The barbarity of some Spanish hunters defies belief at times. This beautiful young podenca is a victim of one type of inexplicable cruelty – cutting the nose to make the podenca look like a pig! I’ve come across this before, twice we have brought podencos out of Spain who have suffered this barbarity. Poor Joy had problems drinking, as water tended to go up his nostrils – what was left of them. And his trauma….with a lot of love and patience, especially on the part of his foster family, over many months he became a very affectionate little chap.
This is Bella, and she urgently needs a foster home, as she is currently in a locked garage.
She is understandably fearful, especially of men but at the same time she is very sweet, sociable and affectionate. All the volunteer has for her is a garage in which she is locked for safety, urgently she needs to be in a shelter or foster home.
The volunteer says ‘Bella has much fear, the result of the barbarism of the troglodytes, uneducated men of the caves called ‘hunters’, a breed of subnormal members of the human race whose sport is mistreating dogs, and murder as a sport’
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8 responses to “Pig or Podenco? More barbarity from the Spanish hunters or genetic mutation?”
Only a few months ago, one of our local hunters who we know treats his dogs very well, showed us a two-week-old litter of five Ibizans, two of which had deformed noses just like BELLA, and he asked us to find good homes for the two as soon as they were old enough. So we did … please check these out: http://www.hunde-aus-mallorca.de/glueckspilze.php?a=1&id=1045&jahr=2012 and http://www.hunde-aus-mallorca.de/glueckspilze.php?a=1&id=1051&jahr=2012. Both puppies are in no way handicapped by their noses nor traumatized by anything! It is simply a harmless genetic defect!
Christiane Nadol
http://www.hunde-aus-mallorca.de
That is a genetic mutation- NO ONE has cut the nose off the dog- that is just plain stupid of you to say that. It would NOT look like that if it were cut off- be real.
And moderater- you should be allowing all discussion on this subject, as we have heard yours.
Well, Della. I have posted the story as it was sent to me by the volunteer who rescued Bella. Having, as I state, that we brought two podencos out of Spain whose noses had DEFINITELY been mutilated by man, I see no reason to doubt the information from the volunteer. My weblog is open to discussion, but all comments have to be checked by me before they are published. I am quite happy for discussion on topics which appear on my blog. But YOU should be aware that I resent greatly your accusation that I am ‘stupid’, and know that I gave serious thought as to whether to publish your comment or not. If you continue to post personal attacks, then none of your comments will be published.
I tried to post the same thing.. this is a mutation, seen in new born puppies too.. Christiane Nadol and I have discussed this before.. in one of the podenco forums we are on!!!
We need to focus on real issues and not on genetic defects. I have seen pictures of 6 Podencos – at least, having this defect. 2 were very young pups (probably the ones mentioned above and I was even offered to adopt one, but I already have 4 dogs, my limit, so I had to say no). If these babies had been mutilated you would have seen scarring since they were so young. I have studied genetics at university and also took a special class in dog genetics. I have seen pictures of similar noses in other breeds too. I agree, they look like they could have been mutilated, but they are not.
I am pleased this post has generated discussion as interesting facts have been presented for consideration. The subject of genetic mutation is one which deserves a separate post and I will look into this. However, I reiterate my statements that we have brought two podencos out of Spain which had without doubt been mutilated. So I think we will now agree that there is both mutilation and mutation. With your experience, Pygge, you might like to write an article for us on mutation.
I will leave the comments of the Spanish volunteer about the hunters as it shows how passionately they all feel about having to pick up the pieces after the hunters discard their dogs.
i just hope she gets her forever
I am still awaiting a response from Pygge and Christiane with weblinks to sites explaining this genetic mutation of the nose, to back up their statements and also to inform. There is nothing that I can find on the German website of the Mallorca rescue association. For the benefit of people following this thread who would like to know more – including me – please action.