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We’re making immediate plans, BIG plans, to build dog houses and stockpile food for winter. Taking shelter beneath a car or in a bush is hardly of any comfort in below-freezing air and falling snow, yet this is the reality for homeless animals in so many countries. Let’s start by looking at the case of just one shelter and then we’ll tell you our plans internationally…

THE BOSNIAN DREAM SHELTER

A hundred yawns beckon the gentle sunrise on a hillside about 40 miles outside of Sarajevo. One by one, the dogs here stretch before meandering out into the chilly morning air. They don’t worry if breakfast will come, they’ve simply come to expect it.

Every dog here was once harmed by humans. Some had been caught by the dog catcher’s noose. Others had been hit by cars and left for dead. The most unfortunate had been abandoned by the families they trusted and turned over to the nortorious Praca dog pound. But because of the brilliant vision of shelter founders Arijana Arijovic and Belma Duric, the dogs at the Bosnian Dream Shelter have awoken from the nightmares of the past and they now feel safe. The shelter is their home and they will live out their lives here.

“We have given up on adopting the dogs out as the dogs are oldies and no one wants them.” Arijana explains. “With us, they have all they need except for a good place to sleep this winter. We have many doghouses, but only a fraction of them are still useable. The rest are garbage after many years of use and wearing down from the weather. We need new, insulated dog houses in order for our dogs to stay warm during the winter.”

Harmony Fund would like to grant this wish and deliver 70 well-built, insulated dog houses to the dogs here next month. Originally, we had hoped to bring in construction trailers for the dogs, but the location is too steep and the crews could not bring it in due to the lack of paved entry. So, next summer we’d like to build structures to contain the dog houses, offering a double layer of protection. But for today, we can take the first step. A mountain of straw bedding has already been delivered to stuff each dog house. This is one of SEVERAL locations where we’d like to bring in dog houses.

In an ideal world, every companion animal would live in a heated home with a family who loves them. In the meantime, we are doing all that we can to provide basic comforts for homeless animals living in cold climates internationally. You can donate today to provide housing and food for so many animals who would not otherwise have shelter or meals through the winter season.

If you’re reading this, you’re probably well acquainted with Harmony Fund’s charitable mission. For those of you who are new, we are a registered charity, based in the USA, and providing help to underdog animal rescue squads across the planet.

TO MAKE A DONATION FOR THIS MISSION:

Please give on our website here https://harmonyfund.org/donation/donate-dog-houses-for-winter/

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