It’s a while since I shared news about
Harley arrived with a badly infected eye. Sadly it could not be saved. (He’s below wearing the pink bandage!)
Dante is another recent arrival with a deformed front leg, in pain, because the galguero did nothing! He was on death row in Huelva perrera, covered in ticks with sad eyes, a piercing cry – he howled in the kennel, lost and scared. He had mass muscle wastage on his shoulder, his ankle was dead, a letter freeze brand on his back leg, and old fractures were evident on the xrays vet Paco took. Paco has operated to ease the pain. More vet bills into 4 figures.
Tarzan was living rough on the streets, a very canny streetwise galgo – it took 4 months to final catch him.
Happy has recently arrived, suffering the most horrendous mange. In great pain, swollen legs, raw wounds, unable to lie down. His treatment has now started and he has a soft comfy bed to lie on in recovery. More costly vet fees.
And next week two more galgos arrive from kennels where they were awaiting room to go to the finca.
On top of this, Charl has held ‘open days’ at the finca where children (and their parents) can come and spend the day learning what is involved in looking after a dog. She’s also been invited to local schools to talk to classes on the subject.
All the family are involved in caring for the dogs including the children. Every day up early to feed and clean the dogs, exercise them, treat with medication, travelling to and from the vet.
It’s extremely hard work with a continual worry of how the next bills will be paid, as well as concern about the sick galgos. There is no quick fix; just weeks and months of love, patience, experience and hard work.
The del Rio family help each and every soul which comes into the finca and they live their lives on a financial wing and a prayer.
You can donate towards the cost of Dante’s vet bill on this link.
You can donate direct to 112carlotagalgos on this link.
This photo below is of Ebro when he first arrived at the finca, carried in a torn Carrefour bag to support his broken body. This was the best way to move him to lessen any pain his smashed up body was enduring after being tied up and rammed by a car.
And below that is Prince, starving and sick, barely able to stand – his recovery was a slow process as he lost interest in food. He had to be hand fed, spoon fed broth.
And finally Ebro taking the sun with Charl – you can see the pins which he had on both front legs when they were reset.
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reading this it must be heartbreaking to see these poor lost souls in the kill stations but when you see them as broken as this it must be soul desroying to have to build them back up again hear them crying in pain must crease you i know it would me and the brainless heartless gutless idots in them kill stations dont do anything to help these poor souls i do remember this as though it was yesterday thinking of poor jadie and ebs and that ebs was the worst of the 2 but then things changed and jade was slipping slowly away in the vet and i remember jay saying to me that that girl looks as though she is giving up i thought to my self no girl you got to pull through you have got this far please then then on the 19th jan i got the email off charl saying she went to sleep in my harms this morn jen oh bless her i cried and i cursed the b—— that did this i will never forget that little girl so close but yet so far i have put only a little through to charl on and off and will put a little through to her tomorrow and i remember step by step telling me the day to day and night to night of the healing of ebs charl saying at the time was where ever i lay my head thts where i sleep she was so warn out looking after ebs and of course she had her other babies in the kennels to look after aswell and her family she is one in a million i thought about her every night every day as she went along that journy you come through hard times charl with ebs well done to you for bringing a broken galgo back
i also remember charl keeping me up to date with tarzen so much to do and still gives time to fill you in on whats going on he was a bugger to get hold of but charl didnt give up early hours of the morning she was out searching to see if he had gone into trap she even had to go in on horse back cause her van wouldnt get to where she wanted to be its a shame harlequin lost his eye but at least he is in a safe place and prince he was reserved sont know for sure he as gone yet bless him and dante and happy you are in safe hands now never to be treated bad again i know jay put a decent donation through early this week from fundraising last week for gals she donated for the pods aswell and said to me i have something left dont know who to put to so i gave her some rescues that in been in the news for a while she said i will have a look but hard as there are so many of them its funny really there is a lot out there now but still not enough and i cantdo anything to help the situation
Jen, you have always been a wonderful supporter of the appeals on Galgo News and Podenco Post – however small, you find a donation from somewhere. Do you need some more goods for car boot sales? Would you like me to appeal to send stuff to you if they dont live too far away?
that would be great beryl we would pick up but our car old so wouldnt risk doing a long run cause if out happens while we on our way its the cost of getting it fixed no sodding spare money all the usual we pay on car is more than enough i will always support and pay out of my own money even if just 5 its a small gift bet better than nothing i really wish i could do more
i am going to pick 2 hampers up i have bought they ant doggy or food hampers they are made up of i think of body spray cream and soap things i raffeling them in the run upto christmas for the rescues 50p a strip sold some already and will sell some more when i get them to show people and then they are going in jays shop till mid december hope i do well for the rescues and my friend jane is buying a book and selling what she can for me bless her always there when i need her and jay has done a lot too for the rescues
Just donated 30 euros to 112 Carlota Galgos and shared the article on Twitter. God bless everyone working in one way or another for these dogs.
I wonder how sweet & fearful Leo is doing..?
Charl does such amazing work. Our group do a few fundraisers for 112carlotagalgos to help with vets bills etc, but there is always more that needs doing, always more money needed. There are so many lost, tortured souls out there to save – it is heartbreaking. I admire anyone who gives there time to saving these beautiful dogs. I look at my galgo/podenco cross Gandalf every day and give thanks to Charl and his rescuers – without them he would be dead now without a doubt.
It try and donate when I can. Charl is doing a wonderful job, totally admire and respct her. I think Sight Hounds for Life are going to do another auction for Charl. The first auction they put on was great, really lovely stuff. I did win a lovely collar for my greyhound. There is also Martin Usborne’s blog ‘A Year to Help’ where you can buy some beautiful prints of Charl’s galgo and the money raised goes directly to her for the galgos.
i know cathryn i will have to go on there and buy one when i can afford it would love one
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Thank you Beryl, I’ll do it.