Maggie and her son, Kona, were rescued by Scooby volunteers when they were found buried in a hole in the ground covered by a board. Kona came to the US in October 2006, and Maggie made the same trip in April 2007. She was supposed to have gone to Chinook Winds Greyhound Adoption in Canada (great friends and supporters of G.R.I.N.), but ended up falling in love with her new mom, a Best Friends Animal Society employee, when she was taken to the Kanab Greyhound Gathering on her way to Canada. She is a truly special girl who is very loved. She lives happily with her mom and a group of cats in Kanab, Utah.
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Carmen is a lovely, lively, tiny galgo. She came to the US in April 2007 and was transferred to the GPA - Greater Northwest adoption group in Idaho. She stayed in foster care for about a month and was recently adopted by a loving family.
G.R.I.N. supporters are all familiar with Sasha, previously known as Dulce, as she became infamous in the greyhound community after escaping from her foster home in Colorado just 36 hours after arriving in the US. After 18 days "in the wild", she was captured by animal control officers in a live animal trap. She has been adopted by a wonderful retired couple and is coming out of her shell little by little and, though still shy around strangers, is a happy and playful little girl!
We don't know much about Daisy Face's history before coming to the US. She was chosen right before the rescue mission in February 2007 to stand in the place of Bita, a sweet Irish greyhound who died of cancer before she could make the trip to the US. Daisy Face was adopted by a wonderful lady and her husband who, sadly, passed away a week after Daisy Face's arrival. Daisy Face has been a blessing to her family and is very loved.
Marco is another long-term resident of Scooby who was lucky enough to be chosen to come to the US in February 2007. A big handsome brindle boy (and a chubby one at that), Marco earned the name "Mark" when Scooby volunteer Eva Andrews, trying to come up with a name for him for the website, noticed that he liked to mark his territory! Marco was transferred to the Greyhound Adoption League of Texas and was adopted by a loving family.
Senora is a wonderful, spunky gal who was overlooked at Scooby for quite some time. Her sweet face captured the hearts of the G.R.I.N. rescuers, though, and Senora was flown to the US in February 2007. She was adopted in Colorado by a loving mom who is a supporter of Scooby and has worked tirelessly for many years to provide medical supplies to the Spanish shelters.
Little is known about Elly prior to her Scooby days. She was rescued from a poorly-run sanctuary in Valladolid along with a great many other galgos. After arriving at Scooby it became apparent that she was not cut out for shelter life - for some reason the other dogs picked on her unmercifully! So she was chosen to take the fast track to the US where she was adopted by a wonderful family in Washington. Other than the pesky habit of eating stuffed animals, Elly is the perfect girl!
No one knows why Sweetie was overlooked for so long, but for some reason she spent two years at Scooby waiting for her forever home. In February 2007, Sweetie was chosen to make the trip to the US, where she immediately found and fell in love with her new family - which includes Vigo!
Ramon was rescued (along with his brother Amistad and mother Ramona) from a warehouse in Spain where they had been left to starve. Amistad came to the US in October 2006, and so quickly won the hearts of everyone here that we knew Ramon had to come to the US, too. In February 2007, Ramon and five other lucky galgos arrived in Denver, Colorado. Originally, Ramon was scheduled to go to California to reunite with his brother, but he found his very loving forever home before the transfer could be made!
Vigo and his sister Paloma were rescued by Scooby workers along with their other littermates after they were orphaned in Spain. Sadly, the two are the only survivors of their litter. Vigo and Paloma came to the US in October 2006. Vigo was adopted by a very loving family in Colorado and shares his home with a number of other rescued dogs, including another Scooby galgo, Sweetie.