Senior – Dog Shelter Teulada, Moraira & Benissa

Senior Dogs Available for Adoption

Name	DIMITRIE
Date of Birth	March 2012
Male/Female	Male
Breed	Mixed
In shelter since	14/08/2025
Size	Large
Ok with people	Yes
Ok with female dogs	With some
OK with male dogs	No
Special Notes

Gentle elderly boy – Loves People

DIMITRIE and Xufa were found early morning at only 100 meters from the shelter.

It was clear that they had been dumped there overnight. It was in the period that the temperature went up to 38 degrees.

It took a little while to gain their confidence but then they were happy to come with us to the shelter. They were both incredibly thirsty, poor dogs.

Dimitrie had a chip, but was not registered in Spain. We found out that the chip was registered in Belgium. The track system there gave us the owners name and phone number but they were of course obsolete because they were 13 years old!

Dimitrie is therefore now available for adoption. He had a tumor but was operated and he is fine now.

He is a big boy, and just wants to be with people. We hope that someone will give this elderly gentle soul a nice home.

Name	OLIVIA
Date of Birth	01/01/2015
Male/Female	Female
Breed	Mixed
In shelter since	09/04/2025
Size	Small
Ok with people	Yes
Ok with female dogs	Yes
OK with male dogs	Yes
Special Notes	Diabetes and Blind

Gentle Elderly Lady- Needs Special Care – Loves Cuddles

OLIVIA was found in Teulada, she was in a very bad condition. At the vet´s they noticed that her sugar level was so incredibly high that she would have died within days without any special treatment.

She stayed in hospital on a drip for 5 days to get her stable again. Since then she gets 2 injections of insulin per day. Due to her diabetes her eyes started to get worse, and unfortunately finished in total blindness.

Olivia is very gentle soul, she goes home with one of our staff during the night since a couple of weeks and is just a lovely dog.

She enjoys lying on the sofa, receiving cuddles and is friendly to other dogs and also to cats.

She does drink a lot due to her diabetes so she needs to go out quite often. We hope to be able to find her a nice permanent home because shelter life for a blind dog is very difficult.

Name	LUNA
Date of Birth	03/04/2017
Male/Female	Female
Breed	Mixed
In shelter since	27/10/2024
Size	Medium
Ok with people	Yes
Ok with female dogs	No
OK with male dogs	No
Special Notes

Loves Long Walks – Very Good with People – Prefers to be Only Dog

LUNA came to us because her owner unfortunately died. She was in foster care for a while with a friend of the owner but as that person had other dogs and Luna would not always get along with them she had to leave.

Luna is very attached to people and loves to be cuddled. She has a good character and is house trained.

A couple of our volunteers take her on long walks, because even if she is 8 years old she still has quite some energy.

We are looking for a new home for Luna where she will be the only dog.

Name	OLAF
Date of Birth	01/12/2017
Male/Female	Male
Breed	Mixed
In shelter since	13/12/2024
Size	Large
Ok with people	Yes
Ok with female dogs	No
OK with male dogs	With some
Special Notes

Playful – Loves to Sniff – Easygoing – Ideally placed together with Knut

OLAF and Knut were found together in the campo. Olaf has a great character, he is a happy dog with good energy.

He is also Knut´s best friend, who is quite nervous and who needs him to help him in life.

Olaf is very easy to walk, he loves to sniff around…When it is playtime they go crazy, they run around and jump and make us all laugh!

We really hope that someone is willing to adopt Knut and Olaf together, they really love each other. They are also both housetrained.

Name	ASTRID
Date of Birth	12/06/2016
Male/Female	Female
Breed	Podenco
In shelter since	23/12/2024
Size	Large
Ok with people	Yes
Ok with female dogs	Yes
OK with male dogs	Yes
Special Notes	No cats

Reserved

Gentle elderly lady – Loves to Cuddle – Good with other dogs- Cat Free Home

A Spanish hunter brough us two podenco´s Alfred and ASTRID. They were no longer useful for the hunt. Luckily the man was nice for the dogs and they have no trauma.

When you take Astrid out for a walk you notice that she was a hunter once, she does follow her nose but in a very calm way.

She is an oldie now! She has a very nice and gentle character. She likes people and cuddles and is good with other dogs.

Alfred and Astrid have lived their entire life together, they form a great pair and love to play together. If they could be rehomed together that would be great but it is not mandatory.

Name	SURI
Date of Birth	01/06/2015
Male/Female	Female
Breed	German Shepherd
In shelter since	8/4/2025
Size	Large
Ok with people	Yes
Ok with female dogs	Prefers to be alone
OK with male dogs	Prefers to be alone
Special Notes	Bad knee, Hipdysplasia

Elderly Lady – Enjoys Attention- Needs Quiet Home

SURI’s story is a sad story. During all her 10 years she has lived in a plot on a chain attached to a tree.

Her former owner was not really interested in her. She never went out for walks nor was allowed in the house. When someone asked us for help we asked the owner if he was willing to surrender her, to which he agreed in the end. She was in a state…!

We first took her to the groomer who took kilos of hair off her and clipped her nails which were so long so she could hardly walk. Since then Suri has gotten used to the routine in the shelter and goes for small walks with our volunteers.

She has a problem with her left knee, surgery is unfortunately not recommendable because the outcome is very uncertain. We hope to find someone who is willing to give this elderly lady a couple of nice last years of life, so that she can also experience how it feels like to be loved.

Name	YOGI
Date of Birth	01/02/2018
Male/Female	Male
Breed	Mixed
In shelter since	24/6/2024
Size	Large
Ok with people	Yes
Ok with female dogs	Indifferent
OK with male dogs	No
Special Notes

Loves Tummy Rubs – No Other Dogs – Cat Free Home

YOGI has lived 6 years with his lady owner who then moved back to the UK and surrendered him as she could not take him with her.

In the beginning it was so sad to see him struggle to not being in his beloved home anymore. Now, a couple of months later he has adjusted to the routine of the shelter, but he still gets quite stressed with all the dogs and noise around him.

He loves his walks and has stolen the hearts of many volunteers with his beautiful eyes. When he connects with you, he is very affectionate. He just wants to be at home and have his tummy rubbed.

We have noticed that Yogi is a bit more wary of men, that is probably because he had lived his whole life with a lady.

For Yogi we are looking for a home where is he the only dog, it needs to be a cat-free home as he is not so good with feline companions.

Name	ROCKY
Date of Birth	01/11/2015
Male/Female	Male
Breed	Boxer
In shelter since	12/2/2024
Size	Large
Ok with people	Yes
Ok with female dogs	He can be boisterous
OK with male dogs	He can be boisterous
Special Notes	He has a lot of energy

Energetic Family Dog – Beach Boy – Cat Free home

ROCKY is such a funny boy. He has the character of a real boxer. He loves to do agility and he loves the water. In the summertime he enjoys to have a play with the water coming out of the water hose or to jump in his pool. He can also jump very high!

There is a lovely volunteer who takes him out of the shelter for a day in the weekend. She takes him to the beach or to the river or goes hiking for hours. He just loves it. Unfortunately she cannot adopt him because she is working long hours and she has 2 cats, and Rocky really does not like cats!

Rocky came to the shelter some time ago, surrendered by an English family who had decided to return to the UK but could not take him with them nor their other dog. Rocky had lived with them for years, they had 2 small children and Rocky was absolutely fine with them.

We are looking for a sportive home for this fellow, because even though is now a senior dog he has still quite a lot of energy!