Spanish Galgo

This race of Spanish origin, that evidently descends from galgo English, is used commonly for the hunting of the hare being used also in the races of dogs, very popular in Spain. Of character distrusted enough with the people who do not know and, on the contrary, very affectionate and docile with his master one is extremely affectionate with the children with who it pleases much to play, being initiative, being untiring.
Still existing in Spain for already many centuries, its relation with the Greyhound has been clear, with which it has several characteristics in common. In recent enough times he was even crossed the English galgos, mattered of England and Ireland, to participate in the races that are disputed in the popular greyhound tracks. Optimal hunter of hares and wild rabbits, is equipped with a great speed and hunts generally in group. A great agility moves with great land skill victims even demonstrating enough.

In Spain very it is spread mainly, in the world of the races and competitions or in the numerous greyhound tracks, as in the hunting championships that are developed field in the heat of and that they attract a numerous public of spectators and better.

Outside his country of origin, practically it is not known, until the point to be very rare the units from this race that participate in the more important European exhibitions. It is a dog of quite great size, equipped with great power and speed, with affluent musculatura developed and evident to skin flower.

Of relatively extended construction, with quite flat back and the superior part more discharge than the cross.

The head is long and narrows with the ears folded in rose form and the eyes always very dark and shining.

The hair is short and bright and its color can vary of the leonado one to the black, of the atigrado one to the target with spots, always accompanied, in the clear and uniform tones, by a black mask, not excessively extended.

Height and weight. Raised to the cross: males of 65 to 70 cm., females of 62 to 67 cm. Weight: males of 25 to 30 kg, females of 20 to 25 kg.

Head. It releases and it narrows, with form of a truncated cone. Prominent Trufa, that exceeds the inferior jaw, of color that is in relation to the layer. Open nasal graves good. Strong, lean jaws. Fine lips. Slightly convex nasal cane. Distance between the eyes and trufa practically equal to which there is between the eyes and the occipital protuberance. Long and flat skull. Little evident Stop.

Eyes. Great, dark, sometimes of he himself color of the layer.

Ears. Small, fine, of high, average birth, falls backwards. Neck. Muscular, almost rectilinear and slightly flat length and.

Previous extremities. Oblique shoulders. Long, straight and muscular, parallel arms to the body.

Body. Deep chest that arrives until the elbows, wide if it is watched front. Curved ribs affluent. Long and almost straight back. Later part more discharge than the cross. Strong kidneys and slightly bent. Short, devoid fat flanks. Reserved belly.

Later extremities. Very robust and muscular. Well angulados wide thighs and. Corvejones low. Feet. Been nauseated but not completely round, sometimes slightly extended, with the closed fingers. Heavy and strong plants. Tail. Very long, thin, with form somewhat similar to a saber.

Coat. Closed and bright, short, fine. Color: leonado with black mask, black, brown, cinnamon, reddish, white.

FEEDING. The necessities in Kcal. daily, for the adult unit, 1,650 like ration of maintenance have settled down. Their calcium necessities are of 4.6 gr., of phosphorus 3.8 gr., vitamin To 0.63 mg and 5.23 vitamin D mg. per day. It is of fundamental importance the vegetal oil and hidrosolubles vitamin provision that never must surpass 2% of the weight of the dry food.

DAILY CARES. Due to the characteristics of the layer of short hair, it is advised for his cleaning, the use of a glove for smooth hair that is sufficient to assure a lasting hygiene. Also it is moral convention, besides to wash this glove, to submerge it in a solution disinfectant, at least every fifteen days. Also for this galgo it is of extreme importance of being able to have a sufficiently ample space.

WITH THE VETERINARIAN. To the units that are had in a relatively close atmosphere, it is precise to cut the nails periodically to them. Due to the inactivity, these are not spent and its continuous growth can make cojear to the dog.

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