Podenco Post

Author: Beryl Brennan

  • Albalat Animal, Ribera, Valencia – injured podenco – please help

    Albalat Animals pod 250 3 2013This podenco has been named Leo by Albalat Animal Ribera in Valencia province. It took them a month to catch him. As you can see, he has a bad wound to his near hind leg. He is not chipped. He has been examined by a vet who will do tests for a diagnosis as to what work can be done to save his leg, rather than amputate. Albalat Animal are asking for a foster home for him as he needs a lot of attention, care and rest and is on 12-hourly medication.

    Albalat Animal have no shelter, so they desperately need somewhere for this boy to go, and financial help to cover veterinary expenses. So far they have paid out €109.12 and that is just the beginning. Tomorrow we return to do x-rays, in principle 2 to 35.32 euros each. Contact email and Paypal a/c albalatanimal@gmail.com

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  • Two blind podencos in Seville – please donate to their operations

    Macu Atila-4 250I recently reported about two podencos in Seville which Macu had rescued from Palmete, a settlement of galgueros and gitanos from where she saves many hounds. Both the podencos had eye problems. The younger one has been named Atila, just two years old, in good health apart from not being able to see. His problem is that there are waterfalls and tumours in each eye, and if enough money can be raised, the opthamologist can restore Atila’s sight 100%. At the moment, the poor dog spends a lot of time bumping into things or just not moving about atall. The amount needed – 1,600 euros to include the operation and follow-up tests. If Atila does not have the operation, he will be blind for life.

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  • Saved from Valencia & Hellin perrera – kennel fees needed and urgent foster and adoptions

    Valencia saved Joya 200I’d like to say a BIG THANK YOU to all your marvellous people who have donated to save podencos from Hellin and Valencia perrera. Anke and Dominique do amazing work and I’m now happy to show you all the podencos you have helped them save and place in a residencia. The appeal now is for donations to pay the kennel fees until, most importantly, these beauties can be adopted. Here is a list of the dogs, who have now all been named. Please send donations and adoption requests to Anke, Paypal bracobuddha@hotmail.com Applications to adopt in Spain go to Dominique and for anyone out of Spain, to Anke. This link gives the costs involved.

    Here’s Anke’s list of podencos SAVED! (photos in name order below)

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  • Urgently needed – donated goods for a poor animal shelter in Cordoba

    My friend Sandra of NOS in Seville has appealed to me for help in publicising a very poor shelter in Cordoba, which hasn’t even got dog beds. They have about 20 dogs there, including galgos and podencos. You can see some pictures here. Sandra is appealing for donations of dog beds, bedding, food, collars, leads, medicines, feed bowls, anything to help these lovely dogs. Chris Marshall of Almerilife is going back to the UK next week and is willing to bring back donated goods for the shelter. Here are details of how to contact him, and photos of some of the lovely dogs at the shelter.

  • Podencos in Gesser perrera for killing!

    All these podencos are in Gesser perrera, Cadiz, for killing! contact: maribeljerezsos2@gmail.com

    the 2 are females, looks like Mom and baby, Ibicenco is female – from the size of her teats, she has been used as a breeding machine, poor girl, the others are male How terrified they are.

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  • GRIN and Scooby – US & Spanish rockers to visit Scooby

    Great news for Scooby from the GRIN team. Read more here.

  • Seville podencos need help to save their sight

    Macu pod 1 250 3 2013An appeal from Macu in Seville, for two podencos with eye problems, rescued from the gypsy settlement. She would dearly like to make a denuncia against these people but dare not for fear of reprisals. Here’s what she says.

    ‘These two podencos have sight problems. One is male aged 3 years weighing 11 kilos and one female.

    The male is virtually blind and the vet has recommened he be taken to an ophthalmologist, as he believes the sight could possibly be restored. His neck hurts as he extends it to adapt to see.

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  • Blue Merle Podenco Billy searching for his forever home

    A beautiful unusual blue merle podenco boy really needs his forever home. Here’s his story.

    ‘Billy is a very unusual ‘blue merle’ podenco dog, approximately 16 months old. He is 20 inches high (from floor to withers) and from tip of nose to end of tail he is 42 inches. We are not sure on weight as we do not have scales (but is regular podenco size if that helps at all).

    He is a rescue dog and was originally rescued by CAS when found on the Rio Seco in Nerja Jan/Feb 2012. He has been in his current home since March 2012 and has come on in leaps and bounds since then. He now understands basic commands (Sit, Wait, Down, Out, Paw), and is very willing to learn more.

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  • Hellin perrera – two podencos waiting to be murdered

    Hellin perrera 3 250 3 2013Lina Orta is one of a group of volunteers who help the dogs that the town council worker takes to Hellin perrera to be killed. There are two podencos in now, waiting to be sacrificed. Their names are Chispo and Rubius.

    The costs for saving each of them are 50 euros chip and vaccine and 3 euros/day residence (kennel) fees. If you can help, contact Lina (she speaks good English) and you can Paypal to her address. linaortu@gmail.com

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  • Thank You, you lovely readers

    A message from Anke and Dominique and the team working to save podencos from Valencia perrera. Thanks to donations, many from you lovely readers, the starving young podenca is saved and will go into foster in Malaga, and also the two podencos in a cage (on CESE) who will also go into foster, but a sponsor is needed for 30 euros/month to pay for their food. Contact Anke.