Podenco Post

Category: Fund raising

  • Room for a Reindenco? Lola is with TheKennelKlub on Lanzarote, Canary Islands.

    LOLA was rescued from the same owner as ANGELIQUE just over a week ago. She is getting more confident, putting weight on nicely and her skin is slowly improving. She is a lovely dog, really affectionate and she loves to be loved. She is 8 years old so quite calm for a Podenco Canario. She is also small for her breed, currently 16 kilos. She gets on well with other dogs and children and is really friendly. She will be looking for a great home soon so please let us know if you are interested.

    She is a new breed that has been discovered on the island of Lanzarote this year – a Reindenco! They are bundles of pure sweetness. Does anyone have room for a Reindenco in there home? PLEASE SHARE, she is with TheKennelKlub.

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  • Buy your Xmas gifts and help feed the hounds at Pepis Dog Refuge, Pedrera, Seville

    This weekend – 4 & 5 December – my friend Julie is running a fundraiser to help feed the podencos and galgos at Pepis Dog Refuge. She is a Neals Yard Natural Remedies consultant; if you haven’t used their products, now is a good time to start. Have a look at the goodies in the shop on this link. Email Julie if you have any questions. Please help, and please share.

  • Cheap accommodation in Spain for Xmas – stay in a perrera

    Bev podenco pups 250 1 12 2015The waste of precious life by the bastard Spanish hunters just beggars belief! Here is the story from Bav Farmer of Podenco Friends.

    ‘Four podenco pups handed into a perrera this morning (1/12/2015), 8 weeks old. This is no place for them to be, it’s cold and they are vulnerable to disease. We ca’nt leave them there, they will not survive. So they will be with us in a couple of days. For the moment they have been removed and are in a foster home so they are safe. So it begins, dumping of the pups and I am sure more to come. Merry Christmas!’ podencofriends@hotmail.co.uk

  • Podenco Xmas Card – supporting Valencia Perrera Dogs

    Xmas card podencos Valencia perrera 250 12 2015Podenco Xmas card – brilliant! Raising funds for Valencia Perrera Dogs. Details here.

    OUR VERY OWN CHRISTMAS CARDS are on sale NOW !!
    Unique illustration created especially for us with ALL PROCEEDS to the Valencia Perrera Dogs email HelpValenciaDogs@gmail.com

    Text on the back:
    “Until they all have a home and the podencos start to sing”
    “100% of the proceeds of this card go to Valencia Perrera Dogs, helping the pound dogs in Spain”

    Text inside:
    “Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year”

    Size 10 x 15 cms on 350gsm white card
    Sold in packs of 10 cards with white envelopes

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  • Living the dream in Spain?

    Alejandra podencos field 250Life in Spain and the Canary Islands is hell for the majority of podencos. Here’s a heart-rending situation some young Spanish volunteers have discovered and they desperately want help to help the dogs…chiefly to get them into shelters (which are mostly full to bursting) and fund some operations. Alejandra tells the story.

    ‘I’m writing you from Sagunto, a small town on the outskirts of Valencia, desperately asking for your help due to the situation we are living.

    About a month ago some girls and I found a group of hounds and hound crossings living in a extreme situation,

    We found right away around 25 adult dogs between 6 months and 2 years old. 3 of them had recently given birth, with a total of 18 puppies only a week old.

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  • Update on Angelique – podenco seriously abused on Lanzarote, Canary Islands

    Here is the report from Laura Johnson of thekennelklub, Lanzarote, on the court case against the bastard who so abused this poor podenca. She continues to make good progress and, when she is fit to travel, there is the offer of a home in the UK with another blind podenco. Fingers crossed.

    ‘After a promising day yesterday (26/11/2015), today is not such good news. Tata/Angelique’s owner has been convicted this morning for abandonment – a 360€ fine and a 6 month ban from owning animals. We were unable to prove animal abuse.

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  • Update on Angelique – the Lanzarote Podenca

    21/11/2015 From Laura Johnson at TheKennelKlub.

    Angelique had a good night considering – she has eaten, drank, had a short wander around the vet clinic and did peepee. Today she has had the operation to clean and close the 3 fractures on her skull and to remove her eyes. She has come round from the operation and is in recovery. The vet says it is a miracle that she is alive, but she is, and she is still fighting with everything she has to pull through. She is still critical but she is alert and responsive.

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  • Neglect in Navarre – help Podenca Bat

    CPA podenco 1 250 20 11 2015And another poor podenco suffering from the neglect and abuse of the bastard hunters – or in this case also a ‘rescuer’. Here’s her story. I’m checking with the association CPA who have her, that it is Olite in Navarra, northern Spain, as I am not aware it is an area where hunters use podencos. (google translation)

    ‘Hello. This week we picked up this podenquita of the town of Olite. In spite of living on a daily basis with the neglect and on many occasions with the mistreatment, few times we have dog arrive in this state. It was about to die of starvation. Her condition is delicate, doesn’t eat because it is so weak that it is not capable of doing so. Her temperature was extremely low and even though she kept drinking, it’s so dehydrated that it is not enough.

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  • TheKennelKlub, Lanzarote, Canary Islands – saving Angelique

    Kennel Klub Tara 2 250‘You think you have seen it all and then a dog like this arrives and breaks your heart all over again. Thank you to the kind person who didn’t just drive on past her. She has sustained serious trauma to the head, the most serious injury of which is a fractured skull. The injuries have happened a few days ago and the wounds are infected and there were maggots in them. The vet has cleaned up the wounds and administered pain killers, anti-inflammatory, antibiotics and she does have an IV to keep her hydrated. Obviously she will loose both of her eyes. We will see how she gets on over night.

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  • Galgos 112 – saving Ibizan podenco Sucre

    Galgos 112 Surcre 250 15 11 2015It’s a wonder this poor podenco still had the strength to stand. Luckily he is now with Galgos 112 and receiving veterinary care to heal his body and soul. Here’s what Galgos 112 say about him.

    ‘Sucre is exhausted and weak. His condition is lousy, severe malnutrition and ulcers on all the pressure points on his bones. We are waiting for his blood analysis bu his anaemia is evident. He’s also dehydrated. He still has the strength to move around and respondes to each caress and gesture of love. He has suffered a lot in his young life.

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