Podenco Post

Author: Beryl Brennan

  • Podenco pup needs a foster home urgently

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    Heartbreaking, this young dog young woman found in the port of Mazagon (Huelva) with her paws full of cuts, we have cured her and are giving her care. But we live on a boat in which the dog can’t be. The dog is under the boat, it is not inside, it is not picked up!! is in the street.

    We ask for help from any protector or person who can take her in.

    The police have been called and checked for a chip and it doesn’t have one.

    If you can’t take care of her, or foster her please spread, soon the boat leaves and none of the people who feed her are from here, live on the boat and there can’t have any animals and less travel with them..

    It’s very urgent to disseminate.

    Contact: Andrea *Soaib 0034) 622 37 89 97

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  • Podenco Merlin with Akira Dog Sanctuary – desperate for a forever home

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    Merlin is 5 years old. He’s been in the shelter for 4 years! His whole puppyhood in the shelter. The volunteers have worked hard on him, taking him out for walks, to the beach and lots more. But it’s not the same as his own family in his forever home. He would prefer a rural home with a large garden and your reward will be a lifetime of loyalty, once he settles. Don’t let Merlin be one of the invisibles.

    More about Merlin with videos on this weblink.

    Contact Akira Dog Sanctuary direct on the above weblink if you can offer Merlin a home for the rest of his life.

  • March in Madrid, Manchester and Glasgow for the Spanish Hunting dogs

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    3 incredible protests in London, Manchester and Glasgow. 500 people and almost 300 dogs spreading the message far and wide about these magnificent creatures who are so forgiving and resilient despite the hand they are dealt.

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  • Podenco Felix – 10 years in a home, now in a perrera!

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    Too much overbreeding by galgueros andd too much abandonment of their dogs. The sad fate of Podencos. Once the Invisibles of Spain but now hundreds adopted in Europe, the US and Canada.

    This is the sad tale of one podenco who has ended up in a perrera.

    ADOPTING IS AN ACT OF LOVE AND GENEROSITY

    “I spent the whole night dreaming
    I have your image etched in my bones
    I want to and I can’t help it” Travis Birds
    I have your image engraved in my bones and my soul.”

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  • 1st February – Day of the Galgo – the Podencos are marching too

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    This weekend there are over 32 marches across Europe including the UK, France, Germany, Spain, Canary Islands. Besides the hundreds of galgos marching, there will also be hundreds of podencos too. Wish them all well.

    These podencos are marching in Munich.

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  • Life is hell for Portuguese Podengos

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    The situation with the podengos in S. Miguel, Azores, is disastrous. One of the biggest problems is that it is mostly unknown that these dogs actually exist. And yet, the Azorean Podengos, with their distinctive identifying physical characteristics likely represent one of the original founder stocks of the breed. They should absolutely be protected.

    This poor bitch is chained up and used just for breeding!

    #azoreanpodengo

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  • Please sign and share to help the galgos and podencos

    https://www.petitions.net/zeekees_law?fbclid=IwY2xjawIFrKdleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHU38sDmcsIrJre_n4L3Gtbif5JioSeXQjC82v9XKqsb8XmSrojlxD7MI0A_aem_dA8eAYIf36LhC5cPxc3pLw

  • Podenco Peque finally finds his forever home in Chicago, USA

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    From Bev Farmer of Podenco Friends

    Peque’s Journey to a New Life🩷

    Last week Peque landed in Chicago, ready to begin an incredible new chapter. This moment has been months in the making, and his story is nothing short of inspiring.

    Peque was rescued by Galgos Felices Fundacion six months before I shared his adoption post on November 23, 2024. Up until then, he hadn’t sparked much interest. But that day, a message changed everything.

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  • Dementia in dogs

    Of all the dogs I have had in over 7 decades of my life, I have only had one with dementia. One was sadly stolen and never found; one young one was run over and killed; 3 were lost to cancer; one had dementia. The rest lived long and happy lives.

    It was my borderline collie (99% border collie/1%spaniel) who developed dementia and it was upsetting to see. I’d find him standing still with no idea where he was, what direction to go in, straddling a low brick wall, snapping when caressed. He was in his teens by then, so it was part of the natural ageing process for him. In the end he became so confused it was kinder to comfort him as he was pts.

    This is a weblink about recognising and caring for a dog with dementia.

    A weblink to a book by someone living with a dog with dementia.

  • Madrid – a hellhole for podencos discovered by Guardia Civil

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    MADRID

    Investigating a hunter from Cadalso de los Vidrios for animal abuse after finding three dead puppies and 11 other injured dogs.
    The owner had the animals unidentified and without any document control.

    Agents of the Madrid Civil Guard have investigated a 44-year-old hunter for a crime of animal abuse when locating in the municipality of Cadalso de los Vidrios (Madrid) last January 8 three corpses of a puppy dog and 11 podencos with injuries to legs, ears and one with extreme thinness.

    https://goo.su/Y5Y9