Batumi Bring A Ball
Train. Care. Play. Belong.
Batumi’s streets are full of dogs, calm, curious, resilient. They’re already part of the city’s rhythm.
Bring a Ball turns that reality into something intentional: healthier dogs, safer streets, and a city that becomes famous for how it treats its animals.
This is not about removing dogs from Batumi.
It’s about raising their value, socially, emotionally, and economically, until the city itself has a vested interest in their wellbeing.
Not Strays. Community Dogs.
In most cities, street dogs are treated as a problem to be solved.
In Batumi, the dogs already belong.
They are:
Naturally well-socialized
Comfortable around locals, tourists, and pet dogs
Calm in crowds
Trusted by the community
This level of coexistence is rare, and fragile. Once lost, it’s almost impossible to recreate.
Batumi doesn’t have a stray dog crisis.
It has an unrecognized asset.
From Invisible to Invaluable
Despite how well these dogs integrate into city life, they remain largely invisible to the systems that decide funding, policy, and long-term planning.
When something isn’t formally valued, it isn’t formally protected.
Bring a Ball changes that by:
Supporting the dogs without changing who they are
Making their presence intentional and visible
Turning coexistence into something the city is proud of, and invested in
The Mogućnost Solution
Bring a Ball is built to last.
The care and connection this project creates doesn’t end with a single visit or moment. The value Batumi gains through increased tourism, visitor generosity, and partnerships is intentionally fed back into the dogs themselves, supporting their daily care, maintaining their homes, and ensuring long term wellbeing.
As that foundation strengthens, the project naturally expands.
What begins in the heart of the city allows us to step beyond it, reaching dogs on the outskirts, funding spay and neuter programs, and improving conditions where care is needed most.
This is the Mogućnost approach:
projects that create value, protect what works, and use growth as a way to widen responsibility.
Not charity that runs out.
Not systems that extract and move on.
But a cycle of care designed to keep going.
The Bring a Ball Model
Support the dogs. Care for their health. Formalize their place in city life.
Training & Support
Training is not about domesticating or controlling these dogs, it’s about reinforcing what already works.
With professional trainers and volunteers, we:
Strengthen calm, social behavior
Teach consistent commands for safety and clarity
Support positive interactions with people and pet dogs
The goal is trust, predictability, and harmony, not ownership.
Veterinary Care
We bring in veterinary professionals to ensure Batumi’s community dogs are:
Healthy
Vaccinated
Spayed or neutered
Monitored over time
This protects the dogs, the people, and the delicate balance the city already enjoys.
The dogs remain free, cared for, not confined.
The Batumi Dog App
Every trained community dog is registered in a public app, not to control them, but to introduce them.
Each profile includes:
Tourists don’t meet “a stray.” They meet a dog the city knows.
Visitors can:
Batumi becomes a destination for people who love animals, and value connection.
Name
Temperament
Commands they know
Favorite foods
“Tickle spots”
Health status
Find dogs nearby
Learn how to interact respectfully
Spend time playing, walking, and connecting
Clean Streets, Shared Responsibility
Healthy dogs and clean public spaces go hand in hand.
Volunteers work alongside locals to:
Maintain dog areas
Keep shared spaces clean
Build pride and shared responsibility
When people care for something together, they protect it together.
Branded Dog Houses & City Identity
We build durable, branded dog houses placed thoughtfully throughout Batumi.
These aren’t shelters hidden out of sight. They are visible symbols of care and intention.
Each dog house represents:
A commitment to the dogs
A recognizable part of the city’s landscape
Infrastructure worth maintaining
Batumi doesn’t hide its community dogs. It stands beside them.
Making Community Dogs Part of the Attraction
Imagine Batumi known globally as:
The city where the street dogs are trained, named, loved, and part of daily life.This creates:
A unique tourism hook
Longer visitor stays
Repeat visits from animal lovers
Positive global press
Social media virality rooted in real care, not gimmicks
The dogs stop being a “problem to manage” and start being a feature to protect.
We accept monetary donations, volunteer time, materials, skills, and energy, because possibility is built through all forms of contribution, not just financial capital.
And once anyone gives anything, they become part of our inner circle:
a private community where every step, purchase, decision, and milestone is documented and shared in real time.
This is full transparency.
Every donor sees exactly how their contribution turns into impact, from the clinics we build to the animals we treat to the villages we reach.
How Can You Support this Mission?
The Bigger Picture:
City Level Investment
When community dogs contribute to:
Tourism revenue
International reputation
Social wellbeing
Civic pride
The city has a reason to protect them.
The long term vision is simple:
Make the dogs so valuable that Batumi has a vested interest in their wellbeing.
This is how change lasts, not through force, but through aligned incentives.
More Than Animal Welfare
Bring a Ball is not just about dogs.
It’s about:
How cities care for what already works
How tourism can support community instead of disrupt it
How play can become policy
How coexistence can become identity
Batumi doesn’t need fewer dogs.
It needs to protect the relationship it already has with them.
Bring a Ball is how that protection begins.
Connection that protects them.
Batumi does not lack love for its dogs.
What it lacks is a way to make that love visible, lasting, and celebrated.
Bring a Ball trains, cares for, and brands these already loved community dogs, creating a citywide ecosystem that locals cherish and visitors seek out.
This is care designed to be seen, shared, and admired around the world, a rare model of coexistence made intentional.
“I traveled to over 30 countries with my rescue dog, I’ve held his 37kg body over my head while strays jumped, and was attacked countless times in streets and on dog beaches alike. Through all of it, I’ve never seen anything like Batumi. The calm, the trust, the way these dogs are already part of the city, it’s rare, it’s precious, and it’s proof that this model could inspire care for dogs everywhere.”
Batumi Bring A Ball is Dedicated to Rune