Animal Rehabilitation Crete

27/03/2025

This coming Tuesday (1st of April) we start a new puppy socialisation course. We start at Kalami-beach, at 4pm.
The course is 6 sessions of about an hour (due to puppy's attention-span a bit shorter) on Tuesdays and Fridays.
The price is 90€ for the 6 sessions.

There are some spaces left, so please send me a PM if you want to attend. It will be good fun, and definitely important for your dog and you.
Looking forward seeing you there!

25/03/2025

Behavioural training, animal rehabilitation, animal physical therapy and wildlife conservation!
Check the website for more information
Www.animalrehabcrete.com

29/12/2024

Like this young Graueri (Eastern lowland Gorilla), just hold on tight!
Wishing all of you good health, happiness and common sense for 2025!!

31/10/2024

Ons boek is af! En vanaf 1 November verkrijgbaar in boekhandel en online.
MonkeyBusiness -pijn bij mensen en andere dieren-

Door pijngedrag van mens en dier te vergelijken ontstaat ruimte voor een verfrissende blik op pijn. Bestaande kennis leidt tot nieuwe inzichten en uitgangspunten voor behandeling.
Een must voor iedereen die zich bezig houdt met of interesse heeft in ‘pijn’.
Snel bestellen? Een mailtje aan:
[email protected] met je postadres.. Het boek wordt dan met een betaalverzoekje (€ 24,50) aan je toegezonden.
We zijn zo benieuwd wat jullie van ‘Monkey Business’ vinden!
Reacties zijn welkom!

English version is available early 2025.

02/03/2024

Call or email us after the weekend please, for all your animal rehab questions, training and veterinary physical therapy.

www.animalrehabcrete.com , 698-7431073, [email protected]

29/11/2023

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23/08/2023

Update on our funding project!
You can still donate, until the 1st of October, to help finance the last steps of our start-up!

Thanks,
Vincent

Hello, my name is Vincent, and I am the founder of Animal Rehabilitation Crete. We provi… Vincent Hoogstad needs your support for Animal Rehabilitation Crete

24/07/2023

How to respectfully greet a dog. Everyone should see this!

02/06/2023

Meet Pepe, our newest patient

🐾 Pepe is half-paralysed
🐾 Pepe wants to get to the feather anyway
🐾 Pepe decides willpower is stronger than muscles

Be like Pepe

22/05/2023

This lovely dog is lost and injured and is waiting for its owners to be picked up!
She’s at the kafenion at the square in Gavalochori!
Thanks 🙏

03/05/2023

Dogs, just as most mammals do have emotions, character and personality. You can't just make them do things for a treat, they need to be internally motivated to change their behaviour or alter their movement.
In the case of 'Yin' stepping over the Cavaletti rails clearly wasn't what she was hoping for.....

15/04/2023

Καλό Πάσχα from Animal Rehab Crete!

Hugo & Gaia are celebrating in the grass, in preparation for tonight's loud & stressful festivities. Here are some tips to calm your animals during the sound of gunshots, fireworks and crowd noises:

🐾 Be still. Don't talk to them too much, they are already confused and contrary to popular belief - animals don't speak human. Responding verbally to their stress barks or meows only justifies their fear. They do speak body language, so lean against them (don't forcefully hug them) and take deep breaths.

🐾 Make a treat trap. You can fill a rubber toy with peanut butter or coconut oil, or hide little treats around the house and let them focus on their nose rather than their ears.

🐾 Turn up the TV or music in the house. Their ears are quite sensitive, so be thoughtful about it. It has been proven that classical Bach compositions have a structure that calms the brain, even of dogs & cats.

Animal Rehab Crete will be gone on holiday until the 24th of April. Enjoy the weekend and see you next week!

04/04/2023

A few months ago, Loki came in our lives! we rehabilitated him till he was healthy and strong enough. Two weeks ago I brought my little friend to Holland (Dierenthuis) where he can and will live his best life!!
He's doing fine in his new pack, he made new friends, made himself a nice spot among the other disabled ones and is doing fine!!
Thanks to the amazing Dierenthuis,the Souda shelter project and to all you donations we where able to make a significant difference! We are happy and grateful! Jeffrey and Vincent!

"Hier zitten we dan. Ze heeft het hartstikke nat om ons heen gemaakt..."

11/03/2023

Who run the world? WOMEN!

A big thank you to the ladies of our community, who turned up yesterday and gave our male specimen Vincent Hoogstad a stage to talk about Women & Their Place In Evolution. Great questions were asked and sensitive topics were discussed, leaving us both humbled and inspired. In return, we hope we have given you some food for thought.

🐾 The proceeds are used for the vaccination & transfer of our patient Loki (last photo) to the disabled pet sanctuary Dierenthuis in the Netherlands. Together, we are the change.

02/03/2023

It took a while, but (...good news coming....);

We found Loki a good/perfect home, in Holland!!
The 21st of March I shall take him to the Netherlands myself. Saying goodbye will be hard, because we love him dearly, but this specialised shelter is by far the best place for Loki!

We could use a little more financial help for vaccinations, neutering (already done), passport and tickets. If you want to contribute, please visit our funding campaign https://gofund.me/8df005ba

15/02/2023

If Jane says it, it's true!