Mistreatment and neglect comes in many different ways.
And this is what happened to poor Fina, the galgagirl who was offered for free
through the internet.
Two years ago, when she was 2 years old, she
broke her thyebone while playing as the galguero said, which was a lie. He
told me that after Fina broke her leg, he knew that she was unfit to hunt but
because he had payed good money for her, he decided to let her operate and use
her for breeding puppies so at least he could get some cash back for her and
therefore he paid 600,- Euros for an operation in which, according to the vet,
they put a plate with screws in it, which was a total failure because Fina
had a lot of pain and that*s why she pulled up her leg to not use it and she
had always a few little open wounds on the leg where the screws were
supposed to be.
But our galguero never went back to the clinic with
her to let it check because all he wanted was that she came in heat to have his
so much desired puppies.
But Fina, being a real woman, did not come in heat
because of her pain and discomfort so after 2 years of useless waiting our
galguero threw the towell in the ring and decided to give her away for free,
she had costed him enough and he*d got nothing for it in return. So she
appeared on the internet, we read it and decided to take
her to Scoobys residencia in Valladolid before they were going to
kill her when nobody wanted her. We spoiled her with thick and soft
blankets, a lot of good and nice food and loads of love and she enjoyed
it... she was so sweet and thankfull, no words enough to describe this
special lady...
Meanwhile, on the other side of the world, to be
exactly in Regina (Saskatchewan) in Canada, a man who had already
adopted 2 Scooby galgos, Piny and Canelo, had seen Finas picture and had
decided that he wanted to adopt her too and would let her examen in a
specialised clinic in Canada to see what could be done to improve Finas
condition. So after a long and complicated journey, Fina arrived in
Regina and 2 weeks later Xrays were taken and it did not look well. The open
wounds were now badly infected, maybe from the stress from the journey but her
leg, after 2 years from pulling it up, was totally grown into something which
was not operable anymore and would give her more pain and discomfort and would
never heal to be usefull for her so the best thing to do was amputate it and
Fina would not miss it because it was only bothering her and she did not use it
anyway.
They did it a few days later because the infection was
very bad and than, when they examened the leg after the amputation, they
discovered that the plate and screws, which should be from titanium, were a
piece of plastic and for screws they had used some ty ribs. It is almost
unbelievable!!! No wonder that Fina has had a lot of pain because her
body kept fighting against these strange materials.
This vet should be thrown out of his profession
because he only thought about money and the galguero should have gone back for
a check-up but he only thought about his puppies and none did do what
Fina needed, she was not important. This neglect costed Fina her leg but
it also could have costed her her life!
She is recuperating very well now and being
spoiled which she so deserves and very soon she will run with her brothers,
maybe not so fast but loved, happy and without pain and that*s wat matters
most.
Cobie
