GREAT NEWS…. Jon Snow now known as Poppet is HOME. Poppet was rescued from the streets of Oman by Lydia and aided by the rescue group Omani Paws.
This week he joined the home of Angela W Ewing in Rome, GA. Poppet now has two K-9 sisters named Beatrix and Simone. Simone is also an ISDF rescue from Oman.
Angela and I have been friends for 3 years and when she called me a couple weeks ago and told me she would like to adopt Jon Snow I was overjoyed. I just knew this was the family he had been waiting for and that he would be a perfect addition to Angela’s family. And he was! He immediately got along with Beatrix and Simone and even Angela’s two cats. I have no doubt this was meant to be and Poppet knew it too. He acted as though he had always lived here and fell right into the rhythm of the house with a constant tail wag.
In fact there have been so many tail wags and smiles since he arrived that it’s hard to contain the joy of it all. Angela is smitten and told me last night that her love is so deep for him that even though it’s only been a few days she can’t imagine life without him! Fate was at work here…
His new name Poppet is an old English word that is used as a term of endearment. . He even has the perfect name!
Thank you to Lydia for rescuing, fostering and even flying to the US with him.
This is stuff dreams are made of. You too can save a life.
Hi my name is Jon Snow – I am a handsome, green-eyed, honey of a dog from the streets of Oman. I used to live in a pack of around 15 dogs in a building site behind a mall and a kind man and woman would feed me, my family and friends every day. They were very nice and when I rolled over for belly rubs the kind woman would even scratch my belly! It was a pretty good life but then one horrible day it all changed…..the men in uniforms (I’m told they were the police) arrived and started to shoot all my friends and family. Only myself and one other dog named Prem escaped death but we were bleeding from bullet wounds.
When the kind woman arrived to feed us she discovered to her horror the massacre scene. She rushed Prem and I to the vet and Prem had the bullet removed but it was too invasive to remove my bullet. My video was posted on the Omani Paws rescue website and a woman named Lydia saw the video of me crying and limping and she was told by the man who fed him that he had been taken to the vet. Lydia went to collect me and ended up fostering me while I recovered. She is so kind and I love her children and her cats. I am told that I am a very special super star survivor. Although the bullet is still in my shoulder I am fully healed and it doesn’t cause me any pain.
I have a loving and gentle temperament and love to cuddle with my humans. I am great with kids and cats and have good house manners. I have a gentle personality and love nothing more than cuddling. I promise to shower you with love if I am lucky enough to join your family. I promise I will flourish in the right home and become your best friend. My foster mom Lydia loves me so much she traveled to Chicago to bring me here for a better life. Unfortunately, the odds of me being adopted in my home country are slim to none.
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. The government doesn’t have humane animal welfare laws, 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. It is a common practice. 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 you are interested in adopting me, please contact Dawn Trimmel at info@istreetdog.com. You can also find our adoption application here.
Rescue Partner: Omani Paws
Arrival: November 16, 2017
Age and Weight: 15 months and 35 pounds
Neutered/microchipped/current on vaccinations