About me

I am Merlyn, born and raised in Hengelo in the Netherlands. As a child, I already loved animals. I could always be found outside with our dogs. I often took injured or sick animals home. Cats, ducks, hedgehogs, rabbits. I wanted to save all animals to the annoyance of my mother. In 2016, I set up the 'Dogs by Merlyn' foundation and moved to Romania to give stray dogs a better life. I currently have around 70 dogs in my shelter. I also go out daily to feed malnourished stray dogs. To try to reduce the number of stray dogs in Romania, I spay or neuter as many dogs as possible, dogs, provide injured or sick dogs with medication and find adopters for some dogs. I specifically say 'some dogs' here, because not every dog is suitable for adoption! Unfortunately, I cannot take all stray dogs to my shelter. But ideally I would like to.