Sorry for lack of news, I’m ill at the moment, lots to catch up on next week

A thank you from Sandy Galgoslover

‘Galgo’s Rescue Almeria is feeling grateful.

2022 Was an eventful year.

Our dogs have been able to count on help and support from our long-standing partners and also from a number of new organisations we have recently started working with. Not only financially but also in finding new homes. Several people who were on holiday or passing through Spain also came to visit our Rescue center and gave a dog a new warm loving home.

Thanks to Greyhounds in Need we were able to have new sleeping boxes installed with a sunshade, so that we can give an extra 12 dogs a cozy place to sleep. Thanks to Stichting Wereldhonden we were also able to fence a big running area.

The year 2022 was also a year where we faced the most severe form of neglect so far in the 5 years that we have been trying to make a difference. As many as 120 animals were given the chance for a new future after the horror, 11 of them were housed at GRA. For Eden & Sofia, help came not a day too soon.

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Follows from Part 1

The spread

The Podenco occurs throughout the Spanish territory, although there is a difference to the extent where the different types of Podenco are used in a certain region. The Podenco Ibicenco is most commonly used in the region that descents of the Balearic Islands, in addition to Catalonia and Valencia and as part of a Rehala, also on a smaller scale in all of Spain. The Podenco Andaluz is the most popular hunting dog in Spain, most commonly used in the South and along the Levantine Coast and as the core of the Rehala. The Xarnago Valenciano, most common in Valencia, Southern Catalonia, East of Aragon, Cuenca and Albacete and the Southeast of Andalusia. The Podenco Canario is the hunting dog of the Canary Islands and is also used for hunting throughout all of Spain. The Podenco Paternino, originating from Huelva, is part of a Rehala and is found in Andalusia, Aragon, Catalonia, Extremadura and Castilla La Mancha. The Podenco Maneto originating from Andalusia is used in many regions of Spain. The Podenco Gallego is widely spread all over Galicia, but mostly in provinces like Pontevedra and Ourense.

Hunting licenses

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From Sandy Galgoslover

‘This week we not only welcomed little Susie but also this beautiful girl Africa joined our podenco pack.
This wirehaired is not afraid at all and very social with other dogs. She immediately found or rediscovered a soul mate, Norman.

Both come from Mazarrón perrera and who knows, maybe they recognize each other. By the way, we often wrongly read the name: killing station, not every perrera is a killing station. Life in the perrera is obviously not ideal, but volunteers do their utmost to make it as pleasant as possible for the animals.

Thanks to the help and support of Friends of Mazarrón Animals these 2 now get a new chance in life, thank you

Video of podencos at play

Wishing all of you a happy, healthy and prosperous 2022, and everything you wish for yourselves.

The latest news from PACMA

‘In October 20231 the Ministry of Social Rights and the 2030 Agenda “presented” its preliminary draft of the Animal Protection Law at a public event. A month and a half later, the only thing that is published on its website is a draft of the preliminary project, and the hearing and public information process has not been opened.

From the beginning we warned that this law left out most of the animals: the victims of livestock, hunting, experimentation laboratories, bullfighting … But also, at this rate, the legislature will end without the animals having a animal protection law at the state level, the false promise of Podemos at electoral time. Once again, animals are the most neglected, relegated to the background and vilified.

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My first galga, adopted in 2007, became ill and the eventual diagnosis was Pemphigus Foliaceous. This story is the first time since then that I have come across the condition in a dog. This is the story of Elsa, with Galgos del Sol.

Date of birth: 10/10/16

Elsa is looking for a new home. A few months back she was diagnosed with an auto-immune disease, pemphigus, which we have been treating here. It manifests with crusty nose lesions as shown in the photo below. Pemphigus is not contagious and of a genetic disposition. The vet where she was homed was unsure of a treatment plan. She’s been treated with steroids and has responded well. Elsa’s symptoms have cleared up and she’s back to normal for now. It’s possible and likely she will have flare ups and the treatment would always be the same — three weeks of steroids. In many cases there can be very few flare ups and the dog can live a normal life. However, when there is a need, case management is essential. Elsa loves to be with other dogs, she’s quite shy but does come around. If you are interested in taking on a case and a lovely dog like Elsa please contact us galgosdelsol@hotmail.com

Elsa has not had an easy life. This is her heartbreaking story.

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From Bev Farmer of Podenco Friends.

‘A post Ive waited some years to be able to write.

Flynn has been here at the finca a number of years, a special needs Podenco he has been passed over so many times and he just needed that family who would understand him ..

Well the good news is, Flynn has a family waiting for him in Canada!!! A family with many years experience of shy timid dogs that need the support time and patience to learn about a different world, outside the safety of the finca.

I am so happy for him, he arrived so shut down and broken and at first the only person he would allow close to him was me. But over time he has discovered that people are nice and in many ways he is a very happy fun loving dog but he does get worried in situations he is not comfortable with. He will have people that will help him overcome his fears of the unknown to live his life to the full.

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