GALA: (from Cobie at Scooby) She gave milk so the vet made an echography and from the form of the uterus he could see that she had given birth very recently. A galguero would never murder a litter of real galgos so probably it wase mixes. He stole them from her, probably mad because of the mixes, murdered them and hung her in a tree to die.
Better nobody tells us who the bastard is who did this to her, because really, I swear…! She is not just sweet but super, super, super sweet and bravely trying to forget the horror which came over her the last few days!! Galgos…they are just amazing…! The first picture is Gala with her saviour, a few moments after he cut her loose from the tree, milles gracias de corazon!!!!! The other picture shows Gala enjoying the sun and the other dogs´company.
UPDATE 12/12/13: Sadly Foguete had an epileptic fit this afternoon, and scared all that were around him, who felt powerless to help. Even with a wooden spoon in his mouth he managed to bite his tongue and now has a small cut. We spoke to the vet who told Teresa this was expected, as it’s common in neurological damage to develop epilepsy. It does not mean it’s permanent, but he will start epilepsy medication tomorrow. He felt better later this evening, so was taken for a walk in the village to try and cheer him up.
He also appears to have become incontinent, Teresa found him wet and he pooped himself during the night, the poor thing looked so embarrassed he would just look down in shame. But we’re far from giving up on him, and as long as he’s happy, we’re happy. We’ll keep fighting until he gets the loving life he deserves. Thank you so much to all that have helped him so far.
Ines explains, Hi all, the prosecution against the owner needs to come from the municipal vet. Fortunately he is good friends with Teresa and has followed every animal cruelty case that came from this man. He has an history of abusing animals, not only Estrela, Duke and Foguete, but he still holds on to Esperança, Estrela’s daughter who has remained with him in exchange for him allowing Teresa to take Estrela away. Teresa, the vet and SEPNA (the equivalent of RSPCA) are working together to prosecute and forbid this man from ever having an animal again. We first need to get Esperança out. It’s not easy as this man has an histoy of violence for which he has been arrested several times, but the case is not forgotten and the abuse complaints are pilling up against him. We will update as it evolves. Thank you
TICO. Update from Sandra – Good morning, yesterday he had the last injection of Inconvinient (60 euros). We have withdrawn the meloxicam, and he will be on amoxicillin until Sunday. When the vet approached the hand to touch his hind legs, Tico gathered, as saying, “not ever”.We have to be happy; in less than a week, his hind legs have regained much stronger. On January 6 we begin rehabilitation. We trust him. And this weekend a team from Galgo Support Holland are visiting.
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13 responses to “Updates – Gala, Tico, Foguete”
Good news re Gala, thank you to the lovely person who saved her. Poor Foguete but at least he is now in very good hands. Wonderful about the supportive vet. Beryl, please can you keep us update re Esperanca.
i totally agree with cobie in what he is saying about the b—— who done this to gala its got to put you out your mind bless you gala bless you aswell forguet i do feel for you and hope it works out for you baby you deserve a happy ending all what you have been through thinking of you and also esperanca needs moving asap it must be so upsetting so close to her knowing what she is going through and not been able to do anything about it untill that owner says so what health probs as this poor girl got on top of everything else hope she is rescued soon keep us updated i donated again today for forguet and tiko and charl and another 2 rescues
have you had any news on gala beryl poor girl
Gala is doing very well at Scooby Residencia Valladolid, she especially loves whipped cream from an aerosol can, and sleeping on the sofa with the other galgos.
And Foguete has stopped having fits. No news on his eyesight yet.
Thank you for the news on Gala, I wondered how she was doing 🙂
aww bless her my sky use to love cream from a can my others would run away from the noise of it bur sky was on to a good thing she stayed and cought the cream she loved it bless her i do miss her well gala keep going you will get there soon girl thank you scooby for what you have done
its great news for forguet bless
UPDATE 21/12/13: For those who remember, Estrela and Foguete had more offspring, two of whom remained with their horrible owner to replace their mum Estrela. This was the only way we could get Estrela out. Esperança is one of those pups, she was now rescued by Teresa as she was let loose and ended up being ran over by a car. She was taken to the vet and has a nasty luxation that will need surgery or she will stop growing altogether and will get a life time injury that won’t heal. Like Foguete, Esperança is severely emaciated and extremely fearful of people, especially men. She loses control of her bladder out of fear and will need a long recovery. She is also so used to live in poor conditions, that she refuses her bed and sleep in the hard cold cement floor instead. She is being medicated for pain and has an X-ray booked in Animalia, the animal hospital in Beja, and will also need help to treat her leg. Foguete has meanwhile been diagnosed with an extra systolic heartbeat as a consequence of the overdose, and is now on heart medication to avoid arrytmia, and Teresa was warned to be careful as poor Foguete can have another cardiac arrest without warning. Thank you all that have sent them specialist food, so far Teresa hasn’t received any other item, but is most grateful for all your help. THANK YOU
cant believe tereasa hasnt had any other items apart from whats been sent from this post well my other donation of cash will be coming through next friday this is awful for them poor dogs estrella now happy duke at 112 carlota gals couldnt be in a better place waiting for home bless and at least p dr have got these 2 poor souls now they are moving up what ashame about esperanca not wanting to sleep on bed thank you for the update jane
Jane and Jenny, please can you advise me what Teresa needs? I may have missed a post on here, so would be really grateful if you could let me know where to find out what she needs or if a donation would be best? A reminder of the PayPal address would be good too. I can donate or send something tomorrow, so please get back to me, as I want to help.
kathryn the best thing to do is send a cash donation it cost to much to send items thats why i sending donation in cashagain next friday go on portugal dog rescue site and just press the donate button and go through process as usual sre you going to gaged event in manchester in jan or is there no one to look after dogs i ant taking mine to cold for them my husband looking after mine
OK thanks Jenny that is what I will do tomorrow. I would really like to go to the event in Manchester. Too cold to take dogs, especially senior chap who would be most put out! He is now used to a life of luxury and a warm and cosy bed! So this means I would have to go on my own, train there and back. I am working the next day so it is also dependent on the weather but I would so like to go. Will keep you updated. Also I saw a picture of Rey on Carlota galgos website of dogs who have been adopted. He is lovely, a black beauty! Hope you are feeling a bit better. It is awful all the suffering that goes on but at least there are some great rescues with people supporting them. Just have to keep hoping and praying and trying to do what we can. Hope you have a happy Christmas x
thanks cathryn you have one too i wont ant had for the past 4 years since i learnt about the plight of the galgos and podencos i know i sound doom and gloom sometimes but cant help it i just constantly think of all them poor souls in kill stations roaming round lost starving it cuts me up all the ones getting beat up most the hunters are responsible for the way i feel and not just them all prats that do harm to animals pff never ending im going on train just hope there is one bk earlier enough for us me and my youngest son but will go with the flow