Podenco Post

Category: Adopt

  • Portugal – podenca puppies saved from a cruel death

    Portugal Lira 2 250 4 5 2013These two tiny podencas were found yesterday by a farmer. They were inside a rubbish bag, tied up, left in a field to die. Taken into the care of Teresa Sousa and her team, they have been to the vet and have been wormed. Now called Pipa and Lira. Teresa would be grateful to anyone who could sponsor their vaccinations and to apply to adopt one. Please paypal adoptions to portugaldogrescue@gmail.com (sorry the pix aren’t very good quality)

    Regarding Esperança, the municipal vet, who is friends with Teresa, has issued Esperanca’s owner a fine (that’s the most he can do, as it was a first offence, at least legally), and the man is now appealing, claiming he is too poor and cannot afford the fine. Video Esperanca & babies, 7 in all.

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  • A journey into the heart of hell

    This is not about a podenco, but it could very well be. It is about Seville perrera and a little innocent soul in there, on death row, due to die. Levriers sans Frontieres works with Fundacion Benjamin Mehnert to save these dogs. This is her story.

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  • Levriers sans Frontieres and Fundation Benjamin Mehnert – saving podencos

    Here is a link to the story of one of the volunteers from Fundation Benjamin Mehnert in Seville, who went into a galguero camp to save these two podencos. The rough haired one with the hernia is about 10 years old – however has she survived for so long…and the smooth haired one is 3 years old.

  • Podencas urgently needing foster home…

    Jacqui Ross is desperately trying to find a foster home for these two lovely podencas, who can’t stay where they are – it was only temporary. If no-one comes forward, the dogs will be taken to the perrera. They have blood tested negative for everything, vaccinated, ready to go. Email Jacqui on ross@rentals-in-spain.com if you can help.

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  • SOS Animals UK – Podenco Maneto Santo is looking for someone

    SOS Animals Santo maneto 250 4 2013The Podenco Maneto is one of the lesser known type of podenco, one of the smaller guys. SOS Animals UK have a young one rescued from the street, waiting for his forever home. Here’s the link to his story. Contact SOS Animals UK if you would like to apply to adopt him. They have many podencos waiting for a place in someone’s heart.

  • Podenco Aron – happily rehomed

    Aron 2 Laura Kate Stone 250Laura Kate Stone adopted Aron, a podenco orito. Here she tells his story.

    ‘Aron was a stray, taken to a pound in Cuenca. The pound was too many dogs over the limit and so Aron was on the destroy list. Tina a lady on holiday there from Sweden who has adopted many spanish dogs sponsered Aron into boarding, and was sorted out by the amazing Beverley Farmer.

    I was looking for a sighthound as I had always wanted one, to go with our Collie, and ended up on a site advertising dogs for various rescues. Aron had been associated with SOS Animals UK and that is where I saw him.

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  • Training a Podenco – superb Obedience and Agility Dogs

    Denzil 2 250I can’t emphasise enough what fabulous hounds podencos are; marvellous companion dogs and, if you get a young one, easy to train and marvellous agility dogs (they are very popular in agility competitions in Germany especially). Bev Farmer fosters podencos and works hard on training them for forever homes. Here’s a great video which illustrates just how well podencos respond to training.

    Bev was one of the many volunteers who went to Bullas on Operation Rehala at the beginning of 2012 and here is what she says.

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  • Pregnant Portuguese podenca needs saving – URGENT!

    Portuguese podenca Teresa 250 4 2013This poor soul is Esperanza, discovered shut in a shed for more than a month, sleeping on top of all her dirt and existing on bread, waiting to give birth.

    Teresa Sousa is hoping to take her from her ‘owner’ today and save her from the municipal kennels where she would be pts in a couple of days. But Teresa needs financial help with the kennel fees, food and vet expenses. Please donate if you can help save this little podenca. Paypal portugaldogrescue@gmail.com

  • GRIN – more hounds safe and happy in the US

    From Telma Shaw. ‘Since I wrote this article..Trece the Podenco Ibicenco has been homed in New Mexico and is doing fantastic with his galga friend Cyd (a super shy galga that was brought to the US by a US hunter 6 years ago. Thankfully he gave her and her mate up and they both were rehomed with this family who just adopted Trece).’

    Telma is heading back to Spain this week to take back some more galgos and podencos. I look forward to hearing their story on her return.

  • Blind podencos in Seville – latest update – looking for forever homes

    Do you remember the appeal by Macu for help to pay for operations to restore the sight in the eyes of two podencos she had rescued from a galguero camp? Thanks to help from many people, the two dogs have both been operated on and here you can see a video of them enjoying life. Remember Atila, the young 2-year-old, had to hold his head at a peculiar angle to try and see – now he can look forward to a full life seeing everything! Both podencos are now looking for forever homes. If you would like to apply, please contact Carmina (English speaker) or Macu.