Podenco Post

Author: Beryl Brennan

  • 4 Podencos dumped in a perrera – the ‘detritus of Spanish hunting’

    Podenco in perrera 400 1 14 3 2023
    From Huellas Eternas

    In Spain you realize that no matter the time, no matter the “service” you have done, no matter that despite having delivered your whole life to the hunter, he doesn’t care what happens to you because of course, the new legal abandonment modality does not protect you, so here comes the perrera.

    These are 4 beautiful podencas are 8 and 12 years old, their owner has given them to the facility because they are no longer going to hunt, so at their ages they are already well there and continue life….. but the 4 of them stands behind those bars….

    Beacuse they are older, is it going to make it very difficult for them to be adopted? This is the big question that we are asking ourselves, with great pity and powerlessness, because cases like this break your heart even more if it fits.

    We ask for adoption for them, we ask that they do not become invisible, we ask that their lives begin again from the warmth of a home and the love of a family that will love them for the rest of their lives.

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  • Podenco Lucas waiting for his forever with Ourense Protectora

    Ourense Grandpa Lucas 400 14 3 2023
    The Podencos, the great FORGOTTEN

    Grandpa LUCAS’s feet hurt so much. He’s an angel who’s slowly turning OFF….

    Grandpa Lucas at 10-years-old is one of the oldest angels of the protege and of the most needy. They say he has green EYES that just looking at you captivate you, the volunteer tells me that when they go out for a walk only once a week when they return she has to hold him in their arms like a baby because he doesn’t want to go in the CAGE.

    Contact: Progape Ourense (Galicia)… progapeourense@hotmail.com Tel: 988 21 29 39

    Lucas was one of the family and then when the owner moved to an apartment, Lucas was not in his plans, as happens too often.

    Grandpa Lucas spent a long time without eating, ALWAYS waited for his “Family”… But this one NEVER came back for him…… Time passes and Lucas understood that his owner would never come back for him.

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  • Apolgies

    Sorry for lack of news, I’m ill at the moment, lots to catch up on next week

  • A dog is adopted for its whole life – not abandoned!

    Moving need to rehome my dog 400
    Too many people use the excuse of not being able to take their dog when they move. It’s an excuse especially used a lot in Portugal. It should be a last resort that the dog is taken to a shelter.

  • Adopt a Senior Dog

    Bev adopt an older podenco 400 2 2023

  • Apda Rosa – Podenco puppy starved and covered in ticks – please donate to vet fees

    Apda podenco ticks 400 2 2023
    GOD IT’S JUST A BABY!!

    Look how sick is this poor baby, it doesn’t even want to look anyone in the face. Urgent help needed for vet fees, we are already in the red with a very large debt to the vet, please help. We need to analytics and everything. Please help.

    Our number: 640783709

    PayPal: rosahernandezortiz00@gmail.com

    Account number: ES51 0081 0625 4800 0209 6516
    Cpto : Thinking Babies

    Teaming: for only €1 a month you can help us save many lives – https://www.teaming.net/apdarosas

    Thank you.

    Update

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  • New Animal Welfare Law in Valencia Region

    This is a precis of an article which appeared in my online copy of The Olive Press.

    The Valencian parliament has approved a new regional animal welfare law which is tougher than recently-passed national legislation.

    Penalties of up to 45,000 euros for very serious cases of animal cruelty

    Breeding and sale of pets restricted to authorised professionals.

    Also includes hunting dogs who inthis instance are classified as pets.

    Valencian agriculture minister Isaura Navarro – guarantees the rights of animals.

    Classifies animals as ‘sentient beings’ and not just pets.

    Adoption prioritise. Registration and identifiation of animals required – owners have 6 months to register them.

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  • URGENT – petition to sign and share before 8 March 2023

    Petition 400 2 2023
    This petition is launched by associations of lawyers specializing in animal rights, to request a veto in the Senate to withdraw the reform of the Spanish Penal Code.

    According to the decision of February 9th, 2023, galgos, podencos and all Spanish hunting, guard, companion and herding dogs are excluded from the new animal protection law and the abuse of the dogs is largely unpunished.

    Please help, sign the petition and share it!

  • Podenco Alex – friends with cats too

    Alex 400 2 2023
    From Rosaly Torvnes.

    Alex is a very sweet, fun, affectionate and happy dog. He´s ONE year old, 12 kg and 48cms tall. He arrived at the shelter on October 2022. The shelter was informed that there was an abandoned dog who was going frequently to a bar nearby, everyday, and looking for food.

    Alex goes well with other dogs, but has a certain mild dominance with other MALE dogs. Still, he´s a very sociable dog!

    Alex is friendly with children, walks well on a lead and travels just fine in cars. Not good with cats.

    Alex seems to be a small version of a mix between galgoxpodenco. His looks are exquisitely beautiful. Alex is waiting for a home!

    Alex is in Cartagena, Murcia.

    Contact: rtorvnesgmail.com

  • Fundacion Benjamin Mehnert – adopting doesn’t make you a better person

    FBM Adopting a dog 400 2 2023
    From Fundacion Benjamin Mehnert

    Adopting doesn’t make you a better person.

    This is one of those posts that is likely to create controversy. And they may rain criticism on us, we know it. But it is absolutely necessary.

    The last few weeks have been especially difficult. In addition to ending the hunting season and receiving dogs and more dogs daily, the situation is complicating for a reason that creates sadness, and anger at the same time: the abandonment of dogs that had already been previously adopted.

    You can’t imagine the number of calls, emails, comments and messages on networks that often come to us like this “My personal situation has changed, and I can no longer have dogs… He has an illness and we can’t assume the costs… “We moved and our landlord, doesn’t accept pets.. “We’ve had a kid and the dogs all of a sudden are behaving strangely… Can you please take care of the dogs? “

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