Podenco Post

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  • Toribio – time is running out…

    Have a chuckle. Podenco Orito x Toribio tries to stay awake!

    Jennifer says ‘Apart from his only ‘sin’ of going into hunting mode in the presence of a cat (well, that’s no different from lots of dogs, mine included!), he is the most friendly, gentle, agreeable loving boy I have ever come across. Would make an excellent family dog, great with children, horses and other dogs. Seems he has been registered with 4 different hunters so he obviously wasn’t a good hunter and was eventually thrown out to fend for himself.

    He has survived very well and shows no signs of psychological trauma – so no ‘issues’ to deal with. He loves a good walk and then is content to curl up on the sofa for much of the day, another wee walk later in the day and that is him sorted.’

    Please, someone must want this almost perfect boy. More details here.

  • Podenco Orito x Toribio desperately needs his forever home

    Toribio podenco x 170 1 10 2013The Podenco Orito is not as common a type as the Andaluz, Ibicenco and Canario, so here is a story about an Orito X who desperately needs a forever home. He’s called Toribio. His rescuer is desperate to find him a forever home and she has done everything for him to make him ready for travel. Despite spending 2 years living rough he is negative for all diseases and is a typical loving podenco cross who wants to please and is very loving. He is house trained, castrated and vaccinated. He has a large scar on his neck which is healing well. His rescuer tells his story.

    ‘This little boy showed up at our house few weeks ago. Since then he made a real progress. From a shy, tired boy he has turned into a loving family friend. It’s amazing really since he has a terrible life.

    He has a chip. Our vet called the owner who said he didn’t know what we were talking about ( what dog? what color?). Eventually the owner remembered that he had a dog a few years back but gave it to his friend – a hunter, who 2 years ago told him Toribio was shot during a hunt and died.

    NO COMMENT!!!

    The facts are:

    -the owner doesn’t care about him and doesn’t want him back (he put it in writing so no issues for someone to adopt him)

    Toribio scar 250-the dog has a monster scar on his neck from a chain (the pink line on his neck where the collar grew into his skin)

    -he must have been wondering the streets for the last 2 years

    -the dog was in a terrible state, exhausted, full of fleas and with an ear infection

    IMPORTANT NOTE: He is NOT GOOD with cats.

    Toribo deserves so much better!!!

    He is a loving boy: great with people, craving human touch, good with dogs, walks nicely on a lead, amazing in a car, fantastic at the vet! Trust me when I say he will make a wonderful family pet and if not for the fact we already have two dogs, he would stay with us forever, we just don’t have the room for another.

    He was born in 2007, he is 16 kg and 45 cm. He is podenco orito x, dark chocolate brown – a really handsome boy.

    He had a bit of TLC at the vet: nice shower,ears cleaning, pills to kill the fleas, deworming & general check up. He was so brave and didn’t complain at all
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    All blood test done: Toribio is one healthy boy, NO Heartworm , NO Leishmania , NO Ehrlichia cani.

    He has been castrated and vaccinated.

    He will stay with us a little bit longer, but if we don’t find anyone who can give him a forever home we will need to take him to the shelter.

    PLEASE SHARE to give him the best chance to find a loving home, he’s a perfect dog.’

    Contact Jennifer about him. He’s in Sotogrande, near Cadiz.

    Here’s a video of him playing on the beach.

  • Why we do what we can to help podencos…

    Wonderful video from Bev Farmer showing why we all love podencos so much.

  • Dogs Trust ICAWC 2013 in Barcelona – report by Aanifeira, Portugal

    Last week Dogs Trust organised its International Companion Animal Welfare Conference in Barcelona. You can read a report on it by Aanifiera, a Portuguese animal rescue group.

    Aanifeira

    Dogs Trust slide show

    If you want Dogs Trust International to help the galgos and podencos, send an email here.

  • Modern-day Spain – ploughing with podencos!

    Training podencos 250 10 2013This is a so-called Rehala where they hunt deer and wild pigs with big packs of dogs, mostly podencos. This is how they train the dogs!! I’m waiting news of where and when. The dogs carry numbers because they don’t have names. Well – of course they don’t, they don’t have microchips or passports….

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  • Motril, Fuensilada – update on court case on the murderer of Podi

    Do you remember the story of Podi, the podenca which had been badly shot and left dying. The case went to court because there was such an uproar in Granada. The case was heard this week and the judge has referred ti to the Criminal Court.

    Here’s Bev’s translation of the report.

    In May this year a Podenco (Podi) was shot three times in the head chest and leg which was partly blown off – the reason why? she was a stray and hungry looking for food despite been rushed to veterinary clinic Podi did not survive her horrific injuries.

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  • Podenco Power

    I first became aware of the plight of the podencos in Spain and the Canary Islands back in 2007 when I began my trips to Spain with L’Europe des Levriers to bring galgos and podencos back to France for rehoming. I also took in my first foster podenca at that time, Jazmin. And that’s when my love of podencos began.

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  • Podenco Canario, Maneto, Enana, Andaluz and more…

    This is an article I wrote a few years ago which first published on Galgo News – before I created this blog Podenco Post – from when the podencos have gone from strength to strength.

  • Meet the podencos – an alternative form of energy

    Lovely video of podenco puppies with Podenco Friends Bev Farmer. She reckons it’s an alternative form of energy!

    And another of Bev’s fabulous podenco hounds.

  • From Lanzarote to the UK – tales of SARA Protectora Podenco Canarios

    Tales from Leicestershire and Rick and Lesley Beauchamp – rehomers of the Podenco Canarios from SARA Protectora on Lanzarote. Contact them here for information about the podencos they currently have waiting for homes, including these. Meet some of the SARA Protectora podencos.