From Podencos In Need Stocland.
‘This poor little girl was found hung and would have been on the kill list in Cadiz perrera. We were asked to help and, remarkably, we also received an application from an existing podparent at just the right time, so her fortunes have changed! Eva as she is now called, is in her forever home and pod-sibling in England
https://www.facebook.com/podencosinneedscotland/videos/495718621150089/
From Hope for Podencos.
‘Adam and Rocky have a chance to go to the USA to continue rehabilitation as we do not have the facilities at the centre and NE Ohio Greyhound Rescue already have two of our podencos .They will offer a forever home in their sanctuary for Rocky as they specialise on helpimg the oldies and between us we will find a home for Adam when he is ready
We need your help on this .we already have some money raised towards Rockys vet bills but need your help also towards the transport to the USA
Can i ask you to share.share share this post please for these boys as Sharing is Caring
Together We Are Stronger
Thank you’
Bev Farmer of Podenco Friends tells the story of this lucky podenco pup.
‘This wee pup came to the finca yesterday (28/1/2020). Found alone by the roadside he made the best decision of his life. He didn’t run off when Ines stopped her van and she scooped him up and took him the vets in the village close to us. They called and asked if I can help so here he is. He is about 8 months old very skinny and at the moment overwhelmed with everything. We need to give him a name so any suggestions what we should call him.
Email Bev if you have a name suggestion.
From Bev Farmer of Podenco Friends.
‘Rowena one of Palomas pups with her mum Heli Peltoniemi winning her agility class in Finland. Always so proud to see our Podenco doing so well ..’
Although the podencos sometimes accompany the hunters, it is the dogs themselves that are used very often as hunting weapons by hunters.
The activity of hunting with podengos involves mass breeding, the selection of ” best ” individuals for that activity and the very abundant discarding of all dogs that do not ” give the size ” required by their owners. Descartes that carry their abandonment, they are deposited in perreras where they will be sacrificed if no one claims them, their sacrifice by unscrupulous veterinarians without scruples or ethics, or directly they are abused and killed by the same owners, in many terribly cruel ways.
No one comes to this world to be used to hunt and be discarded after, like a useless tool…
No one comes into this world to live a life of misery, chained, with barely food or water, in the weather or between excrement…
We’ve always had a least 2 dogs, as they are herd animals rather than solitary ones. So if you only have one dog, how long should you leave it alone?
Read the full article on this link.
From Bev Farmer at Podenco Friends.
‘Back in April 2019 when a message came through asking for help with Carley & PJ the photo they sent struck a chord with me to see a Podenca taking a young galgo pup under her wing. Abandoned in the countryside entwined together I am sure it was Carley’s body warmth that had kept PJ alive, He was so thin he could not maintain his body temperature. When he arrived we needed to put two jackets on him to keep him warm.
What seemed a straight forward rescue soon changed, I never expected to have two seriously sick dogs. PJ had been born with a condition where his bile duct had not developed and the damage to his liver was beyond repair. Surgery was discussed with specialists but they didn’t think he would survive the Anesthesia, his liver was so compromised . So I took the decision to let him enjoy the time he had and when the day came he would close his eyes for the last time in my arm,s not on an operating table.
2019 Summary – What a year 2019 was for Hope for Podencos and the extremes of weather that we experienced. Summer saw high heats and a lot of hard work to keep the dogs cool and hydrated. Heavy autumn rains luckily didn’t hit us as hard as other parts of Spain; but we helped some dogs that were affected in these areas.
Winter is always a difficult time at the centre. Many people associate Spain with sunshine but it is in fact freezing cold. Luckily our supporters did an amazing job in raising funds to get the dogs kitted out in cozy jumpers.
Renovation work took off at the centre, allowing us to help more dogs than ever before. We saw new kennels blocks built and old kennels and runs pulled down and new runs put up in their place. As a result, we saw an amazing 120 podencos rescued; compared to the 91 we were able to help in 2018.
From Bev Farmer of Podenco Friends – fingers crossed for good news about Carley.
13/1/2020 –
This morning Carley goes in for a ultrasound and xray review .. we so need to have good news, losing PJ was devastating for Carley and us .. We need a happy ending for her….
To donate to the podencos with Bev, paypal podencofriends@hotmail.co.uk.
