We’re travelling over to the UK on 29th September (duty visit to aged parent) and will be bringing our foster dog, en route to his forever home. We arrive Portsmouth at 9.30pm, and need to find a dog friendly B & B for the night, not too far away, where we can have him with us, as he’s likely to be a bit stressed at yet another change in his life.
I’ve been on the Internet bot have not had any success, can anyone suggest a place to me?
a light-hearted note – we went to a dog show last weekend. foster dog bracken won ‘best hunting dog’ – his uk passport is ready early september – and sahara and i won ‘dog looks most like its owner’ – poor sahara limped into the ring wondering why her leg was bandaged!
bracken was rescud injured by galgos del sol, sahara was saved from the cordoba killing station by l’europe des levriers – both under 2 years old at the time.
(still typing with one finger!)
look at this poor soul, her back leg useless. luckily Silvia of Galgo Connection Spain found a pocket in which to squeeze her….
As you know, I am not able to type much, as my right arm is immobile after a shoulder operation. I simply cannot keep up with the appeals which come in. But this is one from El Arca de Noe in Cordoba, which I have used a translator to be able to read in English. So please excuse that I haven’t been through it to correct the English, as I can only type with one finger!
UPDATE 28/7/2011 Baas Galgo now have 3 babies in Madrid, but the mama still hasn’t been caught
‘It is possible that we soon will leave on a bus or a plane and we leave to another country or city to continue not holding these things, because it is unbearable living with this.
These 2-month old galgo puppies were found abandoned – covered in cigarette burns – in Guadalajara
Has anyone room? adopcioneslaperrera@gmail.com
This young horse is in Cadiz. It has no food, no water. It is starving to death – it hasn’t even the strength to stand. people have been taking it food and water – see pix.
They have been onto the guardia civil and seprona, who are doing nothing.
Temperatures are in their 40 degrees. How long before this poor soul gives up its slender hold on life? and the authorities do nothing.
This is the lady trying to get something done. if you are in the area, please help.
don’t forget to join my letter-writing campaign. link here to letter in English and Spanish.
(typed one finger, left hand!)
This link is to a Spanish hunting federation. Whilst I curse every breath these men and women take, if you watch the video, you will see what hunting with galgos is all about. Not only does a hare have to run for its life, but the bloody hunters riding horses….knacker the horses’ feet and legs on the hard ground – the horses will feel so much pain after the gallop and they are probably lame for weeks, if not permanently. More horse meat for the Italian market? (Apologies to my Italian readers, but where else will the knackered horses go?) Hey, and you horse riders like me, what sort of crap riding seat has this woman hunter?!! Seat too far back on the saddle, so pressure on the horse’s kidneys, legs too short for a gallop, toes pointing forward, not sitting balanced in the centre of the saddle……grrrrrr – crap rider.
As I said once before, sometimes my headings can seem somewhat contrary to what I could put, but I’m after the search engines picking up the posts and hopefully educating people who might be thinking of holidaying in Spain that there is a dark side to many parts.
Perreras of Spain
http://www.perrerasdenunciadas.es.tl/
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=oa.195460073833153
http://www.mundoanuncio.com/anuncio/no_los_compres_adoptalos_estan_en_una_de_las_peores_perreras_de_espana_olivenza_badajoz_muriendose_en_las_propias_jaulas_1172329943.html
http://stopalmaltratoanimal.blogspot.com/2010/07/perreras-de-espana-la-verguenza.html
Thanks to Judy for sending this one to me.
