Open Doors Day

We had so much news this summer that I almost forgot to tell you about our celebration the other day, as is the case on a hot Sunday in July we thought of opening our doors like we do every year.  In the beginning it was like usual and some fifteen people showed up  but when I started to talk, people were telling me, Fermín wait, there are coming more and more and more.  As a matter of fact we could not begin until half an hour later and meanwhile around 150 people had arrived at our facility, something absolutely unbelievable, we had never reached such a large number, not even close, and as a consequence the visit lasted longer than expected, because everyone stopped to see all our animals, asking questions about this or that animal.

At the end of the afternoon we all ended up in the new store that is already starting to pay off, it was a tremendously interesting day, most people left very happy and we are looking forward to seeing you at the next one because at Scooby there's always something new, although we have "only" animals out here.

One week before our open doors day we had a communal day among the volunteers who had helped on the day of the dog, by the way that was also very fun and very wet because Facundo put the hose on us, the truth is that it was very much appreciated because the heat was horrible.

See you soon,

Fermín

Scooby comes to the rescue or our trip to Cuenca

Each of the above titles would fit. A couple of days ago I got a call from Milagros which was about: Fermín, help us, we have so many dogs in here, they are attacking and biting each other, because we don’t have enough space for all of them here.

When I came here, I notified we would drive to Cuenca to get galgos from the Perrera Provincial and I remember my conversation with Dani about it, because at the moment we really should only go for bitches as the males were so hard to get adopted, even though this is a reality,  I found myself unable to make a choice from dogs for their sex or colour. Black dogs have more difficulty to get adopted as well. Yes, we have quite a few black galgo males, but I like to help animals, all animals, and I may be innocent to tell you this while knowing that you will come to adopt these less adoptable dogs and adopt more males and more black dogs, because they really are fantastic, those males of ours. Apart from that I believe you should not rescue dogs simply because they are beautiful, that would be kind of unconstitutional and anyway I always like the ones who are worst off, the most. Anyway usually my dogs pick me and not the other way around.

So we drove to the Perrera in Cuenca and brought 39 galgos from there, among which a puppy, who in my opinion is a podenco and super loveable, and also a mother dog with two pups, who are definitely galgo mixes, but need to be adopted just as urgently as all the others. So please, let’s not be racist, when they are galgo mixes they too have a right to find a lovely spot on the sofa at your house.

Now they are in the puppy house and live together with our baby cats peacefully. I’m over there to take some pictures of them, so you can also see them.

Our rescue heroes by the way were Cristina and Claire who got up in the middle of the night to make the drive to Cuenca and back in one single day.

See you, I’m off taking some pictures.

Fermín                              

Oh, I completely forgot to tell you that one of the dogs we took from Cuenca is a greyhound. I’m not 100% sure whether she came from Ireland, but she is a greyhound. She has only one tattoo, a green one, as customary with the Irish, and on top of that illegible even though we tried. Not so long ago I had a conversation specifically about this subject, with Marion Fitzgibbon, in which I said I was convinced that they were still importing Irish greys for running. And look – now we have got one of those dogs here with us.

Photos of the rescue:

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dl3jF3TIokE&feature=youtu.be

What is impossible, well that is impossible, and beside this it is utterly impossible.

And you might ask yourself, what a strange title has come into his mind again.  But yes, I have to start somewhere. The cause is that we simply cannot cope, not with 3 puppy houses, not with 4, and not with 20. This year is simply crazy..

Yesterday we brought 3 puppies from Cuenca, today a mother with 9 puppies arrived. What shall we do with all these dog kiddies? It is utter madness.

Please if you know any shelter that may help these babies, or if you know any adoptants who can help our little ones, let us know. 

We rehome quite some puppies at the moment, but we are reaching the point the number of puppies is simply getting to large for us, and is getting beyond our possibilities. We simply cannot afford to find homes for so many mix puppies. 

They are very nice, sweet, friendly and cheerful and we give them to adoption already used to collar and leash, but PLEASE adopt them.  I know, adult dogs are easier to handle, but now they are born into the world and we have the responsibility for them, we need to find good homes for them. We count on you!

With kind puppy regards,

Fermín

It never rains but it pours

My father used to say this to me. Well, today our pump, we urgently need in order to pump water out of our own well, has broken. All faithful Scooby friends might remember  that the last time this happened it cost us 7000 Euro to buy a new one. It is logical we cannot operate without water and I already arranged everything for getting it repaired. But to finance this, we will need some Internet auctions, medieval markets or flea markets. For the moment we asked the city council to provide us with water und tomorrow the pump will be picked up for fixing since without it is simply impossible here.

By the way, how incredibly bothersome the mosquitos are in September. For sure they feel their soon end coming and are much more annoying than they were in summer. So, I just inserted this now to relieve some tension und to finish this, what actually is a tragedy, with a smile.

Until soon,

Fermín

Tuna, the cheeky Galga

Among the Golden Oldies in the garden lives Tuna, a five year old Galgo. Every morning I walk through the garden with my bag of clean clothes and my towel, ready to take a shower. And this morning it wasn´t the first time that I came out of the shower, noticing that one piece of clothing was missing. And of course, again, Tuna took it out of my bag without me noticing. Cheeky Galga.  But I forgave her in one second, because she is so very sweet and affectionate. Always first in line to get pet. Always happy and yes, always ready to steel something from your bag.

BASTARDS!!!!

It will probably not be political correct but it is the first thing that comes to mind, that anybody is able to allow an animal to reach this sorry state, there is no other name than bastard.

We picked him up in Hinojosa de Duero and in the end we had to put him to sleep,  worms had practically reached his brain, we don’t know what has happed, the only thing we know is that we cannot allow things like this to happen! The poor thing had a chip so at least we are going to report it, I don’t know if it will have any result but at least we are going to try.

Sad greetings, Fermin

Because the pictures are quite horrific we put them on YouTube so you can decide  yourself if you want to watch them or not.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlWOn5Nqxoc

Our puppy house 3

As far as our puppy house is concerned, not so long ago we have informed you of building a first puppy house, showing you pictures of the happy puppies inside their new home.  The truth is we are collecting so many puppies, feels like thousands of them, so we have decided we need to construct a second puppy house, but not just for the dogs but also for the cats so the second house we construct is for the cats.  It was impossible to continue things the way they were with sick cats coming in being mixed with healthy ones, newcomers and many kittens mixed in the same room, we said we need to get the funds first but then again we went ahead and just built it. Being an aries and not very patient I did not like what I saw with all those kittens catching diseases so the cattery is already underway, shortly we will have finished the new place and all our kittens will have a safe space to spend their quarantine period. As for the success of the first puppy house, we opened a second one in the place we used for the reptiles, but since they are now in the lake area we had space left and so we now have two good puppy houses and ever we have had not a single sick puppy so these houses are a big success. Thus we are pleased because this Summer we had plenty of puppies and – knock on wood – all are healthy so now we want to carry on to do cat house 3 or puppy house 3  - depends on how you want to call it - but now we have to pay for them first so your support is much needed.

 My regards and till the next time. Fermín