Podenco Post

  • Help the 4 rescued podenco x pups at SOS Animals

    Libby pups Sue 3 400You may remember at the end of July I appealed for someone to help with a Podenco Mum and her 5 pups, born in a cave. The man caring for them had to leave, there was no room in any of the shelters, but luckily a local volunteer came forward. Mom and one pup are being adopted by their rescuer, but the other 4 pups are in the SOS Animals shelter in Coin and they desperately need the funds to prepare the Pet Passports so these gorgeous pups can be adopted.

    Please share and donate to this fundraiser, every little helps

  • Don’t let your dogs play in rivers – toxic water kills 8 dogs

    Don’t let your dogs play in rivers and lakes, no matter how tempting. This happened in France.

  • National Geographic – read about the Galgos and Podencos

    Regular readers may remember a few years back I was contacted by London photographer Martin Usborn, who wished to visit Spain to photo the galgos, and wanted the details of a couple of refuges to contact. The result was a stunning coffee table book. Here are links to 2 interesting articles which have appeared in National Geographic magazine, the first one being an interview with Martin.

    Interview with Martin Usborn

    Article 2 – about the galgos

  • Letter to Senor Galguero revisited

    In March 2013 I published this ‘Letter to Senor Galguero‘. Sadly all it expresses still applies today. The Hunting Federations have not improved matters – no controlled breeding of galgos, no mass abandonment, still keeping them in dark underground locked bunkers….what has changed is that there are now millions of Spanish people who are thoroughly ashamed of the bad press the hunters bring to their lovely country and protest vociferously every year throughout major cities in Spain.

    Fermin Perez Martin of Scooby Medina presented a Spanish translation to the Federation of Galgueros when he was in dialogue with them to try and improve the situation. Needless to say, the galgueros refuse to acknowledge they cause a problem!

    We must keep supporting those fighting the cruelty perpetrated on galgos by the galgueros in any way we can.

    Please feel free to share the ‘Letter’but ensure that I am credited as its author.

  • Petition to King Felipe of Spain

    Many of you ask what happens to petitions you sign. Here is one.

    Greyhound Compassion vient de publier une mise à jour sur la pétition «King of Spain should stop Copa S. M. El Rey for annual galgo coursing championship, Spain »

    Closing galgo petition to King Felipe VI

    Thank you all for your support. We’ve reached 3,751 signatures and are now submitting the petition and comments to King Felipe VI of Spain copy to Prime Minister Rajoy before the next coursing season starts and thousands of galgos suffer.

  • Happy Podenco family

    Janice Ball pods 2 400Looking through my years of folders of podenco photos from 2007 when I first started my blog, I found this delightful one of 4 of those adopted by Janice Ball in the UK.

  • Lucas and Maya – 2 lucky podencos sharing a forever home.

    Jude 2 pods 400This is the story of how someone who had never heard of podencos is now the proud adoptant of 2! Jude tells the story.

    We adopted Lucas, our Podenco Maneto, in 2012 through Podenco SOS. We’d made the decision to get a dog a while before and wanted to adopt a rescue dog rather than buy from a breeder or a pet shop. We’d been in a lot of contact with the RSPCA and the Dogs Trust but they weren’t able to rehome any of the dogs in their care with us and we ended up on a waiting list.

    My wife, Seiko, found out about podencos and the wonderful rescue organisations online. I’d never heard of podencos before! We enquired with Podenco SOS about a few of the dogs that they’d put on their facebook page but they’d all just been found homes. They suggested we visit Lucas, a Podenco Maneto, who was with a foster family in Surrey, a short drive from our home in Brighton.

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  • Hope for Podencos –

    Two lovely videos of podencos with Hope for Podencos. Who can resist these fabulous hounds.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyvuAMZt0xs

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xi-ADZtiOQs

  • Galicia, Spain – penalising people who help stray animals

    There is a law which allows authorities to penalise people who help stray animals. I published about it recently when Malaga put up posters warning people they would be fined 500 euros for helping stray animals! Galicia province is now proposing to enforce the law, so please sign this petition to protest about it. The petition will be printed off and handed to the authorities.

  • Podencos in Need Scotland – join in the fun!

    Podenco play school 2 400I received a request from a Podenco adopter living in the Edinburgh area who wanted to meet up with other podenco people to share knowledge, experiences etc. Pam Mcleod of Podencos in Need Scotland got in touch with me to tell me about the Dog Play School in the area. Here’s the story of how it came about.

    ‘2 years ago I spent the day with 500 dogs in the perrera Tierra Blanca on Tenerife, and so the dream was born. I met Pacita, who, at 11 years old, had been found, heavily pregnant, caught and brought into the perrera, only to deliver 9 pups the following day, all but 2 of whom died to parvo virus. Pacita was still distraught at losing her pups and my heart broke for her. I met Pasha and Nico as well as many nameless hounds and fell in love with them all.

    The next month was spent on a vertical learning curve about the practicalities and logistics of rescuing a dog from another country, and getting together the funds to fly Pacita from Tenerife to Edinburgh. Flying Fleeces was born to help raise funds and, after we got her home in February, PINS was born and, with it, the mission to make Scotland, Podenco-Central.

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