Help us get Bubu home

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POST 8:
Saturday (July 10)

Bubu's well deserved the best pampering session ever!

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POST 7:
Friday Morning (July 9) – ~6AM

Still searching, without sleep … somebody reported seeing chocolate Labrador in the near-by town to Pet 50 Aide Aux Animaux volunteers.

Milda with the team of people who stayed with her overnight searching for Bubu drove to the town.

The town is not big, but have lots of small streets and corners, feels like looking for needle in the Haystack!

~7AM – Bubu was spotted by Milda an volunteers, he ran away - Milda's sixth sense lead her to Bubu's final location!!!

These are the posts that everybody waited so patiently and with prayers:
https://tinyurl.com/6aeadfbm
and the beloved video of the reunion:
https://fb.watch/6DTSosJXv5/

And a couple more pictures to show how much walking and running around Bubu did during the days - it can be seen on his little paws...

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POST 6:
Thursday (July 8):
Search for Bubu – ALL DAY and ALL NIGHT. This is the link to the update post on that day:

https://tinyurl.com/wb47jdc8

Thank you everyone who searched for Bubu the 5 days before Mildas arrival during the day and night, who searched with Milda all day and especially all night in the "not so safe" petrol station, and who never gave up on Bubu! 💕💕💕

Until the next morning, we had no clue what the outcome will be!

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POST 5:
Wednesday (July 7):
On the way!!!

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POST 4:
Tuesday (July 6):
We setup a fund and decided to go ahead with the trip.

The rest of the day was spent on following the news about Bubu and planning the trip. We have to give a BIG BIG THANK YOU to Johanna for keeping in touch with volunteers and reporting to us any news – in English 😊

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(POST 3)
The next day (Monday July 5)
That’s how Andrew got involved into the rescue … oh his sweetest heart (screenshot of the chat bellow)

And he did! He jumped on the plane with Milda and helped her all the way to the end!

P.S. We also setup this page to keep all the relevant information in one place that day.

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POST 2:
Sunday (July 4):
Conversation with Milda on Sunday, the first time we heard about Bubu being seen around the petrol station where he was lost:

It went something like this:
M: "How much it will cost to ditch the original flight to Lithuania and take a trip to France instead?"
J (after some calculations): "If all goes well, it will be at least 2k with all the tests, transport, accommodation"
M: "I don't have that much money. What if I would take a ferry on foot with Maria, then maybe I can hitch-hike to the place where Bubu was lost, and then whatever happens happens.. that must be only couple of hundred euro.."
J: 🙀
M: "No, I cannot put Maria in such a dangerous situation..."
J: 🙀
J (thinking): "This lady would do anything to find Bubu!!! There must be a way to get her to France safely!!!"

To be continued…

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POST 1:
Saturday (July 3): Milda found out that Bubu was lost somewhere in France. Milda was told that he ran away Friday evening. This is what I received from her…

Milda sent 3 July at 12:01
Jogile pas mus nelaimė atsitiko
Bubu pabėgo
Man žinok taip bloga nežinau kur dėtis
Pasirodo vakar tik man nepranešė nes tikėjosi jog suras
Vairuotojas atidarė narvą ir sake kad šoko ant jo ir pabėgo
Visa naktį praieskojo su policija ir veterinarinė tarnyba
Nerado
Dabar tik žmonių pagalba ir policijos dar vilties yra
Negaliu net apsakyt kaip blogai jauciuosi.. Ka as padariau
You sent 3 July at 12:31
Jeigu mes galetumem kuom padet parasyk - ar kam paskambint, ar pasidomet kazkokios informacijos. Tik parasyk.
Milda sent 3 July at 12:34
Ačiū Jogile, tik nelabai žinau ką galima padaryt.. Dėl to ir sunkiausia kad nežinau ką daryt

You only can imagine how Milda felt… she had her Flight to Lithuania on Wednesday. Now what to do??? Wait, cry, call, text, cry again and again…
This was the last picture we had of Bubu then...

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Today, I have decided to create 8 posts that would depict the events that happened from the day we found out that Bubu was lost, to the day after he was found.

8 days - from despair to happiness, stay tuned!

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For those who are interested, a high level of breakdown on the expenses to show where the 2000 figure came from in the fundraising page:

200 - COVID tests for Andrew and Milda (Monday, July 6th)
100 - Flights to Paris
400 - car rental
800 - accommodation for 8 days ( I know we could do better, but we were booking everything the last minute as we did not know what will happen the next day and we needed a per-friendly place for the days after Bubu was found)
50 - vet
600 - trip with Bubu home by a pet-friendly bus (Wednesday, July 13th)
***Total: 2150***

Other ad-hock expenses are not included here, but I hope it shows that every single cent donated is used for the Bubu's search trip and is really needed!

Link to Fundraiser:

Article de presse en français: LINK (Bubu's story got the attention of the local newspaper) Fol… Jogile Makselis needs your support for Help get Bubu home

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https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-get-bubu-home
Thank you all, you are the amazing people, without your support this beautiful moment would not be possible!!!
Watch the video: https://fb.watch/6DTSosJXv5/

All your donations went 100% to Milda to fund her trip to Bubu and any additional expenses.

We wanted to ask your support for the last bit of the journey. It is the final bit of the journey, no more adventures, just a little support needed to get the expenses covered for a trip home.
Please share the link around if you can and make this final bit less stressful to Bubu and Milda - they both deserve it!!!

Article de presse en français: LINK (Bubu's story got the attention of the local newspaper) Fol… Jogile Makselis needs your support for Help get Bubu home