Galgo News

Category: Regional news

  • The plight of the galgos in Spain

    Two videos to watch.

    The first is a rescue of over two dozen galgos from a galguero by Galgos del Sol. This is what so many of the Spanish rescue associations are faced with, massive overbreeding by the irresponsible galgueros…had they not been taken by the association it is likely many of them would have been dumped in the campo or perrera.

    The galgueros don’t care what they do to get rid of their unwanted dogs. The worst will drop them alive down deep wells, a few still hang them. Mostly if they are chipped, the chips will have been cut out of their necks. I can’t imagine how anyone can treat an innocent animal like this…the galgueros are definitely sub-human and can have no heart. How brave were these volunteers when faced with this cemetery for galgos.

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  • Another wonderful Richard Skipworth cartoon

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  • Associacion Galgos el Sur rescue 7 galgos

    Watch the rescue of 7 galgos and 2 sweet little xbreeds by Associacion Galgos el Sur today.

  • Galgo’s Rescue Almeria – new arrivals

    Lovely video of new arrivals at Galgo’s Rescue Almeria shelter. Contact Sandy direct if you have room in your home and heart for a galgo – or more, you can never really have only one!!

    Join their teaming group on this weblink.

  • Anyone a home and kennels/stables in Malaga province for rent?

    For the wonderful volunteers in Spain, if they don’t own their property, it can be a difficult situation when an owner decides they want the property back. Ann Marie Payne was hopeful she could finally relax but things took a turn for the worse. Ann tells the story here of her experience with another woman.

    ‘The dream of having kennels in La Cala has stayed exactly that.! A dream. Less than a week before signing the contract, and the contract to form an association she has come up with issues that were never mentioned before!

    But that’s OK, because I would never have signed a contract with such strict stipulations, and especially if it affected the way I run https://www.facebook.com/annscaninecare/ To me the dogs will always come first. So having waited around 9 months for the kennels to be completed, I am in exactly the same position now as I was then. I just wish that things would have come to light sooner.

    So please if any of my friends in the Malaga area, or estate agents know of anywhere we can rent with kennels, stables or a place to put porta cabins to adapt as kennels please let me know, and the place has to be legal. And West of Malaga. Contact Ann on this link.

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  • Hypothyroidism in dogs

    Recently our galgo Bracken has been off his breakfast, losing hair on his tail and feeling the cold weather more. So a trip to the vet was booked. After an examination and a blood test, he was discovered to have a low thyroid problem. He’s now on medication, Forthyron, probably for life. He’s 11. Read about hypoththyroidism on this weblink.

  • Tribute to animal rescuers

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    To Love a Rescuer:

    To love a rescuer you must love all of her. You must love the scars covering her body from panicked and hurt animals she was trying to help. You must love her fractured heart, that has been broken so many times she no longer even takes the time to mend the pieces.

    To love a rescuer, you must embrace her grit and determination, and know that although she fights a war she can never win, she can and does win a few battles. You must love the tears she will shed over those she lost. You must give her comfort that she refuses to accept, as she blames herself for things she could have never foreseen.

    To love a rescuer you must acknowledge the rage she feels towards the world at times, and know that anger is driven by a love of life too few have. You must give her space and room to cry and mourn for the losses that others have caused out of carelessness or cruelty.

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  • Stunning Galgo Phoenix – with Dogs of Portugal

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    Black is beautiful and this is stunning galgo Phoenix, rescued and safe now with Dogs of Portugal. See more about him on this weblink. Contact Dogs of Portugal direct if you can offer him a forever home.

  • A Dog’s Love

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    It never ceases to amaze me that no matter how much cruelty is meted out on a dog, it will still be loyal to that person! So much abuse of dogs, when their loyalty and love is second to none.

  • Whole Dog Journal – things to consider on fostering a dog

    In the 13 years I’ve been involved in the plight of the Spanish galgos and podencos, I’ve fostered several dogs which I’ve brought back with L’Europe des Levriers from Spain for rehoming. Only 3 of them didn’t go on to forever homes elsewhere. Podenca Bebe, galga Carmela and galgo Bracken remained with us. Why? Well, Bebe was my nickname at school and she was rescued by a wonderful young Spanish girl called Marisa – which is my daughter’s name. So you see, I couldn’t let her go! Carmela came as a foster with serious behaviour problems and by the time over 2 years had passed and she had become what I would term a ‘normal’ dog, I could not break her trust by homing her elsewhere. And Bracken? He was already reserved by a couple in the UK and we took him and handed him over ourselves. Sadly a few months later due to unforeseen very serious health problems with the couple, their hounds had to be rehomed. As soon as my husband knew, he hopped in the car and drove back to the UK to bring Bracken home!

    Fostering a dog is very rewarding and it helps the shelters insofar as when one dog is fostered, it leaves room for another needy dog to be rescued. Unfortunately at the moment, our household is not suitable for fostering. Bracken and Polar would not tolerate another male dog introduced and Bebe is such a dominant bitch she would not tolerate another female.

    So here are some other points to consider about fostering.

    Read the full article on this weblink.