Perfect World
Paola and Gabriele have been Labrador lovers all their lives. Lola, 12, is their fourth in the “family”, the apple of their eye, a bit grey around her teeth but the sweetest dog they could…
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The Beauty and her Beautiful Beasts
When she is at home, Italian fashion designer Mara aka Maria Cheval is nothing but a proud and happy dog mom. She has taken in seven stray dogs so far and would adopt even more,…
A Souvenir from Bali
Nelly Divella, business manager from Bari, has a lot of amazing dogs stories to tell. How she grew up with stray dogs because her grandma couldn’t resist to take them all home to live in…
Marcella had a Dream
Marcella Magliucci, 53, journalist from Milan, had everything else in mind but to get a dog – at the time. The big surprise struck three years ago on a family vacation in Sicily. Here’s the…
Little White Wolf out of the Garbage Bin
German photographer GABO has had dogs for 30 years and cannot imagine a life without them. Right now she is sharing her cottage by the lake near Berlin with Poquito, the Podengo from Portugal. Picked…
Poets’ Society
“I don’t understand why people want puppies so badly! You can’t choose an animal based on looks.” Tina Schlegel, writer and journalist in Germany, went a different way: She found her mixed breed Leo, 7,…
Househunter Found Hound
Silvia Messeri and her husband Chicco were still mourning their miniature Schnauzer when, on a long walk in the mountains, they ran into smelly and hungry little Bobo. The black little mixed breed had grown…
Alberta’s Chocolate Shadow
Ettore the Chocolate Lab is famous in Bari. That’s because his human family, Alberta, Dionysos and their little son Fabrizio are on the road a lot, and Ettore, 10, never leaves their side. Alberta, 36,…
Shaytan the Guardian
“My husband brought him home against my will. But I learned to love him“, says Alessandra, 51, psychologist from Lecce, about the male Rottweiler Shaytan, that has been growing up in their garden for two…
Little Bullo of the Neighborhood
They may be tiny, but you’d underestimate French Bulldogs if you’d think of them as such. Merci, mascot dog of Ninaleuca Concept Store in Lecce, Puglia, is the best example for a Big Soul in…
