A pet yes-a vet no

his poor boy was found abandoned and rescued by Scooby.

It is for sure that he has been a family cat. But this has come to an end when he developed cancer in both of his ears and it began to "eat them off". This can happen with white cats when the ears get sun burnt because you don´t put cream to protect the sensitive thin skin.

So probably taken far enough away from his home so he couldn´t find the way back and that´s it.

Irresponsibility is the name I would give this.

Well, his ears are cleaned now and he is on the drip but he will  need to have both of his ears amputated and probably some chemo.

As soon as he has recovered again he will be ready for rehoming . But until then we need money to pay for the surgeries  and for the chemo. So please help us to cover the costs by:

Making a donation: http://www.scoobymedina.org/en/how_you_can_help.html

Making a virtual adoption: http://www.scoobymedina.org/en/virtual_adoption/index.html

Adopt one of our animals: http://www.scoobymedina.org/en/adoption/index.html

Become a volunteer: http://www.scoobymedina.org/en/volunteering.html

Join the teaming (for only 1 Euro/month): https://www.teaming.net/scoobymedina?lang=en_UK


                                                     

NOT WITHOUT MY BABIES, THE LITTLE STORY OF A COURAGEOUS MOM

The other day we received a notice that since a few days there was an abandoned dog near some abandoned houses.

We went there and she was there lying in the grass, when we got closer she ran but without moving away too much.

We tried to catch her with food but she didn't want food, what she really wanted was to take us to something we did not expect...

Her precious treasures (7 of them) that she did not want to leave.

We quickly made sure the puppies were safe, they were  outdoors on a cold and rainy day, she made it difficult for us, but it was a matter of patience...

Ana being patient with a pup in her arms resulted in finally catching her (after two hours), and as a result hopefully that she will be able to trust people again and her pups as well.  Now both mama and her puppies need a home!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6lWcHGyXkI&feature=youtu.be

Another poor Galgo

This poor boy has been straying in Medina for months and now we were finally able to catch him.

We named him Franzini.

We can only imagine the suffering he went through, trying to survive the hunger and the cold with an itchy skin caused by mange, 2 fresh fractures in the left front leg and an old fracture in the right front leg. But now he is safe at Scooby and like so often, the wonderful Clinica Mediterraneo in Madrid helped us and performed the surgery on Tuesday. Thanks again to these amazing people for always being there for our difficult cases with your knowledge and your competence. So many of our dogs can walk and have a life worth living again because of you. And we are sure that also for Franzini we will find a wonderful home once he has recovered from his abandonment  and its sad outcome.

  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkblEdOf96A

Jana is looking for a special home

Jana is a beautiful mix, black with brown points at her paws and with medium sized honey colored eyes. She is about 4 years old. Jana has been at Scooby since two years. Her crime: being terrorized by people and with an extreme fear of men!  Since about a year she has received help from a volunteer so that little by little her faith in humans will be restored. She is a lot better now, she gets out of her patio to really enjoy these moments, accepts that she is being petted and that her beautiful coat is being brushed, and that men are giving her treats. She also walks fine on a leash and gets along well with the companions in her patio.  This has been a long and slow process and now Jana needs somebody who will foster or adopt her (preferably a woman), but most importantly who will understand her, without forcing her.  She needs someone who accepts her own way and rythm to adapt to humans.  In turn, Jana gives loving (she loves licking your face or your hands), looks at you with immense gratitude and a will to live that is a real joy.

CANELA NEEDS YOUR HELP

Canela arrived in Scooby only a few months ago, and after becoming incredibly skinny very quickly, we now know that she is suffering with Filaria.

We need urgently to treat her for this condition, and the medication needed will cost 200 euros for the treatment of one dog.

Please help us to help Canela, and give her what is needed to make her a healthy and happy galga again.

Please donate via our website: http://www.scoobymedina.org/en/how_you_can_help.html

Thank you for helping Canela

A very long day

The alarm goes off at 3.00 am, the start of what is going to be a long day. First I have to go from Salamanco to Medina del Campo to pick up the truck in which we will bring the dogs to the shelter. We have already one hurdle to go but it won’t stop us, the car in which I have to go to Medina has a broken transmission only 27 km from reaching Medina so at 3.45 we warn the road assistance and at 5.00 things have been solved and I pick up the truck where we start our trip that will get us to Sevilla, Huelva, Badajoz en Caceres before we return to Medina del Campo, a trip of over 1600 km. At 8.15 the first stop is Santiponce, where a mother and daughter and two girls hand over 6 galgos, one of them with a broken shoulder, one of them a baby of just about 6 months that they found when it was tiny and had to bottle feed, these are sad moments of hope when they hand over the first dogs on a long list. At 11.00 the second stop is Sevilla, where we think we can pick up 12 galgos, 9 of them cannot be handed over because the galguero is not at the agreed site. I can still see the face of the girl and her tears for the fate of these 9, we can only take 3 galgos but we will do our best to get in touch to be able to pick up the other 9 later on, but unfortunately we can’t. 12.40 we arrive in  Ingueros, Huelva where someone I know awaits me, 7 dogs more and we pass by the doghouse for 10 podencos that we have to get out of there.. after driving 30 minutes we arrive there and what a surprise there is no trace of these 10 dogs! We  do our best to get as many of them out of there and at this point in the journey I will pause to describe the most horrific images I have seen since I started working for the shelters.. everywhere I look I see dogs that are just flesh over bones, I see mange, fear, mange, a lot of mange, 5 big sized dogs with just two feeders meant for a Chihuahua, more skeletons and more mange. My god, I just think about how well our dogs are in the shelter (at this moment while writing this tears are coming to my eyes).  I see a pitbull that is only a pitbull in name, because he should weigh abt 35kg and now weighs only abt 7 kg with a terrible wound on his backside, in very bad shape and I ask myself where the veterinary doctors of this place are? (At the end of the trip I got word that the dog died, certainly for lack of food). We continue looking in zone 6 which is even harder, where I see two skeletons one of which has just become a mother and the other, a Bodeguero who will soon become one. I don’t know how the pups can walk, they are so hungry and you can only tell that the Bodeguero is pregnant because of the protruding belly out of her skeleton. What will become of her and her pups?   More mange and hunger, what is happening in this place? I have to be strong because the girl that came with me cannot stop crying, we try to get as many out as possible but only the ones having a chip can get out.. very clever because of the 200 in there we can only get the one with chip out, of course paying for the corresponding tax. I am not saying anything to the one responsible there as not to ruin the work of the girl in the neighbourhood because they would not let her enter there anymore and continue her wonderful work which is saving as many dogs as possible from being put down. (Most probable the fate the 10 pondencos have met). Those who know me, know I don’t shy from saying what needs to be said but in this case I have to keep my tongue in check. I leave the place with the hope that our loyal  friend will go back there for the pregnant Bodeguero (when writing this, I was informed that she has given birth in the meantime and has eaten her young, which would be normal because she needs to eat something).

16.45 we arrive at Badajoz for a quick stop, clean and well organized by the guys in this area, 11 galgos of which only one in bad condition, 18.00 arriving in Caceres where 2 girls and 4 galgos are waiting for me. They were worried because on the trip of December 25 we could not pick up about 10 dogs they had collected in the previous days, so they were happy to be able to hand over these 4 galgos. 21.00 we arrive at the  shelter and take each dog to its respective patio.. 18 hours later I am satisfied of the work we have done as a group in each city we have been, I am left with a bad taste in my mouth because of the gate of the 9 galgos we could not pick up and the horrific images in the doghouse that I have seen. Thanks Scooby for letting me be a part of their big family and hope for a better life for the animals

Hoober

VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_3TI_CKgVg&feature=youtu.be