Have tiara, will travel: Greek (canine) princess to emigrate for new throne
Princess Jorja Specklestockings: ‘Soon I’ll be ruling another country’ / Photo: Katerina Lorenzatos Makris
Pssst… Hey, can you keep a secret? No? Well, neither can I.
Soon I, Princess Jorja Specklestockings, will be going somewhere.
Hint: windmills, bicycles, tulips, everything orange, and… happy dogs. Where in the world could that be?
You guessed it—Holland! And it’s thanks to my fairy godmother Anneloes Wagenaar Hummelinck and the wonderful group Stichting Animal Association International (AAI) to whom she sent pictures and stuff about me. It’s also thanks to our friend Lia Theodoris who will fly me there on an airplane.
Agapi will stay to keep tabs on our chauffeur / Photo: Katerina Lorenzatos Makris
I will become a Nederlands hond, a Dutch dog. Soon I’ll be saying things like aangename kennismaking (pleased to meet you), wat is dat je eet? (what is that you’re eating?) and geef me wat je eet (give me what you are eating).
Plus I’ll never have to worry about catching that awful disease Leishmaniasis that Agapi and so many other dogs get here in Greece, because it doesn’t exist over there in Holland. And I’ll ride around on a bicycle—or at least watch (and sometimes bark at) other people riding around on bicycles.
A very nice lady is going to take care of me till some very nice family realizes that their lives are pathetic and devoid of meaning without a Greek princess around—namely moi.
For the time being, Agapi will stay with our chauffeur, which is a good thing because she’s very obnoxious and is always making me stop doing certain things I like to do (for example what is so wrong with shredding car safety belts?) so somebody needs to stick around to keep her under control.
My pesky little foster sister Ipo / Photo: Katerina Lorenzatos Makris
As for our pesky little foster sister Ipo… well, she’s got some news too. But I’ll let her tell you herself.
Tot gauw! (See you soon!)
Please note: Spicy Stories Save Lives is proudly providing part sponsorship for two other puppies too–Viktor and Violetta–and their mom Vaso (if/when we find her).
But Kefalonia Animal Trust (KATs) is currently fostering Viktor and Violetta–not easy because they’re very fearful–and KATs will provide their spay/neuter out of its 100 Dog Neuter Appeal fund. Please give if you can. Spay/neuter and education are the animals’ best hope for a better future.
To help many more animals like Viktor, Violetta, and Vaso on the Greek island of Kefalonia, please donate to registered charity Kefalonia Animal Trust (KATs), via PayPal or bank transfer.
Also please consider Animal Rescue Kefalonia (ARK), another group on the island that runs a shelter and works miracles with terribly few resources.
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Katerina Lorenzatos Makris is a career journalist, author, and editor. Her fiction includes 17 novels for Simon and Schuster, E.P. Dutton, Avon, and other major publishers (under the name Kathryn Makris), as well as a teleplay for CBS-TV, and a short story for The Bark magazine. She has written hundreds of articles for regional wire services and for outlets such as National Geographic Traveler, The San Francisco Chronicle, Travelers’ Tales, NBC’s Petside.com, Animal Issues Reporter.org, and Examiner.com (Animal Policy Examiner).
