Galgo News

Galgos Rescue Almeria - 2 happy galgas

From Sandy at Galgos Rescue Almeria.

Diansa and Fontanela arrived at our Rescue center on October 1, 2020 and were given away by their owner. When the sisters were picked up from a local vet in Mazarrón Fonda was shaking all over. She was so scared and every time her sister Dia disappeared from sight she desperately searched for her. It soon became clear to us that these sisters were inseparable and that a future without each other was unthinkable, not even possible.

The search could start looking for a perfect match, which was not easy since the sisters were not so young. Days/weeks/months went by but we didn't gave up. These sisters would have a new future together at all costs. Dia & Fonda saw many friends leave, but finally 10 months after their arrival at Galgosrescuealmeria, both sisters could leave their past behind and pack their bags with the nice memory of their stay at GRA. It was an emotional farewell because these girls were so special.

One galgo is never enough!

I often say galgos and podencos should come with a health warning - one is never enough, they are such wonderful loving and rewarding dogs. We regularly had 4 or 5 at our farm in France, a couple of which were failed fosters! Here's a lovely story about a canine family adopted through Greyhounds In Need.

Protectora Scooby Newsletter 6 - Gift a Virtual Adoption

From Fermin Perez.

Gift A Virtual Adoption

Our Virtual Adoption Programme is a good way of supporting some of the needy animals in the Scooby shelter. You can choose for yourself or as a gift for family and friends for 10€ per month or 115€ per year. We will send the virtual adopter a certificate, a photo of the chosen animal and updates twice per year. There are lots of animals to choose from,
including:

Granny - an oldie;
Donja - has only one ear
Zuki - had gangrene before arriving at the
shelter and lost both of her back paws;
Paris - the gentle giant and an old faithful
Alba the albino horse is there with Plus y
Ultra, the goats, alongside Cayenne y
Pepper, the donkeys. All overseen by
Blackie the head of the cats in our cattery!

You can find them all here

Dog & Cat Adoptions

Protectora Scooby Newsletter 4 - Kennel Renovations - we need funds and builders

From Fermin Perez.

Kennel Renovations

You may recall from our autumn bulletin we appealed for financial help towards kennel repairs. We have not been able to do the work because we failed to raise the funds. In addition there is a lack of available, skilled bricklayers in our area. It is pretty much impossible to find labour to do the job and within a reasonable estimate (€5k).

Our appeal remains and if you are able to donate towards it, we’d be very grateful. We’d love to complete the renovations in the spring when it is less rainy. We desperately need to repair brickwork, smooth the floor area to make cleaning easier
and safer.

And now a rehoming story - not a galgo but an example of the work Scooby does.

Elsie: Has Family At Last

More from Greyhounds In Need - helping Spanish shelters

You can read all the latest news on this weblink, including details of galgos homed and galgos hoping for homes. Their Christmas calendar is also for sale.

This photo is of the Galgos Rescue Almeria new kennels and awning funded by GIN.

Greyhounds In Need - Spring newsletter

Read about the latest galgos to arrive in the UK now in their forever homes, and lots more besides.

Living with a blind dog

I've written this article on my Podenco Post blog but I want to share it with you because the situation with our podenco could just as easily be written about a galgo.

Bo (Bocelli) is a blind podenco we recently adopted from life on a chain in Lorca, Spain. Having both had dogs for all our seven decades of life, we have never had a blind dog. So it is a new experience for us. He has now been with us for a couple of months and is settling in very well. He can now find his way out of the kitchen into the garden to the toilet, and back again. Luckily we have a ramp at our back door rather than steps, which is much easier for him. He hasn't so far ventured into the rest of the bungalow but no doubt he will do it one day, in his own time.

He shares his home with Rosely, a sighted podenca, and very often shares his bed with her. She wears a bell on her collar so he always knows where she is. He is at the stage of wanting to play with her in the garden, but after 6 years shut in a shed breeding babies, Rosely doesn't know how to play. Her main interest is her stuffed toys, baby substitutes I suspect.

2 Scooby Galgos living happily in Italy

It's lovely to have a happy rehoming story to publish, I hope you enjoy reading the story of Chiry and Maui.

'I am Marta Pedrali, I read all your articles since I adopted a galgo. I adopted a beautiful black and white galgo two years ago and a brown one last year. I love them so much and I do not understand why people treat them in those ways in Spain and in other parts of the world. For this reason, I share my story, my daily life with my special galgos through a Facebook page called "Chiry the galgo & Maui" in order to make people understand how amazing life is with them and how sweet they are. I also volunteer in an Italian association that homes them, its name is "Progetto Galgo Onlus", we are in the province of Bergamo, Italy.

Paolo and I (Marta) are a couple that the 30th June of 2018 adopted, for the first time, a black and white galgo named Chiry. We adopted Chiry with the help of an Italian association called “Progetto Galgo Onlus”. Chiry comes from Protectora Scooby Medina in Spain. I chose him (it is a “he”) personally, after looking at the website of Protectora Scooby. On their database are plenty of dogs, I couldn’t choose at the beginning. But, when I noticed a photo with that face so sad and frightened, he caught my eyes and it didn’t take a long for me to understand that it was him, Chiry, that I would have surely adopted! Now, two beautiful and intensive years have been passed since that hot afternoon when Chiry came to us.

Galgos happy in their US forever home

Beth Travis has written the story of how she came to be involved with galgos and the ones she adopted.

'The pics I have attached Pablo (tri-colored) and Cisco (white) and Drogo (brindle).

I have always had 2 dogs so that when I am at work they can keep each other company. When my one dog passed away of old age I was looking for a companion for my other dog. I don’t have children so my dogs have always been the focus of my life to love and spoil. I was talking about it at work when a co-worker said I have a Galgo from Spain and I am fostering a Galgo Whippet mix. My response was “what the heck is a Galgo”. Most people in the US have never heard of a Galgo and as soon as I saw his picture I fell in love with him. I called him Pablo and was told the family that first adopted him returned him because he hid in the closet. My co-worker was trying to get him socialized so he could be adopted to his forever home. He came from out of state from a woman who brought a couple galgos from Spain and was cross breeding them with other breeds of dogs. But it seemed to be more of a puppy mill where they were just kept in cages and not socialized.

Galga Faith - a happy ending for an abandoned galga

Here's a lovely rehoming story from Ann Marie Payne of Ann's Canine Care.

'My gorgeous Faith, my New Year Baby. - First one through the door on New Years Day

Abandoned and left fending for herself on the streets by another sub human galguero.

Last week she left me and went into TRACES to start her journey to her lovely new mum Sam Phipps who lives in the UK
But what makes this adoption so special is the fact that Sam not only lives in the UK but, also lives in the same street as Lisa Pratt who adopted my adorable Patty, who was living in atrocious conditions and was also being threatened by her sub human galguero.