Dear Stephanie Jun,

First off let me laudably commend you on your personal effort and that of your organization.

As I pointed out I am myself an animal rescue volunteer – you can visit my page on Care2, in order to get  a better picture. You also can visit my partners’ profile on http://candriotis.spaces.live.com/

To see more pictures of our house, Chiara our rescue dog, Sebastian one of our cats, Piccolina another cat of ours – we have 4 (3 rescue). We live in a single family dwelling with a garden, but our dogs are members of our family – so they sleep with us, in their own baskets and beds – or on the couch. Our older dog Misha –  left us and went over Rainbow bridge last April. He was an Alaskan Malamute Mix (Ex street dog) and we had to euthanize him because of cancer at age 13. He was wonderful and we miss him dearly.

Chiara has been with us now for 3 years and she used to get along with Misha just fine. She has lost 2 playmates of hers recently due to poisoning.

I can provide you with letters of recommendations of at least 3 vets, animal welfare group, neighbors’, friends .. etc…

I sure would love to send you pics of Dante – with current newspaper visible in pic, for date prove, as I would like to show him of and talk about his progress.

Malamutes are very sociable dogs and do not like it at all to be chained or alone – they need their pack and get very depressed when they do not get enough interaction. I am planning on using clicker training with Dante and sign language. Training is not as much as a concern to me, rather sometimes kennel or confinement destructive behavior, separation anxiety, neurotic behavior such as excessive licking, chewing, self mutilation, eating of feces … I would appreciate some feedback on that and as well if he is food protective or aggressive towards cats.

How old is he?

Quarantine – there is none for Greece.

Flight and flight cost, duration etc – please inform me of weight, crate size and departure Airport. Destination Airport would be ATH  - Athens. Dog would need to be micro chipped, vaccinated with a health certificate and with rabies shots not older than 6 months.

I have no idea on how much the flight would cost – do you? But I  am sure that I can find some sponsors for the ticket. I would castrate him here as I can do this with my vet and through the animal group I am working with.

If it is ok with you – let’s work from here. Should Dante find a good loving home in Korea, then I would step back in order to spare the poor dog the trauma of being caged again in a dark crate. Otherwise let me know as much as possible about him (pics etc) – also the negative sides please.

With my best regards and a cuddle to Dante

Isabella