If you haven’t room for a galgo, how about adopting a a hand made one. Knitted Gordon galgos available in grey, coffee, brown (8″ tall)- 20 euros each, crocheted galgos (5″ tall) 15 euros each plus postage 4 euros Europe, 6 euros US.
Also Danger Dog complete with cape (12″ tall)- brown/white – 1 only – 25 euros, 6 euros postage Europe, 8 euros US.
Paypal band@bbrennan.eu stating knitted or crocheted/colour.
Style 1 – Hand-knitted winter hats with galgo motif – adult size – available in purple/white, royal blue/white and scarlet/black.
Style 2 – Knitted winter hats with galgo face and floppy ears – teenage/ladies size. 2 available Beige/blrown face; beige/green face.
£15 GBP, 20 euros each plus 4 euros postage to Europe, 6 euros ROW.
Paypal to band@bbrennan.eu stating which colour – only 1 available in each. First come, first served!
The pressure on Spanish refuges and perreras does not lessen – daily galgos and podencos dumped…here’s the latest one at Pepis Refuge on 30th Novewmber, now named Gabriell. Jane tells the story.
Once again another beautiful black galga dumped today. (30/11/2014) I hate the word dumped, but what other words can you use? I would say she is no more than 1 year old, she has a swollen front leg and finds it hard to stand on it, so vets tomorrow. Also we noticed blood running down her neck and a small cut where the chip would have been. No surprise there then. She too is quite thin, but we have bathed her neck, put a nice thick coat on her, given her some food and bedded her down for the night.
This is Snoopy Dawg, with his stunning green eyes! He is a beautiful galgo who has been waiting too long for his forever home. He is about 18 months old, free from all the Mediterranean diseases, castrated, good with cats – loves to play with dogs and people. The perfect hound.
He was found in the campo with his penis skin sliced open and very infected. He was anaesthatised whilst it was stitched up. He’s fine now.
He’s with Last Hope Dog Rescue in Alicante, please let’s give him the best Xmas present ever – a forever family. Please share him far and wide. Contact Irene if you can help this boy.
10 years ago Jane and Alan Brian moved to Spain to open a caravan site. Instead they found a hung galgo in the olive groves and started their journey with Pepis Dog Refuge, saving hundreds of abandoned dogs, including galgos and podencos. Alan has written some amusing and poignant verse and I have collated these into a book, interspersed with a selection of stories of Pepis rescued dogs by their adoptants. The book is Print on Demand, which means it is only printed when ordered and paid for. (Allow 2 weeks delivery) Order now in time for Xmas delivery. A delightful gift for dog lovers.
Hunting with galgos is about to commence for the season. The galgueros claim they DO care for their dogs – they must have their heads stuck up their a….! The truth.
Your support is needed. Here’s the storyfrom Levriers sans Frontieres, translated by Danielle Hart, who translated my galgo book into French.
A French woman has 2 galgos and a Dogue argentin (not sure what they are called in English, Mastiffs maybe?) named Elias? She wanted to adopt a third galgo and decided to have Elias euthanized to make room for the new galgo! He was only 6 years old and she had had him since he was a puppy.
Scooby Medina del Campo shelter is probably the largest one and also one of the first ones. They have hundreds of dogs, dozens of horses, goats, poultry, ferrets. They rely totally on donations. Please read these words from Fermin, and help if you can.
More than 50 galgos have been rescued, including two litters of puppies, living in a garbage dump in Ontigola, Madrid province, covered in wounds, scabies and terrified. Thanks to a neighbour who denounced the situation, 6 rescue associations have taken the dogs. It took all afternoon to catch them and transport them to safety. They all need vet care, medication, blood analyses, castrations. Then they have to be rehabilitated in preparation for adoption.
Associations involved ALBA. SOS GALGOS. ACURN. NOAH’S ARK. SPAPS. RIVAANIMAL
Contact is carolalbaasociacion@gmail.com or hocicosyhuellas@live.com
