There is a saying in Tibetan, ‘Tragedy should be utilized as a source of strength.’ No matter what sort of difficulties, how painful experience is, if we lose our hope, that’s our real disaster. ― Dalai Lama XIV
Millions around the world celebrated Valentine’s Day on 14 February. Love and understanding between humans are inflated in such occasions , words emphasizing the value of love and mutual respect are exchanged.
Valentine’s are also often the occasions to exchange gifts of all kinds ; puppies included.Unfortunately the cost of such a gift is higher than expected ; not for the one who purchases them though ; for the soul that has to go through the incredible pain of living a life of torture in the hands of the less conscious.
Valentina is one of them.
We don’t know whether or not she had a name , we would assume she was not given one as the state in which she was kept is less likely to be the sign of what a loving family would do.
Valentina was brought in as a young pup , per turkish custom she was tied to a chain with her tight collar on and left to live there by her-self deprived of attention and care.
People responsible of her fate did not pay attention to her except throwing a few slices of bread each day so that she does not starve…
Days turned into weeks,weeks into months and years.Valentina’s collar was now too tight for her, so tight that it had begun cutting her neck in a horrible way ; she was growing up.
Her agony was a silent one , deep down she knew she would not be heard. Her wound was now life threatening , along with her infection and the mange that taken course in her system…
She was forgotten.
The people who did this to her then decided it would be for their own good if Valentina did not die in their garden.They surrendered her to a shelter with this incredible wound that they have caused on Valentine’s Day.
A gift of Valentine’s returned on Valentine’s ; a broken object to get rid off.
Maybe a rescuers hunch , maybe pure luck but the day Valentina was brought to the shelter we happened to be there , we just could not leave her suffering there anymore.
We pulled Valentina immediately to our clinic to give her the best treatment and care possible in the area.
Her wound ,as you can see is serious . She is in lots of pain physically and mentally.
However she did not give up.
Neither we will.
Valentina’s treatment will take one full month during which our doctors will work on her mange and infection,also to reduce
the size of her wound until it can be operated.
Please note that we are able to help these souls only thanks to the support of our amazing friends, we need to undo everything our kind has done to Valentina and make sure it never happens again.
Please help us give Valentina a decent Valentine’s gift this time, one that will
save her life and will secure her forever from the atrocities in this world.
Click on the button to give Valentina a Valentine’s gift.
Thank you .
Here is a video of Valentina taken on the first hour we pulled her to our clinic;
UPDATE 16.02.2013
Valentina will need to be operated tomorrow – 17.02.2013.
The problem with her wound is that it got so deep that it cut some layers of her neck muscles.
If we let her heal that way , the space formed by the cut will fill in with the connective tissue and Valentina will not be able to move her neck properly , lacking the organs (muscles) for it.
The operation is a MUST , please SEE what they have done to Valentina and help us help her if you can;
Please SHARE , thank you !
UPDATE 17.02.2013
Valentina has had her operation , it went very well. Here is a video of her waking up from anesthesia and getting some rest ;
UPDATE 19.02.2013
Valentina’s operation was a success !! She is on her way to a complete recovery and turned out to be one of the most affectionate dogs we have seen!!
Please check this video of her taken during one of her daily walks around the clinic ;
This transformation was possible to thanks to you, our friends who did not leave us alone and showed Valentina that there are still people who care about her destiny!!!
Thank you!
Awww poor baby praying Valentina’s treatments go well & she gets into a loving furever home where she can be loved….she seems very very sweet <3 God bless you sweet one <3
Dear Valentina, Prayers and hope for you from Australia. You deserve so so much more of just pure love and kindness than the evil of what u have already suffered. I Love You. My heart goes out to you. God Bless You Sweet girl and and may he heal your heart and wounds quickly. Amen. xxxx
I am literally crying right now as I write this. No animal should EVER have to go through this!! I would love to take her and show her real love!!!!!
Do you need a foster home for Valentina? I will take her. We are foster parents for Corgi Rescue but we will take anyone. We have a clean home, food, love, warmth and we will care for her and her wounds.
Please please let us know.
I am praying for you Valentina…no living creature should have to bear what this poor dog did! thank you for rescuing her and showing her love and compassion.. I wish for her a speedy recovery and to be adopted into a loving home….
Whoever is responsible for this should be shot on the spot.
I don’t have any understanding of a human being who doesn’t respect the beauty of life and that
for all creatures that have thoughts,feelings and needs.
I have just donated to another cause but would be willing to give some in a week, please keep us posted. Many Blessings Valentina my prayers are with you
That precious pup has suffered both mentally and physically. May this sweet angel survive and thrive in a wonderful loving home soon.
Things like this can’t go on the world anymore,there has to be severe punishment for those who do such things,find them,fine them,and take them to prison,if possible put them a a tight collar.
Poor, poor little girl, Prayers and wishes for a speedy recovery for this sad little soul. With my heart, I hope she finds a wonderful home filled with love for her. So sorry Valentina that our kind did this to you xxx
that is disgraceful i actually cried poor dog!!no animal should ever ever have togo through that i hope the people that put her in this state get done for it!!! would love to adopt her im in England let me no i have a dog myself and my sister in law has her own dog walking and grooming business so she will be treated right like she deserves!! my prayers are with you
It breaks my heart to see cruelty like this inflicted on any animal bt especialkly on a sweet little girl like Valentina. Thank you a million times for rescuing her and giving her a fighting chance to recover with your love and vetinary skills. Will action be taken against the perpetraters of this horrendous cruelty by these evil apologies for humans have inflicted on a defenseless helpless puppy. WHY? I have sent a donation towards her care. I wish it could be more
I agree with everyone here … poor little soul … I hope her future will make up for her dreadful past and that she will be a happy, healthy little girl with a family who give her non-stop love and devotion. Hugs too for everyone who is caring for her. L x
Oh my goodness. Keep us updated on this…I need to see her get better. <3
Wao!!! You accomplished a miracle ! Love and God miracle!!! Thak you thank you thank you!!!! Put the new pictures when
you get the time to show the new Valentina!!!!
in the future, I want to foster and adopt animals who have gone through horrible life circumstances such as this, in any way possible I will help animals get through things like this, Valentina is a special girl, and I know that one day soon she will have a wonderful loving family who will show her and give her what she deserves; love
i hope that she will be a happy finally!!!! She must be ok!!! She deserve so so so so much more of just simple love. I need to see her get better too. Hug….biiiiiiiiiig hug! Ivana from Serbia
If this world wasn’t so frakkin money hungry a lot more things would be done.
If i had my own Animal Hospital and i was a Veterinarian id help Valentina for free,no donations needed. Really frikkin bites that people consider money more important than life
human and animal 
Really disappointed to see there were no more posts about Valentina after the operation. I wanted to see pictures of her rehabilitation and hopefully news that she got a forever home.
Diana, Valentina’s updates were posted on our FB page very regularly , please come visit and see ; http://www.facebook.com/HeArtofRescue2012
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