Even with 75 dogs to care for 24/7 and a pregnant galga just rescued after being abandoned and running loose in the village, and about to produce babies, Jane and Alan of Pepis Refuge made time to visit a local hunter. Here Jane explains.
‘As part of our ongoing effort to be involved in the world of the Galgos and the Galgueros in our area, we were invited to go and see a local Galguero and his dogs. He was very proud to show us the food he prepares them every day, which consisted of pasta, vegetables, meat and bread, with a supplement of vitamins which we saw cooking as we were there.
His dogs have a large compound with individual sleeping compartments, spotlessly clean. His dogs are micro chipped, vaccinated and tattooed on the ear. For security reasons he has a vault door filled with concrete and thick walls as some of the Galgos are from champions and to him are priceless, he has dogs of over 7 years of age that he won’t part with.
We in turn spoke at length and showed photos of Galgos living in homes, languishing on sofas and beds and being part of a family and explaining that there is another side to these beautiful dogs. In his way he is doing the best for his dogs, but we hope we have shown him a different side to Galgos, he seemed very surprised that Galgos can be such good companions.
The point we are trying to make is that we cannot just sit back and accept these dogs being dumped. We have to face these people and hope that we can eventually educate them in many aspects, too many to list, but first we want the Galgueros to trust us and look at both sides, we can only try, as the proverb says “nothing ventured, nothing gained”.’
There are 75 dogs to feed, vet fees to pay, and now the electricity generator has blown up! So Jane and Alan are looking after the dogs like the pregnant galga by torchlight in the evenings! Add to that Jane is suffering from shingles and Alan has just come home after another heart scare and been told to take it easy!
They need all the help they can get – donations, dog food (it costs 700 euros/month), volunteers to go and help (there’s a nice caravan for you to stay in). And if anyone can organise a fundraiser, regular car boot stalls….anything…please, please help.
Also visit Susan Dason’s Blue Greyhound shop on ebay.
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3 responses to “Educating galgueros – Pepis Refuge, Seville”
Jane and Alan are amazing in what they do. I will be putting a donation through at the end of the month.
That is good news! The galguero will tell his friends about the galgos being superb pets… they tell their friends etc.
The safest place to stay for a galgo (regarding thefts) is in his owner’s bed!
Maybe they told this to the galguero 🙂
If he really cares for his dogs, they soon they could advance to his bedroom, too!!
Galgos do not smell so where is the problem?
They are perfect bed warming equipment for their owner. Just like cats.
i cant believe what i am reading re a galguro taking care of his galgos hard to sink in and digest really and the tattoos in the ears is that a new thing bless jane and alan for all they do especially when they have all their problems on top bless the galga who is expecting jane and alan stepped in again i will donate when i can prob Friday when i donate for the again to the refuge who is shutting down they need donations for food and vets bills till they get the dogs off to another rescue or homed