Zoomba part 7: the long wait (EN)

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How long she would have to stay at the kennel was not yet clear. It depended on when the pups could leave her, on her sterilisation, vaccinations, and when/whether she could be transported to The Netherlands. A transport by truck to Germany was planned eind of September, which would be just six weeks away!

However, such transports take two days, and we'd prefer to just come and fetch her ourselves. Better fly two hours than driving two days.. But first things first. It turned out to be not easy to keep track of her wellbeing, and that of the pups. Understandable, too, these organisations are run by volunteers, and they have other things to do than keeping people informed that are 2000 km away. On the other hand, we need to do some planning to have free time off, buy tickets, and arrange things.

According to our teacher Spanish you best call people on the phone, and not write e-mails, as those are regarded as "impersonal" and "too official" by warm-blooded Spanish people, who prefer to just talk. Hm.

Meanwhile for us it was not great to think about a lonely dog locked up in a kennel with six puppies. Can she escape them when she does not feel like having them around? Is she allright at all, there, among 200 other dogs? When will she have her operation, and is that going well? Isn't she totally bored? Won't the stay there change her? Will she recognise us?

We got news that Zoomba had a "little flu" and that her operation was postponed till she was better, which would take " a few weeks". Flu? Flu?! Can dogs have flu, too? Yes they can, and it's a nasty disease. Rare, too. Would they mean "kennel cough"? Which is not nice, either. Damn, we could have had her vaccinated against THAT...

We tried to arrange that she could come with us anyway, and she could have her operation HERE, but no reply.

All in all we worried more about the dog than about the house and moving there.

But, organising time off is not easy if you have a job that has a tight schedule, as teachers have. Better press a bit, and that we really need time to organise... She was there since August 21st, September was nearly at its end. Our next window of opportunity was end of October when we could have a whole week, else it would just be a long weekend... And the transport to Germany, end of September, was full already.

End of the first week of October, finally some good news! She had had her operation, and everything was fine. With the pups too. (Do they have new home? No answer.) And yes, we can come and collect her! When would be convenient?

Poor thing. Had we known in advance then we would have been there, then. Now we had to wait two more weeks till October 28th, if tickets were still available. And space for one dogs on board the flight.

But: YES!