Capuccina or Bambi

A very small update to make you look at our little Capuccina, I call her that because she looks very much like Sandra’s Italian Volpino, especially in her behaviour but also in looks. She is very small and like somebody from Andalucia would say “grasiosa”, she’s like a little lizard, moving all the time, climbing up on your lap, calling for your attention, starts licking you and nuggles you with her head, all in all she is adorable and that coming from someone who doesn’t really like small dogs that much.

But I do recognize this one as being something special, put her on your sofa and believe me when I tell you you won’t be disappointed. She was found wandering about in Zamora and that is where she is now untill somebody adopts her. Greetings, Fermin

40 Galgo girls from Sevilla...

...just arrived at Scooby. All of them rescued in the surroundings of Sevilla and now at Scooby to find their forever homes. So we will be very busy with preparing all our new arrivals for adoption and adding them to the adoption page as soon as possible. No time for a rest in sight since very soon another bunch of Galgos will arrive from Moron. So we count on you again to help us finding wonderful homes for all these precious creatures!

And now, please enjoy the slide-show!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6r1qlXjDows

Correction for update from yesterday

The photo "LA HEMBRA" didn´t show the correct dog until now. Now it is changed and here is the correct photo.
Sorry!

A quick pickup

Or I should say two pickups, because I did one and Oscar another, two galgos, one male and one female. The male we picked up in a village in Salamanca were he had been roaming about for two years already and the priest of the village always left some food for him, so nobody else paid any attention until the priest moved to another place and there was nobody to feed him. Will you be the one taking care of his food from now on?

The other is a little female galgo that I picked up in Villoslada, a very small village in Segovia and pretty far out. The thing is that we were called to pick her up,  and we of course told them that they would have to try closing her in or putting her in a patio somewhere so we could pick her up from there and that is what they did. What happened is that I came to the village, arrived at the house and the man told me it would be difficult to catch her and the best would be that we would give her something to eat and he appeared with a piece of bacon to give to her and the galga refused, she didn’t want it, and that’s where I come in, get down and she comes closer very slowly, I let her smell my hand, she comes even closer and simply lets herself be caught without any problem. The neighbours hallucinated and told me that I had hypnotized her. Nothing further from the truth, she is just a lovely dog but these people in the village now think I have special powers and with a simple look the galgos fall at my feet.. nothing like that but it’s just a simple question of talking to them lovingly.

Greetings and till soon

Fermin

DON HUGO, AN UNEMPLOYED KNIGHT

My name is Hugo, yet I have no last name because I am waiting to be adopted, D. Hugo you can call me since I am a true gentleman, I am living in an animal shelter which is all inclusive, I have a room with the best view, daily room service and lots of extras, several times a week I get my walks and my groomings and my favourite treat: first at the snout, then my earsies and when I feel like I’m really in charge of things I lay down for a good belly rub and a body massage.

Here I live a very relaxed life, but I've been here far too long as well and would like to leave more often,  know other places, travel, see other faces, do other things, especially getting more exercise because this comfortable living has its drawbacks, and in recent years I've put on  a couple of extra pounds that with a few good walks, games and a lower calorie diet could be lost without problems. The other day I heard them say about two dog girls living here in the shelter that they looked like a barrel and I didn’t like that, I think it’s not so bad to say this about myself but I am a handsome dog, very handsome indeed and I always take care of my body and fur very very well, and the truth is I don’t like seeing myself as a barrell, but in my situation what can I do? Now that I am unemployed I can spend much time at this, you can laugh but I am a real knight, I am a conqueror, I have made many dogs mad and conquered quite a few but by now they know my tricks and it’s getting boring, so I need to get to out to know other ladydogs I can butter up with my charms, many years ago I was one of the best in the field, it took me very little to have a lady swoon at my feet, a look, a few sweet words, a shy rubbing, such sweet memories...

I approached them slowly and saluted them: - Hi there precious, haven’t seen your around here before, would you like to go for a walk with me?, my name is Hugo and I live around here, I have a weakness for beautiful women such as you, with that beautiful coat and this gait that drives me crazy, I’d like to get to know you better, if you want to we can spend some time tonight, we will  wander and we will talk lying on the grass under the light of the stars, let me get to know you better, you will not regret. Then  I would approach them and whisper in their ear: - You will wait for me the rest of my life – carefully rubbing their leg so they would feel a shiver all over their body,  dropped little pats on them and was sure to get a smile from ear to ear and for the night they would be there for our appointment and willing to enjoy my doggy charms. In my neighbourhood I had a record of conquests and the envy of all the other machos who where neither as handsome nor as professional and successful as me. 

Several years now I have been unemployed and I'd like to exercise but for that I need to leave the shelter, please someone come for me, take me with you, give me the opportunity to show how much I'm worth because I am a precious dog and when you take to the streets around the world people will step up telling the owner how handsome I am, making that owner feel proud of having such  a beautiful dog with each step we take: - Wow!  Such a beautiful dog, so precious, what’s is name? – is what they will say.

In addition I must be back to my work and I hope that if you want to get to know me, make use of this opportunity by visiting the Scooby Shelter at Polígono los Llanos in Zamora, I will gladly receive you there, ask for D. Hugo, we will have a talk and surely we can reach an agreement which will require certain commitments by both parties, I will vow to be a good dog, educated, sweet, clean and sociable as any self-respectible Knight would be, I promise I will be defending my home and my owner with my life if necessary, to be by your side in good and bad times,  to disturb as little as possible and bark only when strictly necessary, to be grateful for your care, to greet you in good spirits when you come home from work after a long day, to respect your space and your things and always willing to obey you and above all I promise to be your most faithful friend the rest of my life, in return all I ask from the person who decides to adopt me to give me the care I require to have a dignified life, that let me continue my career, finally there is an essential mutual commitment in which the two of us pledge not to abandon another, ever.

Now all I hope for is that someone will decide they need me in their life, don’t wait too long to decide because this is an unique opportunity, a once in a lifetime shot, and I will be waiting for you.

Well yes, we have been to Cuenca

We started in Cuenca, emptying the doghouse again from galgos, males and females, black and brindle, because they all deserve a place in our heart. This time we also brought a little podenco with us that is already a little older and several galgas with problems, one galgo with eye injuries.

 Even though I know that Pilar is doing her best for all of them, I am afraid that she cannot  get to all the places. This little and very thin female galga arrived there only shortly before and she has already tested negative for Leishmania and Erlichia, now it is our turn to care for her and find out what is the matter with her.

We brought 35 galgos and 1 podenco in from Cuenca, we’ve also been to the doghouse in Valladolid and brought 4 home from there, and we have 4 coming from Madrid. Like I told you before, thanks to you we have room for more galgos and the next ones will arrive shortly, and in the meantime we will take care of these ones and prepare everything so they will appear on our webpage shortly. Greetings, Fermin