Gorgeous disabled galgo puppy Polar is the pin-up on the front of the 2014 Pepis Dog Refuge calendar. The calendars are superb quality, beautiful photos of rescued galgos and all proceeds go to help the dogs at Pepis. Here’s the link to purchase. Order now to be sure of getting one – or more.
Category: Fund raising
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Pin-up Polar – raising funds for Pepis Dog Refuge – 2014 calendar, order now
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Polar’s Diary – update – Polar at play!
Many thanks to Mandy Cash for taking me through the ‘complicated to me’ process of uploading a couple of short videos of my disabled galgo pup Polar at play with his best buddy Bracken. Hope you enjoy them and to see how he copes with his damaged hind leg. Meanwhile, galga Carmela sleeps through it all!
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Feed the Scooby dogs – buy raffle tickets for a fabulous hound blanket – closing date 30 August 2013
Another fundraiser with a difference – a raffle to win this fantastic hand crocheted afghan blanket. Details from Diane War, raising funds for Scooby.
This raffle is for a handmade Home for Hounds blanket that is crocheted with all soft acrylic yarns. The hound’s heads have floppy ears. The blanket is 42.5 inches by 33 inches.
All money raised from this raffle will be sent to Scooby Medina in Spain to purchase food for the shelter.
RULES for SCOOBY RAFFLE
Raffle runs from May 1, 2013 to August 31, 2013
Prize: One handmade Home for hounds blanket is crocheted with all soft acrylic yarns. The hound’s heads have floppy ears. The blanket is 42.5 inches by 33 inches.
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Parachuting over La Rochelle & the Ile de Re with Altitudes
Here’s David’s account of his parachute jump on 23rd July over La Rochelle harbour, France. He’s achieved a fantastic amount of sponsorship – thank you to everyone who sponsored him however small or large the amount – it all adds up. Enjoy his tale. And please keep donating, the account is still open for a few more days.
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David jumped – pix here, story to follow
Here are some of the pix of David’s fabulous jump today, including the plane with the hole in the side out of which they jumped – and NOT the parachute they used! He’ll write his feelings about it all later. Please keep donating, we’re not quite there yet..
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The Spanish nightmare continues – 180,000 dogs killed in the past year…
There’s been no let up in the number of galgos abandoned and dumped in the perreras. So many that I simply can’t post them all – 19 in one just one perrera recently, multiply that by the hundreds of perreras in Spain…and that’s just galgos. The figure quoted for dogs killed in perreras in the last year is 180,000! That’s 493 dogs every day, 206 dogs every hour, or 1 dog per minute.
The pressure on the refuges, the volunteers, the fosterers is tremendous – and the national and provincial governments STILL do nothing to implement a mass sterilization programme and educate people not to let their dogs mate.
One example of the pressure on the refuges is an appeal this week from Cristina of Arca de Noe of Albacete.
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D-day – David’s jumping today – don’t forget to sponsor him!
David’s parachute jump today – here’s what it’s for and how to sponsor him.
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3 days to go – Why David’s jumping out of an aeroplane!
WHY am I jumping out of an aeroplane over the sea? I’ll tell you why………
I’ve loved dogs for as long as I can remember. My love of Greyhounds, and subsequently Levriers and Galgos started in England when an abandoned greyhound turned up at our home early one morning, and never left.
I’m passionate about anything to do with dogs and their welfare, and when my wife Beryl started “Galgo News” in November 2007, and later “Podenco Post” I was happy to support her work any way I could. Inevitably my support was largely passive as she built a vast network of global contacts trying to make a difference to the plight of the poor dogs of Spain.
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Spanish Galgo puppy Silencio – Galgos del Sur, Cordoba, to the rescue
This poor little soul is with Galgos del Sur. Here is his story.
‘We were given notice that a galguito was under a car in a marginal area of Cordoba. When we got there, the galguito was losing fluids from many parts of his body and we carried him to our car and went directly to the vet hospital.
His diagnosis is not serious, but the care and hospitalization he needs will be expensive.His body is full of all kinds of parasites, has anaplasma, low hematocrit, has almost no power to move and is malnourished and dehydrated. We’ve called him Silence, because he crawled under the car to die in silence. The photos say it all.