From Sharon Bays.
Jimbo arrived at the Mazarron perrera in March this year with his friend or maybe mother Joley. We have no history for these sweet dogs but they were very skinny and in poor condition when they arrived. Maybe dogs dumped by the Hunter owner at the end of the season.
Jimbo has now left the Perrera and initially went into foster, where Adrian and Tracey helped him gain strength and he is now in private kennels. (more…)
Galgo Project EU is a Dutch organisation dedicated to supporting, rescuing, and giving a voice to galgos and podencos. They work closely with Spanish shelters, help dogs find safe homes, and raise awareness about the structural mistreatment these dogs still suffer.
With Galgo Project EU, we’re gathering data, testimonies, and concrete evidence to build a detailed dossier for the European Parliament. Our goal is clear:
To hold Spain accountable for not applying Article 13 of the Lisbon Treaty, and to push for equal, EU-wide protection of all dogs, including galgos and podencos, without exceptions. (more…)
There was uproar at the beginning of 2025 when a UK adopter of 2 podencos saw no problem in using electric collars on the dogs to control them! Needless to say, the result was 2 terrified dogs back to a hellish life such as the one from which they had been rescued in Spain.
MANIFESTO FOR THE EQUALITY OF ALL DOGS. Join with your organisation!
As many of you already know, there is an attempt to exclude hunting and working dogs from the Royal Decree on animal facilities (núcleos zoológicos) — their last chance to be protected. These dogs would be left even more unprotected under a decree issued by the Ministry of Agriculture, which would only require registration, identification, and little else. Reporting the poor conditions of hunting packs (rehalas) would become even more difficult. (more…)
From Bev Farmer of Podenco Friends.
Can you believe this stunning podenco has spent most of his life in the Akira Dog Sanctuary. He is more than ready for his forever home for his Xmas present. Contact the Association and complete the adoption application on this weblink.
Our stocks of negative blood are at critical levels. This means we need to collect more blood from dogs with a negative blood type, as it can be given to any dog in an emergency. We have over 750 negative blood typed donors in our pack. If each of these dogs donated once before the end of this year, we’d have more than enough blood to help every vet and dog in need
If your dog is a negative, please consider booking an appointment at a donation session near you soon. We really need you and your wonderful dog to come along and make a lifesaving difference. (more…)
This https://www.msn.com/en-gb/health/other/vets-could-be-made-to-cap-prescription-prices-after-uk-watchdog-investigation/ar-AA1OuEG0?ocid=UE01DHP&pc=UE01&cvid=68ef8de2ba024086bb93f96e9b3d65ee&ei=27&fbclid=IwY2xjawNi8F9leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHnOoo6DQtItvm1-4eyNZT0SR7Au0fSs27fprqBhT1ywTka3VNzo9YE6GCw1h_aem_tJIvZ_X4mIuXvEmRJSu_uQweblink will take you to the results of the CMA investigation into the exhorbitant charges most UK vets require for their services. The high charges have resulted in a large number of pet owners either self medicating their pets or giving up their pets, because speculative companies have bought out vet businesses. Having said that, the vets are at fault too – I feel – because they have put their profits before the care of animals in need.
Date of Birth: 26th May 2022
Gender: Male
Size: 55cm (to the withers)/23kg
Cats: Not suitable for cats
Lucky is known as the velcro dog – he LOVES people, and does do well with both men and women when he first meets them. He’s happy when out and about on walks and doesn’t pull on the lead. He had previously been adopted in Spain but was a little anxious and sensitive around the man in the home so whilst we don’t want to rule out any potential matches we would need to caveat that any men in the home would need to work at his pace and be understanding to any nervousness displayed. Lucky prefers female dogs and would happily live with one or two. Alternatively we think he would also do well as an only dog.
Lucky could live in a town or rural setting, but he does need a garden as he enjoys being outside having a play with his doggy pals.
Lucky is a little over his ideal weight so a weight management plan would be shared with any potential adopters/fosters – this is not causing any health concerns for the vet.
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