vibrant, colorful senior would probably not be the first on anyone’s list. Until Milla walked into our lives…

If you come to visit us now, you won’t meet Joy and that is because Milla has taken Joy home.

Milla is a very special person from Finland who cares for the underdog. Milla loves the old, the handicapped, the ill.

Milla raised 800 euro before visiting us to not come empty handed to the shelter.

Well, she didn’t leave empty handed either.

She took our prized possession, our Joy.

Good luck and good life to Milla, Kalle, Joy and Alpha, a three legged doggo saved from the streets of Chania some three and a half years ago.

And thank you Milla, for taking our Joy and giving us so much joy in return