Podenco Post

Category: Advice

  • How many dogs can you legally keep?

    Thought I would ask the question, in view of the recent post about ‘Types of Hoarder’. Here are some of the replies I received. If anyone in Belgium, Holland and Scandinavia would like to let me know, I will be pleased to include the info.

    In Switzerland: Dog owners have to pay a yearly fee for each dog, depending on weight. In addition the owner must attend a dog school to learn to handle his dog, and do that with each dog he owns. This is all registered at the City hall (ayuntamiento)

    In California they pay $29 per greyhound per year, in some townships you are only allowed 2 dogs, in others 4 dogs – it varies a lot.

    In Germany, it costs 170 Euro for the first dog, twice that for the second….. But, how many citizens follow the law and register their dogs.

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  • Rescued from Spain, lost in UK!

    I’m always advocating adopting a podenco from a recognised established rehoming association which will make detailed homechecks and follow-ups, and who will also be there to take the dog into their care should the adoption fail for whatever reason. So, to have a podenco sold on Gumtree (it’s not the first time a podenco has been advertised on Gumtree or Preloved) and another in a Scottish refuge (however good the refuge is) is unacceptable.

    It is also unacceptable for someone in the UK to consider adopting an overseas rescue dog for breeding purposes. Reputable rehoming associations sterilize their dogs before they are homed.

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  • Hounds are addictive – but there has to be an upper adoption limit!

    Animal hoarder poster 250 20 8 2015The above was posted on a friend’s page. (Larger picture below) I thought I’d share it with you as I have learnt that one small association just rehomed a dog to someone who already has 18 dogs! Now, I have 5 dogs, french lurcher, 3 galgos and a podenco. All but one is too old to insure, so vet bills can be expensive. The old lurcher is on tablets which cost my hubbie 100 euros/month. On top of that, of course, we have dog food. I cannot understand how someone can afford 18 – soon to be 19 dogs!

    I know the situation in Spain for the galgos and podencos is horrendous and associations are desperate to home dogs, to make room to rescue another one. But there has to be some sense applied in who is allowed to adopt. In France, if you have more than 9 dogs, you have to register as a kennels.

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  • Signs of Leishmania in dogs

    If you recognise any of these symptoms in your dog, please take it to the vet to be tested for leishmania. I always recommend that, even if your Spanish hound has tested negative for the disease, you should have it retested every year.

  • Owning a dog in Switzerland

    Information from a reader who lives in Switzerland, about the regulations for owning and keeping a dog.

    In Switzerland: Dog owners have to pay a yearly fee for each dog, depending on weight. In addition he must attend a dog school to learn handle his dog, and do that with each dog he owns. This is all registered at the City hall (ayuntamiento).

    This could be a way towards a solution everywhere in the future.

  • PAES International Animal Welfare Conference – October 2015 – book now

    Don’t forget to book your tickets now!

  • A Tether Tug – keeping your dog occupied

    I’ve been sent a link to the Tether Tug ‘toy’, with a suggestion that it could be something shelters and refuges could use to exercise/occupy their dogs…if there is a space for play/socialising. Perhaps even a handy person could make one.

  • Valencia Container dogs…update

    ACTIN Container dogs 250 18 7 2015Here is the latest news from ACTIN about the situation for the container dogs. Permission now given to publicise this. Please continue to support ACTIN‘s legal team, a successful outcome for this case can be a precedent for use in the whole of Spain!

    ‘The owners have kept their dogs in the container for 5 years, we are trying to find out about previous dogs. Actin was only informed of this 2 months ago. Previous denuncias and complaints in the past, since 2010, have had no effect. Right now there are 4 dogs and 1 puppy inside; we can report some positive changes. The dogs have food and water, this has improved. The owners have coated the inside of the container with a material to regulate temperature, heat inside is the same as outside; we are not satisfied with this, BUT it is 20 degrees less than it would have been.

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  • Eight dogs and M.E. – blog by Fiona Nicholson

    Regular readers will recognise Fiona as a valuable commentator on posts on Podenco Post. In March she undertook to move from Scotland to Western France with her 8 dogs. They are all settling in, although finding the contrast of the French summer temperatures somewhat different from those in Scotland.

    Fiona is now writing a blog about life in France and much more. You can follow her on this link. Sign up and follow her stories by clicking on the ‘follow’ box bottom right hand corner of the screen.

  • Spain’s Ominous Gag Law – July 2015

    Extremely worrying news.