Podenco Post

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  • Podenco Friends in Murcia – working for the podencos

    Bev Podenco folders 400Bev Farmer and Warren, Podenco Friends in Murcia are doing incredible work for the podencos. although they only planned on having a couple of dozen in foster, they now have over 40! Here’s an update of their recent achievements from Bev.

    ‘Something to celebrate, in the last two months we have rehomed 28 dogs 26 of them podencos. In addition we were able to include on our transport a Podenco for Galgos Del Sol and a Galgo for Scooby to America, assist with an adoption for a podenco for Irene Allan and re-home another locally.

    14 transports to 6 different countries and it has taken some organizing, many thousands of Kilometers covered via road to get to the airports and then many thousands more with 5 flights over the Atlantic to the US and Canada, 5 flights leaving Alicante for Holland and Belgium and 4 seperate road transports.

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  • Hound Sanctuary in California – helping the podencos

    Rain Jordan lives in California and has become very involved in the plight of the podencos this year. Here you can read her story. weblink to Hound Sanctuary

  • Hound Sanctuary – help needed in Munich, Germany in August

    Here we go – the full details of the appeal from Rain of Hound Sanctuary, desperately needing help.

    We have three dogs from different locations in Spain who all need to fly out of Munich on the 24th of August. So here’s what we need:

    1) Transport from Spain to Munich
    2) Depending on when that transport is, they may also need a place to stay for a few days in Munich
    3) Delivery to our flight escort in Munich Airport on the morning of 24th August for departure

    I need someone in Munich to hold 3 podencos for us for two to three days in August until my flight escort gets there to pick them up. We are flying from Munich on the morning of August 24th, on Lufthansa. My volunteer asks that I get the dogs to her at the airport that morning.

    If you are in Germany and can help, please email Rain on WelcometoTheSea@comcast.net

  • Spanish Stray Dogs, 112carlotagalgos, SOS Podenco Rescue…

    Janice pod pix 250 6 2014These four lovely podencos are lucky, they were saved and are now all living comfortable lives with Janice Ball in the UK. Here’s who they are.

    ‘My four Pods together, just so everyone can see how different they all are, they come in all sizes!! Suzi (white) and little Paco (front right) come from Spanish Stray Dogs UK. Paco is a Podenco Maneto and is quite small with his little legs. Casey and Scarlet are Andalaz Podencos. There are some much bigger as well, so you see there is a Podenco for everyone. So many are discarded every year in Spain and they make such wonderful pets, please do think about adopting one, so many are waiting.’

    Hundreds of podencos are being killed every week in the perreras. That’s because there are hundreds in foster and kennels and refuges waiting to be adopted, so there is no space for the perrera pods. Here’s a comprehensive list of rehoming associations.

  • Portuguese Podengos – 2 more urgently needing forever homes

    Two more podengos in Portugal who have been waiting far too long for forever homes. Here are the details of Vigo, who I mentioned before – and Branqhuina – Branqhuina especially needs a forever home as she will shortly have to leave her foster. Here is Branqhuina on video – Piloto was her puppy who has been rehomed.

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  • Positive Dog Training

    Interesting article on dog training.

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  • 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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