Podenco Post

  • Update on Spirit with Refugio La Candela

    Good news again.

    ‘we started the day couldn’t be better? ♡

    Spirit improvement and his liver too!!! 😉

    Many of us wondering each day and is that the clinical situation of spirit has been extremely sensitive since we picked him up with a serious injury in the jaw caused by a shot.

    It takes a long time entered the veterinary hospital Valencia south where we have already done a lot of tests and one of the two operations that he needs to recover the quality of life that was taken from her in a second.

    In one of the counts of control we have noted that his liver was disturbed and he was quickly put on treatment.

    Has been improving every day, even though it’s still under weight is a trend of improvement always…. and that is due to his strength and his will to live.

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  • Podenco Ibicenco and Podenco Canario – 2 separate types – sign the petition

    Podenco petition poster 400 10 1 2017Why should I sign this petition? For over 25 years, podencos have not been considered as sighthounds. The reason behind this was that the SCI (World Dog Organisation based in Switzerland) wanted to put the Canario Podenco and the Ibicenco Podenco, which at the time belonged to two different breed groups, back into one group. The hunting lobbies got involved (especially the Spanish hunting lobby, operating through the Spanish association of dog breeders) and because they feared that hunting with sighthounds might be banned at some point, they asked for those two breeds to be classified as “primitive dogs” and not “sighthounds.” And they won!

    Unfortunately, only Ibicenco, Canario, and Portugese Podencos could be returned to the sighthound group as these are the only officially recognised breeds. Still, that means thousands of dogs! And the Canario Podencos represent the vast majority of dogs found on Spanish islands -and they are the ones who most need our help because they are so hard to reach. Many breeders within the SCI are also trying to push for this breed group change.

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  • Update on Jan, the hung podenca

    Jan neck 400 8 1 2017Update on Jan, the hung podenca.

    7/1/2017. Today she had her first walk outside the clinic
    She is fighting a bad infection but we have high hopes she will make it.On Monday morning I will see her at our clinic in Malaga. We want to say a warm thank you to all who have donated so far.

  • Podenco Spirit – keep fingers crossed for his recovery

    Refugio la Candela Spirit 400 29 12 2016Remember Spirit, the poor podenco who had his lower jaw shot off. Refugio la Candela reported on 29 December.

    WE ARE WORRIED ABOUT SPIRIT – he is not quite right : (

    Since some days ago, the professionals in Valencia Sur Veterinary Hospital have noticed that he had lost a little appetite and decided to look for the cause.

    SPIRIT’s situation is very delicate; although his improvements are obvious, his body has suffered a lot and any uncontrolled process can mean big risks.

    After several control tests we could appreciate a hepatic alteration that might respond to a vascular hepatitis; we are going to do a cytology to be able to establish a clearer diagnosis.

    Besides, yesterday (28/12/2016) he underwent an ultrasound scan that showed a regular size of his organs.

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  • To the Mayor of Cordoba – sign the petition

    Policia Proteccion Animal 400 1 2017A petition with a difference. This one will be sent to the Mayor of Cordoba, Spain. Here is a translation.

    ‘An institution dedicated exclusively to the protection of animals and the respect of animal protection laws is necessary in every city where there are protectionist groups. The animal police must be equipped with veterinary medicine vehicles, a place to recover animals in situations of neglect and abuse, where they have the power to fine and punish the aggressors anywhere.

    We must control cases of abuse and abandonment of animals, and appropriate people who love animals and know all the legislation that exists on the subject. These people should be prepared to deal with animal emergencies, shelter transfers and police power to arrest people accused of ill-treatment and murder of animals.

    Mr. Governor of the province of Cordoba, please do something to stop such abuses, murder and abandonment of animals.

    Please sign and share this petition widely.

  • 10 Canine Commandments

    10 commandments Paranormal 400 copyright Paranormal

  • SOS Rescue – saving abandoned podencos

    Vincente Cervero Lopez of SOS Rescue says ‘Currently we have 6 Rescue teams in Castilla La Mancha, Madrid and Murcia. we want to make two rescue teams more, to be able to help more and better. The equipment for each team costs around 600 euros, which includes loops and traps to capture terrified galgos, a microchip reader, networks and kennel’.

    Videos of their rescue of 2 podencos.

    Video 1 – Podenco with brain injury Berberech

    Video 2 – starving mama podenca and babies

  • Strangled with a metal wire – beating the bastard cazadores!

    Jan neck wire 1 400 4 1 2017Here sadly is an example that podencos suffer the same fate as galgos. This is Jan, luckily now safe with Val’s Podenco Rescue in Spain. She was strangled with a wire embedded in her neck. She will hopefully recover but needs to stay at the clinic for at least another week. She is only 1 year old.

    Anne Buttenhoff says. ‘Next week our vet will see her again.He has experience in these kinds of severe injuries. She has a strong will to live and we are with her all the way. We need to ask for your help for her treatment.If you can help all is very much appreciated. PayPal is valspodencorescue@hotmail.com, mark it family and friends so there is no charge on the donation. Thank you!’

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  • A wish for all dogs

    Pawprint heart outline 400This delightful poem was published in YOURS magazine in Poetry Corner.

    Friends for life
    by Andrea Hazeldine

    I wish you many lazy days
    Just lying in the sun
    I wish you lots of special times
    And always lots of fun.

    I hope when you are tired
    You have your favourite rug
    And when you or I are lying down
    We’ll always share a hug.

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  • Why is it called Fur-niture?!!

    Pet Owners visiting 400