With a harness on his back and a leash sliding behind him, a small dog walked the streets of Spain for at least a week, until a person who regularly encountered him asked for help for him. At the shelter, his electronic chip spoke for him: a journey made of several life changes, including a stable from which he kept escaping. Today, Rey hopes for a family for good, in France!
His announcement, published on Animals.fr by the association Galgos Angelpresents Rey as a Ratonero Bodeguero Andaluz cross born in June 2024, i.e. aged 2 years and 5 months. It has a small size, between approximately 8 and 9 kg, and 40 cm at the withers.
Before being taken into care, this dog was spotted on several occasions, at various times, still equipped with his harness, still attached to his leash and dragging on the ground.
A person who saw him regularly ended up raising the alarm. Direction a Spanish refuge, where the reading of his electronic chip allowed us to trace his story.
Breed : Ratonero Bodeguero Andaluz
Age : 2 years and 5 months
Location : Spain Spain
Association : GALGOS ANGEL
Meet Rey
What the chip revealed
Initially, a family had chosen him as a little companion. Then Rey grew up, and its first adopters no longer wanted it. He then ended up with someone else, housed in a stable among the horses… A place he was constantly fleeing.
The shelter approached this person and got them to give them the dog.
From distrust to hugs
When he arrived, the survivor maintained a certain reserve. As soon as a hand reached out towards him, he turned his head to the side, staying put rather than moving away. His announcement puts forward a possible explanation, without deciding it: the caresses were perhaps unfamiliar to him, or his contacts with humans had not always been gentle.
Placed in a foster family, he has developed a taste for little attentions and today allows himself to be pampered without being asked. Kind and very affectionate, this is how his benefactors portray him.
With his peers, everything works: males or females, small or large, he gets along with everyone. And at home? Clean and easy-going, he walks very well on a leash, even if he still pulls a little, and gets into the car without fuss.
A home to finally put your paws down
On the health side, nothing to report: sterilized, up to date with his vaccinations and negative for leishmaniasis test, Rey is presented without handicap or particular concern. This test will however be repeated if an adoption request arrives, then renewed each year, because this disease is lastingly established in Spain and can remain undetectable for several years.
Cats? No one knows yet, and the shelter offers to organize a test if a family reports. Children should not be a problem for him, given his gentle temperament.
House or apartment, either would suit him, provided there are regular outings and real moments shared with his family. A second sociable dog in the household would be a bonus, as he so enjoys the company of his peers.
Identified and deparasitized, it will be able to join Narbonne, Besançon, Dole, Strasbourg, Mulhouse Or Lyonin France following its adoption. After so many changes of address, all he needs is a family who will keep him, this time, for good.
Find more information (fees, compatibilities, specific needs, etc.), the adoption procedure and contact details for the Galgos Angel association on Rey's Animaux.fr ad.