Although the breed did not apparently experience any significant change in the 18th and 19th centuries, and was kept in its vocation as a swift hunting dog, maybe the most telling proverb which mentions the Galgo is one dating from the beginning of the nineteenth century: ; 'The hare never escapes from the King's Galgos', which was used at first to satirize the corrupt government of Fernando VII, considered to cheat in everything it did.
although the breed did not apparently experience any significant change in the 18th and 19th centuries and was kept in its vocation as a swift hunting dog maybe the most telling proverb which mentions the galgo is one dating from the beginning of the nineteenth century ; 'the hare never escapes from the king's galgos' which was used at first to satirize the corrupt government of fernando vii considered to cheat in everything it did