mucho que contar/much to tell

He estado 1a semana sin ordenador y todovia no funciona como debe. Te sientes totalmente desconectada del mundo! A esta perrita la di por eutaniasada porque tenia el virus del moquillo. Cuando fui a recojer la madre unas 3 semanas despues de que dio positiva Diana (la cachorita) en moquillo me dijo la veterinaria de la perrera que alli tenia todavia tenia la a Diana porque no la veia tan mal como para sacrificarla.....Que alegria me dio!!! Pedi que la vacunara y decidimos dejarla unos dias mas alli para ver su reaccion a la vacuna. 4 dias despues de la vacuna parecia que seguia bien asi que la saque. No la podia meter en el refugio porque acababa de acogera a una cachorrita de podenco y llevaba solo 5 dias con su vacuna y podria contagiarla. la suerte que tuve fue que una nueva voluntaria me ofrecio una acogida para Diana! Tiene tos y estornudo de vez en cuando.....Esperemos que todo vaya bien! Que preocupacion! Es una preciosidad, igual que la madre.
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I have been 1 week without internet and that is terrible because you are totally disconected. I thought that this little sweet galgo puppy had been eutanised because I did the destemper tests and she was positive, poor baby. When I, after 3 weeks of the test, went to pick up her mother, the vet said that she was still there and that she looked fine. Had a bit of cough but she looked happy and was been treated. So I said.Great! We vaccinated her and waited for 4 more days to see the reaction. She was still fine so I decided to take her out but I couldn´t bring her into the kennel because I had just taken on a Podenco puppy which had just been vaccinated so the risk of contamination was high. Fortunately a new volunteer said that she would take the galgo puppy, Diana, in foster. She is doing fine although she coughs a little and sneezes....I so much hope that she will get well! Poor little baby.

Casper adoptado/Casper adopted

Aqui tenemos a Casper con un antes y despues! Me lo trajo un matrimonio fantastico de Estepona donde lo encontraron abandonado, lleno de garrapatas. Estuvo unos meses en el refugio pero no era feliz. Necesitaba mucho cariño y alli solo tenemos tempo de darselo a ratitos, lloraba bastante, asi que a la primera oportunidad y gracias al buen trabajo de GRH se lo llevaron en acogida a Holanda. Estuvo unos meses en su casa de acogida y ya esta adoptado. No podia ser de otra menera porque Casper es un perro muy dulce y cariñoso, nada dominante. La familia de adopcion esta encantado con el! Les sigue a todas partes, incluido al cuarto de baño. Los que tenemos galgos ya sabemos lo que es eso. Hay dias malas en esto de rescatar animales, sobre todo en esta epoca porque hay tantos abandonados y en las perreras que no das a basto, pero cuando ves esto sabes porque lo haces! Por desgracia no se pueden salvar a todos y eso te quita el sueño, pero el hecho de que puedes salvara a algunos te hace feliz!
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Here we have Casper with a "before" and "after". He was brought to my shelter by a fantastic couple from Estepona. They found him, lost, on the street. He was full of ticks. He stayed for some months at the shelter and at the first oportunity of a foster family, thanks to GRH, he left to Holland as he was not happy at the shelter. Always asking for love and crying when we left him again in his kennel. There is, unfortunately, no time enough to dedicate to all of them, only little wiles. He stayed with his foster family for some months and now he has been adopted. Couldn´t be in another way because Casper is very lovely and not dominant at all. He only wants to receive love and that is what he is going to receive from now for ever. He follows his new mum everywhere, even to the bathroom, but we, as galgo owner and lovers, know what that is!! There are bad days in this task of rescueing galgos because, specailly now, there are so many galgos abandoned everywhere and you know that you cannot save them all, which gives you sleepless nights, but the fact that you can save ar least some, makes you feel happy.

Mañana llegaran estas dos preciosidades/Tomorrow those beauties will arrive

Una peticion de ayuda: Dos galgos en deplorable estado encontrados en Cartama, un pueblo cerca de Malaga. El dueño no los quiere asi que no les da de comer, para que? Palabras suyas: Demasiado que los aguanto aqui....Sin comentarios. Menos mal que una chica los vio y se los pidio pero donde meterlos? Yo recibi la peticion de ayuda por correo electronico y tengo sitio ahora mismo, estan al lado de donde tengo el refugio, asi que dije: adelante y vendran mañana. Estaban llenos de bichos los pobres. Habra que hacer analiticas a ver como estan. Esperemos que bien. Ahora a engordarlos y encontrarles una buena adopcion.
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An shout for help: Two galgos in a terrible state were found in Cartama, a village near Malaga. Their owner didn´t want them so why give them to eat??? His own words: They should be greatfull that they are still here.......No comments. Fortunately a girl saw them and send emails around asking for help. I have space, they have been found nearby so I said. I will take them. They will be brought to my kennel tomorrow morning. They were full of ticks and flees. Will have to do the tests and let´s hope that they are ok.

Adan en Holanda y Addy en acogida/Adan in Holland and Addy at home as foster

Esta semana ha sido de muchas emociones de nuevo. El lunes saque a mari de la perrera, el martes se nos fue nuestro querido Adan (el blanco) que ha estado en el refugio conmigo desde Marzo hasta Junio, luego de acogida en casa y ahora, ya adoptado, en Holanda. Como siempre es muy emocionante despedirte de un perro del que has cuidado. Estaba muy tenso, el pobre y le tuve que dar unas pastillas. Esto le ayudo para pasar el maltrago del viaje y de un nuevo cambio en su vida. Pero....ya vais las fotos en su nueva casa. El adoptante esta enamorado de el. Es que Adan no era para menos. Espectacular y buenismo. Y le va a ir muy bien aunque siempre le echare de menos.
Tuvo que ser asi, creo, porque el lunes me comunico la acogida de Addy (la negra) que ya no la podia tener. A Addy la saque en Marzo tambien y estuvo en el refugio. En Junio se fue a una casa de acogida y la querrian traer de vuelta al refugio...Addy es una perro totalmente traumatizada y no ha mejorado nada en su casa de acogida y me consta que ha sido muy bien tratada. Entiendo tambien que es muy frustrante cuando ves que, a pesar de que tu haces de todo para que salga de su circulo vicioso, no mejora. Pero como he dicho: tuvo que ser porque enseguida decidimos mi marido y yo que la acojariamos. Habia pensado en traerme a otra del refugio, Selva, pero Selva esta adaptada y feliz en el refugio y no podia dejar que Addy volviera alli despues de haber vivido en una casa. Asi que aqui la tenemos, a penas se mueve de su cama aunque le "fuerzo" venirse donde estamos nosotros. No ha comido a penas desde que llego el miercoles pero bueno, ya comera. Es un montoncito de pena. Ya tuve a Chica hace un año y medio que era parecida. Ella ya esta felizmente adoptada en Holanda. Para Addy se va a necesitar una familia muy especial porque se hara a ellos pero nunca estar bien con extraños. Ay, que no le habran hecho a este pobre animalito.
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It has been a very emotional week. On monday I took a galgo out of the killingstation and on tuesday my beloved Adan (white) left to his adoption family in Holland. How difficult this is once and again. He was very stressed so I gave him some tranquilizers and that helped. The photos in his new home show how well he has adapted. His owner is totally in love with him. Of course, he is a spectacular dog and very very sweet. Ay, I miss him but it was like it had to be because I was advised by a lady who had Addy (black) in foster saying that she couldnot have here anymore. Addy is a very very traumatised galga. I took her from the killingpound in March, she stayed in the shelter where she was always hiding in the kennel, very very afraid In JUne she went to her foster family. So when the lady told me I said that I would take her because it would have been terrible for Addy to go back to the kennel once she had lived in a home. So here she is, laying in het bed the whole time, not eating much and very afraid. I hope Addy will come out of her vicious circle one day but she will need a very special family who understands that she will always be afraid of strange people. What have they done to this poor soul??

Mi querido Sam/My beloved Sam

Este guapisimo cruce de galgo estaba en el refugio desde Junio, sacado de la perrera. Era uno de estos pobres perros que, por ser cruce, tenia dificil adopcion. Que culpa tendria el? Dificil de "vender" en fotos porque las fotos de los perros negros no les suelen hacer justicia. Sam es un perro increiblemente cariñoso y muy alegre. Adora a las personas. Cuando las ve se pone a dos patas para recibir besos y caricias. Tiene caracter como buen macho grande que es y se notaba su presencia en el refugio. Digo"se notaba" porque Sam ha encontrado su alma jemela en uno de los voluntarios! Fue un flechazo entre ambos. Y que cambio ha dado! Vive en un piso pero su nuevo dueño lo saca mucho y lo deja correr en los parques vallados para perros que por fin hay en Malaga, gracias a la insitencia de las animalistas. Como le echo de menos! Hoy lo he visto en un evento organizado por el colegio de veterinarios y el ayuntamiento, contra el abandono, maltrato y demas barbaridades y cuando nos hemos visto nos hemos puesto muy contentos! Yo emocionada de verlo alli, tranquilo entre mucha gente y muchos perro. El voluntario lo llevo el otro dia al refugio y no querria entrar! Que listo! Le pregunte al adoptante como se portaba en casa y me dijo: Bien! Bueno, ha rota cojines, tiro un plato que habia en la encimera de la cocina etc. Eso es ser animalista! Entender que un animal "salvaje" necesita su tiempo de adaptacion. No puedo expresar la felicidad que siento saber que este precioso animal va a vivir una vida feliz para siempre! Te quiero mucho Sam y se que estas en muy buenas manos!!!!
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This beautifull galgo mix was in my shelter since June. I saved him from the death row. He was one of those poor dogs difficult to adopt because he is a mix. Was not his fault! Difficult to "sell" because photos of black dogs donot make justice to them. Sam is a marvelous dog, very alive and sweet. He loves people and stands on two legs to kiss them and receive love. He has a caracter and his presence was noticed whilst he was at the shelter. Yes, I say "was" because Sam has found his twin soul in one of the volunteers. It was love at first site from both parts. And how has he changed! He lives in a flat but his owner takes him out very often for long walks and runs in the specially fenced dog park in Malaga. I miss him very much! I saw him today in an event, organised by the veterinary university and the townhall. The event was agaist mistreatment and abandonement and other horrors people do to animals in general. When we saw each other we were sooooo happy! I was totally emocioned. He behaved perfectly amongst the crowd of people and dogs. The volunteer who has adopted him took him the other day to the shelter and he didn´t want to go in....Suppose just in case he would have been left there again. Clever boy! I asked his owner how he was behaving and he said: Fine! Well he has torn various cushions and a dish which was in the kitchen etc....That is a person who really cares because he understand that a "sauvage" animal needs his time. I donot know how to express how happy I am knowing that Sam will now have a great life forever! I love you Sam and I know that you are in good hands!

manifestacion 8 oct contra la caza y maltrato de galgos/protest against hunting and mistreatment of galgos

Ayer la asociacion Malaga Perruno organizo una manifestacion contra la caza y contra el abandono y maltrato de galgos ya que hoy ha empezado la temporada de caza y miles de estos pobres animales seran abandonadas en perreras, mutilados, ahorcados, tirados en pozos y demas barbaries . Hubo mucha gente y estuvo todo muy bien organizado. No conte los galgos que habia pero por lo menos unos 30. De ellos 8 de mi refugio!! Dos de ellas estan en la primera foto, Arena y Mowgli. Los pobres estaban muy nerviosos. Mowgli, como buen cachorro que es, no paraba quita, iba de un lado a otro tirando de la correa. Arena no hacia mas que darle bocados a los perros que se le acercaban! Volvieron agotados (y nosotros!) y encantados de verse otra vez en su jaula del refugio. Pobres! Con que poco se contentan!
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The asociation Malaga Perruno organised a protest walk yesterday in the centre of Malaga against hunting and mistreatment in general and of galgos specially as the hunting season has started today. Many of them will be dropped at the killingstations, mistreated, hung, dropped in wells and other horrors. It was a succes! I didn´t count the amount of galgos present but at least 30. Plus other kind of dogs. 8 of the galgos were from my kennel!! To of them on the first photo, Arena and Mowgli. Poor souls, they were so nervous. Mowgli didn´t stop walking across pulling her leash and Arena bit every dog who came near her! They came back exhausted (and so did we!!) and were so so happy to be back in their kennels again. Poor sweeties. They are happy with very little!

Mis nuevas preciosidades/My new beauties

Estas si han tenido la suerte de poder salir adelante. Cira, la blanca con manchas atigradas entro a la vez que Rocio, la que se murio. Ella si tuvo la suerte de sobrevivir. Quisaz su galguero se gasto un poco de dinero en ella aunque a pesar de esto la abandono en la perrera a los 6 años de haberla explotado....Es una maravilla. Muy muy cariñosa y esta feliz y agradecida por recibir caricias, comida. Cuando llegas da saltos de alegria, es tranquila y buenisima. un amor. La negrita es un cachorro. Su pasaporte dice que nacio en augosto del 2010 pero a mi me parece bastante mas joven. Como unos 7 o 8 meses. A saber...A ella la dejaron con pasporte incluido en la perrera porque el dueño se tenia que operar y no podia cuidar de ella. Alucino.....Por lo menos lleva todas las vacunas en regla. Algo es algo.
La semana pasado estuvieron aqui personas (maravillosas) de GreyhoundsRescueBelgium y se las han reservado asi que estas ya tienen su futuro feliz asegurado!
El cachorro lo hemos llamda Mowgly y a la otra Cira. Dos amores.
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Those have been lucky. The white one with the brindle spots came in at the same time as Rocio. She has been lucky and survived. Maybe her galguero did vaccinate her but nevertheless abandonned her at the age of 6 after having used her. She is a love. Very very sweet and asking for caresses all the time. She loves the food and when you arrive she jumps of joy, she is quiet and really great. The black one is a puppy. Her passport says that she was born in august 2010 but I feel she is younger. About 7 or 8 months. Who knows.....Her owner left her because he had to undergo an surgery and coulnot look after her...Incredible. At least she has all her vaccinations.
I received a visit from the wonderfull people of GreyhoundsRescueBelgium last week and they have reserved the two. So they will soon find a lovely home in Belgium.
We have named the puppy "Mowgly" and the other one "Cira". Two sweeties.

Estos pobres no lo consiguieron/those two didn´t survive

Estos dos no tuvieron la suerte de los demas. Por culpa de sus galgueron que nunca los vacunaron se contagiaron de moquillo en la perrera. Es una imagen que nunca olvidare. Como veis en las primeras fotos de Rocio, asi la llame cuando le saque sangre para hacerle las pruebas, estaba fuerte y guapisima aunque algo delgada. Cuando volvi a verla una semana despues, ya sabiendo que tenia el virus mortal del moquillo, era un pobre esqueleto. Se me saltan las lagrimas cada vez que me acuerdo. Para su galguero no valio ni los 7€ que vale la vacuna. Nunca hubiera cogido el virus si la hubiera vacunado como dios manda. No sobrevivio, claro. Un animal joven de 4 años, precioso tratado por su galguero como una basura. Igual le paso al cachorro de 7 meses, preciosa, de ojos claros. Ya se le ve en las fotos las legañas y efectivamente, murio de moquillo. Que podemos hacer para que este sacrificio gratuito termine???
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Thos two were not as lucky as the ones I could save. Their galguero didn´t even spend a penny in vaccinating them so they were infected by the destemper virus at the killingstation. I will never forget the images. When yiu watch the first photos of Rocio, that is how I called her when I did the test, you see a strong beautifull dog, although thin. When I returned the week after, already knowing that she was infected with destemper, her image was just terrifying. A totally different dog. Sad eyes and exhausted. I ill never forget her image and I get tears in my eyes every time I think of her. For her galguero she wasn´r even worth the 7€ which costs the vaccin. She would have been alive now if he had spend that little money on her. She dies, of course. The same happened to the baby of 7 month, the one with they green eyes, a beauty. She also died of destemper. What can we do to stop this?

por fin!/at long last!

Bueno, ya se me arreglo el ordenador pero el ponerme al dia me ha costado dias. Hoy ha sido un dia muy emocionante. Se han ido 4 de mis queridos galgos a Belgica. La de pelo duro clarita llevaba conmigo desde Febrero! Los dos negros desde Mayo y el atigrado desde Junio. Nos costo mutuamente despedirnos los unos de los otros! Que bien se han portado aunque no quisieron meterse en los transportines, los pobres. Si!!! Se que es fantastico que se hayan ido para vivir una vida feliz por fin. Pero como me cuesta despedirme de ellos. Te miran con esa cara de confianza y amor, fiandose de ti y ahora esto. Y no entienden nada! Pero bueno, hay que pensar que dentro de poco ya ni se acordaran de mi cuando esten tumbados en sus camas o sofas, mimados y paseando todos los dias, recibiendo el amor 24 horas de sus nuevos dueños. Os echo de menos amores pero que bien que os he podido salvar de una muerte segura! Disfrutad de una vida merecida! Siempre os tendre en mi corazon.
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At long last my computor is working again but it has taken me days to update all emails etc. Today was a very emotional day because four of my beloved galgos travelled to Belgium. The cream one had been with me since febuary! The two black ones since May and the brindel one since June. Both the dogs and me had a hard time saying goodbye to eachother! They behaved perfectly although they didn´t want to o into the benches, por things. Yeah!!! I know it is fantastic that they left for a much better life. But it is so hard to let them go. They look at you with trust (finally) and now this.... And they just donot understand it! But ok, I have to think that in a few days or weeks they will not remember me when they are laying on their beds or the sofa, enjoying walks, being loved during 24 hours by their new owners. And that is how it should be. I miss you darlings but it feels great to know that I have saved you from a certain dead! Enjoy a deserved life! I will always have you in my heart.