Off to Spain! Scooby, Here We Come! Can't wait to visit again... (Fuera de España! Scooby, Here We Come! No puedo esperar a volver otra vez ...)

We are off to visit Scooby Medina del Campo Again!
Photo: Buy it at the Scooby Shop - Scooby background for computers 

Our long anticipated vacation has arrived! We will be traveling to Spain to tour Madrid for a few days, and then spend time volunteering at Scooby Medina del Campo. This time, my husband Darrell will travel with me. I can't believe that almost one year has passed since I first visited Scooby to bring home our Galga, Bless. It truly has been a journey -- and an exciting one at that! 

We've had our Galga Bless for Almost One Year Now - She's Wonderful!

Madrid

It will be fun and interesting to tour Madrid for a few days before we visit Scooby.  It is a beautiful, historic City, and we plan to do walking tours every day.  Hoping that the weather will be good, but we expect that there will be some rain, since it's Spring.  The day and night temps are comparable to ours in California. 

Beautiful Madrid - Looking forward to Learning More about You!
Photo: runningadvice.com site

Volunteering at Scooby

While at Scooby, we will be working with fellow volunteers from the UK and USA.  I'm excited to reunite with several of the UK volunteers that I met last year. We're staying at the same hotel in Medina del Campo, so we can all have dinner together after work.  As serendipity would have it, one of the other volunteers from the USA is also the friend of one of my friends, so we will all have a lot to talk about while we go about our daily chores at Scooby.  I'm not sure what we'll all be working on, but we know that it will be good work that helps Scooby take care of its many lucky rescued animals.

Three Beautiful Galgos that I Met Last Year at Scooby --
Bet they all having loving homes now!

Bringing Benji and Rayo to Their Forever Homes in the USA
My husband, Darrell has our travel kennel packed and ready with supplies for bringing back two adoptees, Benji (a Podenco mix) and Rayo (a Galgo - travel kennel is ready in Spain). We will meet with their adoption mothers to pick them up at JFK Airport in NYC on our journey back to California.  

Benji Will be Traveling with Us from Scooby to his Forever Home In the USA (New York) 

Dear Fellow Scooby Fans, Virtual Adoption Parents and Lovers of Scooby Dogs in General - Can I Do Something for You While I'm There?

• Is there a dog that I can pet, cuddle and kiss for you? 
• Can I take a photo of any special animal and post/send to you? 
• Do you want a status report on any of the animals there that are special to you? (I know -- they are all special. Right?) ;-)  

If you would like me to give you an update and/or photo, please send me an email by 4/7/12, and I'll do my best to provide that to you.

I plan to blog about my trip, take lots of photos and videos too.  I'll post everything so that you can enjoy the updates about Scooby and the wonderful rescued animals. Rest assured that Bless and our other pets will be in loving hands with our Pet/House Sitter while we are away. :-)

Hasta Luego!

Thank you for reading my blog! More to follow. Bless sends her blessings.

Our gorgeous Galga, Bless!

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Know an organization that will donate dog food?  Please let me know.

Surprise! Great News: Maldot Has a New Home in Europe!

Surprise! Maldot is Officially Adopted by Ana Merino. He now has a home and will stay in Europe. Hooray!

This past week brought a wonderful turn of events.  The most beautiful and beloved Maldot, rock star of the oldies at Scooby, has been adopted. Yes. It is official... Ana Merino has adopted our beloved one.  We will not be bringing the dear one back to the USA, so we have room for another dog instead.

This past week, Ana's beloved Urco, who had health issues, crossed over the rainbow bridge, and passed along a warm loving home to Maldot. Ana and Maldot have always shared a love and appreciation for each other.  Now they will be together, in his forever home.  Life just couldn't be better.

Here is Maldot in his new home with Ana. What could be more perfect?

 

Muchas gracias!

Thank you for reading my blog! More to follow. Bless sends her blessings.

Bless is our beautiful Galga, adopted and traveled with me to California in 5/11.
She's SO LOVED and SO AWESOME! :-)

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Know an organization that will donate dog food?  Please let me know.

Another Spanish Adventure: Madrid, Scooby, Maldot and the Galgo

¡Hola!


Espanol: Estimado Scooby, no tardaremos en Visita para que Scooby Maldot y una Galga Hermosa a los EE.UU., a sus hogares para siempre. Muchas gracias por todo lo que he hecho por ellos. (Pardon the Google translation, please!)


English - Dear Scooby, We shall soon visit Scooby to bring Maldot and a beautiful Galga to the USA, to their forever homes. Thank you very much for all you've done for them.


My husband Darrell and I are soon off to Spain for another exciting adventure!  In early April, we will travel from San Francisco to New York City to our destination, Madrid.  

Beautiful Madrid

We'll be staying there for four days to do some sight-seeing and enjoy the local culture. We'll then travel about 1.5 hours northwest to Medina del Campo to meet up with our fellow Scoobettes from the UK and other places to volunteer at Scooby.  We cannot wait!


The BIG news is that we will bring back the famous rock star of the oldies' paddock, Maldot, who has been at Scooby for a few years now, to be in his new home in the Big Apple, New York City.  

Maldot has Come a LONG Way from when He Arrived at Scooby.
Start spreading the news... he's ready for YOU - NEW YORK, NEW YORK!

An added delight is that we will also bring a lovely Galga (details to follow) for adoption on the East Coast.  Two more lovely Spanish beauties will find their forever homes in loving arms in the USA. Maldot is a BIG boy, so we are carefully planning for his crate and transfer to the States.  I'll be taking our Galga, Bless' crate to Spain for the other Galga we are bringing back. Stay tuned for more information. I'm checking on travel arrangements this week to make sure all is OK with Delta. They were so good with flying Bless to California last year, I am hopeful that traveling with Maldot and the Galgo will go smoothly as well.


On a related note, please see this recent story about dear Scoobettes from the UK, and their adventures to bring the most wonderful Brox (Barnaby Bear - another oldie)  to his forever home in the UK with Ellie:  

Brox comfy in his new home with Angel Ellie



Barnaby Bear (aka Brox) packs for his trip to his forever home in the UK



"Brox comes Home - Scooby UK Blog - a Love Story about a Girl who visits Spain & falls in love with a gorgeous oldie. She returns home, but never forgets her true love: Over 620 mi, 21 hrs, 3 countries, 2 ferries, 1 vet, lots of lovely people, wonderful ♥ Scooby ♥ folks pulling together and one gorgeous, extremely special, very tired + well traveled doggie ♥ Barnaby Bear AKA Brox!! Welcome to England super, precious boy ♥ Every centimetre was worth it to have you here in Ellie's arms! :-)" scoobymedinauk.blogspot.com 

Muchas gracias!

Thank you for reading my blog! More to follow. Bless sends her blessings.

Bless is our beautiful Galga, adopted and traveled with me to California in 5/11.
She's SO LOVED and SO AWESOME! :-)

Please support Scooby!
Know an organization that will donate dog food?  Please let me know.