Podenco Post

Category: In the media

  • Finding the right home for a rescue dog

    Often the history of a rescue dog is unknown. The dog’s character needs to be assessed by the staff in the kennels or by a fosterer to ensure that the right home is found, both for the dogs but also the right dog for the adoptant. It’s easier said than done, as dogs behave differently in different situations with different people. So here’s an article on the subject, read the full piece on this weblink.

  • Podenca Elize with Galgos Rescue Almeria

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    This podenco girl was found two weeks ago in Cuevas del Almanzora, looking for food among the trash cans of a restaurant, skinny, fragile, shy.

    Look at her now, Elize has become a real podenco as we know them.

    Confident, a strong character and she can stand her ground among the much larger galgos.

    https://galgosrescuealmeria.com/animal/elize/

  • Tiny injured podenca needing help from an association

    Rosa SC tiny podenca 400 2 1 2022
    This is such a tragic photo which appeared on my Podenco Post facebook page. Up to yesterday, no association had taken her. Have asked for more info.

    ‘Update 02-01-2022 Well nothing we continue with more cases, rescued this afternoon, just have to look at it to know that she has escaped from hell. She has a chip, her owner a very older man couldn’t take care of her anymore and he was wrong, because he handed it over to an individual reported several times for not having the dogs in condition and going to collect animals from everyone who doesn’t want them. She was able to escape and was picked up scared and with a fatal foot between the olives. The cede, at least it’s in the name of its former owner, born in 2013.

    We are that we can’t, we don’t have any means or room for so many and this dog will need surgery, desperately need an association or protectora to help. In a village of Jaén, hellhole for hunting dogs.

    Rosa SC Diffusion’

  • Tiny Podenco Nero hoping for a forever home

    Elderley podenco 400 1 2022
    Appeal for help for a very sweet little podenco.

    ‘We are urgently looking for a home for Nero, a 9 year old senior podenco male. He is currently staying at EBA in Spain . He was found on the street by volunteers with a broken eye (which has been removed) and a wound in his neck.

    Nero is a great dog despite all he’s been through. Extremely sweet, social, and cheerful and can be with other dogs and kids. . (Mits who are used to dealing with dogs, of course) . He weighs 10 kg.

    Who will give this adorable podenco a warm forever home?

    For more information send an EMAIL to rescani@gmail.com. We ALWAYS work with a questionnaire, telephone screening and home visits . So please only respond if you are willing to.

    NB He is similar size to my little Bebe who lived to 18 years old recently, so Nero has plenty of years ahead of him.

  • Alpha Dog Myths

    Read the full article here.

  • Little Souls – a thought for all the lost podencos

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    “There is a sacredness in tears. They are not a mark of weakness, but of power.
    They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are the messengers of overwhelming grief, of deep contrition and of unspeakable love.” Washington Irving

    Little Souls

    “Hello, are you hearing me,
    most times I really don’t know,
    it seems like you begin to,
    then it seems like you don’t,
    so how is a Hound to know.

    I hope it just brings you to tears,
    seeing all those little souls,
    filled with fear,
    and I wish I was blind,
    yeah, I really wish I was blind,
    watching cruel win out… over kind.

    (more…)

  • Spare a thought for the dogs in perreras and shelters at Christmas

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    Please spare a thought for me.
    I’m one of thousands in the pound this Christmas
    Please spare a thought for me
    I’m in prison just because of my breed.
    I’ve never done anything wrong
    I love my family and they love me
    Please spare a thought for me.

    I am a stray wandering the streets
    starving, lonely, cold and scared
    Please spare a thought for me
    I’m a puppy left at the bins to die
    Please spare a thought for me
    I’m living in a cage in a laboratory
    I test your cosmetics and medications,
    my skin is burned to better understand healing
    I will die in here.
    Please spare a thought for me

    (more…)

  • Proposed new animal welfare law in Spain

    Read the full draft

  • 3 young podencos hoping for forever homes – near Cartagena, Murcia

    All these three young babes needing homes, Selena, John and Kelly (from left to right). They are shy, but very kind and good with other dogs. In Cartagena, Murcia.

    Contact: adoptions@iara-alliance.org

    Video of the pups

  • Senior Sighthound Sanctuary for Podencos in the USA

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    This is a very new rescue in the US focussing specifically on homing older podencos mainly. Read the full story on this weblink.