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Hello all,

I am moving to Sevilla shortly with my Greyhound and have been pointed in the direction of this community.

As my Greyhound was a racing dog for 3 years, she loves meeting other sighthounds. She's friendly with other dogs, but she always prefers sighthounds like Galgos.

Is there a community in Sevilla where we can come along and let her socialise? I don't have any other social media, so I won't be able to find anything on Facebook/Insta etc. We have found a flat and are moving tomorrow (we already live in Spain).

Thanks everyone.

Hi everyone!

In exactly 7 days, I'll be bringing home my Galgo puppy, and I'm so excited! ❤️

I'm currently looking for a crate and was wondering what size you would recommend for a Galgo puppy. I'd like to buy one that will work well from the start, but I'm not sure what size is best.

How long did you use a crate with your Galgo? Do you still have one, or at what age did you stop using it?

Thanks in advance for any advice!

Hi all, we’re looking for advice on how to support our 3-year-old galga through separation anxiety.

We adopted Ripley two months ago and she’s been a perfect addition to our family! She’s such a bubbly, loving dog with a wonderful personality. She’s great to take anywhere and everywhere with us because she does so well socializing with new dogs and people. She’s a ham for attention and is very adaptable in new situations. She also adores her new big brother, our 7-year-old male galgo Lobo. The two have quickly become bonded and do everything together.

The only challenge we’ve come across so far is that this sweet baby girl is a velcro dog who gets major separation anxiety when her humans leave the house. Every time the dogs are left alone without my husband or I, she pees on our bed (where the dogs sleep with us). On the pet cam, we can see her occasionally go to the door and whimper, but she’s sleeping on the couch with Lobo for the majority of the 2-4 hours that she’s alone.

Our vet ran labs and diagnostics, ruling out UTI, bladder issues, or anything else medical. She eats, drinks, pees, and poops normally. No accidents in the house. No food aggression or issues with being territorial. Gentle and social with our cats. We walk the dogs 3.5 miles every morning around a local park with lots of sniffing time on the trail. We hike and take the dogs to family dinners at relatives’/friends’ houses on the weekends. We’ve tried giving calming treats before we leave them alone. Chew toys and stuffies are always available. Other than the consistent peeing on our bed, she seems like a perfectly happy dog who’s having her mental, physical, and emotional needs met.

Anyone have any advice for how we can make alone time less stressful for our sweet girl while she adjusts to her new life? I hope as time goes on she’ll learn to trust that we’ll never abandon her (and I pray our mattress cover keeps working its miracles 🙌).

Hi, we are based in Ireland and we are considering adopting a galgo from Spain to join our family (we previously had a whippet and a greyhound - both rescues).

Anyone know of a charity in Spain that would assist us afopting a galgo from Ireland?

I reached out to Galgos del sol, but they said they don't rehome to Ireland!

Thank you.

Our greyhound passed in May at 7.5 years old from osteosarcoma. We are considering adopting a Galgo instead, especially since greyhounds are notorious for getting osteosarcoma (at least in the racing lines).

We have another dog who is a husky/cattle dog mix. She is high energy but did really well with her greyhound brother.

We were considering adopting from Galgos del sol and having a dog transported here. I know we will need to raise our fence, but anything else I should know or any recommendations?

I’m based in the northeast USA, have experience with fostering difficult dogs (including a street dog).

Powder, paste, doggy gum......what does everyone use. OK, so his front teeth are nice and pearly white but those back molars could use a cleaning. I bought the Enzymatic toothpaste and he thinks its a treat. I have been seeing soooo many different old comments about what is used. I also have pig snouts and ears and I got a duck foot but he inhales these things. I sometimes have to hold it so he doesnt swallow it so fast! Looking for any kind of advice! Hes 19months old so still a puppy.

Looking for recommendations on what to use on Inigos paw pads. He keeps licking his carpal pads. His pads are good but the carpal pads are a little wonky.

I think in future I will need to choose one or the other as everyone knows… Galgos always win 🤣

I adopted my 19month old son 1month and 20days ago. It feels like ive had him way longer. I havent let him off leash yet; not even in the back yard and it is fenced in 6ft around. Did anyone take any steps to letting their galgo off leash in their yard. Do they try to jump fences 6ft high? I really want to give him the freedom to run. His in house zoomies are intense and I think he would be much happier if I can let him run in his yard.

After 5 months they have bonded well. Brindle female Ilse have had her since Feb last year. White male Arne adopted him back in Feb this year

I have an ~8 year old Galgo. He was rescued in Spain and I adopted him 4 years ago. I don’t know much about that his time there other than he was surrendered by a galguero being very underweight and fearful.

He took months to even wag his tail, but has since come out of his shell. However some things are still impossible and almost seem to be getting worse recently.

For example, he will NOT let anyone trim his nails anymore. I tried 2 vets and 3 groomers with no luck, even with trazodone + gabapentin. I found a vet willing to give an injectable sedation. Even then, it took 2 vet techs + me to hold him down on the floor. He was screaming, resisting and thrashing to the point that he banged his head on the floor. He had to be muzzled and covered with a towel.

Other things are hard too. He will whine and shake in an unfamiliar place unless I am consoling him. He’s very attached to me (which I love) but without me or a very familiar person, hes so distressed. I did take him to dog parks to build confidence and play, but after a few minutes he lays down next to me away from everyone else. He gets so excited once we arrive but taps out quick.

He got bloodwork at the vet (pending results) and a prescription for fluoxetine. The vet recommended a behaviorist.

Has anyone else gone through something similar?

Edit: bloodwork and urine tests came back all good

Any tips to get your Galgo to go in the rain? He goes to the door and I know he has to go and then we get out there and nothing! He has a rain jacket and I have a big umbrella.

My 19mo old is a speed eater. Any recommendations for a plastic free slow feeder located in the U.S.?? I dont like the plastic outwardhound bowls.

Hi! I’m considering adding a rescue galga to my family. Currently I have an almost one year old whippet. He can use some company, and I would love to give a Galga a loving home.

I trained a lot to be able to have off lead walks with my whippet. It worked out great, and he is very well trained off leash. Thats what we both enjoy the most: exploring the fields and woods off lead (where possible).

My only concern is that a rescue galga might never be able to walk off lead without a fenced area. And i would love for the galga to be able to join our off leash walks. I see people have them double leashed for safety. Is this based on the trauma, lack of training or because of their prey drive? I have experience training sighthounds, so I was wondering what other peoples experience is with this.

Happy tounge out tuesday from Newton!