Podenco Post

Category: Advice

  • Can dogs eat honey?

    It’s a well known fact that natural honey is good for the health and well-being of humans. Is it the same for dogs? Here’s an article on the subject.

  • How to train your dog off-leash

    Many people can walk their galgos and podencos off leash. Unfortunately mine have strong hunting instincts and as we live on a farm with meadows full of birds, hares, feral cats and the neighbouring ones have sheep in, we can never walk ours off leash. Read the full article on this subject on this link.

  • PACMA demand hunting in Castille y Leon be stopped

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    From the CREL newsletter of March 13, 2019

    The Spanish animalist party (PACMA) claims the protection of wildlife and takes legal action.

    The Hunting Act in Castilla y León (Spain) will be amended to “paralyze any hunting activity until further notice”. All this at the request of PACMA (Party of Animalists Against Animal Abuse).

    Laura Duarte, spokesperson of the Spanish animalist party, argued that the regulation in question does not comply with the European directive “habitat fauna flora”, which applies to all species. Therefore, “if it is not consistent, this paralysis should continue”.

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  • Should you soak dog croquettes?

    I have lived with dogs all my life – when I was born our family dog was already 1 year old! As far as I can remember, we have always put a small amount of gravy or stock on our dogs’ meals. My elderly galga Carmela now has problems crunching large croquettes so she is on the ones for small dogs which she manages no problem. However, I must admit I am not keen on the idea of soaking croquettes for hours.

    Here’s another interesting article from the Whole Dog Journal on the subject.

  • Filaria, or heartworm – cause, prevention, treatment

    The Healthy Hound is a newsletter produced by the Ohio State University in relation to their work and research into greyhounds and galgos. This link will take you to an article in the latest newsletter which is about filaria, or heartworm, and which affects podencos as well as galgos.

  • Spanish Stray Dogs – Dog Breeds in Spanish pounds: Podenco

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    Pounds all over Spain are full of dogs of many colours, sizes and breeds. Podencos, bodegueros, mastins, Spanish water dog and many more, all can be found looking for a home. Each with their distinctive traits and temperaments. On this article we want to introduce you to one of the most common breeds found all over Spain, and in particular the south, the podenco.

    Podencos are a sighthound bred to hunt. They change in size and colours but they all are very clever and intelligent, always very aware of its surroundings and sensitive to their human’s reactions. They are very curious and although they can be shy, they cannot help wanting to explore new things and places.

    They are a strong breed highly resistant to illness. These dogs are used to hunt under a punishing sun for many hours and in spite of their fragile looking bodies they are very tough and resilient with a high pain threshold.

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  • Invisible fencing for dogs? The Whole Dog Journal writes.

    Further to my recent piece about using invisible fencing for a Podenco, this article on the subject dropped into my Inbox this morning! I’ve sent the link to the man who raised the question.

  • Podencos and invisible fencing?

    I’ve received an email posing a question to which I cannot respond, as I’ve no experience of invisible fencing.

    The enquirer has used invisible fencing with success with previous dogs, he used a professional dog trainer for the training. He has neighbours who did their own training.

    He is considering adopting a podenco, so 2 questions.

    A puppy or an adult?

    Would it be suitable for invisible fencing?

    Do any of my readers have experience of podencos and invisible fencing? If so, what result and how was the dog trained, how old was it etc.

  • Canicross – ideal for podencos

    Adoptants of podencos will know that generally they are very active and intelligent hounds and need more exercise than their galgo compatriots in the Spanish hunting hell. So here are some links about Canicross and Bikejoring, plus some photos.

    Link 1

    Video 1

    Video 2 – bikejoring in Sweden

    Video 3 – Canicross and Bikejoring in Holland

  • Brexit after March 2019 – potential changes in overseas travel for pets

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    From Bev Farmer of Podenco Friends.

    ‘Potentially big changes for taking your pets overseas from the UK after March 2019… It could resort back to the old system where titre counts for Rabies are required and 4 months waiting before they can travel and to complete a number of documents to travel. We had to do this back in 2001 when we first moved to Spain with our dogs. This will also impact on rescue dogs though in this article there is no mention of them but I imagine they will have to comply with the same rules to travel from Europe to the UK.’

    https://www.gov.uk/…/taking-your-pet-abroad-if-theres-no-br…