Tykovka, a young lady-dog, about 2-3 years old (born in 2016), shoulder height 55 cm, weight about 25 kg. Neutered, vaccinated, treatment against all external and endoparasites. She walks on a leash calmly, can obey us also without a leash. She is very human-oriented. To our mind, Tykovka is a mix of Border Collie and some other breed, maybe mountain dog (Sennenhund). But it is only a suggestion, we never saw her parents, and we have met her recently by chance.
And here is the story how we found Tykovka.
Together with my friend we went to a faraway village in Moscow district (3 hours drive), to save from the street an abandoned dog, Dunya. We saw many dogs on our way, but none of them trusted us – we really wanted to help. Sometimes it is like a storm of kindness, it is important for each volunteer to fill this need to help. We took Dunya the dog into the car and moved to Moscow, but in 950 meters drive we saw three lovely puppies . I took one of them to leave it at my place, we didn’t know what to do with the others, it was too late and we decided to sleep on this question, and to leave the puppies in the garden of our woman friend, where Dunya was already waiting. In the morning we were told the puppies are not in the garden! We couldn’t keep still and went to search for the kids the next day. We came to that village again, were looking for the puppies, with no effect. In a big despair we went back, but at the village exit we found our lost puppies at the same place with their mother (whom we haven’t seen before) and some other adult dogs. Honestly, we wanted to help all of them, but we took all puppies and their mom Tykovka, for now. Tykovka turned to be a very clever dog, she seemed to have been looking for her kids all over village and found them, took them to her place. By the way, there was nothing but empty bowls there. The puppies didn’t get enough food, their stomachs grew from parasites. Their mother scratched to find something to eat all over the place. Uncommon, that we easily took Tykovka to the car (as we were strangers for that moment) with her puppies, we just helped her a little to jump onto. A very adequate dog. A caring mother.
Now Tykovka is living in a temporary house. She accepted everything we could give her. The conditions are not very good, but she never tried to escape, probably because her two kids are with her. Sleeps on the floor. It is hot a bit for her inside the house, that is why she would prefer a house with an outdoor run, preferably long walks. She is very friendly with children, there is a 9-year-old girl in the family she is living now. No problem with cats as well. She can get along with friendly dogs. Also friendly to men. She has no car sickness. Eats food of different kind – dry with canned food, porridges and meat. Tykovka is that very dog I wish to stay with me, but as a volunteer providing a lot of dog help, I haven’t a moral right for that. She can live in a family of any age. The main requirement is to provide the best care for this baby. Tykovka deserves the best. We can see her only weak point – stealing food from the table. It is an ideal dog on the whole.