Littolle Spry has arrived into our care and we think its safe to say she is literally jumping for joy.
Spry has been waiting patiently since JUNE this year in the pound for us to be able to rescue her and finally we were able to keep that promise....
Happy Days 🥰
Banksy is now looking for her Forever home ❤️🩹
discarded by a bottle bank along with the weekends rubbish....
in a mediocre cage, not fit for purpose.......
She deserves so much more!
Hamsters require enclosures that allow ample space to Burrow and explore,
Hamsters that climb and chew on bars are Board, Frustrated and not getting enough from their environment....
sweet, social, interactive.....Banksy will make a lovely little friend for someone who can offer her the proper care..
Banksy has only one short life...
hamsters only live about 2yrs when properly cared for... and we have no idea how.old she might be....
So
Let's make the rest of hers the best it can be ❤️
Minimum enclosure requirements for Banksy:
Length 80cm
Width 50cm
20cm of bedding to burrow.
We do not recommend wire cages or ones connected with small plastic tunnels.
Homemade enclosures are accepted once they are safe and suitable.
Applications are available on our website
www.gspca.ie
Tweedledum and Tweedledees first experience of snow at 8am this morning and in true hound style it wasnt long before they had headed back in to their warm beds where breakfast was being served... 🥰🤣🥰
⚠️Distressing Image ⚠️
This morning as out team began their early starts.....
Calls and messages began to come in.....
A young fox injured in Gratten Park....
Galway traffic at peak time we eventually managed to get to the location...
Flat.... listless and completely emaciated...
Injuries from possible fights.... organs shutting down.....
Nothing left but to ease his pain and help him cross the bridge 🌈
Massive thank you to the kind ladies who called him in and watched over him while waiting for our arrival...
And as always to the amazing team at Briarhill Veterinary Clinic for giving him the same care and dignity as any domestic animal..... because wildlife deserve it too....
Fly High little fox... we are sorry help came too late... 💔 .
*Hebe Update*
Hebe spent nearly 2 years in our kennels due to her severe nervousness around people she didnt know and at times even those on our kennel team she did ,her fear of noises (wind,doors banging ) and her stress of just not being able to cope with the world.
She had a few applications during that time but they were either just not the right enviroment for her or once we explained the extent of her "issues" the applicants thought it was just too much to take on (and thats ok too).
So a couple of months ago we asked two very "special humans" who have fostered for us so many times over the years and who specialise in "special dogs" if they could foster Hebe .Just to see if Hebe could cope with (and enjoy ) home living .
Jayne and Paul agreed and Hebe joined their household of dogs ,cats and chickens.
It wasnt an easy journey in those first weeks and even now there are days that Hebe has her introverted moments but with patience,dedication,love and an understanding of allowing Hebe to process much of it herself,Hebe is now showing us all why its so important ,so valuable and so,so ,so rewarding to give these "special dogs " a chance...
It brings us so much joy to recieve and watch videos like this one of a carefree,happy Hebe who seems to know just how lucky she was to cross paths with "special people" who committed to giving her a chance to feel at home .
Thank You Jayne and Paul for all you have done,do and continue to do so with those dogs who need a chance the most .
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
They say there's a first time for everything and this morning our 3 remaining lurcher pups (Guppy,Opah and Pike) got a taste of their first ever kongs..
Not quite sure what they were to start with but they soon realised how to get the goodies out 🥰
#lurcherpups #keepthemstimulated #rescuedogsrock
❤️Happy Update❤️
*Etsy now Maggie*
You may remember the 3 dogs we rescued off the mountains and forestry of Lough Atorick back in July .
Etsy was one of those dogs and was the one we had to leave behind at our first attempt to rescue them(we had secured Temu the lurcher and Shein the little hairy white terrier on the first night).
But patience paid off and the next day Etsy was also caught.
Like her 2 friends she was very untrusting and nervous but a month later was adopted by Katie(our kennel managers daughter) and her partner Jack and had to make the journey to The UK.
Its been 2.5 months now since Etsy,now Maggie started her new chapter and yet again patience,commitment and love by her humans has paid off for Etsy/Maggie.
Maggie now rides the train into central London twice a week with her mum Katie to accompany her to her office and now loves looking out the window 🤣
Untusting/nervous dogs just need time and whilst they may never loose all of the baggage inflicted on them in their previous lifes prior to being rescued,they can and do make the most loving and loyal of pets ...🥰
All they need are the right humans willing to give them a chance❤️
#adoptdontshop #patterdaleterrier #commitment #rescuedogsrock
There is no better sound than that of a puppys first ever feed...🥰
Blancmanges 8 babies will be 5 weeks old tomorrow and earlier this morning they got to taste their first feed other than mums.
Soaked nuts,puppy formula and they loved it .
Moving one step closer(not for another 6/7 weeks yet) to flying the nest into forever homes...🥰
SERIOUSLY???
With Storm Ashley raging through our sanctuary ,staff have just come out from their lunch to find some "excuse of a human" had dumped these two babies over our front wall and onto our field ...
Two malnourished saluki/lurcher pups both wirh rickets because this same "excuse of a human " couldnt be bothered even feeding these babies ...
Approx 10 weeks old and already full of fleas and worms...
And PLEASE do not comment saying at least they dumped them at your gates because DUMPING IS NOT ONLY ILLEGAL but a COWARDS way of getting rid of unwanted animals.
There are gale force winds and driving rain on our fields right now.
What if we hadnt found them?
What if we had been out with a loose dog who isnt dog friendly?
What if they had ran scared through our hedging and out onto the road?
There were so many dangers that could have befell these innocent babies.
Right now we are going through our cctv footage and any information will be passed onto the local Gardai and we WILL NOT be letting this go .
And now our team is doing their best to try and find even the smallest corner where these babies can safely go in our already over crowded sanctuary.
It wasnt just Jesus that wept believe us...😥
Tonight it will be time for us to say our Goodbyes to two more of our litter of 12 lurcher babies as Cisco(4 white paws) and Guppy start their journey across the Irish sea to our friends at Erin Hounds Sighthound Rescue where their two very excited forever families await .
We have been with these babies from the moment they were born to mum Sushi here in our sanctuary.
We have watched them grow from the day old babies all the way up to now as they celebrate being four months old today.
They are just the most amazing,kindest babies who have taken up very special places in all our hearts.
Be brave and safe tonight and going forward little ones as you leave the only home you have ever known....it will be scary but know that we remain in your hearts on this journey too.
There is so much love waiting for you ...❤️
#lurcherlove #galwayspca #rescuesworkingtogetger #adoptdontshop
