Thank you for supporting all my appeals during the past year, and wishing you a healthy and happy 2025. And if any of you have any tales about your galgos, please email them to me with jpg pix – banddbrennan@yahoo.co.uk.
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Happy New Year 2025 to all my readers
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Looking back on 2024
So another year draws to a close. Another year when the Spanish government has done nothing to protect the hunting dogs, their over-breeding, the cruelty of the galgueros, using them just as a hunting tool and discarding at the end of January when hunting in Spain finishes each year. Thousands abandoned in the campo, dumped in perreras, dumped outside shelters.One difference in my 15 years involved with the plight of the galgos and podencos is that there aren’t the hangings in olive groves which there used to be. The bad publicity has possibly been one influencing factor, plus the increase in shelters and rescue associations to help these wonderful dogs to find forever homes around the world.
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2 starved galgos saved from the perrera by Protectora Scooby
2 lucky souls who were rescued from the local perrera by the Protectora Scooby team. At least these 2 souls had a good Christmas meal. -
Understanding prey drive in dogs
Most galgos have a very keen prey drive, so this article explains more.
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Happy Christmas, Joyeux Noel, Frohe Weihnachten, God Jul, Vesel bozic, Nadolig Llawen,
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Do dogs grieve the loss of another dog?
I certainly believe they do. 4 years ago I lost my much loved galgo Polar to lymphoma. Galgo Bracken became very clingy, as did little Podenca Bebe. 3 months after losing Polar we lost Bracken to a tumour in his lungs. Bebe couldn’t cope with the loss of yet another housemate and just gave up on life. She would not eat, drink, get off her bed – she was just wasting away, no matter how much we cuddled her, so we had to make the kindest decision to send her over the bridge to join the others.
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Asoka el Grande, Orihuella rescue 5 of 17 galgos living in a van
Asoka el Grande, Orihuella, was asked by a friend to help with the case of 17 galgos belonging to a hunter, living in a van all day! Despite funds and space being short, the volunteers could not say no and so they took 5 adults, which were very afraid, some injured.Now they have been dewormed, vaccinated, analyticas and beutered, and when ready they will need forever homes.
Here are 4 of them, beautiful black beauties.
Alex
https://asokaelgrande.org/ficha-11242Gloria
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6 galgos dumped in the middle of the hunting season! Galgos Rescue Almeria to help them
From Sandy Galgoslover.These 6 galgos are in Extremadura and are being dumped because they are no longer useful for hunting.
For those who aren’t yet aware, this part of Spain is also an area where, as a hunting dog, you prefer not to be.
We were asked if we could take them in. Of course we would! Their transport to GRA costs 420€, which is only a small part of their rescue operation.
Once they arrive at the rescue center, they will receive the necessary care (vaccinations, blood test, deworming, sterilisation/ castration,…. ) needed to prepare them for a new future. -
Looking after a Senior Dog
It’s a sad fact of life that a lot of senior dogs are dumped in shelters and perreras when their owners either can’t afford the vet fees for medical care, or in the case of hunters because the dogs have served their purpose and they no longer want them!
This article explains how to care for an older dog, although I’m sure my readers are already well experienced in caring for their senior dog.