Vitus is a stunning young Portuguese Podengo found on the street and now safe with Dogs of Portugal. You can read about him, see more pix and a video on this weblink. Contact Dogs of Portugal direct if you have room in your home and heart for him.
Category: In the media
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Portuguese Podengo hoping for a forever home
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Support the Blue Cross initiative
Not about podencos, but please support the Blue Cross initiative. Read the full article on this link where you can download a template letter to your UK MP.
The Blue Cross Charity want the law changed for stray section 1 dogs. They contacted David Rutley MP, ministerwith responsibility for animal welface and invited the minister to meet with us to discuss how the law could change to make it legal for Blue Cross and other rescue charities to find loving new homes for stray section 1 dogs. We are also continuing to meet with MPs and Lords from all parties to ask them to back our campaign in both houses of parliament.
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Don’t leave your dog’s toys out overnight – prevent lungworm
Leaving your dog’s toys and water bowls outside overnight can lead to your pooch being exposed to the potentially fatal lungworm parasite. Watch here to see why it’s so important to always bring your dog’s toys inside. Lungworm can be prevented, speak to your vet about treatments available.
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Kenia – a Gran Canaria Podenco en route to her forever home
Ever since I became involved with publicising about the plight of the galgos and podencos, I’ve highlighted the problems for the podencos of the Canary Islands, where they suffer horrendous cruelty at the hands of the hunters, and their only hope of a life after rescue is on mainland Europe or across the Atlantic. Fuerteventura is one of the smaller lesser known Islands so this is good news for one podenca from there.Helpers of the Pods of Gran Canaria report the good news for one podenca from there.
‘A home has been found for our KENIA and she will now travel on the 19th of June (last large dog space on the happy bus…phew)after our amazing rescuer Africa Sarabia Cabrera will have brought her by plane to the mainland from Fuerteventura. We only just made the arrangements in time by the skin of our teeth, saving Kenia having to wait to join her new family until September. It’s a race against time to get the paperwork done in time. So much red tape you could decorate a room with it.
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Podenca Carley – a wonderful surrogate mother
I recently published about Podenca Carley who adopted abandoned galgo pup PJ and the 2 were rescued together and are safe with Podenco Friends. PJ has serious health problems, Carley is improving and getting ready for an op to remove a tumour. Bev Farmer reports.‘Carley .. a review at our vets she no longer has anemia so now the surgery she needs to remove the mammary tumours can proceed.
She must be feeling much better this morning came racing out and a round of zoomies the first time Ive seen her do it so good to see her enjoying herself. Here she is relaxing in the sunshine.’
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URGENT, URGENT – Granada podencos need safe place
Granada. two poor podencos, mother and daughter, abandoned in the street. Starving and covered in parasites. Some local girls rescued them and left them in an enclosed field while they find a Shelter or a Rescue that can take them but they keep escaping and end up on the road where they are at great risk.They are begging for a foster home while they have them spayed and look for a family for them.
Contact Katy khatia22@gmail.com Spain (0034) 611160716
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Podenca Carley & PJ – on the road to recovery with Podenco Friends
Bev Farmer tells the stories of galgo pup PJ and Podenca Carley, both safe and receiving vet care with Podenco Friends and their amazing vet. Carley has been a Mom to PJ, as you can see from this photo. If you want to help them both, with vet fees, email Podenco Friends.‘PJ is a very young galgo pup found in dreadful state, he has gained a kilo, not that you would know as he still is terribly thin. Had got him eating and he seemed a little brighter but I got this feeling things are not just right. So I took him to the vet and just said to Ramon our vet ‘I’m not sure what is the problem with PJ. So we did a bank of blood tests. What a shocker,, this pup has liver failure I have never such a high count. Plus he is very anemic
So there a few reasons why –
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Another sport for podencos – flyball in the UK
From Bev Farmer of Podenco Friends.Lucan (one of Astis pups) is the the first Podenco Ibicenco to gain flyball points in the UK with his team DogStar Juntos Podemos and he is doing brilliant although he does occasionally he decides to go run and say hello to the spectators.
He also made history again, becoming the first Podenco ever to race in a multi-breed competition in the UK (when every dog racing had to be a different breed). Congratulations to Julie Huggins and Zoe who competes with him. You never know we may have another one of our rescues completing at Crufts. Dogstar Flyball team came third in the final this year so he is in good company. Another one of our rescues flying the flag for the Podencos and showing the world just how special they are.