Podenco Post

Category: In the media

  • ANUA – rescuing Rosi – needing help

    Rosi ANUA 9 2014 250The Spanish hounds are incredible survivors. Here’s a tale of one, who now sadly needs help, a Podenco Ibicenco named Rosi.

    ‘Rosi, an abandoned dog but with luck, a girl daily has been carrying the water and food, feeding Rosi other 4 dogs.

    Every day for a year, when she heard the noise of the vehicle of the girl, Rosi came to meet, making leaps of joy, but everything changed two days ago, Rosi was not in place, Rosi didn’t make an appearance, the girl was expected the worst and so it has been.

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  • 1000 Sighthounds Charity Show, 2014 – see the pix

    Bev Farmer of Podenco Friends has put together a great video of the show and Podenco Friends dogs.

  • Galgos Ethique Europe – a tail of two podenco puppies

    Here’s a beautiful video of two podenco puppies, born 3 months apart , rescued separately, now living happily together. Entitled from Hell to Paradise. Some you you will recognise the survivor of the ‘left for dead’ puppies in my podenco book.

  • Spain’s first canine lifeguard

    Spain’s first canine lifeguard. Read the story here.

  • EU survey on dogs & cats – please join in

    Please take a look at this survey. I suggest for most people they click on the ‘Dog & Cat Shelters’ link. If you are a member of a rescue association with a shelter, please complete before 20th September‘ Please share with anyone you know who could join in the survey.

    Alyn Smith MEP. ‘As you may know, one of my main concerns as a Member of the European Parliament is the welfare of animals and, as the second largest market in the world, the EU has significant global influence in this area. This is why I am writing to you to bring to your attention a survey launched by the European Commission. This survey will be used, in part, to determine what sort of action should be taken on the welfare of cats and dogs in commercial settings.

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  • Valencia – P.E.P.A. at work on the streets

    PEPA Bonnie and pups 250 26 8 2014PEPA rescues many podencos from Valencia province, Rosemary Macdonald tells the story of Bonnie.

    ‘This is Bonnie who was in danger of having her puppies on the streets of Valencia. Now less than a week later here she is the proud mum of seven at the moment healthy pups. We have been given promises of help with these puppies so I hope everyone helps us as we will need foster for them in about 5-6 weeks.’

    If you are in the area and can help, please contact Rosemary. Also any help with feed bills and vaccinations.

  • Madrid, capital city of Spain – cheap accommodation

    El Refugio are very good at getting media coverage for large scale rescues and exposing how Spanish hunting dogs are kept. Here is film of the latest rescue of 52 dogs, mostly podencos, kept in appalling conditions. Bev Farmer of Podenco Friends has translated.

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  • Podenco Maneto – big characters in small bodies – looking for forever homes

    Maria Vidal Chika and Koka 250Maria Vidal writes about two beautiful podencos she has in foster, who need forever homes.

    ‘I write from Málaga to ask your help. I need to find this two dogs a forever home, can you help me? (sorry if I make too many mistakes, my English is not very good)

    These are Chicha (light brown) and Koka (brown and white). They are two young female dogs that were abandoned and ill-treated by a hunter. They were born in some kind of puppy mill that breed Manetos (a mutation of the Podenco with shorter paws created in Andalucia), they have the marks that the breeders tattooed on the ears of the dogs so everyone can know where they were bought (it’s the brand). They were sold to a man that taught them to hunt. He left them into a garage and only took them out in hunting season and used them to give birth new puppies twice a year. A couple of years later he decided to abandon the older one, Koka, so he cut her neck, took the microchip out and left her on the street, but then, Chicha ran as fast as she could to escape too. We don’t know how desperate she had to be as to leave her own puppies behind and run away.

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  • Daily Mail article on podencos today 26/8/2014

    If anyone gets the Daily Mail and has seen this article, can you please write in and tell them about Podenco Post and my book? I’ve tried commenting on line – as have others, but it keeps saying 0comments!

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  • Scooby Medina on podencos

    Until recently Scooby didn’t rescue podencos but that changed when they recently took in dozens more animals, amongst them pregnant horses, ferrets, goats…all fed on potato crisps! Here’s what Fermin has to say about their podencos.