Sirius Dog Sanctuary, REGISTERED CHARITY No : 318

Sirius Dog Sanctuary provides refuge for over 190 dogs that have been abandoned or abused, which is a serious problem in Cyprus. All work is managed by volunteers who are dedicated to make the dogs as comfortable as possible and encourage re-homing.

View our gallery of dogs for homing here

Can you help by fostering or adopting one of our lovely dogs? Come and see them. Visitors are welcome at the Shelter. We look forward to your visit!

The Sanctuary welcomes new members and volunteer workers who share our ideals. We rely totally on people who give generously either of their money or their time. If you care for animals, please help.

We have social activities and fundraising events throughout the year.

As the feeding routine of the dogs have chnaged it is now possible to walk dogs from 9.30am

If you feel you can help with walking some dogs please get  in touch or visit the shelter

This exercise is vital to the well being of the dogs and the more dog walkers we have the more often the dogs get out of the shelter

The first Sirius volunteer meeting for 2012 will take place at:

Venue: Echo 75 Bar – St Andrews Street, Limassol
Date: Wednesday 08 February 2012
Time: 19:30

The new rule change in the uk import rules has help us send several dogs over to new homes in the Uk

Martha, Petunia, Spirit and Tilly travelled to new homes found by the Uk pointer rescue organisation

Rufus

travelled to his new owner who met him in the Summer while she was on holiday and made plans for him to travel

Sawyer waited six months before her could travel to Somerset to meet his new family and his new sister who is also a Cyprus dog

We also have Lucy, Vegas, Jerry, Eli, Barney and Pany all in foster homes waiting for their flights next month to the UK

Sirius would like to wish all our supporters all over the world a very Merry Christmas

The dogs benefit from all the help and donations given and we could not survive without the dedicated help from all of you

The shelter will be open all over the holidays and some of our regular helpers are away so if you can spare and hour or two any morning please come along and lend a hand

We have added a new page where we advertise dogs needing a foster home

There are many reasons why this is needed

• a sick dog that need to recover and monitoring
• Dogs recovering from operations
• dogs who need medication more regularly than can be undertaken in the shelter
• Dogs waiting to fly off to their new home
• Puppies while they have their vaccination and are protected enough to come to the shelter

If you can offer a foster home to any of the dogs on this page call the Duty phone on 97780779

A big thank you goes out to Ruth and Eve who produced the first ever Sirius calendar and raised an amzing 3000 euros from the sales. The money will be spent on dog beds to keep the dogs warm and comfy this winter, collars, vaccinations, stainless steel dog bowls and other items to put into place the new feeding routines at Sirius. Thank you to the sponsors of the calendar and to everyone who was involved in the production of them and to all of those who bought one. The dogs are very grateful.

we are happy to announce that our Christmas Party for Sirius Dog on 13-12-2011 made am amazing amount of 2,628 euros!!!!! Thank you all for coming and for supporting our cause. We also want to thank our venue, Library Cafe-BAR and all our Sponsors for their wonderful contributions that made our raffle prize list so long!!!!Want to help all our lovely dogs and have a good time?

Here is the list of the Sirius Christmas Party Raffle Prize Winners:

1189 - Voucher worth €500 (Children’s bedroom) from Flexa

039 - Level 1 diving course worth €300 from Nekton Liquid Physics

0597 - One Month’s Free Classes For a Couple €120 at Club Dance With Me

1272 - Necklace worth €100 from Handmade Jewelry by Rena Perdiki

009 - Personal Training & Thai Massage worth €100 from Informa Health & Fitness Centre

191 - 1 printer worth €80 from Dexx Computers

079 - 1 Hair Spa voucher – worth €70 from Domenico Hair & Beauty Studio

0102 - 1 Hair Spa voucher – worth €70 from Domenico Hair & Beauty Studio

1825 - 1 Hair Spa voucher – worth €70 from Domenico Hair & Beauty Studio

1338 - Multi tool Box Set worth €57 from Laos

041 - €50 voucher from Milant Shoes

Wines from: Hadjipavlou, Ktima Argyride, Tsiakas & Vlassides

0468 - Box of 3 bottles

0061 - Box of 3 bottles

1170 - Box of 3 bottles

0799 - Box of 3 bottles

0187 - Box of 2 bottles

073 - Box of 2 bottles

0608 - Box of 2 bottles

005 - Box of 2 bottles

0070 - 2 Children’s Wooden Height chart & Wall Hanger €35 from Kats Pie in the Sky

1309 - Diving knife worth €30 from Snapper Sub

192 - Facial treatment worth €30 from Beautician Gina Christodoulou

0173 - Voucher worth €25 from Bags of Fun

0758 - Voucher worth €10 from Kyriakou Bookshop

0997 - Voucher worth €10 from Kyriakou Bookshop

1336 - Gift basket worth €20 from cava Protasis

1903 - Plant worth €20 from Green Forest

1455 - Gift basket with Cretan Products €20 from Tsatsarakis Store

1154 - Gift basket with Pet Grooming Products €20 from Allfreight – Dinos Ellinas

1312 - Gift basket worth €20 from Idees

060 - Voucher worth €20 from Elaine Hill Beauty Consultant

0538 - 4 Free Dog Training Lessons from Carole Husein Certified Behavioural Dog Trainer

1913 - Printing of 250 business cards from Plus Print

0361 - Hair Cut vouchers from Angelos Zorpas Unisex Hairsalon

0774 - Hair Cut vouchers from Angelos Zorpas Unisex Hairsalon

1914 - Hair Cut vouchers from Angelos Zorpas Unisex Hairsalon

082 - Hair Cut + Treatment from Julu Hairdressers

Lunch vouchers for:

1916 – Lobby Lounge Bar (for two)

0293 – Lobby Lounge Bar (for two)

0339 – Lobby Lounge Bar (for two)

1938 - Blueberry Cafe x 1 (for two)

1919 - 1 month membership for Body Sense Gym

0649 - 1 month membership for Spanvios Gym

1475 - 1 month membership for Spanvios Gym

1466 - box of Leonidas chocolates

1947 - box of Leonidas chocolates

1777 - Dog shampoo

1765 - Gift from Skevi Kyriakou LTD

A BIG THANK YOU to our Sponsors for their generous contributions!

Why not give a donation to Sirius Dog Sanctuary this year and send virtual Christmas cards. We will post your greeting on the Face Book wall of  The Sirius Dog Sanctuary and you send your family and friends a link to your personalised Christmas greeting

A big THANK YOU to Wez Thomson  who (with money from the book sales) bought 86 1.25kg tins of dog food, 63 tins of smaller dog food and 8kg puppy food. It all got delievered to Sirius today. That’s 187KG of food!

Thank you Wez