Category: Rehoming stories

Three galgas and a podenca, all in a cell on death row in the Jaen killing station at the end of 2009. All were rescued; this is Luna, who loves the daughter of her adoptants. The family says they play together and Luna is so sweet with the baby. Now she is healthy and step by step she’s more trustful. Now she has the life that she deserves.

Angie was another of the 3 galgas saved, is now well and desperately seeking a home like this, or even a foster home while she recovers her health and strength after veterinary care.

The blind galga Esperanza from Los Infiernos refuge which was adopted by Galgos 112 and rehomed, is already happy in her new environment, after just one day! Renamed Pucca, here is a gallery of photos.

I wish we could have such happy endings for all the galgos and podencos who suffer in Spain.

Meryl Marsh is passionate about her podenca. Here is the moving story of Moxie May, another of the survivors of the canine hell of Spain.

‘I am from the U.S. and live most of the year in Belgium because my boyfriend works here. Last spring I started researching adoption agencies on the Internet and learned that there are several in Belgium that place dogs from Spain, this lead to me learning about what a sad, desperate situation many dogs face in Spain. Before that, I had no idea.

Every country has its issues with animal cruelty, but I was really shocked to learn how bad Spain is with the hunting practices and such.

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Slovenia Sighthound Welfare was formed last year by greyhound/galgo friend Larisa. Here are two films about the first dogs which were adopted through Larisa and her friends, prior to the association being formed. Wish all greyhounds and galgos could have lives like these.

•galgos + podenco (+ 1 magyar agar): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idt5kVgEU6A
•greyhounds + lurchers (+ 1 borzoi & 1 saluki): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrDJJzrvIik

Readers may remember Estrella, the podenca who shared a death cell at the Jaen perrera with 3 galgos. At 8 years old, she had been taken there by her owner, as he no longer had a use for her. The three galgos were rescued, but the podenca was left behind. She was obviously intended to leave as well, as she had a blood test showing she had ehrlichia, but somehow she got overlooked.

Two weeks later she was still there, discovered, and rescued. L’Europe des Levriers arranged for her to travel in the rescue at the beginning of February. Estrella came out in the van with me, and became my foster dog. She was skinny, not surprising as this is one of the symptoms of ehrlichia, and unfortunately she had not been put on medication for it.

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You may remember reading the story of Buby and Raji recently.

Paula La Porte of Foreverhomegreyhounds here tells the happy ending for Raji.

I know you folks love a happy ending as much as we do here at Forever Home
Greyhound Adoptions, so I am sending you a couple wonderful photos, sent
to us by little Raji’s new mommy.

She drove 4 hours, all the way from Neptune NJ to meet Raji this past
Saturday December 5th in the snow ,and fell immediately in love. She had
seen him on our website, www.foreverhomegreyhounds.com and called us to inquire.

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This is the happy ending for two galgas, Sari and Jara, rescued from Spain by L’Europe de Levriers and rehomed together in France.

Sari only has 3 legs, you can read her story here. She now has a wonderful home with Gigi and Freddy and their two little dogs, a Yorkshire Terrier and a Chihauhua.

Gigi says, ‘Sari is amazingly fast on 3 legs, and spends her time eating and sleeping on the sofa with Jara.

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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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