This is a photo of Jasper in Jerez killing station. He was rescued along with 2 other galgos and a puppy by 112carlotagalgos,over a year ago He is happily rehomed in the Czech republic with a young veterinary student. Below you can see what a stunning boy he is now. (The brindle galga is Risa, also rescued from Jerez in December 2010, fostered by me and rehomed in Brittany, northern France, where she enjoys runs on the beach.
Category: Rehoming stories
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A happy ending for two young galgos – Badajoz to Madrid!
Do you remember the two young brindle galgos cowering terrified in Badajoz perrera. They have been adopted by a couple in Madrid and here they are on their way to their forever home. How I wish that to be the happy ending for every dog which finds itself in the killing stations, whatever its breed or mix.
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Happy Rehomings for some lucky galgos and podencos
Galgo Rescue International Network (GRIN) recently raised the funds to fly out a galgo and a podenco to adoptants in the US. The dogs were rescued by Galgos del Sol in Murcia, and accompanied on their flight by Charl del Rio of 112carlotagalgos. Here’s a pic of the dogs arriving at the airport with the adoptants of the podenco. See more
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Galga Gaby – discovering the delights of life in the UK
Do you remember Gaby, one of my foster dogs? It took 2 months to catch her – she was living rough in tunnels underneath a road – luckily she didn’t have any puppies. I fostered her whilst her UK Pet Passport was prepared and she went to her forever home in the UK in February.
Here’s a couple of photos of her enjoying a run in the park – Suzie says this particular day Gaby discovered the river and it took a lot of effort to get Gaby back to dry land, she loved the water so much! Wish all galgos could find a loving home like this.
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Escape from Jerez killing station – forever together in the UK
In the middle of December I posted one of many appeals about galgos dumped in Jerez perrera for killing – the Spanish hunting season was only half over! An email arrived in my Inbox from a lady in the UK who had her eye on one of the galgas and asking if I could arrange contact with someone nearby Jerez/Cadiz who could rescue her. As I’d already asked for a young one to be rescued for me, wheels were set in motion. The galgas were reserved – 3 and a puppy, and 112carlotagalgos travelled to the perrera to collect the dogs.
One of them, beautiful Risa, came to me for foster and rehoming – she is now with a lovely lady in northern France. Sadly the puppy became very ill and died. Holly, as the cream galga was named, was put into kennels, as was the other galga – who was very timid and lacking in confidence.
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Things to do with galgos! Sod the galgueros who wanted to kill ours
a light-hearted note – we went to a dog show last weekend. foster dog bracken won ‘best hunting dog’ – his uk passport is ready early september – and sahara and i won ‘dog looks most like its owner’ – poor sahara limped into the ring wondering why her leg was bandaged!
bracken was rescud injured by galgos del sol, sahara was saved from the cordoba killing station by l’europe des levriers – both under 2 years old at the time.
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Remember galga Ali with a cord round her neck?
It took months to catch Ali, a galga wandering the streets of Murcia with a cord round her neck. Galgos del Sol worked on gaining her trust and eventually she submitted to trusting herself into their care. She has now found a forever home in Slovenia, doeasn’t she look beautiful.