I started cleaning the puppies.  They were very dirty today.  I said to Maria Jose, “Remind me never to get a puppy!”  Low and behold a 1/2 hour later a grey Galgo puppy, who was found wandering the streets of Medina was brought it.  I named him Frodo, since he had big hobbit feet.  I fed him and held him tight and gave him a nice warm crate to sleep in.

No long after, a car drove up with a Galgo. We heard a car horn at the gate. We know someone is here. A man walks up to the gate and asks Maria Jose if he can "exchange" his Galgo for one at Scooby. Maria Jose says, no, but offers to take his Galgo regardless. The man is hesitant, but he accepts. He hands over a beautiful brindle boy, still intact. He is only 17 months old. The very scared boy enters the gate with all of us standing there to take him in. We noticed he has a piece of twine around his neck that doubles as a leash and collar. Freddy quicky runs to get a proper collar and something to remove the twine. We escort the boy inside and give him a warm bed and water until we can assess and vaccinate him. He is scared and shaking. I told him he was safe her and not to worry.

Half an hour later there is another honk at the gate. The man is back, but this time he has his crying 8 year old daughter. He says, "She wants the dog back. What am I suppose to do? Give him back to me." I think to myself, what a man! He came here to give up his dog and now he can't even discipline his child by telling her that he doesn't want the dog anymore. She is not the one who is going to care for him. It broke my heart, because I lied to that boy. I had to go back and literally pulling him out the kennel. He had finally settled and was sleeping. He was so scared and hesitant to leave. But we had to give him back. The man never signed him over, as the second time that he was actually returning, he was coming back to give us his documentation. But instead came back with his crying child. We all hugged the boy goodbye. I told him I was sorry.

Maria Jose was giving the man hell but it was in Spanish so I don't know what she was saying. And he was yelling back. The problem is you have to be careful with these people so Maria Jose couldn't start a very big argument. You don't want to burn your bridges with these people. They could easily come back at night and harm the animals, Maria Jose or someone else at the shelter. The man grabbed the boy by his two front paws. Crossed them over and held the high, so he was standing on his hind legs. He walked him over to the car and put him in. I stood at the gate with tears in my eyes. The car was a sedan. He put the boy in the trunk. I whispered under my breath, "In the trunk?", shook my head and cried, while his young son sat in the front seat snickering. Can you imagine how frightening that would be? In a dark, small trunk.

I can't imagine traveling with any living creature in my trunk. In Spain, this I guess is normal for the Galgo. But for them that one trunk ride may be the most important one... to Scooby. Unfortunately, for this boy it wasn't his last.

After all this, I continued to clean the concrete area.  Once of the puppies, well not a puppy but a small dog got out.  I told Maria Jose and tried to catch him but couldn’t.  Maria Jose said not to worry that we would get him later.  Not long after, this fella found a lady and they started getting frisky.  I heard a screaming under one of the transports.   I find the boy attached to the girl.  I called for Maria Jose and she said we have to wait.  But by this time they have wiggled around so much that they were now bum to bum.  What a site!  So Maria Jose and I are lying under the transport with Maria Jose holding the boy’s two front paws and hoping that he will soon release.  This lasted about 5 minutes.  Finally, he released. It was truly a site! I continued cleaning and then Maria Jose asked that I go to paddock 1 and put coats on the dogs.  It took my 1/2 an hour to coats on 10 dogs.  They were so frisky and always trying to steal the coats.  I then went into paddock 2.  Didn’t manage to put on one coat.  The dogs were really excited.  They take all the coats and run into the yard to play with them.  Not one Galgo got a coat that day in paddock 2 because I couldn’t keep them still or they would take the coats off as soon as I put then on.

Off to the quarantine to see my Lorenzo.  I cleaned up any poop and turned on the heating lamps.  Made sure everyone had a blanket that was clean and dry.  Lorenzo doesn’t seem to be as scared.  He does stand outside and bark with the others when I arrive and then retreats inside when I enter.  The other dogs in his paddock are very loving and not half as scared.  It’s amazing when you enter one of the quarantines.  Maybe 5 or 6 dogs come out to see you.  Then you go inside and there another 6 or 7 dogs all curled up.  Sometimes there are 4 dogs sleeping in one bed, even though there are enough beds to for everyone.  They find comfort in each other and rely on eachother.   Lorenzo is a beautiful dog.  His face is so sweet.  He deserves a family and a warm soft bed.  But part of me thinks he is happy there. He has his buddies and they all get along so well.

I almost forgot. I went to see Bella first thing this morning.  She was sleeping in Mesa’s bed.  I fed her some food by rubbing it on gums.  She licked it but I am not sure of how much she liked it.  The shock is too much on her body.  Today when I left, she was shaking so I gave her another blanket.  Although, I don’t think it was because she was cold.   I am worried about her.  I hope she make it through another night.