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  • Canary Islands podencos suffer horrendous abuse

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    Indignation in Caleta de Famara: Inaction against animal abuse. In Famara, from Ademal Lanzarote

    Under the scorching sun of Famara, a lonely cry breaks our soul. At least four podenches remain locked in a windowless “dungeon,” where the only consolation is a beam of light from the ceiling. Their suffering is palpable.

    Despite having formally reported this situation on June 18, with witnesses corroborating the abuse and prior complaints against the same owner, inaction is the only response we have received. Desperation grows day by day as nothing changes.

    We can’t look away. These animals deserve to be saved.

    Share so that your outcry is heard and the authorities act.

    #NoAlaCaza

  • Podenco Rupes in foster in the UK – hoping for his forever home

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    Podenco Rupes in foster in England.

    I’m Rupes! Rupi Rupes! I’m here in foster and I’m the most gentle, lovely most pure and calm boy you could ever wish to meet.
    I like the company of other doggies and I’m good with them all, even my teeny weeny foster sister. I’m happy to live with cats too!

    I’m only 6 years old, some people say I look older and wiser than my years. I’ve seen lots of bad things, so maybe that’s why.
    Nevertheless, I’m remarkably trusting and I wag my tail gently at everyone I meet. I don’t know my worth, even though my foster mum tells me I’m so special every single day. I need a calm and loving forever home with a family who can continue to make me feel loved. I’m a really easy boy, with a low prey drive, a dainty baby deer skip and a heart full of kindness.

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  • Periodontal Disease in Dogs

    Read the full article on this weblink.

  • Living with a Deaf Dog

    Some white podecos are born deaf. Other dogs go deaf with age. Here are some tips on living with a deaf dog.

  • Project Galgo – deaf podenco looking for a foster home in the UK

    Read all about him on this weblink.

  • Podenca Kaori with Galgos del Sur

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    From Galgos del Sur

    Kaori is a beautiful, 6 year old big-eyed podenca dog we rescued from an olive grove in the middle of winter, terrified as she tried to protect the puppies she’d just given birth to from the cold. She probably belonged to a hunter who would use her for breeding for years, and when she was no longer useful to him, he abandoned her regardless of her condition. Thus, Kaori is a dog with many insecurities when it comes to interacting with people, and the shelter is too stressful a place for dogs like her, so her development is completely stalled here.

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  • Podenca Martinica – looking for a quiet foster or adoption

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    Martinica, only 1 year old and already suffered at the hands of a galguero. She was brought into Fundacion Benjamin Mehnert, Seville on 16/04/2025 with a limp and deformity of her left ankle. A follow up x-ray revealed an old humerus fracture where the bone had shattered. Appeared to have been caused by gunshot. She is looking for a quiet calm home with another dog, to recover from her ordeal and operation.

    https://projectgalgo.com/adoption/patulina/

  • The Origins of the Podenco Andaluz

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    There are several different types of podenco, from the small Ebana and Maneto to the big Campanero Podenco Andaluz is one type, the origins as told by Bev Farmer, Podenco Friends.

    This is Midas who we adopted in 2008 sadly no longer with us. So typical of the breed, kind, generous, and full of grace, Midas had a soul that touched everyone who met him.

    The Podenco Andaluz is considered one of the oldest native breeds in Spain, with a lineage that stretches back thousands of years. While there is no definitive historical documentation pinpointing their exact origins, prevailing theory suggests the breed descends from the Pharaoh Hound of Egypt and the Basenji of Central Africa.

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  • Treating eye infection in your dog

    The third eye of my Podenca Andaluz Rosie came up at the beginning of last week. She lost her appetite and was quite depressed. The third eyelid covered half of her right eye, so I took her off to see my lovely Dutch vet Hetty. After checking for grass seed or rose thorn, neither of which she found, she prescribed eye ointment Chloramphenicol 1.0%. Researching it on the Internet, as one does, it is described as an ointment for treating conjunctivitis in humans. However, on some veterinary websites, it is the recommended treatment.

    I trust Hetty implicitly so followed her advice to clean round Rosie’s eye and apply the ointment 4x/day and to get back in touch with her in 2 weeks if there was still a problem. I have followed instructions religiously and have to say that Rosie is the perfect patient. She sits quietly, as though she knows I am trying to help her.

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  • Adopt a Podenco – change its past and rewrite its future

    Can't change a dogs past 400

    List of Podenco Rescue Associations