Podenco Post

Category: Advice

  • DeAnimals – fighting to protect the Spanish hunting dogs

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    Regular readers will recall that back in October 2016 I was invited to the first PAES conference to talk about the plight of the galgos and podencos and other hunting dogs in Spain. There I met Raquel, a Spanish lawyer very active in taking animal abusers to court. She had started running courses for anyone involved in animal welfare – judges, police, vets, other lawyers – on how to prepare cases to prosecute animal abusers.

    This has now been further developed so that anyone can sign up for the courses. Click on this weblink to read more. Let’s hope that many law enforcers, including and especially in the Canary Islands, will sign up and take action to help protect the hunting hounds of Spain

  • Arthritis in Dogs

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    My little Podenca Malaguena Bebe is now 17 years old and very grey. She was rescued in 2011 injured on a Seville road and my lovely French vet operated on her to repair her injured hind quarters. She’s always been a ‘pocket rocket’ but is slowing down now. I’ve had her on Turmeric for some years to help with the arthritis developing in the operation site and she’s even happier now we have moved from an old stone farmhouse with lots of steps and tiled floors to a small bungalow…no steps and carpet!

    This link takes you to a book on arthritis in dogs published by Whole Dog Journal if you are interested in learning more.

  • Head tremors in dogs

    Sadlymmy beautiful young galgo Polar – dumped at the gates of Pepi’s Refuge, Pedrera at 2 months old with a bad knee injury – has been diagnosed with lymphoma. The disease is too far gone to respond to chemotherapy so he is on palliative care and getting lots of love cuddles. The cancer only manifested itself by two lumps suddenly appearing either side of his throat and within the week of the vet visit he has others on his body. He has also occasionally got head tremors, and this is a link to an article on the subject, if your dog occasionally suffers the same.

  • Why a Dog Sleeps – from Galgos 112

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    The break in dogs.

    Do you know that for a dog the break isn’t just sleeping? it’s also being relaxed with nothing to do.

    Overall an adult dog usually sleeps about 13 hours a day. Dogs sleep more hours a day than people do, but wake up more often. They usually stay in deep sleep a little while and so they wake up with small noises.
    Puppies usually sleep 90 % of the time.

    And on many occasions in fact, it’s very common to wake them up to keep us company or to tell them something or because they’re dreaming, etc.
    And this is a common mistake. Your dog’s health is at stake, the break is very important.

    But to achieve this, it’s not enough not to disturb you. You must create a suitable environment to get her to relax and sleep.

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  • What constitutes a suitable home for a rescue dog

    Read the full story on this weblink

  • Animal Abuse in Spain – an App to tell the Guardia Civil

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    Any case of animal abuse you can communicate to
    @policia
    and
    @guardiacivil
    with the mobile app

    Please share widely.

  • Coping with hearing loss in dogs

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    My little Podenca Andaluz Bebe is now 17 going on 18 and age is starting to catch up with her. She’s already very grey in her face, on her legs and behind her ears. Cataracts are developing in her eyes and her hearing – in her gorgeous pointy ears – is failing.

    Here’s an interesting article on coping with hearing loss in dogs.

  • Hounds for the Holidays

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  • Sago Palm – poisonous to dogs

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    From a Veterinary Clinic.

    ‘Please help us spread the word about this. We are seeing more and more Sago Palm’s for sale as house plants. We were very disappointed to see that the Sago Palm plants in some stores still have no warning label. These plants are very toxic to pets. It takes a very small dose to cause liver failure. Many dogs don’t survive, even with treatment. We took the picture on the left at Home Depot (warning tag). Walmart in the US are also selling them and none of the Sago’s at Walmart had warning tags. These have also been seen at Target and Ikea.

    Familiarize yourself with its distinctive appearance, because often they are just called “palm plants” (technically they are not palms, but cycads) or not labeled at all.

    Edited to ad: The seeds are the most toxic part of the plant, but these small versions usually are not big enough to produce seeds. However, the entire plant is toxic, so please be careful.’

  • Acorns are poisonous to dogs

    Acorns are poisonous…often meadows are surrounded by acorns and if horses eat enough, they suffer. I didn’t know that some dogs might also eat acorns until I read this article.