This is my definitive guide to the plight of the podenco, giving you all the information about the different types of podenco, their history, diseases and a lot more. All sale proceeds are donated to appeals for help for podencos with rescue associations and shelter.
Category: Profiles
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Podenco Mateo hoping for a forever home
Podenco Mateo is with Protectora Scooby Medina and hoping for his forever home.
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Hope for Podencos – podencos in foster in the UK looking for their forever homes
Hope for Podencos have several stunning podencos in foster in the UK who are hoping for their own forever home. They range in age from 6 years old to 1 year old and on this weblink you can read all about them and learn more about their characters.
A special one is Jimbo who is blind. We adopted a blind podenco and he was amazing at using his nose and ears to find his way around both the home and outside world. Never off lead outside of the garden or the dog park and used a ramp to get in the car to go for long walks. Click on the weblink to see more pix of him and more about his character.
If you can offer a forever home to one of these beauties, please contact Hope for Podencos direct. There is an adoption application form link on the article.
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Traumatised Podenco Andi needs a special home
Regular readers will know the story of Podenco Pepe and his rehabilitation with Bev Farmer of Podenco Friends. This is his brother Andi who also needs a special experienced understanding home.
We are desperately searching for a long-term foster home for Andi who is with Friends of Aprop in the Valencia region, Spain.
Please share , let’s make him visible to as many people as possible.Just like Pepe, Andi is very anxious and fearful of people. The rescue has been working with a behaviourist, and he is now allowing gentle touch, which is a huge step forward. But sensitive, troubled dogs like these two boys will never truly thrive in a busy rescue environment.
They need calm. They need quiet. They need one person willing to give patient, one-to-one support. (more…) -
Podenco Pepe – a work in progress after a lifetime of fear
Bev Farmer of Podenco Friends writes about Pepe – a podenco whose life has been full of fear.
I wanted to give some insight into why Pepe struggles to cope with so many everyday things. Piecing together his history, it likely began before he was even born.
Pepe was born to a very nervous Podenco living on the streets. During pregnancy, a highly stressed mother produces stress-related hormones, particularly cortisol, which can cross the placenta. This can affect the developing puppies’ brains and their stress-response systems, essentially setting their “stress threshold” much higher than normal. Puppies exposed to this are far more likely to grow up fearful, anxious, and easily overwhelmed. (more…)
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PACMA – speaking up for the animals of Spain
Thinking of all the Spanish rescue shelters in Andalucia during the terrible Storm Leonardo and praying none of them are flooded out or suffer damage. This from PACMA – Partido Animalista.
We’re writing to you today at a particularly worrying time. Given the adverse weather forecast for Andalusia, we at PACMA have had to do what no other political force is doing: demand the activation of an emergency plan that includes animals.
While the authorities are preparing (and rightly so) to protect people and infrastructure, animals remain absent from official protocols.
Overcrowded shelters, volunteers without resources, animals dependent on humans completely exposed to the cold, heavy rain, or potential flooding. This is the reality that keeps repeating itself, and from which we never seem to learn. (more…)
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2 small podencos in Cadiz hoping for forever homes
These 2 small podencos are with Refugio Kimba in Cadiz, hoping for forever homes.
Contact Refugio Kimba to find more about them if you have room in your home and heart for one.
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Podencos with SARA Protectora Lanzarote – hoping for their forever homes.
Pronto is a 9 year old black Podenco x languishing in the SARA shelter on Lanzarote. Lola in the middle above is 12 years old. It’s a very hard life for hunting dogs in the Canary Islands and their only hope of forever homes is on mainland Europe. They are 2 of a dozen beautiful podencos who are the ‘invisible’ ones on Lanzarote, most only 2 or 3 years old. Don’t let them spend all their lives in a shelter.. Click down this weblink to see them all. Pictures below.
f you would like to know more about Pronto or any of the other podencos, contact SARA Protectora direct, please call the telephone number: +34 928 173 417 from 10:30 to 13:00. Thank you.
*Each animal can evolve differently in their new home*. (more…)
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Refugio Kimba, Cadiz – saving animals since 1872
Refugio Kimba is one of the oldest established animal rescue associations in Spain. This is their message on Dia di Galgo.
https://www.facebook.com/reel/1958249688383610
Donate or volunteer on this weblink.
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SOS Podenco Rescue – rescuing and rehoming podenco
SOS Podenco Rescue was established in 2013 and since then has been successful in rehoming many rescue podencos. Read the story behind the association on this weblink
Podencos make wonderful companions. There are several different types of the breed from the small Maneto and Erbana up to the Campanero but the most usual are the Ibicenco and Andaluz. Some of them do have a strong prey drive, but most are also incredibly loyal dogs and will reward their adopter with devotion. They are also very active dogs and excel at agility and canicross.
This weblink will take you to the many wonderful rescued podencos hoping for forever homes. Contact SOS Podenco Rescue direct if you can offer your home and heart to one.
