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  • All Rescue Dogs are Different

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    FROM Rebecca Hanlon – Canine Behaviour Practioner

    Adopting a dog is a wonderful feeling for us. Full of excitement and the idea of saving a life. But the experience is not the same for them.

    I often see posters stating the 3-3-3 rule. For the first 3 days they are totally overwhelmed but will then start feeling a little calmer. After 3wks they start to feel safer and more at home and then after 3months they have properly settled in.
    This idea, at least, makes people realise that moving to a new home is a massive, life changing event for dogs and that they need time to settle in.

    However, I find it a little too prescriptive and can set everyoneup for disappointment.

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  • Galgos 112 – saving 70 abandoned dogs in Jaen

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    Galgos 112 don’t just rescue galgos. They rescue podencos too. Here’s their latest news.

    ‘We aren’t very good at posting numbers of our rescuers but for once, we’re going to do it at least in partial mode.

    From January 1 to March 8, 2022 there are 70 dogs picked up from the street alone in the Jaén delegation. Dogs that were abandoned, many with fractures and mostly sick, some in gravity. Of these 70 dogs one is a mastin, the other is a pointer, 3 are galgo crosses, 6 are podencos and the remaining 59 are galgos. 2 have passed away, 24 have been adopted and the rest some are still recovering and others waiting for adoption.

    We don’t lie when we ask for financial help or foster homes, nor when we say we can’t anymore and that we need adoptions. I wish it wasn’t necessary, but the situation of Galgos in Spain is what it is. Numbers sing though many deny it and want to shut us up.

    Donate by Paypal through this weblink

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  • Podenca abandoned – a complicated rescue by SOS Rescue

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    From Vincente Cervero Lopez, a member of Paws for Freedom: united for Galgos and podencos.

    ‘A complicated rescue, in which this little podenca did not want to enter a cage trap due to absolute distrust, but thanks to the union of the SOS RESCUE SEVILLA, SOS RESCUE MARBELLA AND SOS RESCUE CÁDIZ team they were able to organize a great rescue with nets closing streets to be able to catch her without that there was a chance of escape.

    The podenca had been in the same area for more than 2 months, and through REFUGIOKIMBA they gave us the notice so that we could try to help it. We couldn’t get her to enter the cage since all the people in the area who saw her fed her, between that and her mistrust we had to schedule a rescue with nets in which everything went perfectly.

    Thanks to Rosa for giving the notice, informing us of all her movements and making her a routine all this time. Thanks to Olga and Marisa for spreading the word to find people to help us in the rescue. Thanks to Santi, Jose, Manuel, Ana, Pablo, Cintia, José and Mónica for helping us in the rescue and in general to all those who were willing to come and help.

    Thanks to the Kimba Shelter for taking over UMA.

    HELP US KEEP SAVING LIVES! JOIN FOR ONE EURO A MONTH! www.teaming.net/sosrescue-vicentecerverolopez

  • The Senior Sighthound Sanctuary US – helping older podencos to a new life

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    Regular readers will know that 5 months ago my OH and I adopted 2 podencos from Spain, both 8 years old, one of which is blind.
    This is an association in the US working to help these older podencos to forever homes and the good life they deserve.

    The Senior Sighthound Sanctuary provides a safe haven for senior & special needs sighthounds, either at the sanctuary or through a network of forever foster and adoptive families. We also provide education on the special needs of senior sighthounds. The Sanctuary was formed out of a true love and passion for senior sighthounds. These amazing & endearing dogs take a huge piece of our heart & we would move heaven & earth for them. It’s not easy work to take in a senior hound but the love far outweighs any sadness when they pass, for their time with us is far more important than ours is with them.

    The founder writes.

    ‘Recently eight senior podenco girls were pulled from a shelter in Spain, all over the age of 8. It was discovered, once they were out of the shelter, that two of them are pregnant. All of these girls have led hard lives at the hands of hunters, usually being bred over & over again with no vet care whatsoever. These dogs have been reserved for the Sanctuary & I’ve made the commitment to bring them here to the US to be adopted out, where they can forget the miserable lives they previously led.

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  • Dogs are better than people?

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    Dogs are better than people well, not quite. We can’t include the volunteers, rescuers, shelter workers, fosterers, adopters, vets, people who donate to their care and everyone who supports the rescue and rehoming of dogs. Have I missed anyone out?!

  • Podenca Blanca – a happy tripod with Podenco Friends

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    From Bev Farmer of Podenco Friends.

    ‘Blanca has severe arthritis in her elbow. We have kept her comfortable with meds but it’s now affecting her wrist. We looked into the option of having the elbow joint replaced with an artificial joint. A specialist clinic here in Spain was able to do the procedure. However with all the MRIs needed including one to map out an accurate image of the joint for the surgery, manufacture of the joint in the USA, 3 months post care surgery, the cost was in the region of 8,000 Euros. With no guarantee it would work.

    She does use the leg especially when she is running but more and more she is holding it up. It’s never going to get better and the pain management meds are now becoming less effective.

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  • Separation anxiety and fear with Podenca Rosely

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    Regular readers will know that at the beginning of December I adopted Podenca Andaluz Rosely, who had spent most of her 8 years breeding babies for a hunter. She had no experience of life in the big wide world and came full of fear. Not the first time I’ve had to deal with a fearful Spanish hunting dog – as my galga Carmela, rescued from a perrera at 4 years old, was traumatized on arrival at our home. It took 2 1/2 years before she became what I would term ‘a normal dog’ if there is such a one!! So once again we’re having to deal with a dog fearful of life as a whole, and men especially. Once again my husband has to cope with a dog backing off from him, hiding under the table and so on.

    A strong part of a podenco’s character is loyalty and Rosely has it in abundance towards me! Which initially caused problems insofar as I do voluntary work 2 mornings/week and she had to get used to me disappearing for a few hours. The kitchen door into the rest of the bungalow had to be kept shut and she was only allowed into the garden to the toilet on lead. Night times were a problem too, and for the first time in my 70+ years of living with at least one dog, she is allowed to sleep on a bed beside my own – NEVER on my bed!

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  • A lighter moment!

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  • Refugio de Sori, Hellin, Albacete – helping podencos and other abandoned animals

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    From Polly Mathewson.

    ‘News from our friends at Refugio de Sori in Hellin, Albacete: Azzura currently has an all clear for her cancer, and she has moved in with a local FOSTER FAMILY IN SPAIN! Do enjoy her new photos and videos to see how happy she is, and please read on for more background, more on her story & how to donate to help Azzura and her dog-friends.

    Dear Friends and Family of the “In Kennels & In-Visible” dogs – our little “rolling” pack of Spaniards we have taken under our wing together, some heartening news for this beautiful soulful girl who many of you know, but maybe not all of you. Our “Invisibles” are generally dogs without a sponsoring rescue association who we help directly to get out of a large commercial rural kennels near Tobarra in Albacete province where they have landed up for a number of reasons. And of course new dogs keep on landing up there and in desperate need… the terrible reality for countless animals across Spain.

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  • Podenco Cookie – perfect for canicross or bike joring!

    From AKIRA Animal Sanctuary

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    Today we feature Cookie who enjoyed a jog with one of volunteers who was sporting his roller skates. So much joy in his face, anybody looking for a blading companion Cookie is your guy. He is such a versatile dog , great with people, kids and dogs. He is house trained and has been castrated with a microchip and passport. He can travel and if you have been following out foreverfriday celebrations you can see dogs in the UK, Switzerland and Germany to name a few. Cookie is just one year old.

    Please email Akirashelter@aol.com or whatsapp (Spain +34) 657 68 95 67 for more information.