Podenco Post

Category: In the media

  • Valencia – 38 podencos needing rescue…

    and I’ve also just learned there are 38 Valencia podencos rescued and needing foster homes….will update when I have more information.

    UPDATE – these are the ones in over 100 animals including galgos, ferrets, horses…which Scooby is rescuing.

  • Life in Rural Spain – Scooby and others to the rescue

    Remember Operation Rehala in Bullas in January 2012? It was known the owner had animals on other sites. Well, you’ll be pleased to know the Bastard of Bullas has been tracked down to another site. Here’s what Bev Farmer reports.

    BULLAS MURCIA 2014 ARRESTED A FARMER AND HIS SON FOR AN ALLEGED CRIME OF ANIMAL ABUSE

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  • From Spanish Perrera to Austrian Heaven – Podenco Leo’s story

    When I visited Bev and Warren of Podenco Friends in Murcia in September 2014, I watched the glorious game of hide and seek and catch-me-if-you-can between a tiny podenco puppy then called Sky and a larger 5-month old Podenco Ibicenco puppy called Rembrandt. Now you can read Sky’s story – now called Leo – written by his forever Mom Alex Frederikson.

  • Real life story from Tenerife, Canary Islands –

    Murdered podenca Guardia Civil 250 5 2014Tenerife, Canary Islands. A 77 year old man has been arrested because he murdered his pregnant podenca who was due shortly to give birth!

    A neighbour reported hearing him kill the dog by beating it to death so agents from the Garachico nature protection service (Seprona) went to the place of the complaint. They found the podenca buried and a vet certified that death was because the animal had received repeated blows in the cranial area, as well as that the hound was about to give birth.

    And the following story from Jane Brian of Pepis Refuge, Pedrera, Seville.

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  • Scooby english blog – news update – podencos arriving soon

    News update from the Scooby blog – they are taking some podencos which will need rehoming.

  • Adopting a rescue dog

    Article by Alex Frederikson – food for thought on adopting a rescue dog

  • Introducing Romy, Podenco Ibicenco with Galgos del Norte

    Romy 1 5 2014 250Meet Romy, a Podenco Ibicenco with Galgos del Norte. He’s nearly 2 years old and turned up near the home of his rescuer terrified, very thin and with clear signs of having been abused. She fed him and gradually little by little he allowed her to catch him and take him home.

    He’s learnt there is another way of living where the humans give affection and warmth.

    He is now a sociable dog, very affectionate, very good but rather mistrustful with strangers. He has learned to play with other dogs, loves to play with the ball, run and enjoys lying in the sun. He can live alone or with other dogs, but not cats. He seems to be enjoying his stolen childhood.

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  • Podenco Friends – finding forever homes for rescued podencos

    Bev Alexa 250 5 2014Two lovely stories from Bev Farmer of Podenco Friends.

    Alexa what a story…. discovered in a remote location in Valencia heavily pregnant. Its not always straightforward to catch them especially in open land and couldn’t give her any sedation due to her pregnancy. Silvia Guau Guau and her team kept us updated and then one day she disappeared for 3 days no sign so she must have given birth somewhere. We never expected how dramatic her rescue would become.

    A few days later she was sighted badly injured an attack from a wild boar a call went out to the Spanish community in Valencia and people came forward to help. We got a message they had caught her but could not find the pups what did they want me to do. I had to make a judgement call and say bring her she needs medical attention if we left her, both Alexa and the pups would perish.

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  • Recal Association, Seville – podencos waiting forever…meet Argos

    ARGOS-1This is an appeal from Carmina in Seville about Argos, a lovely little podenco with RECAL Association – http://asociacion-recal.blogspot.com.es/ They need help with finding forever homes for their Podencos.

    Please, it would be possible that you will publish in Podenco Post the request for help for them? I send you photos and details of ARGOS, a beautiful brown-chocolate male that has no luck. Thank you very much for your help.

    ARGOS:
    Sterilized Male
    Date of birth: May 23, 2012
    Height: 40 cm # Weight:14 kg
    Character: Quiet, affectionate, obedient. He doesn’t bark. He knows how to walk on a leash and can live with other dogs.

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  • Cool to be Kind – a promise

    Cool To Be Kind has been launched by Sarah Fisher. Basically it is encouraging people to make a short 2 minute video saying what your promise is to help and to be kind to animals. Then you nominate two or three other people to do something along the same lines. If they don’t have animals, they can help in a refuge, cattery, riding stables, donate food and/or medicines.

    I was nominated by Natalie Osborne. Now you can see my Cool to be Kind video and I hope that many of you will join in and make a similar video, upload it to Youtube – and facebook if you have a page. Just nominate 3 people – make sure you ask their permission first – then make the video, upload and share.

    Nando Brown video

    Weblink to the Cool to be Kind website

    Cool to be Kind on facebook

    For those of you on facebook, here’s Natalie’s video