Galgo News

Author: Beryl Brennan

  • Hounds are addictive – but there has to be an upper adoption limit!

    Animal hoarder poster 250 20 8 2015The above was posted on a friend’s page. I thought I’d share it with you as I have learnt that one small association just rehomed a dog to someone who already has 18 dogs! Now, I have 5 dogs, french lurcher, 3 galgos and a podenco. All but one is too old to insure, so vet bills can be expensive. The old lurcher is on tablets which cost my hubbie 100 euros/month. On top of that, of course, we have dog food. I cannot understand how someone can afford 18 – soon to be 19 dogs!

    I know the situation in Spain for the galgos and podencos is horrendous and associations are desperate to home dogs, to make room to rescue another one. But there has to be some sense applied in who is allowed to adopt. In France, if you have more than 9 dogs, you have to register as a kennels.

  • Sarna Semodecica Pioderm – an extreme case

    Scooby Lucy 1 250 7 2015This poor galga is called Lucy. She was taken to the Scooby refuge in the middle of July, in this state. Cobie tells her story.

    16/7/2015. This sweet little galga girl is Lucy, she´s 5 months old and was saved a few weeks ago from the perrera provincial from Valladolid by Scooby. The police had taken her there because she was walking on the street although she had an owner which was a gypsie. That person had done nothing about the severe mange she was suffering of and her whole body was covered in blood, infections and bad wounds. She was in a lot of pain and was very depressed because of the bad state she was in. Nobody wanted to go near her because they thought she was like a monster and they feared to be infected by her illness. So she got worse and worse every day until she got to this state. Poor girl. She has a long way to go to full recovery but she will get all the time she needs to become a gorgeous galga. She is in the clinic in Medina now and surrounded with love, attention, good care and medicines.

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  • Roll UP, Roll Up! – raising funds for Pepis Dog Refuge

    Come on folks, need to sell 15 more tickets by the end of the week to get to 50 tickets. Please buy and share with your friends.

    Tombola raising funds for Pepis Dog Refuge

  • Malaga fire – hundreds of ‘invisible’ victims

    Hundreds of chained hunting dogs lost their lives this week in a big fire near Malaga. The media stated there were no victims…

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  • Valladolid perrera – Scooby to the rescue

    Scooby 250 3 25 8 2015From Cobie at Scooby Residencia Valladolid.

    Meet puppy Joseph jr. rescued 25/8/2015 from the perrera in Valladolid by Scooby. Was he born with this or has he had 2 broken front legs without them being treated? Or maybe he was taken too soon from his mother, as usually, and is this because of malnutrition? We don´t know yet but if it can be fixed, Scooby will fix it and if not, we will find him a goodhearted family who is not looking for a `perfect`galgo but for one who needs a loving family because the heart is all that matters most!

    We took 2 other galgos at the same time.

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  • Roll UP, Roll Up! – another fabulous prize in the Tombola – raising funds for Pepis Dog Refuge

    Pat King pic galgo 190Another fabulous prize in the tombola. Gifted artist Pat King says ‘I will paint a picture of the winner’s pet, no restriction on what type of pet, in acrylics on canvas measuring 40cms x 30cms which is about 20″ x 16″.’

    Here are 2 examples of her work.

    Tickets 5 euros each, paypal to band@bbrennan.eu and I will give you your numbers. All details here.

    Raising funds for the galgos and podencos at Pepis Dog Refuge.

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  • Greyhounds/Galgos make superb Theraphy dogs.

    My first greyhound had such a superb temperament that she became a PAT dog…Pets As Therapy…in the UK and regularly visited an old folks’ home to spend time with the residents, especially those who had been dog owners but couldn’t have a dog in the home.

    Here is a lovely story about a Spanish Galga who is doing a similar job – but this time in New Mexico in a prison.

  • Ban bullfighting in Spain…I doubt it with this news!

    Probably why they won’t ban it…nor any of the other cruel animal ‘sports’! Sick twisted minded males poncing around in sparkly garments making out they are ‘macho man’ when in fact they are pathetic puppets dangling on strings.

  • Animal lover – moving to Spain?

    Here’s a lovely story about Maz Bailey, one of Spain’s expat heroines. It’s impossible to be an animal lover, move to Spain and ignore the plight of the thousands of abandoned dogs.

  • Puerto Mogan, Canary Islands…what the tourists don’t see

    Podencos are the hounds used for hunting in the Canary Islands. Their life is as tough, if not more so, than for the galgos and podencos on mainland Spain. 85,000+ podencos in the Canary Islands. This is just one of the perreras. And you think the perreras in Spain are hellish!