Podenco Post

  • Podenca Penny with SOS Podenco Rescue – looking for an experienced quiet home

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    Penny is a two year old Andalusian podenca saved from a pound. She had a fracture on a front leg. She had surgery and she is fine, she can run quite fast and she is not in pain. But sometimes she still holds it up.

    Small size around 40 cm to the shoulders. She is terrified of men. She is shy with unknown women but once she trusts you, she is very affectionate. Very social with other dogs. Very playful. Cat workable. Negative to Leishmania.

    She needs a house with fenced garden in a calm environment without kids and with at least another playful dog.

    She is not very good on a leash because she is scared of everything and she tries to escape.

    Contact: sospodencorescue@gmail.com

  • Foster or Adopt a Senior – they have just as much love to give

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    From Galgos 112

    Have you thought about it, meditated, balance the pros and cons… but you don’t want a dog that’s too “active”.. Have you thought about a grandpa or grandma?

    And why not?….. Growing up doesn’t mean they have nothing left to give..

    They are caring, calm, understand perfectly the basic rules, they do not need so much activity as a younger one, they have not lost curiosity to know new places and things

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  • Podencos have selective hearing!

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  • Podenco Pinta with SOS Podenco Rescue

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    Pinta is an adorablerough haired 9 year old podenca. She has lived all her life on a patio.

    She is a very sweet, cute and affectionate girl once she knows you. Small size, 38-40 cm to the shoulders. Cat workable. Social with dogs. Calmish.

    Negative to Leishmania.

    Contact: sospodencorescue@gmail.com

    Older dogs often get overlooked but they can be wonderful companions with many years of life left in them. We adopted 2 older podencos, sadly lost one to stomach cancer but Rosie is still full of beans and enjoying a comfy loving home.

  • Poem No to Hunting

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    INSIDE THE ZULO By: Marta Navarro Garcia

    Inside the zulu the air breaks, howls, moans, disappears.
    Just like us, that when the season ends
    we have become caged bones,
    rumor of sogas,
    hungry and cold made in spain.

    Sorry, I haven’t introduced myself yet.

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  • More control of Rehala conditions in Spain – PACMA need to step up

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    These are rehala podencos – hired out for the day to hunters just to hunt. Otherwise kept in conditions like this!

    From Plataforma NAC

    Guardia Civil proposes to PACMA – Partido Animalista to intensify inspections on hunting dogs.

    Javier Luna has sent on Friday 1st August a formal request to the Head of the Nature Protection Service (SEPRONA) of the Civil Guard to strengthen inspections of rehalas, in the face of the serious situation of abuse suffered by dogs used as hunting tools in Spain.

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  • Start of hunting season in Spain

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    From Galgos 112

    On August 10, the “hunting tooth in hand” period of rabbit begins in Andalucia. It’s a minor type of hunting in which dogs are used to track and capture pieces, without the use of firearms. The terror begins for the poor dogs that won’t stop until February.

    We are noticing how the date is getting closer by the number of greyhounds and podencos that appear lying around: now is when they start to take them out of the zulus to prepare and test them. Every day there are new ones abandoned, they are the ones that aren’t strong or the ones that don’t serve them to hunt.

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  • Podenca Amira – ill with Coronavirus – please help with vet fees

    Sunday 3/08 Amira had a vet appointment scheduled. This extra checkup was supposed to determine why she was losing weight, and it turned into a rollercoaster of emotions. For a couple of days, she refused to eat any food on her own, and that remained a complete mystery to us—until yesterday.

    The vet left nothing to chance. Amira’s eyes looked dull and empty. Distemper was immediately suspected. A blood sample was taken for analysis. Fortunately, the test was negative. A small relief—but short-lived. The next option: Parvo and the Coronavirus. We held our breath.

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  • A long journey ahead for Podenca Amira – dying by the roadside

    The story so far about Amira, from Sandy Galgoslover

    28/07 Last night, at sunset, a remarkable rescue operation took place on a highway heading towards Níjar. A Spanish girl was driving unsuspectingly when she spotted a thin, frail dog staggering along the road. It turned out to be a Podenco girl, dehydrated, confused, and so weak she couldn’t even stand. Her paws were red and painful, burned by the hot asphalt she had walked on in her desperate search for water and a little shade.

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  • How to live with a reactive dog

    We recently went on holiday for a long weekend to a group meet of sighthound adopters. One of the greyhounds was very reactive to most of the other dogs. He was only friendly with a couple of the greyhounds he has met quite often. It’s the first time in over 70 years I have come across a reactive dog and it was very sad.

    Here’s an article about socialising a reactive dog.