Hi my name is Ringo. I am a 9 month old puppy from the country Oman. I arrived with my 2 siblings Bobby and Mascara on May 24, 2019 to find my forever home. I am playful and loving and I can’t wait to find my family. My two siblings have been adopted in the Chicago area and I am anxiously awaiting to find my home.
I was rescued from the streets of Oman by Omani Paws at just a couple months old. I am a playful young dog who loves nothing more than playing with my K-9 friends and hanging out with my humans. I am crate trained and have good house manners. My whole body wiggles with joy when I see you and my foster mom in Wadsworth, IL calls it my happy dance. I can’t wait to meet you. I am so ready to have a family of my own and I know I will make my new family very happy.
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Oman is an Arab country in the southeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It has wonderful national treasures, vivid landscapes… and thousands of “wadi”–or street–dogs. These wadi dogs can be seen virtually everywhere. Unfortunately, they face the same plight as dogs in many Muslim countries where they are generally viewed as unclean and not fit to be pets. Dog ownership is rare, and when they are owned, dogs are usually not allowed in the house. Pets are viewed more commonly as guard dogs who roam the outside vicinity of the property.
Humane animal welfare laws don’t exist in Oman, and, worse yet, police have open rights to shoot “any and all” street dogs. There is no requirement that the dogs have to be a nuisance or sick; rather, they will be killed just for having the unfortunate luck of being born on the streets in Oman. Many wadi dogs suffer a slow, painful death caused by festering gunshot wounds. If a gunshot does not kill them, street dogs die of disease, starvation, abuse by people, vehicles, and extreme weather conditions. In the summer, the temperature can easily soar to 120 degrees Fahrenheit. Most Omani street dogs do not survive beyond the age of three.
If interested in adopting me please fill out an adoption application and call Dawn at 414-426-4148.