A story from 5 years ago.
‘2 podencos found in an abandoned concrete pit with these contraptions in their mouths so they couldn’t bark or eat. Scratch marks all over the walls where they had desperately tried to get out. Rescued by Galgos del Sol. Video at the shelter, on this weblink.
I’m still careful when I walk Rosie where I let her run free, knowing the hunting instinct of podencos and also she is still very frightened of some noises. We also wanted to see how Bo coped with staying in accommodation other than his home base, where he is very confident. So I hired a small cottage in a nice village on the Lincolnshire coast.
Lovely property, newly updated and all on the ground floor, so no stairs to cope with. Plus a very nice secluded rear garden, podenco-proof!
Lovely walks on the very long beach at both Sutton on Sea and Huttoft, where at the latter we could park right on the beach!
And where Rosie could run free!
Blind Bo coped amazingly well, soon learning to follow our voices to find his way around and through the rear patio door and conservatory to the garden.
We dined in a lovely local hotel, very dog friendly, which was obviously very popular with dog owners considering the number of canines there besides our two!
Two very tired podencos at the end of the day!
Back in 2007 when I first travelled to Spain with L’Europe des Levriers to bring rescued galgos and podencos back to our French home for foster and adoption, Galgo News was started. One of the first people to contact me for help in publicising galgos in shelters was Tina Solera, then a volunteer who discovered an injured galgo needing help. It’s been interesting to follow the work of Tina since then with her association Galgos del Sol, to the shelter she now presides over. See the video on this weblink
This little podenca was living on the streets of Zafra for months – it took a lot of effort and patience to catch her. She is a special little podenca and now she needs to know what it is like to have a home of her own forever.
I’ve asked for more details about her.
Contact protectoradea@gmail.com
From Lidia Martinez in Badajoz, Extramadura, a terrible place for hinting dogs.
‘I introduce myself I am Lidia Martinez and I am a teamer and collaborator of El Refugio de Brown in Zafra Badajoz, her situation is very hard, there are only two people managing more than 100 animals, at a cost monthly of € 2,000 or more in veterinary and residency expenses, already they do not have their own premises, as the city council evicted them from its facilities and also many animals from the kennels from Extremadura and Andalucia.
Please we ask you to value the possibility of being part of these groups since all help is fundamental and donations are desperately needed.
I leave you the link to their website so you can know them a little more and the links of their two groups.
Spanish Animals in Not is an association in Malaga and they have some Podenco Invisibles who desperately need forever homes – currently in foster in Malaga.
BONNIE, female, 2 years old. Totally healthy, with everything up to date. A reall sweet small Podenca who will blossom in a home. She’s been in the shelter for nearly 2 years.
LILLY female, 1 year old, 9.5kg , healthy, up to date.
PIPO PIPPI POLLY
These three babies were rescued with the intervention of Malaga firefighters. They were stuck in a hole in the Sierra de Antequera, crying inconsolably, a very difficult rescue.
The bastard hunters have no feelings – to abandon a podenca with part of a leg missing. This is the type of injury which can occur when the dog is trapped in an illegal snare.
Watch this Podenca go from desperate when rescued to wagging her tail with hope… even when shes missing half of her leg. She’s been named Horchita. Sadly she is nowhere near fit enough yet to be operated on.
During my years on rescues with L’Europe des Levriers we brought many tripods out of Spain to France for rehoming. We found that the ones with a high amputation coped much better than a couple who were left with a longer stump, as they often tried putting that leg down.
Podenco Charlie has been hoping for his forever home for ever. He’s a wonderful character typical of the Podenco breed and is waiting for a family who love walks, visits to the beach, and more.
Read all about Charlie on this weblink and contact Akira Dog Sanctuary direct if you can offer a forever home so he doesn’t have to spend another year in the shelter. He’s one of the Invisibles.
Badly abused and injured Podenca Tracy with Galgos Rescue Almeria had her first day out in the sunshine, after her operation.
