So… the sadness continues for the Spanish Galgos. Charl del Rio tells the tale of Noche.
It never ceases to amaze me how much a galo has to suffer and continues to endure, unless they reach the relative safety of a refuge. It is nothing a human would endure without giving in and complaining, or giving up totally. All galgos, when rescued, show gratefulness as only a galgo knows how.
This is the story of Noche, a galga who has endured immense suffering.
This is the night where her life was turned around and she found hands to cure her wounded body.
Noche was found by Loli’s daughter. Loli is a colleague of www.degalgos.org . Her daughter was out and saw this galgo walking into a local park. She followed her, only to see the gardeners still at work and shooing the galgo away, anything they could do to be rid of what they consider vermin and ugly in this country.
She stood frozen to the spot at their threats, which enabled Loli’s daughter to scoop Noche up and put her into her car.
Noche has suffered, the wounds on her skin are shocking. She has had terrible scabies, and has raw skin. The vet has also said it is highly probable she has been attacked by rats!!
Where was she for that to have happened to her? Her flesh shows, her skin is shocking and her fur is terrible. She is only young, about a year old – the vet says he would think that the “galguero” who owned her threw her away because of the skin problem.
How long has Noche been wandering the streets, trying to survive? Where was she dumped, that she was attacked by rats?
She looks old, but she is young as her teeth are transparent; her bones show through her paws. She has bite marks all over her body from the attack.
In Auroras words, “I don’t know why I called her Noche, but it’s the name that came to me when I thought of her rescue, even though it’s not really a dogs name!”
Noche is in isolation until her tests can be done – the vet wants her to rest and recuperate before doing her analysis. She is at the moment in Loli’s house in foster care, but needs to be in another location because Loli’s daughter is suffers from allergies.
What Noche needs, is a family, an adoption, the promise of life – that day follows night and every day and night will be filled with love.
I was so appalled by this story, it took me some time to write it, I just find it so sorrowful that a galgo can reach the state where they can be attacked by rats.
Galgos are the sweetest natured dog, and raising a family around a galgo is very rewarding. The love they give you can only come from a galgo, its something that only a galgo can know, and can show you in kind, their pure love for you. If you are thinking of adopting a dog, PLEASE think of the galgo, they need help, all of them.
Noche is looking for her forever home, are you her family? She is waiting for you!
Contact www.degalgos.org, or comdelrio@hotmail.com
Update: Noche needs her forever home