List of galgo and podenco rescue and rehoming associations
Author: Beryl Brennan
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Fern’s Law in the UK – make it compulsory for lost & stolen pets to be checked for chips
On this link you can read the petition for Fern’s Law – to make it compulsory for lost and stolen pets to be checked for microchips when recovered.
On this weblink you can read the report of the debate in Parliament.
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Rescued Spanish Hunting hounds
Why you should always uses a harness and collar with separate leads when you have a nervous dog.
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Dogs of Portugal – 3 stunning galgos looking for forever homes
3 stunning galgos have been handed by their hunter to Dogs of Portugal as he no longer wants them. See their photos/videos and read about them on the links below.
Malik
https://dogsofportugal.wordpress.com/2021/06/25/malik-galgos-deserve-better-than-that/Miss Pretty
https://dogsofportugal.wordpress.com/2021/06/24/miss-pretty-calm-friendly-gentle/Cloud
https://dogsofportugal.wordpress.com/2021/06/26/cloud-snow-white-beautiful-galga/ -
Galgo Sheriff with Akira Dog Sanctuary – urgently needs a home
I’ve received this appeal from Hayley O’Brien at Akira Dog Sanctuary.Sheriff – an urgent case, he is a lurcher pup of 8 months. He is a beautiful dog, he just has typical puppy energy and the senior dog of the house couldn’t cope. He is good with dogs and kids etc.
I can send more details have videos or more pictures too. He can travel to the UK os needed.
Contact Hayley hayleyobrien@live.co.uk
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The fate of thousands of Spanish galgos every year
Abandoned outside the Civil Guard yet they do nothing! Hoping a Protectora has now taken the poor soul to safety.
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Galgo Rescue Almeria – Dana and 8 babies added to the fold
Galga Mama Dana recently gave birth to 8 beautiful galgo puppies. It’s going to take a few weeks before the little ones are well enough to play outside. A few months ago we build 2 new quarantine kennels to give mum’s with puppies the necessary privacy and space to raise their puppies. At this moment the puppies who were born at GRA weren’t allowed to go outside outside their kennel to protect them from PARVO or other viruses. We only could let them playing outside at the age of 4 months. Therefore we’re now building a secure / safe outside area on the 2 kennels so the new born can get a chance to go out and explore new things.So every help is welcome to cover costs of materials etc…….
PayPal: Galgosrescuealmeria@gmail.com
Banktransfer: IBAN ES95 2085 8268 3603 3023 5226
Website:http://www.galgosrescuealmeria.com
Banktransfer: IBAN BE10 0018 7407 9204
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‘Training’ galgos in Spain
This post is taken from CAGED which is a UK charity working to save the British and Irish greyhounds from export abroad.
‘The reality Greyhounds & Galgos (Spanish Greyhounds) face in Spain, only recently we were involved with bringing back 3 beautiful young Irish Greyhounds that got exported to Spain following their ‘retirement’ from racing in the UK, two of the dogs & possibly a third were last registered to trainer Lee Fields of Monmore Green Stadium.
https://www.facebook.com/cagednw/videos/725491378176914
I’ve seen one of these ‘cage’ trainers in rural Murcia, luckily not with any dogs inside at the time.
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Yo Galgo talks to Galgos del Sur
Yo Galgo interviewed Patricia from Galgos del Sur. The interview online is in Spanish, this is the English translation.
‘To my question: What do you say when hunters tell you that you are making money giving for adoption the dogs they gave you? She answers that they consider associations like a kind of 24/7 service that immediately takes the dogs they don’t want. Whenever they are told to wait, they say that then they will get rid of the dogs, give them away, or worse. In this way, the people working in shelters are pressured emotionally to keep the dogs, end up having more than they are supposed to, in a sheltered economy that is not abundant.Each galgo normally costs around 500 euros per year, that is if they don’t have any medical condition or injury. If that is the case the costs skyrocket.
As an example, Galgos del Sur spent 6000 euros trying to save the leg of a galgo that was injured. One of the main problems here is that the injuries with which the galgos enter the shelter are old and did not have treatments on time, therefore are much more expensive to deal with. But what galgueros don´t understand is the costs of a normal standard of living for a dog with all the vaccinations, the periodic deworming, the neutering, or the good food we give them.