Galgo News

Author: Beryl Brennan

  • Protectora Scooby Newsletter 5 – the WeWard app and Education

    The WeWard app is good news for walkers, dog owners & Scooby alike. Link the app to the pedometer on your phone and when you walk your dog (or even without the dog), you clock up points and can convert them into cash donations
    for Scooby. Available in English, French, German, Spanish and Italian, it can be downloaded from the AppStore and Google Play. Apparently dog owners walk 1,600 kilometres every year, so with 1£$€ per 100 points, all the dog owners reading this could boost Scooby’s funds just by walking the dog.

    WeWard app link

    Education Project : A Wet Nose In Your Life

    This year we launched our education project, “A Wet Nose In Your Life” (“Un Hocico En Tu Vida”) which is directed at schools, youth groups and parent associations. This important venture teaches young people, their parents and guardians about the importance of properly relating to our dogs and understanding how they “talk” to us. This is fundamental to the prevention of bites. Our trainer, Pablo, is keen to talk to all education authorities and youth services about running the programme in their
    organisations. He goes along to the class or session and gives an interactive, informative, compassionate talk to the group. In his experience the students are participative and ask a lot of questions. They also enthusiastically tell anecdotes about their own pets. We are always grateful to the teaching staff for warmly welcoming the topic and leading by example with a strong
    interest. Almost every participant gains something from the event and has better information about understanding the signals dogs send us.

    Fundación Protectora de Animales y Medioambiente
    Scooby
    Banco Santander: IBAN:
    ES8400495219542216459780
    BIC/SWIFT: BSCHESMM
    Bank: BANCO SANTANDER, Plaza Mayor de la
    Hispanidad, 23, 47400 MEDINA DEL CAMPO, SPAIN

    PayPal: fundacion@scoobymedina.org
    Teaming €1/monthly: http://bit.ly/2teaming
    Sponsor (from €3/monthly): https://bit.ly/2lyMhBi
    Bizum 649981568

  • Protectora Scooby Newsletter 6 – Gift a Virtual Adoption

    From Fermin Perez.

    Gift A Virtual Adoption

    Our Virtual Adoption Programme is a good way of supporting some of the needy animals in the Scooby shelter. You can choose for yourself or as a gift for family and friends for 10€ per month or 115€ per year. We will send the virtual adopter a certificate, a photo of the chosen animal and updates twice per year. There are lots of animals to choose from,
    including:

    Granny – an oldie;
    Donja – has only one ear
    Zuki – had gangrene before arriving at the
    shelter and lost both of her back paws;
    Paris – the gentle giant and an old faithful
    Alba the albino horse is there with Plus y
    Ultra, the goats, alongside Cayenne y
    Pepper, the donkeys. All overseen by
    Blackie the head of the cats in our cattery!

    You can find them all here

    Dog & Cat Adoptions

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  • 2 galgas with Dogs of Portugal hoping for forever homes

    Not so many galgos in Portugal as in Spain, but here are 2 looking for forever homes.

    Alma

    Tigrina

  • Galgos Rescue Almeria – update on galga Alma

    From Sandy Galgoslover. Remember Alma, the injured galga?

    ‘Update Alma :

    Now 6 weeks after surgery she is doing fine. Playing and running is not allowed yet, luckily she is a quiet girl.
    During daytime she stays in the quarantine area downstairs and at night she is taken care of in a home environment.
    In January there is a new check-up with the traumatologist.

    Video

  • Protectora Scooby Newsletter 4 – Kennel Renovations – we need funds and builders

    From Fermin Perez.

    Kennel Renovations

    You may recall from our autumn bulletin we appealed for financial help towards kennel repairs. We have not been able to do the work because we failed to raise the funds. In addition there is a lack of available, skilled bricklayers in our area. It is pretty much impossible to find labour to do the job and within a reasonable estimate (€5k).

    Our appeal remains and if you are able to donate towards it, we’d be very grateful. We’d love to complete the renovations in the spring when it is less rainy. We desperately need to repair brickwork, smooth the floor area to make cleaning easier
    and safer.

    And now a rehoming story – not a galgo but an example of the work Scooby does.

    Elsie: Has Family At Last

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  • Protectora Scooby Newsletter 3 – laws and laws! Not for hunting dogs

    From Fermin Perez.

    Hunting Season In Full Swing

    The hunting season began in earnest in the autumn and this brings with it more animal abuse, deaths, neglect and exploitation of dogs who are later rejected. The poor souls are either surrendered directly to Scooby or dumped in the countryside straying and fending for themselves, running the risk of starvation and injury in a road traffic accident. Some hunters, in various locations near to each other, corral their dogs and ask us to take them. The calls from local villagers about loose dogs have already started. We drive to pick them up, bring them to our clinic and kennels where they are vaccinated, castrated, and treated for injury and illness. We keep them safe until we can home them in Spain or via our international support groups.

    The weather so far has been very wet and this has made hunting difficult. It remains to be seen how the season continues, whether or not it is impeded by soggy winter weather, and how many dogs are discarded into the Spanish shelters.

    #MismosPerrosMismaLey     : “No Discrimination For Dogs In Law”

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  • Galga Carlotta and her best friend – with Protectora Scooby

    Cobie Carlotta and friend 400 12 2022
    This sweet photo of galga Carlotta and her best friend mix Millie is from Cobie Steketee at Scooby Residencia Valladolid.

  • Thank you from Galgos Rescue Almeria

    A thank you from Sandy Galgoslover

    ‘Galgo’s Rescue Almeria is feeling grateful.

    2022 Was an eventful year.

    Our dogs have been able to count on help and support from our long-standing partners and also from a number of new organisations we have recently started working with. Not only financially but also in finding new homes. Several people who were on holiday or passing through Spain also came to visit our Rescue center and gave a dog a new warm loving home.

    Thanks to Greyhounds in Need we were able to have new sleeping boxes installed with a sunshade, so that we can give an extra 12 dogs a cozy place to sleep. Thanks to Stichting Wereldhonden we were also able to fence a big running area.

    The year 2022 was also a year where we faced the most severe form of neglect so far in the 5 years that we have been trying to make a difference. As many as 120 animals were given the chance for a new future after the horror, 11 of them were housed at GRA. For Eden & Sofia, help came not a day too soon.

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  • Puntanimals – Galga Kayla comfy, warm and safe

    Puntanimals Kayla 400 12 2022
    Taken from a post on my Galgo facebook page.

    ‘I think there’s no doubt that she doesn’t miss her previous life.
    Bet you never been tucked in and been this warm.
    They sure haven’t put you in a soft and comfortable place to lay down.
    Bet they never showed you love and that you mattered.

    Kayla has been lucky enough to be with the pack and have Puntanimals take care of her. I wish everyone was as lucky as she has been.

    For this

    1 if you can foster
    2 if you can’t foster you can sponsor
    3 you can team up with just one euro a month
    4 you can donate food,medicine,cleaning supplies,coats,blankets etc. Anything you think sure is useful
    5 If you are certain of all that comes with it, ADOPT responsibly

    Your help is welcome in any way you can

  • New Year wishes to everyone involved in dog rescue, rehoming, foster and adoption

    Happy New Year with dog 400