Podenco Post

Category: Advice

  • 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

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  • 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.

  • Disposing of dog poop

    If like me you have a few hounds, I’ve had 5 at one time, down to 2 now and a podenca, then disposing of their poop can be a problem. A friend of mine with kennels uses a stack of old tyres, building them up one at a time to a tower. She covers the poop with soil and leaves and it eventually breaks down into compost.

    Here’s a similar idea as well as several others.

  • Recognising heatstroke in dogs

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  • Tilly Tea-Leaf Syndrome – with Beverley Farmer of Podenco Friends

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    Tilly was Bev Farmer’s first podenco – from small beginnings come Podenco Friends and the hundreds of podencos Bev and her late partner Warren have rescued, rehabilitated and rehomed.

    ‘Tilly was such a naughty dog this came up in FB memories and made me smile thinking of what she did. Especially chewing the dials off the washing machine so we had no clue what cycle it was on and ended up having to buy a new one.

    Tilly Tea-Leaf syndrome – (Liberatio bonorum suorum) is a condition commonly known has the liberation of personal possessions. It was first officially named in 2003 after a Podenco called Tilly. This condition has been reported worldwide and effects all breeds of dogs, some more than others

    Symptoms: The stealing of various items and running around the garden showing them off to everyone. In particular shoes, underwear, tea towels, cushions and in extreme cases mobile phones, TV controls and at times destruction of such items.

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