The reality of life in the killing station of Badajoz – please support SOS Perrera Badajoz volunteers in their work.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNFNYzdEGG0
Category: Adopt
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Nell and Navarre – Podenco Andaluz find forever together
With all the appeals for help for podencos, it’s great to have a lovely rehoming story. Robin and Ros Grover share theirs with you.
Our Podenco Story
We have had dogs over many years and mostly 2 at any time. In January 2013we had 1 mixed breed dog called Honey,and we were considering a second dog. At that point we had never even heard of a Podenco. We started casually searching dog rescues on the internet, and amongst that found some of the Podenco related rescue organisations. We had never imagined that you could have a rescue dog brought over from Spain and weren’t aware of the quarantine laws being changed. We could see the difference between the rescue dog situation in this country and the awful conditions in the Perreras and the terrible short life expectancies in those. We were horrified by the attitudes of the galgueros, and the medieval views on animal rights held by many in Spain. We knew we had to have a Poddy.
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Podencos in Spain – a hard life on the streets
Two heart -wrenching stories from Spain – starving podencos needing help.
We have called them Alba and Maya – two podencas have appeared in a very bad situation on the streets of a small village in Madrid, Fuentidueña de Tajo. Skinny and dying, hardly able to stand up.
A very good friend of Elena Alonso, who gives her whole life to animals,found them and took them into the car, People were just walking by ignoring them.
They are two young female pods, full of tiks and stunned by fear. Nevertheless, they aren’t able even to eat anything. They can barely stand up!
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Podenco Canario Marlin – from Lanzarote to the UK
Rescued as a puppy by SARA Protectora in Lanzarote, Marlin is now in foster in the UK and awaiting his forever home. Foster dad Rick describes this beautiful boy.
‘MARLIN 4 yr old Podenco Canario dog. Medium sized light tan coloured dog found wandering the streets as a puppy , having been in SARA shelter on Lanzarote since. Now in the UK and looking for a forever home!
He is neutered, microchipped, inoculated and passported. He is housetrained, people friendly, children friendly and dog friendly. Unlike many of his brred he has not shown any signs of being an escape artist in the garden or indeed interest in running off when on his walks. He much prefers to stay close to his friends where he can play chase the ball and chase each other!
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Introducing Romy, Podenco Ibicenco with Galgos del Norte
Meet Romy, a Podenco Ibicenco with Galgos del Norte. He’s nearly 2 years old and turned up near the home of his rescuer terrified, very thin and with clear signs of having been abused. She fed him and gradually little by little he allowed her to catch him and take him home.
He’s learnt there is another way of living where the humans give affection and warmth.
He is now a sociable dog, very affectionate, very good but rather mistrustful with strangers. He has learned to play with other dogs, loves to play with the ball, run and enjoys lying in the sun. He can live alone or with other dogs, but not cats. He seems to be enjoying his stolen childhood.
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Recal Association, Seville – podencos waiting forever…meet Argos
This is an appeal from Carmina in Seville about Argos, a lovely little podenco with RECAL Association – http://asociacion-recal.blogspot.com.es/ They need help with finding forever homes for their Podencos.
Please, it would be possible that you will publish in Podenco Post the request for help for them? I send you photos and details of ARGOS, a beautiful brown-chocolate male that has no luck. Thank you very much for your help.
ARGOS:
Sterilized Male
Date of birth: May 23, 2012
Height: 40 cm # Weight:14 kg
Character: Quiet, affectionate, obedient. He doesn’t bark. He knows how to walk on a leash and can live with other dogs. -
Hellin perrera – podenco with gunshot wounds, broken legs….
EMERGENCY APPEAL FOR MAC GYVER
Translation from Dutch
This is from Addy, ‘What happened with this boy goodness knows. He has gunshot wounds, a broken leg, a broken hip and is so dumped in Hellin perrera, Albacete (one of the worst). Of course we can not leave this boy and there is an urgent and fast assistance. I start to apply a great action to recruit for all of his medical expenses. Today we pick him out and bring him to a clinic for further care and all it takes. If you want to help, you can send a donation to ACC.no NL82 INGB 0004 5655 95, A.M. Kale or PayPal Addy concept Mac Gyver to helpingoutdogs@hotmail.com”
She will let me know what happens.
This is the story from Spain
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Lucky podencos waiting in Murcia for their forever homes – with Podenco Friends
So many sad stories about abandoned podencos – here are some more beautiful videos by Bev Farmer of Podenco Friends, to bring a smile to your face. You can contact Bev at podencofriends@hotmail.co.uk if you want to help her, especially if you can offer a forever home to any of them.
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Podenco Friends in Murcia – saving the podencos
I shed tears every day as I read the appeals for help for podencos – old, young, abandoned, in the perreras – puppies with a whole life before them, susceptible to disease in the perreras. The appalling waste of life, simply because most of the Spanish hunters don’t care…Luckily thousands of the younger Spanish generations DO care and do as much as they can to help. So many appeals come in that I simply can’t post them all.
And we can’t help them all until the ones in shelters and kennels are found loving forever homes. The podencos need your help. Please share their story.