Two months in a row.
Two records in a row.
And this time, we saw Bandit again.
972 bracelets in May. 9,720 meals funded. And a dog we thought we'd lost for good.
What May confirmed for us.
In April, we told ourselves it might have been a fluke. A good month. Great momentum, but nothing guaranteed.
May just answered.
972 bracelets sold. 9,720 meals funded in Mauritius. Two records back to back. And a reality that's starting to weigh on our shoulders — in a good way, but it still weighs.
A lot of you read this letter without having ordered yet. For five months now, we've been telling you what's happening on the ground, with real numbers and real photos. If you've had doubts so far, this month we're giving you even more reasons to trust us.
And to everyone who's been reading since January: thank you. What you've built with us, it's because of you.
19,900 meals. Since day one.
Almost 20,000 meals funded. In five months. With two people. On the dirt roads of northern Mauritius, at sunset, with a bag of kibble in the scooter's trunk.
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Bandit. We saw him again.
We didn't see it coming.
We were walking home that evening, in Pereybere. Not an official run — just the way back. And there, just like that, around the corner of a street we know by heart now, we saw him.
Bandit.
Two months without crossing paths, two months of going back through his neighborhood without a trace. We'd started to accept that he might be gone for good. We told you so in the April DogsLetter, with the words we had.
And there he was. Busy. In a hurry. He gave our hand a quick lick, like he was saying "I see you, I know you're here" — and off he went, back to his own business.
Bandit. Pereybere, May 2026. Still him.
That's Bandit. He hasn't changed — still that same attitude of a dog who belongs to the street and knows it. He's not looking to be saved. He's just looking to live.
Bandit is the mascot, the one whose howl started it all. Feedogs exists because of him. So seeing him again, even for two seconds, even from a distance — it means the world to us.
Some stories don't end well. This one, for now, keeps going. And that's already a lot.
The mission is growing. And there are two of us.
We need to talk to you about something we don't say often.
Behind Feedogs, there are two people. Two people handling the ads, customer service, orders, suppliers, social media, comments, messages — and handing out hundreds of meals a day on the ground.
In January, it was manageable. In May, with 972 bracelets sold and packs that keep growing, it's become a serious workout.
This isn't a complaint. It's a reality we'd rather tell you straight than pretend everything's running perfectly. Every single day this month, we fed. No exceptions. But the question now is: how far can the two of us go?
We're thinking about bringing someone on whose only job would be to be on the ground every day — feeding, observing, documenting. We don't have the funds for it yet. We're not sure it's the right time yet. But we're seriously thinking about it.
We want to bring this conversation to you. Because you're part of this mission. So we have some questions for you.
Three questions. Five minutes.
We've never done this in a DogsLetter. But we think it's the right time. We're growing. And we want to grow in the right direction — the one you want too. Your answers will directly shape what we build next.
Question 1 — Spay/neuter
Right now, each bracelet funds meals only. 1 bracelet = 10 meals funded. It's clear, it's simple, it's what we've promised you from the start.
But we're asking ourselves a serious question: should we redirect part of that budget to spay/neuter? In practice, that would mean a bracelet wouldn't just fund meals anymore — it would also partly fund surgeries that keep new puppies from being born on the street.
That would mean fewer meals per bracelet. But maybe more impact in the long run.
It's your money. It's your opinion we want.
Question 2 — Products
A bracelet today. What about tomorrow? If we expanded the Feedogs lineup, what would speak to you most? A second design, a dog accessory, kibble, something else?
Question 3 — The mission
Beyond feeding, what would you like to see Feedogs put in place over the next few months? More transparency from the ground, more partnerships with local associations, something else?
Anonymous · 3 questions · ~2 minutes
Two puppies. No mother. Right downtown.
It wasn't one of our usual runs. We were in Grand Baie, right downtown, in broad daylight.
And we saw them. Two puppies. Alone. No mother anywhere. Abandoned puppies right downtown means only one thing: someone dropped them off there. On purpose...
The two puppies from Grand Baie. Alone. Dropped off there.
The good news — and there is some this time — is that they were adopted. They're small, they're cute, and that saved them. The street is kinder to puppies than to adult dogs. We know it. We've seen it too many times.
These puppies have a mother somewhere in Mauritius. And that mother will probably give birth again. That's why spay/neuter isn't a side option for us. It's a necessity.
What we are. What we're not.
We're going to be straight with you.
Over the past few weeks, some of you may have seen comments on social media mixing us up with other similar initiatives — projects that also sold charity bracelets but were completely lacking transparency about what the money actually funded.
That's not Feedogs.
Feedogs is a registered business, not an association. That choice is deliberate and we own it. It means we don't collect donations, we can't promise you a shelter that doesn't exist yet, and we're subject to the same rules as any regular commercial business.
What that means in practice: every euro you spend is traceable. The numbers we give you in every DogsLetter are real. The photos are taken by us, on the ground, every day.
We don't have a shelter. We'd love to have one someday — but we'll only tell you about it the day it's real.
For us, transparency isn't a marketing pitch. It's the only way to do what we do and still look at ourselves in the mirror without second-guessing.
La Mama. She wanders.
We didn't see her often this month. La Mama — the female from the big pack we introduced you to in April, the one whose puppies we searched for without finding them — wanders every day...
She passes by. She eats when we run into her. She leaves again. A bit like Bandit, actually — dogs who have their own paths, their own territory, and who accept that we're there without depending on us.
Maybe that's freedom too. Even on the street.
A bracelet on your wrist.
10 meals funded for them.
Bandit. La Mama. Gratte-Gratte. The Piou Piou.
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Thank you.
In January, there were 48 of you. Today, we're approaching 2,000 bracelets.
Every bracelet is 10 meals. Every meal is a dog that won't go to sleep hungry tonight in Mauritius. It's that simple. And it's because of you.
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They were abandoned. They have no one.
Except you.
The Feedogs team, from northern Mauritius.