Yet another rescue association across the Pond working with Spanish rescue associations to home the galgos and podencos unwanted and abandoned by the Spanish hunters.

Read the story on this weblink.

Another rescue association involved in helping podencos. However, on reading their facebook page, I am uncertain that – with a project director in the USA, not all ‘podencos’ on their facebook page are actually Portuguese Podengos. Some are rough haired black and white. It would seem the team work with volunteers in the Azores, a series of 9 Islands in the North Atlantic ocean belonging to Portugal, rather than mainland Portugal.

Regular readers of my blog will know that I advertise Portuguese Podengos looking for forever homes on behalf of the Portuguese association Dogs of Portugal. And in all the years of being in contact with them and Anifiera association, I have yet to see a black and white ‘Portuguese Podengo’.

This is the definition of a true Portuguese Podengo. Basically small rough haired dogs with ginger with white markings, used on sailing ships to catch rats.

Bring Portuguese Podencos to Light website.

Weblink to a story in Podenco Post in 2020 about podencos in the Azores – see photo above.

From Bev Farmer of Podenco Friends

It only takes one act of kindness to change a life forever. Some happy news to share meet Mikey.

A couple of days ago I had a request from Naomi asking for help with a Podenco Maneto she had managed to catch after been in the streets for a couple of weeks. He was located 700 kms away so this is where years of friendships networks and partnerships that you can call on to for help ..

I reached out to Tracey McLaurin of Senior Sighthound Sanctuary in the USA .. and asked her, do you have rescues you work closer to where he was located that could any help Micky . Less than 24 hours later. Many thanks to Estela of Proyecto Berta she managed to squeeze a place for him with them.

Even better news Micky is reserved to Senior Sighthound Sanctuary and has his ticket booked to fly out to the USA in April..

From a podenco surviving on the streets to a new life waiting for him in the USA. Thank you everyone that changed his life forever.

From Bev at Podenco Friends sharing a memory from 2017.

‘An early start for us leaving at 5 am to take Freya and Martino to Malaga airport for their flight to Canada Thank you to Tania Schmitt of Extraordinary Galgos & Podencos for giving these two the opportunity of finally finding their forever sofas.

A collaboration of a number of rescue groups have come together to help Freya and Martino and there will more waiting at the airport from other rescues.

Martino story first began on the Island of Lanzarote he is eight years old an older podenco passed around by the hunters and spent two stints in a perrera the first time six months. Thanks to Laura Johnson and her team from The Kennel Klub they secured his release and prepared him for his flight over to us on mainland Spain.

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