Officiel member associacion of  World Society for the Protection of Animals

Welcome to the English version of our homepage.
  The page is under constant construction, and we will as soon as time allows translate as much as possible.
Please bear with us, if some of the pages remain in Danish

THE PURPOSE  OF ’GALGOS IN NEED’.

-         To promote/arrange adoption of galgos, that are abandoned, mistreated and/or left at shelters in Spain .

-         To promote the political work which aims to improve the existing   legislations and possibilities for sanctions regarding breeding, keeping, and the using of galgos.  

-         To promote information about the living-conditions for the galgos in Spain .  

-         To organise collections and launch appeals in order to help the existing animal-welfare organisations in Spain regarding veterinary-bills, medication, food, payment for stays at foster-homes, shelters etc.  

-        To propagate the knowledge and interest for the breed.    

A rescue dogs Christmas poem

It is the night before Christmas and all through the town,
every shelter is full – we are lost, but not found,

Our numbers are hung on our kennels so bare,
we hope every minute that someone will care,

They'll come to adopt us and give us the call,
"Come here, Max and Sparkie - come fetch your new ball!!

But now we sit here and think of the days..
we were treated so fondly - we had cute, baby ways,

Once we were little, then we grew and we grew
now we're no longer young and we're no longer new.

So out the back door we were thrown like the trash,
they reacted so quickly – why were they so rash?

We "jump on the children:, "don't come when they call",
we "bark when they leave us", climb over the wall.
We should have been neutered, we should have been spayed,
now we suffer the consequence of the errors THEY made.

If only they'd trained us, if only we knew...
we'd have done what they asked us and worshiped them, too.

We were left in the backyard, or worse -let to roam-
now we're tired and lonely and out of a home.

They dropped us off here and they kissed us good-bye...
"Maybe someone else will give you a try."

So now here we are, all confused and alone....
in a shelter with others who long for a home.

The kind workers come through with a meal and a pat,
with so many to care for, they can't stay to chat,

They move to the next kennel, giving each of us cheer...
we know that they wonder how long we'll be here.

We lay down to sleep and sweet dreams fill our heads..
of a home filled with love and our own cozy beds.

Then we wake to see sad eyes, brimming with tears –
our friends filled with emptiness, worry, and fear.
If you can't adopt us and there's no room at the Inn –
could you help with the bills and fill our food bin?

We count on your kindness each day of the year –
can you give more than hope to everyone here?

Please make a donation to pay for the heat...
and help get us something special to eat.

The shelter that cares for us wants us to live,
and more of us will, if more people will give.

Author Unknown 

Dogs speak a lot, but not so much through their voice as we humans do. They communicate most of all with the body. The majority of their language is composed of body language and mimic.

Always honest
 
Dogs always show what they feel. If they are happy you clearly see it. The same applies if they are sad, angry or afraid. They cannon lie and unlike humans they are always true to their emotions. The reason for this is that language communicates emotions as if there was a direct connection between emotions and language. Dogs are always honest. They are not easily fooled and do not lie. However, there are people that think so and punish them unjustified. Those that believe a dog can be dishonest do not understand their language.

(Quotation from: Anders Hallgren, "Understand your dog")