Here is the latest news from Lourdes on the Torre del Campo galgo, which had received a heavy blow to his head, making his movement unco-ordinated.
‘My vet was with my little galgo boy this morning. She didn’t order a blood test because the lab just works on Tuesdays. Next week we’ll do it.
She has prescribed a new treatment for him: 1 prednisona twice a day and 1 urbal once a day (for blood in excrements); and 1 and 1/2 hidroxil. He’s very clever, he knows now that medicines are in the food and he doesn’t eat them. When he goes for a walk it’s really difficult to get him back into his kennel.
Worms are nearly disappeared from his excrement and he eats a lot. He is working his joints, so I will take him for a walk everyday and you can see a video of today’s first walk with me. He gets really happy when people touch him but he gets nervous and flinches. When he starts to walk, he is not so good, he falls and walks really bad… But today after the walk he even ran!!’.
Marvellous news, these hounds are such great fighters. At the moment the association does not want donations for his care. When the vet has ascertained exactly what his problem is, and we know more, then they may ask.
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5 responses to “Torre del Campo galgo – beating the hunter”
This is so emotional, words fail me. I dont know if my tears are joy for how this galgo has fought back against all the odds and even manages to wag his tail, or tears of sadness for what he has suffered. I am so glad he has found kind caring people to love him and help him.
Just two years ago, our rescue took in a a beautiful blue greyhound girl which had been badly beaten and left for dead, she was paralysed, couldnt even stand. The vets were doubtful whether she would regain the use of her legs. After months of care, physio and rehab, she now plays happily with her whippet housemates, her movement is perfect, and all that remains is her nervousness of strangers. It is a lesson never to give up on them.
I hope this galgo recovers as Meadow did, and finds a loving home.
Some of the Vitamin Bs help, too. I do not remember which ones as there are approx. 12 Vitamin Bs in the complex.
One of our cat got a blow years ago, back in Hungary, maybe a car, but we were suspicious that a certain neinghbour did it as his daughter loved our cats and surely invited them into their house but the man did not like cats.
Anyway, I gave the cat Vitamin B pills as she obviously had a trauma, at the back part of her body.
She improved very well and nothing remained.
I think it would be beneficial for this dog, too, to receive some Vitamin Bs and maybe other vitamins that support the nervous system.
Tunde
Best nutrition for dogs, especially for weak ones:
http://www.greentripe.com/noguts2.htm
That is what my dogs mainly get, alongside with other kind of raw meat as hearts and pork ribs.
They thrive!
There is an original form of the article as pdf available, there were photos of the real tripe in it.
http://www.maryannland.com/Green_tripe.pdf
Tripe should be highlighted throughout the rescue community. It is absolutely superb but thanks to the kibble lobby, sometimes hard to come by. I had to drive from Budapest to Vienna to get my tripe from the tiny shop at the Viktor Adler Markt. But it was worth the drive!
I also heard, that dogs that eat BARF, have much less parasites, incl. worms, as the worms do not like the intestinal flora of such dogs. The worms can not thrive in the guts of naturally fed dogs.
Tunde
thats true mine never suffer with them because they are fed mainley on human food i had a look at vidio reluctantly thought i was going to see something really upsetting oh he is beutiful i have been in contact with lourdes myself she sent me vidio of him today bless him