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| Sponsorship Dogs Leaflet |
The sponsorship scheme run by Sue at the GIN shop in Bournemouth has been hugely successful and has helped this charity to continue to bring a few galgos into this country for quarantine and adoption. When our UK supporters (who bring in the charity’s major funding) meet these lovely dogs and learn of their history, it stimulates interest and support for these poor Spanish bred greyhounds and enables us to expand our rescue and adoption work for them abroad which has always been on a very much larger scale than we can do here in the UK with our anti-rabies restrictions. The major part of GIN’s funds go to financing the rescue, rehabilitation and transport of Spanish galgos and greyhounds to safety and to homes with daughter associations and sympathisers in Belgium, France, Germany, Holland, Italy and other countries of northern and central Europe. The UK sponsorship scheme is one of the catalysts that help raise the funds for this work.
Eight new galgos arrived at the Gloucestershire Quarantine Kennels on March 16th and they are the current galgos looking for GIN sponsorship. They came from the Arca de Noe refuge in Albacete. The brief character descriptions and the photos are from the Spanish volunteers who rescued them originally and will be developed later as we and the staff come to know the dogs better. The dogs were sent to a boarding kennels we use in northern Spain in Vic, where the vet, Pep Plans carried out the necessary parasite tests, vaccine, sterilisations and export requirements. The security and time spent in quarantine are ideal for maltreated, frightened dogs to ‘chill out’, regain faith and trust in humans, and prepare them for family life and the world outside.
If you would like to sponsor one of our galgos, please use our Sponsorship Form... and contact Sue at the shop on 01202 513000 or us on 01784 483206. If you are an on-going or regular sponsor, Sue will be sending you your new ‘dog’.
If you do not hear in a while or if you would like more details, please come into the shop or ring us.
ALTHOUGH WE TRY TO KEEP OUR WEBSITE AS UP-TO-DATE AS POSSIBLE IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN ADOPTING ONE OF THE GALGOS WHOSE DETAILS ARE GIVEN BELOW PLEASE CONTACT PAT WHIPPS, OUR HOMING OFFICER, ON 01784 434735 OR EMAIL greyhomes@houndhouse.fsnet.co.uk TO CHECK WHICH DOGS ARE STILL AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION. THANK YOU.
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LEON
– a large lovely looking very friendly white male galgo. He
is approx. 2 years old and has settled well in the kennels. He looks
forward to receiving visitors and treats! Very playful.
RESERVED
SIMBA
– a stunning looking fawn female galga with white markings. Very
friendly – her tail doesn’t stop wagging. Loves everybody and
especially her treats.
MENTA
– a tiny, friendly, happy fawn/white long haired female galga. She
is approx. 1˝ years old. She is kennelled with Dortmund.
RESERVED
CARDA
– a lovely looking long haired small blue/brindle female galga.
She is very shy and needs to gain confidence with people. She likes her
bed next to the heater!
HARLEM
– a white male galgo, approx. 4 years old. He has settled
well in kennels but very shy – he needs to gain confidence with people.
DIVA
– a lovely small blue/black female galga, approx. 7 years old. She
has settled into the kennels well – she is quiet and needs to gain
confidence with people.
DORTMUND
– a striking red brindle male galgo, approx. 5 years old. Very friendly.
Loves everyone and his treats.
COLONIA
- a lovely white female galga approx. 3 years old. She is quiet but
as she is kennelled with SIMBA is gaining in confidence very
quickly!