About two months ago a Spanish girl living in Croatia contacted us to ask
about adopting one of our galgos. She had already written to several
associations without success and we were her ultimate hope of making her dream
come true to rescue a Spanish galgo. She did not want to adopt the youngest nor
the prettiest, just the opposite: she wanted to have the one that nobody wanted
to adopt.
We thought it was very complicated because in principle we only have our
dogs adopted countries with partner organisations because of the checkup at first to see if the familiy
they are in are suitable, and later on, after the adoption we visit them
regularly to see if the dogs is happy and well taken care of. Because of how
far she lived, that part was going to be complicated, but Scooby Italy took
charge and set everything in motion to make it possible. If you find someone so
desperately wanting to adopt, you just have to give it a try. A few weeks after
Paloma (that is the name of the fortunate galga) arrived at her new home, her new adoptive mother wrote
the following:
“As you can
see, she is doing great, in only two weeks she has improved tremendously, she
wags her tail when she sees me, she
started to play with the cat (although the cat isn’t too happy about it yet)
and this morning she surprised me when we were in the park, acting foolishly
like a little puppy, playing chase and everything. I bought her a toy because
she stole the cat’s and tore it to pieces.
We have a tiny problem with doing number one around the house but she is
learning and it is a problem easily solved with a mop. For the rest everything
is going fine, she’s very alert on the street and she is scared easily, but she
is already a lot more relaxed and she loves the park. She still doesn’t like
men or dogs much, especially those who run up to her with a lot of noise and
barking but even that is getting better and sometimes she even gets close to
the quieter ones. I will send you the
pictures in a few weeks, I will try tp get one from her together with the
cat, I am sure that within a short
period they will play and sleep in the same bed.”
We are sure that Paloma is going to be very happy in her new home and that
is what we hope for all of our animals. Seeing her that happy encourages us to
continue our work. Be happy Paloma, and although you will forget us soon.. we
will never forget you.
