Podenco Post

  • What would you do in this situation?

    Angel 3 190What would you do if you got a message saying there was a dog lying injured by some rubbish bins? Clare Roberts had just such an experience earlier this week. Here’s the story.

    ‘I received a text message this lunchtime from a friend with a photo attached of a Podenco lying next to a bin area. The message said that the dog looked dazed and was very quiet.

    When I got there to collect him, I found a badly injured dog who was nearly at death’s door. I sped him to the vet’s, thinking I would be too late, but we made it and the vet quickly assessed him and took an x-ray after making him more comfortable and pain-free. The x-ray showed that he has a shattered femur in his rear right leg and his pelvis/hip is also broken on that side, but it is a clean break. There were also signs of internal bleeding in his lungs and possibly his intestines.

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  • Why we do what we can to help podencos…

    Wonderful video from Bev Farmer showing why we all love podencos so much.

  • Podenco and galgo transport Spanish style…

    Rehala transport 60 dogs loose 250 10 2013Rehala transport – up to 60 dogs in this van, all loose, being transported to a hunting area.

    Brings to mind the International transport of calves, sheep, cattle, horses – across Europe for eventual slaughter for human consumption!

    There are EU laws with regard to animal transport requirements…yet again Spain ignores the law.

  • Dogs Trust ICAWC 2013 in Barcelona – report by Aanifeira, Portugal

    Last week Dogs Trust organised its International Companion Animal Welfare Conference in Barcelona. You can read a report on it by Aanifiera, a Portuguese animal rescue group.

    Aanifeira

    Dogs Trust slide show

    If you want Dogs Trust International to help the galgos and podencos, send an email here.

  • Montilla, Cordoba – tiny podenca Pepa – abandoned and afraid

    Pepa 2 250And tiny Pepa, only 6 kgs and 18 months old, in Cordoba, Montilla municipal perrera, she does not understand why. And already she has had a little of puppies. She is very sweet, nervous just wants to feel love and give love in return. What has she done wrong? She’s been born a podenca in Spain!!

    PEPA

    Sex: female
    Age: April 2012
    Race: Podenca
    Weight: 6 kg

    Contact: conluzanimal@gmail.com

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  • URGENT – Mama podenca & 5 babies in Valencia perrera!

    Valencia podenca babies 400 16 10 2013
    Beautiful podenca and her babies, babies will not live long… it’s cold at night and damp. It is urgent to remove them ALL now as the baiies are only a week old, they have not yet opened their eyes. 3 Females and 2 males, help urgently!

    If you are interested please, send email to adoptadelaperrera@gmail.com. We are volunteers and we cannot read all the comments from facebook, we will reply by email as soon as we can.

  • Abandoned Valencia Podenca – now safe with Little Pod Association

    Podenca with tumour 250 1 10 2013This poor podenca was living in the streets of a village near Valencia, and a girl was feeding her. An appeal was made for someone with room to take her and Little Pod answered. The poor podenca was wandering the streets carrying this extra baggage – a hug tumour. She has been named Eva.

    She was caught and taken to the vet where she was kept in under observation over the weekend. They will operate today (14/10), but there are many complications. They will do an ultrasound to check for puppies but they have to do an x-ray too. There are 2 more tumors and she will have to have her whole mammary canal removed which will take 3 operations. They can’t spay her at the same time so she will need a 4th operation.

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  • Ploughing with podencos – the video

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  • Modern-day Spain – ploughing with podencos!

    Training podencos 250 10 2013This is a so-called Rehala where they hunt deer and wild pigs with big packs of dogs, mostly podencos. This is how they train the dogs!! I’m waiting news of where and when. The dogs carry numbers because they don’t have names. Well – of course they don’t, they don’t have microchips or passports….

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  • Motril, Fuensilada – update on court case on the murderer of Podi

    Do you remember the story of Podi, the podenca which had been badly shot and left dying. The case went to court because there was such an uproar in Granada. The case was heard this week and the judge has referred ti to the Criminal Court.

    Here’s Bev’s translation of the report.

    In May this year a Podenco (Podi) was shot three times in the head chest and leg which was partly blown off – the reason why? she was a stray and hungry looking for food despite been rushed to veterinary clinic Podi did not survive her horrific injuries.

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