Galgo News

Tag: foster

  • Canicross in Murcia – Tina and galgo Guapo over the finishing line!

    Start line! 250 Tina’s done it – she’s run her first Canicross today. Here’s what she says.

    ‘We have done the canicross. We had a great day although was almost a non starter for us when the race organisers thought it was a good idea to let off a few cannons……. yep, clever stuff as the dogs went crazy and Guapo pulled me over on a bank he was so scared and then spent 1/2hr shivering. Well we got to the start line and once we were off, he really enjoyed it. We came 12th overall but not sure out of how many, I will wait for results! Thanks for all the sponsors!

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  • Galga shot in the head – saved by the vet – the true Spain!

    Galga shot in the head 15 11 2010 350 This galga has been shot in the head. I don’t know the story behind how she was found – I’m waiting for the details – but suffice to say she was still alive when taken to the vet, who at the time of my receiving the photo, was operating to save her.

    The hunters in France, where I live, are lethal in more than one way! Around our home and land, their shooting days are Thursdays and Sundays. We keep our cat and dogs shut in the house on those days; the cat is shut in all day, much to her disgust; the dogs are only let out in the courtyard.

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  • Abandoned and dying in Murcia – help save him – donate to vet fees

    Tina galgo Ulysees b4 capture 15 11 2010 250 Tina Solera has been out catching a galgo again! Seems to be every day there is an abandoned galgo which crosses her path, even 2! And it’s not even near the end of the hunting season. What is wrong, what is happening that all these abandoned galgos are still being found?

    This one was in a very poor state; Tina took advice from other experienced volunteers and finally managed to catch him and take him to her vet. (Bear in mind she has young school age children to see to whilst saving galgos!) This is what she says.

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  • Galgo Gandalf, Podenca Mary, looking for their forever homes

    Read the latest news about Gandalf, a galgo x, rescued from being killed by Tina Solera, and podenca Mary, rescued by Charl del Rio at a petrol filling station. Gandalf is now in a foster home in Spain, Mary is being fostered by Galgos France. If you can offer either of these deserving dogs a forever home, contact Charl.

    Video of Gandalf in his foster home

  • 6 more galgos, saved by Pro-Galgo, fly to the US to their forever homes

    Mo Swatek of Pro-Galgo has had 2 visitors from Spain this week. A couple from America have today, 5th November, taken half a dozen galgos back to the US to new homes. Check out the pix on the Pro-Galgo website.

  • Safe in Holland, galgos on the beach – thanks to Galgo Support Holland

    More happy galgos, running free on the beach, rehomed from Spain in Holland by Galgo Support Holland. See the video here.

  • Pedro Munoz refuge, Ciudad Real – work begins on enclosures for dogs

    Some good news from Amigos de los Galgos; work has begun on creating separate enclosures for the hundreds of dogs living in the Pedro Munoz refuge at Ciudad Real, 200km south of Madrid. Loli must be so pleased. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTTco935UNo&NR=1

  • Galga Lady Carla – fighting for her life with the help of Baas Galgo

    You may remember earlier in the year I posted an appeal from Baas Galgo for help to pay for veterinary fees for a badly injured galga, which they named Lady Carla. Here is an update on how she is getting on.

  • Galga Phoebe, saved from drowning, looking for foster or forever home

    Phoebe 1 Tina 02 2010 250 Galgos are still being abandoned, even though it is now the Spanish hunting season. This bitch was rescued by an English couple, exhausted and in danger of drowning in a canal. She was literally on her last breath when they dragged her out. They think she was in the canal because farmers were shooting at her the day before. She was exhausted. Tina says, ‘The couple still have her in their home but need a new place for her. They wont take her in the refuge because she is out of the border and to be honest after all she has been through its better she doesnt come in anyway..’. She is about 1 year old, her body already scarred, as you can see in the photo.

    If you can help with foster or forever home, please contact Tina, who will also be very grateful for donations towards her microchip, vaccinations, castration.

  • Gandalf desperately needs his forever home – please help this galgo

    Gandalf1 Tina 10 2010 210 The volunteers involved in galgo and podenco rescue, rehabilitation and rehoming work with dedication and commitment towards the ultimate solution for these maltreated and abused dogs. But sometimes circumstances change, which means the dog has to move on. Everyone hopes he/she will not be affected by this, and it is amazing how resilient the dogs are.

    Here is one boy who, through no fault of his own, now has to leave his foster home and return to Los Infiernos refuge, home to over 200 dogs. Tina Solera is desperately seeking another foster or forever home for him, so he doesn’t have to cope with the refuge again. If you can help, please get in touch with Tina.

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