Galgo News

Category: Advice

  • Separation anxiety in dogs – what to do

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    My recently adopted podenca Rosely (Rosie) is my shadow. Which is great to a certain extent, but not good when left. I’ve never had a dog with separation anxiety problem, probably because most of my dogs have had companions. However, when Rosie first arrived, she did not have a housemate, so we had the howling and door scratching when left at night. I’ve never allowed dogs in bedrooms but now we’re in a bungalow, I’ve given in and Rosie has a bed at the side of mine for overnight sleeps.

    I do a couple of mornings voluntary work with Riding for the Disabled and also an animal charity shop. On both occasions she showed serious signs of distress – luckily my other half was at home with her.

    Her new housemate blind Podenco Bo arrived a week later and so over the weeks during the 3 months she has now been with us, she has adjusted to being left with him, although my other half says she sits at the patio doors looking for me. The greeting I get on my return home is wonderful, I must say.

    So I’m slowly working on her separation anxiety but can now appreciate what a problem it must be for those people who are not able to have more than one dog.

    Here’s a link to an article by the Royal Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, the UK based animal rescue charity.

  • The dawn chorus of the galgos by Richard Skipworth

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  • To the Galgueros of Spain

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    This is what you bastards regularly do to your dogs.

    Video

  • Alternative therapies for dogs

    Many prescription medications have side effects. Many natural remedies can provide a safer alternative. This link takes you to an article discussing the subject. Aalthough it’s American, the weblinks therein are very interesting.

    My galgo Polar had a damaged hind knee and I was able to find a canine physiotherapist who use the same treatment on him as I had after my broken shoulder operation. I also used CBD oil for pain relief for him instead of Metacam.

  • Spain – Animal Law, Insincere Promises and Broken Contracts – An horrendous day for animal life in Spain

    From Yo Galgo.

    Today is the last day to present objections to a law that will redefine hunting as a cultural asset in Spain, and change the protection of wildlife forever.

    Read the full article here…scroll down to find the English translation.

  • Fundacion Benjamin Mehnert – never giving up on the galgos

    ‘A NEW MIRACLE CALLED RENEE. She was found half buried. As a result her hind legs didn’t respond…x-rays and other tests showed no injury to her spine or legs. But Renee couldn’t walk… Still we never gave up, and we set out to rehabilitate her paws and make her walk.

    A miracle, an achievement of the whole team, and their enormous spirit of overcoming have made Renee able to walk today. We can call it a miracle, because it certainly is. But it has also been the result of intense and hard work by especially her veterinarian Mariana and her physiotherapist Elena who never threw in the towel, and from all of us who have always encouraged her and helped her achieve it.

    Tears of happiness to see her and tears of sadness to know that this is her last day with us…Renee is now adopted, and this is our tribute. The video of the evolution of an authentic warrior.

    We’re beyond proud of you, and you don’t know how much we’re going to miss you. Enjoy your new life, and be happy because your happiness is ours.

    🇬🇧 A NEW MIRACLE CALLED RENEE

    Video of Renee’s story

  • Living with a blind dog

    I’ve written this article on my Podenco Post blog but I want to share it with you because the situation with our podenco could just as easily be written about a galgo.

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    Bo (Bocelli) is a blind podenco we recently adopted from life on a chain in Lorca, Spain. Having both had dogs for all our seven decades of life, we have never had a blind dog. So it is a new experience for us. He has now been with us for a couple of months and is settling in very well. He can now find his way out of the kitchen into the garden to the toilet, and back again. Luckily we have a ramp at our back door rather than steps, which is much easier for him. He hasn’t so far ventured into the rest of the bungalow but no doubt he will do it one day, in his own time.

    He shares his home with Rosely, a sighted podenca, and very often shares his bed with her. She wears a bell on her collar so he always knows where she is. He is at the stage of wanting to play with her in the garden, but after 6 years shut in a shed breeding babies, Rosely doesn’t know how to play. Her main interest is her stuffed toys, baby substitutes I suspect.

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  • DeAnimals – fighting to protect the Spanish hunting dogs

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    In 2016 I met Raquel, a Spanish lawyer who organised training courses for anyone involved in animal law in Spain. Here’s a weblink to their site which explains the work they do.

  • Can kinesiology taping help your dog?

    Interesting article on the subject. Have any of my readers used it, has it helped?

  • Finding the right home for a rescue dog

    Often the history of a rescue dog is unknown. The dog’s character needs to be assessed by the staff in the kennels or by a fosterer to ensure that the right home is found, both for the dogs but also the right dog for the adoptant. It’s easier said than done, as dogs behave differently in different situations with different people. So here’s an article on the subject, read the full piece on this weblink