Home for 10 years

The first in our region private shelter foranimals "Home" this month turns 10 years old. We asked the founder and ideological mastermind of the shelter of Maxim Dolgopolov to tell how everything began, what the house for cats and dogs now lives and what are his plans for the future. Maxim Vladimirovich Dolgopolov kindly agreed to answer our questions.

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In the region there are only 2 registered private shelters for homeless animals

"Home hearth" (opened in 2004 by a businessman Dolgopolov Maxim)

"Rzhevka" (opened in 2006 by the People's Artist of Russia Velyaminov Petr)

Maxim Dolgopolov: "To be honest, my little daughter founded the shelter"

Home "home hearth" put a brood of kittens,there were about eight of them. Found his daughter Lisa and hid in a shed next to our house. Kittens grew up, and to drive them out of the barn, my wife and I did not raise a hand. Further more. Lisa began to bring home puppies. At some point, it seemed that we had so many livestock that there was nowhere to go - there was a cheerful laughter at the house of M.M. Dolgopolov - it was terrible to walk around the house, you must step on someone. That's when the idea came to build a house for stray animals.

Now "Domashniy Ochag" is 3 hectares of land with4-hulls, which are equipped by all the rules. They have ventilation and heating, special feeders and aviaries with a walk. A good staff is keeping an eye on the animals. In addition, we are constantly working with volunteers, who enjoy the communication with animals. No fluffy resident of our house does not remain without caresses, all stroking and scratching behind the ear.

"In Russia, more like thoroughbreds, in the west - poochs" - Dolgopolov Maxim

The most important task of our shelter is to findevery furry homeless homemaker. It is not enough if this owner is only kind, he should be also caring, and most importantly - patient. After all, to get on with two adults, fully formed personalities - the owner and his new pet - you need oh how much patience, "Maxim Dolgopolov shakes his head.

To us in the kennel come two types of potentialowners: one in search of a thoroughbred pet, others - choose a friend, and more often their choice falls on a mongrel cat or dog. In Russia, a great love for status things, so our compatriots and a tailed member of the family want to have as much pedigree as possible. Abroad, on the contrary, "noblemen" are at a premium. Foreigners like in such animals a pronounced individuality. Here Dolgopolov Maxim Vladimirovich read in my eyes the question and clarified: "No one is immune from being on the street, including an animal with a good pedigree can be there. Different situations happen in life. Someone could not get along, but someone just tired of his pet, someone moves to live in another country, and someone of the owners dies. "