There is a belief in Europe that guard dogs should be chained up. There is also a belief in Europe that any dog can be chained up, many of them without even shelter. I see it here in France – a border collie chained up in a farmyard particularly angers me. Podencos also suffer this maltreatment and Aaniferira, a Portuguese animal rescue association, have published a piece about dealing with the problem. You can read more about it here.
Category: Advice
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Helping a chained dog
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A Word of Warning – follow-up discussion
My article ‘A Word of Warning’ was posted on my Help the Podencos Facebook page, as well as here on Podenco Post. It provoked a lot of discussion and experienced podenco owners and rehoming associations shared their considerable knowledge of the breed. Here is a precis of the most important comments.
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A word of warning
I’ve received some disturbing information in the last few days from a couple of different sources about podencos being taken out of Spanish perreras to the UK for adoption. It’s being carried out by individuals who, I am told, have been turned down as adoptants by recognised established associations.
Whilst wishing to rescue abandoned podencos is admirable, the methods being used by these persons is irresponsible both for the dogs and the adoptants.
They are not an association, they do not have experience of owning a podenco, and already a couple of the podencos they have ‘rehomed’ have been returned – to the recognised associations. The concern is that in future podencos adopted through these people could end up in British shelters.
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Euthanasia – gas chambers – work in the killing stations explained
Link to an article about killing – the truth of what happens to animals on death row.
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Dog Walking in Spain – Spanish law explained
A question was posed to me with regard to walking and exercising galgos in Spain. A reader was stopped by a hunter and told she was breaking the law by letting her two galgos run free, even though their recall was very good. So I put the question to someone I knew had experienced a similar problem. Andrew Hurrell was a founder of Noahs Arc association in Mazarron, and he explains the situation and Spanish law. You can read the full article here.
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TARA Shelter, Gran Canaria – a successful neutering programme
TARA Animal Shelter on Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands, in September ran a neutering programme for dogs and cats with the help of a Danish team of vets and nurses. Brian, a volunteer with TARA, reports on the success.
The dog and cat neutering project in Mogan county from 14 to 21 September proved a big hit for all concerned.
It was a most collaborative effort indeed: TARA Animal Respect Association recruited Danish Friends of Animals to supply professional animal medical staff to Gran Canaria providing the surgery skills and pharmaceuticals as a donation to the local cause of animal welfare.
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Podenca Canario Mami – saved from starvation on Gran Canaria
It’s easy to overlook that the popular holiday desinations of Ibiza and the Canary Islands are also part of Spain. Whilst Ibiza is quite close to the mainland, the Canary Islands are down in the Atlantic off the coast of West Africa. Life on these islands is hard for the animals – many used by tourists – whilst hundreds of others are used for hunting. Luckily there are rescue associations picking up the pieces, but the only hope of a life for an animal outside an animal shelter or refuge is to be adopted on mainland Europe.
This is the story of Mami, a Podenco Canario, whose mouth was taped up before she was dumped in the mountains on Gran Canaria, abandoned to a slow and painful death.
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Aanifeira, Portugal – the Portuguese Podengo explained
Here’s an absolutely fascinating article about the Portuguese Podengo/Podenco. I didn’t realise there were so many different types of just this one type of podenco. The more I learn about them, the more I love them.
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Spain – how to report a suspected case of animal cruelty
HOW TO REPORT A SUSPECTED CASE OF ANIMAL CRUELTY
August 2011
There are increasing numbers of animal cruelty cases and people who come across them, often don’t know how to make an official complaint (denuncia) to the police. Seprona, the environmental arm of the Guardia Civil, has given the Costa Animal Society this set of guidelines on what to do.