Category: Rehoming stories

Silvia is one of the amazing Spanish volunteers to saves galgos from a killing station, and with assistance, prepares the necessary paperwork for the dogs to be adopted abroad. This is the story of Buby, who made it from the hell of a killing station, and a podenco Raji,to a new life in America, as told by Telma Shaw.

‘I will tell you of the last two that came Nov. 9th. Silvia sent me a picture of a sweet brindle galgo boy that had been in a killing station. She rescued him from there and brought him to Valencia where she lives. She immediately takes any dog she rescues to her Vet for analysis and treatments for anything that might not be right. Once evaluated, and treated, she moves him to a dog kennel where she pays for the boarding until she finds a home for him/her.

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Cristal and her new friend Amiga – a happy ending for her.

Chris Mosey lives in the USA and last year she and a friend went to Scooby Medina to collect a galgo she was adopting, plus taking some others back to the US with them. This year, although she didn’t actually go to Spain this time, she has adopted another galgo from Scooby.

This is the story of Lucho and how he came to join the Mosey clan.

‘I’ve been involved in American racing greyhound rescue and adoption for over a decade, adopting three and fostering dozens more. I had heard and read about the plight of the galgos of Spain and their sad, short lives, so last year a friend and I traveled to Medina del Campos, Spain, to Scooby Rescue to volunteer and help where we were able.

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On the way back from my trip in June to Cordoba with the French association L’Europe des Levriers, I collected a galga named Carmela, who was coming back with me for fostering and rehoming. I already have my galga Sahara, Podenca Ebano Bebe, and French levrier X Floyd – my Swedish Valhund Pepsi having disappeared presumed stolen at the beginning of August.

Carmela’s history is a little unclear; taken to a perrera for euthanasia at the end of hunting in January, she had arrived at a refuge, been taken on by EDL for adoption and rehoming in France. She was part of the galgos which travelled to France in April 2009, adopted by a family in southern France.

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You may remember the story of Paca, a poor brindle galga who had been dreadfully injured by being dragged behind a car. I joined L’Europe des Levriers on their trip into Spain in March 2009, and Paca was one of the lucky galgos we brought out to new homes in France.

I am happy to report that she has now been in her forever home for 4 months, eats lots, has gained weight, and her wounds are healing well. She is still, understandably, terrified of men, adores children, is very playful, especially with her other galgo companions. She walks freely in the garden, comes on recal, loves beds and is very affectionate. Her suffering is ended.

Last year we met Tallis, a young galgo puppy rescued along with others from the same litter by L’Europe des Levriers, who found her forever home with an English couple in the south west of France. Tallis has written to tell us how she is going on.

Hello!

It’s me, Tallis and I’m writing to tell you that I am now one year old and quite grown up. I have been learning lots of lessons during my first year, but I thought you’d like to hear about some of my hobbies.

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Vicki Thomas used to live in Spain but has now returned to the UK. She left behind her podenco/labrador Leon until his pet passport was in order for him to join them. She decided to bring him back from southern Spain by car, and to adopt another podenco to take back to the UK at the same time. She contacted me through Galgo News and I was able to give her the names of 2 associations in Spain who were likely to have podencos with a pet passport for the UK.

Vicki tells the story of her adventure.

Leon was found along with his 7 brothers and sisters dumped in a rubbish bin in La Cala, Mijas. They were a couple of days old and were suffering from chemical burns but had managed to fight their way through the rubbish so that they could be heard from the street.

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Meet Sahara, an 18 month old brindle galga.

She was handed in to a perrera by her galguerro when he had finished with her at the end of the hunting season.

She is a happy confident gal, luckily no signs of mistreatment.

I went down to Madrid to collect her and she has now settled happily into my canine family at my home in France.

Update on Tallis – a little galga puppy recently adopted by a family near Carcassone.

Temperatures in northern Spain in winter are below freezing. Many of the animal refuges and shelters do not have even basic kennels – it’s just a compound within a breeze block wall, with shelter provided by a motley assortment of pallets, tin sheets, donated bedding – anything!

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