What these poor bitches suffer, when dumped by humans…storm drains, large trees, rubbish tips, they have their babies anywhere and then struggle to find food for them.
Category: In the media
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Dogs, ferrets, horses, goats – all at Scooby Medina del Campo
Read about Margo Easter’s latest visit to Scooby.
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Galgo Tico in Seville – beating the galguero who abandoned him to die
Regular readers will remember the story of Tico, the galgo badly injured and left for dead in a ditch in Seville Province. Luckily he was found and taken to the vet where the incredible team, together with dedicated round-the-clock care from Sandra Campos Cuevas, brought him back to life and put his poor injured body back together. Over the months it was thought he would never walk, never be without nappies because he was incontinent…Spanish vets more than any others work tirelessly to save these dogs…where certainly in the UK and here in France they would be pts.
I’ve just watched THE most amazing video – sadly only on facebook so I can’t share it with you – of Tico, no nappies, running and playing with two canine friends. Simply incredible. Sandra reports Tico is very happy. The bad news is that once again he has urine infection. It appears that the use of diapers, this problem will always end up appearing. So he needs some antibiotics again. This time at least, it has been 12 days without bleeding. It’s nothing serious … I think it’s an everyday thing for us.
Here’s a photo of Sandra with Tico. And I stick 2 fingers up at you, bastard galguero, who couldn’t take care of your hound and prevent his suffering! -
Leech Therapy – old fashioned remedies could be best
I am a great believer in natural remedies, after all, it’s all that was available before the discovery of penicillin, pain killers and antibiotics etc. Tunde, currently living in Germany, has sent this interesting piece about the use of leech therapy. A lot of food for thought.
‘My galga Guzu has arthrosis. Willow bark helps her a lot but it is not enough. When the weather is bad (cool and wet) then she is in pain. I got some chemicals, painkiller to be exact, but I am not happy with this (I am afraid of side effects).
Several German sighthound forum members suggested I go to leech therapy with her.
Obviously in many cases the leeches help greatly when the dog (or the
person) has arthrosis. I know of some dogs that did not need ANY painkillers whatsoever after a leech therapy. -
Disposal of dead dogs – Scooby denounces
In march of this year, people brought their 14 year old dog who was very sick to a vet clinic and the poor dog had to be put to sleep. The people paid Euro 160,- to the vet for the injection and also to let the dog be burned after his death. In April this illegal ´graveyard´ from dead dogs was discovered in Herrera de Duero and Scooby found this same poor dog burried there in that wood…!!!?????????? In April, Scooby already announced this case to the police.
Video in Spanish but Cobie translates above,
Weblink to the news report
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Portable dog enclosures – suggestions
You may remember a couple of weeks ago I asked for ideas about portable dog enclosures. I’ve had a couple of helpful suggestions which I thought I’d share with you.
Frank organises an annual greyhound get-together in May and he sent photos of what he uses. Obviously the fencing isn’t high enough to stop a galgo jumping over to chase any hare/rabbit stupid enough to appear in the field! But useful for keeping the dogs tethered in their own space. Instead of the metal poles, I suggested the white plastic electric fencing poles like I use for my horses.
Kate thought the panels I found looked great; she suggested an idea for pegs.
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The threats that Spanish volunteers live with
this Scooby story illustrates the problem for volunteers in Spain who want to denounce animal cruelty. I’ve highlighted it in my books on the plight of the galgo and the plight of the podenco…mob rule rules! And Salamanca is a hellhole for all animals, even Scooby have problems getting help for saving animals! Remember, this is a so-called civilised Western European country!!!!!
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Portugal – new law on cruelty to dogs
On 25th July 2014 the Portuguese government passed a law making it an offence to hit a dog, perpetrators would be sent to jail. You can read about it here. In discussion with animal rescuers in Portugal, they are positive about the law as they feel that the threat of jail will discourage some. As is always the case, it only applies to pet dogs, not the hunting dogs. Let’s hope it doesn’t fall by the wayside, like in Spain where the threat of a denuncia doesn’t count for much!
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From Malaga to Canada – 112carlotagalgos make it on Breakfast TV!
Spanish galgos on Canadian TV. Here’s the link to watch about Paco, from 112carlotagalgos. Just a little patience needed to get past the two adverts!