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Tag: Murcia

  • 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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  • Galgos dumped at El Paraiso perrera – volunteers work hard to save them

    People ‘on the ground’ in Spain will correct me if I am wrong, but it seems to me that there have been more abandoned galgos this year than before……..it seems to have been never ending all throughout the non-hunting season. And now there is news just in that upwards of 20 galgos have been taken to the El Paraiso perrera.

    Volunteers and associations are working round the clock to save them. Here’s what Charl del Rio says, after her visit to El Paraiso yesterday.

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  • Galga Aleta, abandoned in Murcia, rescued and now in her forever home

    Earlier in the year Tina Solera took in a galga with a serious skin problem. Twinkle, or Aleta as she is now called, is happily settled in her forever home. Have a look at her running free on this video.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0UnI2uwcIE

  • 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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  • Dennis and Sandy, Spanish galgos needing forever homes

    Dennis & Gaynor 11 250 Dennis and Sandy are galgos rescued by Tina Solera. They both deserve forever homes. Can you help?

    Dennis was abandoned in Murcia. He is aprox 3 yrs, castrated, vaccine rabia and enfermadad, blood tests for leishmania and erchlicia are all negative and he is microchipped. He is loving and affectionate.
    Sandy 3 Silvia 13 11 2010 250 Sandy was found living on the streets of Pilar de Horadada and as soon as she entered the refuge she was very happy to have water and food, she was even skinnier than she is now. She had the early stages of filaria, which was caught with treatment and she is now fine.

    She loves cuddles and wants constant attention but in a positive way. She doesn’t hassle you, she just pushes her nose into you. She wants to love someone and wants someone to own her 100%. She was always nice with the other dogs but unfortunately one dog bit her tail off, can you see? She walks lovely on a lead also. She really is a very good dog and will make someone a fantastic companion.

    If you can offer one of these wonderful deserving galgos a home, please contact Tina

  • Galgo Guapo runs the Canicross in Murcia – please sponsor him!

    Tina & Guapo training Canicross 11 2010 300 Plea for sponsorship. Regular readers will know Tina Solera is another amazing volunteer working in Murcia to save abandoned and injured galgos, as well as helping at Los Infiernos refuge. Tina and her galgo Guapo are in training for the Canicross. Here’s what Tina says about it.

    ‘Its a 5km sprint on the 21 Nov and Guapo is the first ever galgo to run in this canicross race in this area, possibly all over Spain, although the secretary was not 100% sure about other parts of Spain. For Guapo and me, it is more about publicity for galgos than anything else but if we can kick some dalmation and huskie arses along the way, that will be great. Just hoping the ankle will hold up after twisting it the other day but so far so good. I am so excited…. Guapo, the first galgo to run it, let’s hope we can raise some eyebrows and change a few peoples’opinions about galgos, as well as raising money to pay for microchipping, vaccinating and sterilizing the galgos I rescue.’

    If you would like to sponsor Tina, Paypal your donation to tinasolera@hotmail.co.uk. See pix of last year’s event.

  • 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.

  • Galga Angie & Galgo Ruso – escape from Spain, rehomed in America

    3th November 2010, the day Angie and Ruso travelled to their forever homes in America. Here’s the latest pix. Read their stories on the links above.

    Angie & Ruso leaving for the US 2 11 2010 250

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  • Galga Gaby, abandoned in Murcia, fostered in France, adopted in the UK

    Gaby Diary Pix 009 190 Here’s something to make you chuckle, amidst so many horror stories. I am fostering a galga rescued by Tina Solera of Los Infiernos Refuge in Murcia (by the way, click on the ‘hound’ logo on the right to donate desperately needed dog food to her) who is en route to her forever home in the UK. The galga is a terrible thief! What a surprise! But as she is larger than my Carmela and Sahara, she can reach more things.

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