Galgo News

Meet the Family 2016

As a change from appeals etc, I thought you might like an update on my Spanish family.  In the photos here you will see my tiny Podenca Andaluz Bebe, now 13 years old, watching Polar sleeping.  Then there's dark brindle galgo Bracken (a failed foster from Galgos del Sol) who insists on sitting on whoever is on his favourite bed - he's 7 years old now - in this case lovely Carmela, rescued from a perrera by L'Europe des Levriers.  She also came as a foster but with serious trauma problems.  It took us 2 1/2 years for her to realise that life was good, by which time it was too late to put her up for adoption.  So she's another failed foster, now 11 years old.

Finally there's Polar - what can I say?!  3 years old now, adorable, loving, mischievous, very naughty.  And loves empty plastic drinks bottles, as it's what Jane Brian of Pepis Dog Refuge gives the pups to play with!  He loves sleeping on his back, legs in the air, displaying his huge deep chest for rubbing!  He's doing very well with his damaged leg, loves to run and play with Bracken and Carmela.

Portuguese galga and puppies - rescued just in time

Galga Riti was rescued from the street so heavily pregnant that she gave birth soon after to two gorgeous puppies. Viddy and Viggy will need forever homes when they are old enough, vaccinations, microchips etc.

Lumi is another galgo pup lucky to have been rescued with his galga mom from poor conditions.  You can read the story here and watch the videos of him at play with his sibling.

The only hope of a forever home for these lovelies is outside of Portugal.  Please contact Dogs of Portugal if you can help.

Murcia Police working in Animal Welfare

A report on the ACTIN website about the work Spanish police are doing in Murcia, after having attended one of the DeAnimals courses on Animal Welfare.  Would that this could extend across the whole of Spain.

Hairy Cuban looking for a family

I've always loved the long-haired galgos we've brought out of Spain on rescues, they are not very common.  Here's a lovely boy waiting and waiting for a forever home.

'Cuban is a young Galgo.   2 years since we brought him off a hunter because he didn't want to hunt.  He's unusual because he has long hair and people are not used to seeing this type of galgo... is that why no one has adopted him? He's a dog without any kind of fear, sociable, compatible with dogs and cats and walks great on a leash. He will come with chip, vaccinated and neutered. 
Contact 0034 (0)647084084

 

Adding a new dog to your household - Whole Dog Journal

I subscribe to a newsletter Whole Dog Daily and have copied this article from there.  If you want more information, you can purchase the full ebook of advice via the weblink at the end.

'Living with multiple dogs brings a whole new set of challenges. Adding a second (or third, or fourth) dog means more fun, more love, more joy and more wonderful doggy companionship. But it also means much more from you: more time, more money, more energy, and more working through problems.

Here are a couple of things you can do to try to avoid problems:

La Bienvenida, Ciudad Real - Stunning Galgo Hairo seeks forever home

My very first galga Karmel was from La Bienvenida refuge in Ciudad Real, 200km south of Madrid.  I travelled down with the team of L'Europe des Levriers to collect her, along with a dozen more.  I wrote about the trip for the Weekly Telegraph and that was also the birth of Galgo News.

This stunning boy is at La Bienvenida now.  He's Hairo, he was skeletal when rescued but is now looking much better.  Here is his story.

Hairo arrivedon 30th Junhe at the shelter, it's another waste more of the hunt among many so many. What can we say about him or his state that you can't see in the video?
Needless to say, he's too thin, you can see the spine and all the ribs, he looks like a sack of bones.  He was full of ticks and very dirty, has some wounds but they are not serious. He soon had a nice bath and stayed on good and clean. The poor boy very much appreciated the attention and filled us with kisses. In spite of his state, is a young galgo,  very affectionate and happy.  He just wanted to eat and lots of cuddling.

Seville - cheap accommodation available in the campo

Rosario de la Guia tells the story of this rescue - an all too common one about an abandoned galga who gives birth to pups.

Look at what we did to rescue this galga and her pups. In the field in a few bushes hidden. For 3 days carrying food and water 3 times a day. We caught them as  we couldn't leave them to die of a heat stroke.  We found an urgent foster placing  but we need to welcome them also for adoptions for when they stop suckling.  They are in Seville.  There is an adoption contract and follow up.

Contact Harris Garcia and Rosario or gmail nochelinda49@gmail.com

Once revered by Royalty, thrown away like garbage - the stunning White Galgo

They are Romeo and Juliet, obviously male and female very young. They were found by a wandering disoriented by the highway Jerez (Cadiz) Spain.  Loads of traffic, very dangerous for them.
Between Manuel and Macarena with the help of other cars that were stopped they managed to rescue them.
We believe that they are brothe and sisters, they support the one on the other.
We would like to home the two together, for obvious reasons.  They are very good and quiet.

They are at the clinic, but they won't be able to stay much longer. so a foster home is urgently needed, or even better, a forever home.  Adopt a galgo, you will regret it.

Contacts.  Macarena Castellano or Lola Bustillo  (but only on their facebook pages as I can't get an email or phone no for them)
Galgos & friends

Walking in Holland with Dutch Galgo Lobby

News from Dutch Galgo Lobby on a Greyt Galgo walk held last month 

Javea - Xabia Town Hall and APASA - plans for new kennels

Would that all municipal councils would do this.

In Javea - Xàbia Town Hall and Apasa cooperate on the design and management of the new municipal dog kennels.

The future facility will not decrease the capacity for the number of dogs nor will any dogs be put down.
Xàbia Town Hall and the animal protection organisation Apasa have reached an agreement to jointly design the future municipal dog pound to be installed in the Ramblars area, away from local housing, providing the best sanitary conditions and services. Both the mayor, José Chulvi, and the president of Apasa, Mandy Conway, have positively praised this new period of cooperation.