Podenco Post

Category: Fund raising

  • Sad tale of a Podenco Stray lost in the campo

    Jane catching abandoned podenco 400 5 11 2016This year seems to be the year of abandoned podencos for Pepis Dog Refuge. Yet another stray on the lane to the refuge, Jane Brian working hard to catch him. Here’s another of Alan Brian’s terrific moving poems inspired by this little hound.

    Podenco stray     by Alan Brian of Pepis Dog Refuge

    Although you can see my picture I normally hide away,
    It seems thats how things have to be as im just another stray.
    I’ve lost my home and family, how can this be right,
    Now I have to fend for myself and sleep under the stars at night.
    I sleep here on the wasteland to rest my weary head
    The dirt and rubbish is all I have to make a comfy bed.
    I have no trust in humans, as this picture clearly shows,
    But this lady comes and talks to me then feeds me before she goes.
    I don’t know what will become of me as I did trust once before,
    Maybe I will never trust again, I really can’t be sure.

    Note…this is copyright Alan Brian. His permission must be sought before reposting    young

    Here’s another young podenco rescued by Jane and Alan who is also very good at composing poems!

  • Podenco Spirit with Refugio la Candela – showing his fighting spirit

    In the middle of October a young podenco was spotted running terrified around a highway in Badajoz with a very serious injury to his mouth – in short, the whole of his lower jaw was missing! He was rushed to the veterinary hospital for emergency treatment. Below you will see photos – not all pleasant – but rest assured Spirit, as the podenco has been named – is fighting to survive and eventually the surgeons will rebuild a lower jaw for him. So far vet fees paid are 800 euros but obviously the repair and rehabilitation of Spirit will cost considerably more. If you wish to make a donation, paypal refugiolacandela@gmail.com. Refugio la Candela

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  • Cards for sale – raising funds for podencos

    Becks Simmonds 2 400Becks Simmonds adores podencos and she also doodles. Here are some of her fabulous cards, the selection is too large to post all. The cards are blank inside for your own message and designs are for any occasion, not just for Xmas. If you would like to order some they are £1,20 each excluding postage. Contact Becks email /PayPal is becksimmonds1@gmail.com

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  • Injured podenca in Salamanca – Scooby to the rescue

    Scooby podenca 410 10 2016A sweet little podenca rescued by Scooby Medina from injury on the road. Read about her here

  • Podenca Zarita from Podenco Friends – flying the agility flag in the UK!

    Here’s a fabulous video of Zarita showing off her agility skills at various shows around the UK this year. She has been entered in ‘Any Size’ classes because her weaving skills need a little more honing. Get in touch with Bev Farmer to find out more about podencos and agility.

  • Pepi’s Xmas Auction – fabulous range of items for Xmas gifts

    Auction picture 2 400For those of you who are on facebook or able to see facebook pages, Jan, Sam, Nina and I are running an Xmas auction – this is the link to the album.

    There is still an horrendous 5,300 euros vet bill to pay off for Pepi’s refuge and this is the reason we are organising this auction. Please join in if you can, share with your friends.

    Pepi’s Dog Refuge, Pedrera, Seville, has an outstanding vet bill of 5,300 euros, accumulated since October 2014. How on earth did they run up such an amount, you ask. Quite simply a decrease in donations – on which Pepi’s survives – and a large increase in sick and injured dogs, especially the parvo virus outbreak in all the puppies over several months.

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  • Galgosan – stunning jewellery for sale

    Take a look at the fabulous items on the website. Great Xmas present ideas for hound-loving family and friends.

  • TheKennelKlub and Podenco Friends – saving the Lanzarote podencos

    Bev Sarifa Lanzarote 400 10 2016Bev Farmer of Podenco Friends is now helping Laura Johnson of TheKennelKlub with the Lanzarote podencos. Here’s what Bev writes.

    ‘A picture that says a thousand words……. So many podencos are subjected to such a harsh life they are never loved or treated with kindness like we do with out own dogs. They don’t get to sleep on a sofa o,r a comfy bed, if they are lucky they are are held in cages where they can sleep on the ground. Many don’t even get this, they are restrained on chains 24 hours 7 days a week only released when taken out on a hunt. Then they are abandoned if sick or old, for its much cheaper to get a pup or younger one, than pay for veterinary treatment.

    The Podenco face two battles, a life of subjugation and then a lack of adoptions for they are not viewed suitable as a family pet, the odds are really stacked against them. On the Island of Lanzarote Podencos have been discovered in the most deplorable conditions held in holes in the ground with no natural light, left there for days with stale water and no food. This is 2016 and why this is allowed to continue is beyond me, and with the power of social media today, few people know about the breed outside Spain.

    I can not imagine what goes through their minds when they are handed into a perrera, thrown into cages or corrals with other dogs they have never encountered before. Exposed to other dogs that may carry sickness or disease, fights break out over food for they are fed in hoppers, the strongest survive so many others never eat. It is without doubt a very stressful situation for them. These could be their final days on this earth, for once the perreras are full they have no choice but to euthanise and Podencos are at high risk due to the lack of potential adoptions.

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  • Helping the hounds of the Seville – Malaga olive groves

    Pepis Refuge is halfway between Malaga and Seville. It’s in the midst of podenco hunting land in the olive groves, and galgo racing. Since starting the refuge in 2005 Jane and Alan Brian have saved hundreds of these dogs who would otherwise have suffered a sad ending. Here is a beautiful tribute to some of those hounds.

  • Easyfundraising – help the hounds at Pepis Dog Refuge, Pedrera, Seville

    Pepis relies solely on donations to help the dozens of hounds abandoned and injured in the area. Without Pepis Refuge these dogs would would suffer and have no chance of rescue and homing. Please shop on line at easyfundraising for Pepis – sign up for an account now and help the podencos and podenco x hounds in the refuge.,