Galgo News

Category: Advice

  • Greyhounds/Galgos make the best blood donors

    Why greyhounds/galgos make the best blood donors! Full article on

  • Should you soak dry dog food?

    I have lived with dogs all my life – when I was born our family dog was already 1 year old! As far as I can remember, we have always put a small amount of gravy or stock on our dogs’ meals. My elderly galga Carmela now has problems crunching large croquettes so she is on the ones for small dogs which she manages no problem. However, I must admit I am not keen on the idea of soaking croquettes for hours.

    Here’s another interesting article from the Whole Dog Journal on the subject.

  • Can dogs eat honey?

    It’s a well-known fact that honey is good for the health and well-being of humans. Is it the same for dogs? Here’s an article on the subject.

  • How to train your dog off-leash

    Many people can walk their galgos and podencos off leash. Unfortunately mine have strong hunting instincts and as we live on a farm with meadows full of birds, hares, feral cats and the neighbouring ones have sheep in, we can never walk ours off leash. Read the full article on this subject on this link.

  • PACMA demand hunting in Castille y Leon be stopped

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    From the CREL newsletter of March 13, 2019

    The Spanish animalist party (PACMA) claims the protection of wildlife and takes legal action.

    The Hunting Act in Castilla y León (Spain) will be amended to “paralyze any hunting activity until further notice”. All this at the request of PACMA (Party of Animalists Against Animal Abuse).

    Laura Duarte, spokesperson of the Spanish animalist party, argued that the regulation in question does not comply with the European directive “habitat fauna flora”, which applies to all species. Therefore, “if it is not consistent, this paralysis should continue”.

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  • The Greyhound Health Initiative newsletter

    The Healthy Hound newsletter from Ohio State University. This edition includes a very interesting article on filaria – or heartworm – which is one of the diseases which afflicts many galgos in Spain.

  • Invisible fencing? The Whole Dog Journal writes

    I recently received an email from someone considering adopting a Podenco and asking if invisible fencing would be suitable. He already used it on his other dog. Rather than respond with just my own view – hate the product!! – I posted the question on my facebook podenco pages and Podenco Post. Not surprisingly the 100% response was resounding NO and in some countries like Scandinavia and the UK it is illegal.

    Coincidentally an article on the subject arrived in my Inbox this morning. You can read the full article on this link.

  • Facts and Fiction about Greyhounds and Galgos

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    Sunday 3rd February is World Galgo Day. Here’s what Mo Swatek says about greyhounds and galgos.

    GREYHOUNDS EXISTED BEFORE THE GALGOS

    Actually its the other way around. Galgos were before greyhounds. Phoenicians brought them from Egypt to the Mediterranean coast. From there they came to northern Spain where Celtic tribes took them up north to the UK.

    GREYHOUNDS WERE MENTIONED IN THE BIBLE

    That is most possible not the case and if , it was a middle eastern sighthound and not a greyhound. Here a very good explanation…
    https://christiananswers.net/dictionary/greyhound.html…

    GALGOS ARE SPANISH GREYHOUNDS

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  • Canicross with Galgos

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    Although galgos and greyhounds have a reputation as 40mph couch potatoes, we also know they can run – fast! Many years ago before Galgos del Sol was formed, Tina Solera ran a Canicross in Spain with her rescued Galgo Guapo, to publicise the galgos as companion dogs.

    Many galgos are now homed in Scotland and here are a couple of websites involved in galgos and greyhound adoption, plus one lady who does Canicross with her 2 greyhounds and a podenco!

    Canicross Galgo – the first photo is from Galgo News of Tina and Guapo

    Jane Jones – Letthedogsout

    Scottish Greyhound Sanctuary

    Podencos in Need Scotland

  • The Healthy Hound Quarterly – studying Galgos

    In this issue of The Healthy Hound Quarterly you’ll notice a fair amount of content about Galgos (Spanish Greyhounds). They did this for a couple of reasons, partly because there is an increasing number of galgos adopted in the US and they have their own unique characteristics that both veterinarians and adopters need to be aware of. Dr Guillermo Couto and his team of Ohio State University have written a couple of interesting articles on their studies.