Unlike galgos, the majority of Podencos are very active and intelligent dogs who require plenty of exercise and stimulation. I liken them to Border Collies. Besides agility, Canicross is a growing activity proving popular with pods adopters – mind you, you have to be fit too!! Here are a couple of videos about Canicross.
Category: In the media
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Canicross – an activity with your active podenco
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Podenco Puppy Peque – hoping for a forever home
From Bev Farmer of Podenco Friends‘Meet Peque – please share to help him find his Forever Sofa .. thank you
Peque is a young podenco, born around August 2023. Only a puppy he was left on the streets trying to survive on his own. Now in the care of Galgos Felices Fundacion he is learning to trust humans day by day. He’s already made incredible progress, but he still needs patience, love, and a calm environment to fully come out of his shell.
Why Peque Might Be Your Perfect Match:
Healthy and sterilized
Gets along wonderfully with other dogs and cats
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Hope for Podencos Christmas card and 2025 Calendars now on sale
Visit the Hope for Podencos fundraising shop on this weblink.
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Podenco Spirit with Refugio Candela – surviving against the odds
I didn’t realised it was so long ago – 2016 apparently. Readers may remember a podenco being rescued which had lost its lower jaw. I’ve searched before to find out how he got on and now I’m delighted to report below. I hope you can see this video of him, looking a little grey round the face now.
‘Sure we don’t even need to say his name because many of you will know who he is just by looking at that special look.
Spirit is another super wrestler who has lived for years in the Santuario La Candela. In 2016 he was shot in the mouth causing him to lose the entire lower jaw and causing injuries and infections that almost ended his life.
Spirit was the first dog in the world to have a jaw-drawn prosthesis integrated, it was in 2016 and in addition to the best veterinary professionals, human doctors were present in the operation.
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Justice for Podenco Mr Bones – a call for change
From Bev Farmer‘This is a long but important post and it would be greatly appreciated if you can share it. Paws on Hearts/Aguiproan Animal Rescue And Rehoming
As a rescuer, this is one of our greatest fears. Many rescues, including Paws on Hearts Animal Rescue and Rehoming, work tirelessly to ensure their dogs are safe, even after rehoming. A common practice is to dual-register microchips in both the adopter’s name and the rescue’s name. In theory, this system ensures that both parties must be consulted before a rescue dog is euthanised.
But tragically, this safeguard failed Mr. Bones. He is not the first rescue dog to be euthanised without a rescue’s knowledge or consent — and heartbreakingly, he won’t be the last unless change is made.
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SOS Podencos shelter update
The update is that the kennels have received lots of food so now they really need help with erecting the new fencing, and then donations for beds, bedding, cleaning materials…
About SOS Podenco Rescue.
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Rememberng the Animals in Conflict who have given their lives – over 16 million
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Cuidad Real, Spain, a hellhole for 78 animals, mostly hunting dogs
From Plataforma NAC
URGENT: 78 DOGS MOSTLY HUNTING SEIZED BY SEPRONA AND BY THE ORDER OF THE JUDGE FOR Huellas Puertollano
Today they can tell us more about all they are doing and with the invaluable help of other protectors.Seprona and the Judge have managed to confiscate all the dogs, 78 dogs in total, (we already had 21) more chickens and rabbits, they are already closed forever the two filthy Zulus where they were, the horrible conditions in which they were living badly are over.