Podenco Post

Author: Beryl Brennan

  • What the tourists don’t see – the true Tenerife

    Bit behind with posts as strong winds took out our telephone line and France Telecom are useless to get them to come out and repair!

    Please vote Si in this survey if you think ALL hunting in Spain should be banned. Worrying is that the No voters are in large numbers too!

    This is a link to a video on facebook showing appalling conditions in which podencos are chained and kept in one place on Tenerife. I have asked the contact if the dogs have been rescued and he tells me ‘the authorities think there’s no problem with these dogs…these dogs are ( the Spanish believe) are in good shape:: it’s clean, they don’t have wounds, and they are fed… BUT … hell nooooo !!!!’

  • Remembering Podenca Jasira

    Bev Jasira 400 3 2017This beautiful but sad photo is of Podenca Jasira, rescued by Bev and Warren of Podenco Friends and adopted by Manja in the Netherlands.

    Here is her moving story and two videos showing just how a skeletal podenca can recover with the right care.

    ‘Two years ago at the beginning of March 2015 a very special Podenco Ibicenco named Jasira died. Her story moved me from the beginning: she was rescued by Beverley Farmer and Warren Beards, two human angels who live in Spain and spend all their time and energy to rescue these beautiful and extraordinary dogs.

    She was more dead than alive when she was found. Even though she had experienced nothing but evil and harm from humans, she learned to trust them again and accept the love and care Beverley and Warren provided. Physically she seemed to recover very well, until a little over a year later she died. As sad as this was and still is, at least she had experienced what it means to have loving humans care for her. Her name means ‘courageous’ and that she was.

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  • Help us to close Olivenza, Extremadura – Spain’s worst perrera (kill pound) – sign the petition!

    Olivenza perrera petition 400When I published my definitive guide to the plight of the galgo – From Heaven to Hell – in 2010 it contained a report from a volunteer named Rosa on the problems with one of the reputedly worst privately owner perreras in Spain, Olivenza. For years animal activists/association have been fighting to get it closed down permanently. I have now received this appeal from Mo Swatek of Pro-galgo International, please sign and share the petition.

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  • Adana, Estepona – more volunteers needed

    Adana, Estepona, are appealing for more volunteers to help with the rescue dogs. Read the full story here.

  • From Lanzarote to Spain and onwards….

    A lovely video of 2 stunning podencas rescued from a hellhole on Lanzarote by TheKennelKlub and flown to Podenco Friends in Murcia for rehabilitation and homing.

  • Packs of wild podencos on Ibiza!

    Ibiza pack of wild podencos 400 2 2017This is a Spanish dictionary translation of the newspaper report. It is not the first time I have reported about packs of podencos living rough on Ibiza. Some years ago a cazadore was prosecuted and jailed for letting his podencos roam the streets and the ones he bred from were kept in terrible conditions.

    New packs of wild podencos alarmed residents of Es Cubells (video below)

    @Noudiari/Como already took place years ago, the podencos packs return to populate the area of Es Cubells, triggering the alarm and complaints from neighbuors, who denounce that they invade their property and even fight with their pets.

    IB3 Ara Mateix program has reflected the complaint of a neighbour, who explains that the podencos “are everywhere” and that can add up to “200 or 300” in the area. Also explains that they appear by his house in a pack of “30 or 40” to attack my dog. “One day I am going to find it dead”, he says.

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  • Galgos France – helping the Gran Canaria podencos

    Galgos France logo 400Galgos France working with two British podenco rescue associations. News from GF website.

    17/2/2017 Two of our protégés came out last week from the hell of the Canary pound: Bryonny and Rosetta are in a pension in Tenerife while waiting to leave for Irene in Alicante (Hope for Podencos) who will take care of them and arrange supplementary tests while awaiting adopters.

    They will join Tianna who will soon leave with host family in the United Kingdom and Erica.

    So there are 6 podencos sponsored by Galgos France that are still impounded. Penelope, Sweets, Spinet, Smiley, Lottie and Nancy …. Hopefully they survive until their release …

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  • Free to Feet martingale collars

    Wonderful assortment of martingale collars for galgos and podencos. Browse the freetofeet website.

  • The horror continues – Podenco hung and burned on a bbq

    Earlier in the year in the town of Torreperogil (Jaen) a neighbour found the corpse of a Podenco Hound hanged and burned on a barbecue near the town. The owners of a veterinary clinic of Seville have reported the facts to the Seprona and the Local police.

    Canine educator David Lorente confirmed that the dog had no chip, so it made it difficult to search for the perpetrator of the crime. “If I had it, the first action of the veterinarian would be reporting to the Seprona. Only with that information can we ensure that the appropriate actions are initiated”, has confirmed Manuel Serrano, provincial Coordinator of PACMA, Jaen.

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  • Mycotoxicosis – Mushroom, Mold, Yeast Poisoning in Dogs

    Mouldy-bread 400Please read this story published on my blog Galgo News. It has important advice for every dog and cat owner. Please share the information widely.