Podenco Post

Author: Beryl Brennan

  • Trip to the Dog Park

    Besides the obvious, Humans often ask; What is the difference between a Galgo and a Podenco? I want to explain it by an example:

    A Trip to the Dog Park

    We Arrive;
    The Galgos are running like crazy.
    The Pods welcome every dog, man, tree, blade of grass with endless, constantly changing, body language and facial expressions.

    The First Five Minutes after Arrival;
    The galgos are running like crazy.
    The Pods dig up seventy small animals, they create mounds of undefinable mud, which sticks to everything it touches.

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  • Teresa Watkin – talented artist

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    Another lovely Podenco by artist Teresa Watkin.

  • Podenco Merric – deserves a loving forever home

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    Merric is a lovely 5 year old Podenco, good with people and other dogs. He has a bend leg but runs like all other dogs and it does not seem to bother him at all. Does not make him less handsome.

    This lovely boy is as good as gold, had a tough tough time as his leg shows though it does not affect him luckily -and so needs a loving family to adopt him

    In Albox,contact Patricia Herrera

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  • Perrera hell for podencos

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    This is my home.. If you can call it that. I’m imprisoned within these walls without even a window to look out of. My water is green and yet I’m meant to drink it still. I’m being eaten alive by insects, I have no bed to lay on and the food is like eating cardboard. The howls of other dogs who surround me keep me awake at night. They cry for their families, just for someone to love them!

    Can you see the marks on the walls behind me? That’s my many failed attempts at escaping this hell hole. I can’t get out, unless someone takes me out. I wonder who will? Will anyone? And where will they take me? Will it be to a new life or a vets room..?

    Will I fall asleep and wake up with someone caressing my fur and telling me I’m a good dog? Or will I just never wake up…?

    I can’t answer these questions but YOU could.. YOU have the power to free me or any dog in here.. I guess the real question is,

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  • Cabo Roig, Costa Blanca – anyone help?

    I received the following message from a reader. If anyone knows the answer to her question, please contact Fiona direct.

    ‘I am wondering if you can help me. I was in Spain, in Cabo Roig, a couple of weeks ago, and as I always do, I fed the stray cats.

    I read this article in the Costa Blanca News on 11th May about the construction of cat shelters in some areas. Unfortunately, however, there was no mention of the intention to build shelters in Cab Roig.

    Would you happen to know of any contact details, whom I could email to request that they construct shelters in Cabo?’

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  • How does your dog deal with death in the family?

    Who knows what goes through the mind of a dog when either another family pet, or a family member, dies? My animals (including my horse when his mate died) get depressed, sleep a lot, go off their food. Here’s an interesting article about a funeral home which lets a dog say farewell to it’s deceased owner.

  • Ibizan Hound Rescue – always there for the podencos

    Ibizan Hound Rescue is one of the first podenco rescue and rehoming associations with hundreds of hounds now happily settled in forever homes around the globe. Here’s a link to their website, their story and some of the stunning hounds currently waiting in the hope of finding a place in the heart and home of someone.

  • How long is too long to leave a dog alone?

    Read the full article here.

  • Barcelona dogs – an innovative idea to combat abandonments

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    The government put 20 statues of dogs in the streets of Barcelona. To make people ware not to abandon dogs. The dogs are wearing a QR code which tells the story of an abandoned dog….This is great !! Story here with a map of the sites.
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  • Bravecto flea treatment suspected of dog deaths

    Last year I published an article on Bravecto flea treatment and the concern that it can cause death in treated dogs. Here’s another article on the subject.