How to train your master French style. Place your chin on their knee and look at them with very soulful eyes!
Category: Advice
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French lesson – how to train your master
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Spain in August – the galgo thieves are already at work
21/8/2017 Last Monday night, some unscrupulous people came to steal 12 dogs, all of them galgos except one that was of brackish quality, a shelter that is in a locality of the province of Huelva (we do not specify at the request of the shelter to avoid more damage), after making two holes in the fencing that separated two herds from the shelter.
In this case, the individuals managed to get to nine of them, while another three managed to escape and returned later to the same refuge.
The people who are in charge of it are pending to present the pertinent complaint, although agents of the National Police and the Seprona are already aware in case some of this animals were known.
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Oral flea treatment for dogs…some can kill the dog
Do not give your dog Oral flea treatment, remember Bravecto especially kills dogs! There is still a facebook page working to have this treatment banned.
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Don’t let your dogs play in rivers – toxic river kills eight dogs
Don’t let your dogs play in rivers and lakes, however tempting. This has happened in France.
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Letter to Senor Galguero revisited
In March 2013 I published this ‘Letter to Senor Galguero‘. Sadly all it expresses still applies today. The Hunting Federations have not improved matters – no controlled breeding of galgos, no mass abandonment, still keeping them in dark underground locked bunkers….what has changed is that there are now millions of Spanish people who are thoroughly ashamed of the bad press the hunters bring to their lovely country and protest vociferously every year throughout major cities in Spain.
Fermin Perez Martin of Scooby Medina presented a Spanish translation to the Federation of Galgueros when he was in dialogue with them to try and improve the situation. Needless to say, the galgueros refuse to acknowledge they cause a problem!
We must keep supporting those fighting the cruelty perpetrated on galgos by the galgueros in any way we can.
Please feel free to share the ‘Letter’but ensure that I am credited as its author.
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PINS – galgos can join in the fun
I received a request from a Podenco adopter living in the Edinburgh area who wanted to meet up with other podenco people to share knowledge, experiences etc. Pam Mcleod of Podencos in Need Scotland got in touch with me to tell me about the Dog Play School in the area. Here’s the story of how it came about.
‘2 years ago I spent the day with 500 dogs in the perrera Tierra Blanca on Tenerife, and so the dream was born. I met Pacita, who, at 11 years old, had been found, heavily pregnant, caught and brought into the perrera, only to deliver 9 pups the following day, all but 2 of whom died to parvo virus. Pacita was still distraught at losing her pups and my heart broke for her. I met Pasha and Nico as well as many nameless hounds and fell in love with them all.
The next month was spent on a vertical learning curve about the practicalities and logistics of rescuing a dog from another country, and getting together the funds to fly Pacita from Tenerife to Edinburgh. Flying Fleeces was born to help raise funds and, after we got her home in February, PINS was born and, with it, the mission to make Scotland, Podenco-Central.
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ACTIN – IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT
There have been 2 PAES conferences organised by ACTIN in Murcia, and with all the information available at them, it has now been decided to move forward.
Read about the plans to move forward on this link.
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Fireworks and animals
21st June is Fete de la Musique in France where many towns and villages have an evening of music in the streets, culminating with a firework display at the end. We live at the opposite end from where the event is held in our village but, even so, the sound of music and fireworks carries across to us. The display last about 20 minutes, finishing with an enormous explosion of dozens of fireworks! Bebe and Bracken aren’t bothered by the noise, Polar listens, cocks his head, trying to identify the sound. Carmela gets in a terrible state, rushing from room to room, unwilling to be held and comforted. Unusually this year my horse, out in the meadow, was unsettled by it all.
The next round of fireworks in France is 14th July, Bastille Day, luckily not celebrated noisily in our village!
4th July is Independence Day celebrations in the US, another day when fireworks play a large part in events.
In the UK it’s 5th November – Bonfire Night – but fireworks also play a part in events throughout the summer – music festivals, Picnic in the Park and so on.
So much distress caused to so many animals…
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Spain – Making an Official Complaint about animal abuse or abandonment
From Mo Swatek, founder of Pro-galgo International
PLEASE SHARE: HOW TO MAKE AN OFFICIL COMPLAINT FOR ANIMAL ABUSE OR ABANDONMENT IN SPAIN
MO SWATEK·FRIDAY, 30 JUNE 2017Due to the complete denial by the authorities (politicians of all levels) of the massive existence of animal abuse in Spain, our only possibility to make a difference is to report ALL and each of the cases that we see.
Unfortunately, the vast majority of cases are reported exclusively on the internet/social media but not to the authorities like the Spanish animal welfare police SEPRONA or directly to court, and the result is obvious. As nobody reports, the official statistics don’t include any of the severe cases all of us find nearly daily. Neither are all the dogs that shelters without subsidies and private people collect daily in the Spanish streets considered in official statistics.