Podenco Post

Category: Regional news

  • Canary Islands Podencos desperately need forever homes on mainland Europe

    Canary Islands must see places

    The podencos of the Canary Islands are Podenco Canario, or Warren Hounds.  They have a hellish life at the hands of the hunters, as shown in the video link on this page I published in February 2026.

    The Islands are made of Gran Canaria, the largest, Tenerife, Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, La Palma, La Gomera and El Hierro.

    It’s easy to forget that the Canary Islands are largely volcanic.  In 2021 the La Palma volcano erupted and the animal rescue association Benaware was overwhelmed with saving dogs and cats.  Some of the hunters on El Hierro throw their dogs off the cliffs into the sea at the end of hunting! (more…)

  • Podenco Aray on Gran Canaria – hoping for his forever home

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    ARAY FOR RESPONSIBLE ADOPTION

    ARAY is a very sociable little dog with dogs and shy with people, but little by little he will improve

    He is suitable for cats

    He is young, almost one year old, medium-sized, and weighs about 15 kilos.

    ARAY is very friendly, fun, and loves to play with other dogs

    He is learning to walk on a leash

    Can you help us find a family for him?

    We are looking for a family that lives outside urban areas, he is still afraid of car noises and crowds of people.

    We are looking for a family that already has a dog at home, he needs a dog to copy.

    ARAY is available for adoption, vaccinated, tested, sterilized, and with his chip

    REJECT HUNTERS

    If you want to meet him, leave a WhatsApp on the phone 679 24 10 95 (no audios, nor calls)

    Adopt a Friend in Gran CanariaGran

  • Adopt un Amigo de Gran Canaria desperately need funds for kennel fees – please help

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    WE HAVE ONLY RAISED €320 OUT OF THE €670 WE NEED TO PAY FOR THE CARE THIS MONTH.
    ON TOP OF THAT, THIS WEEKEND WE GOT 5 MORE DOGS (THEY HAVE PARASITES, DIARRHEA, SKIN PROBLEMS AND WORMS) AND WE RECEIVED TWO MORE PET REQUESTS (A DOG RESCUER CALLED US TO GIVE 4 DOGS AND A NOTICE FROM A SHELTER WITH PUPPIES)😔😔😔
    RIGHT NOW WE CAN’T “CHARGE OURSELVES” FOR MORE CASES, AS IT COSTS US TO PAY THE CARE THIS MONTH!!! IF WE DON’T PAY THE CARE, WE CAN’T CONTINUE HELPING, WE CAN’T ACCUMULATE DEBTS
    WE NEED TO PAY THE CARE FOR SEPTEMBER 🙏
    WE NEED TO RAISE €670

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  • Podenca Andaluz Bebe – rescue injured from a Seville road – rehomed in France

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    My little Podenca Andaluz Bebe came to me from Spain with an injured hind leg.  My French vet put her back together and Bebe lived to be 17 years old.  Here she is putting herself to be, alongside my galga Carmela and galgo Polar, both rescued from Spain to live out their lives with me.

  • Bringing Portuguese Podengos to Light – Fiona needs a forever home

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    Little Fiona (9Kg) has many scars, as result of a boar & other dogs attack during hunting. She also has a deep scar around the neck because of being chained with a wire that cut inside the flesh. Fiona is super sweet, an independent minded little podenga. She is 4 years old and looking for a forever home.

    Contact  podengos@protonmail.com

  • Rare Paternino de Huelva podenco – after a lifetime of breeding – is looking for a forever home

    Podenco Paternino de Huelva

    Podenco Paternino de Huelva is usually black and white, particular to that region of Spain.

    Read all about her on this weblink.  Contact the Rescate association if you have room for her to have a comfy retirement.

    The Podenco Paternino de Huelva (also known as the paternero or perro de Paterna) originated in the municipality of Paterna del Campo in the province of Huelva, Andalucia.
     
    Key Characteristics
    • Origin: Developed in Paterna del Campo, Huelva, shaped by natural selection in tough Mediterranean brush and oak dehesas. [1, 2]

    • Purpose: Bred primarily as a tenacious, resilient hunting dog for small game (rabbits, hares) and packed hunting (rehala) for big game in dense, rugged terrain.

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  • 26 September – Germany marches for the Spanish Hounds

    All details of where to meet etc here.

     

  • Azores dog rescue – Podenco Reuben needs a forever home

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    This is Reuben. He turned up in the kennel yard late one night, very thin but also very happy to have found me.  He had some issues with smaller dogs initially but he learned quickly to get on with them. (He was definitely a working hunter before)
    Reuben loves people! His tail wags and he smiles.
    After I was rushed to hospital, other rescues stepped in to take responsibility for the vast majority of my rescue dogs.  But Reuben has been in a vet clinic since March, he’s still registered as an ADR dog and the bill now stands at just over 600€.  I only just found out  that he’s still an ADR dog after giving away my last donation last week to another rescuer because I didn’t need it.
    Reuben is available for adoption.  He’s 6 years old and weighs around 18kg, he can’t be with cats and maybe not small dogs but he gets on well with other dogs his size (Willow’s pups used to sleep in his bed) and he’s great with children too.
    If you would like to help pay his clinic boarding costs (before he’s kicked out) you can make a donation through PayPal to azoresdogrescue@yahoo.com or by bank transfer to
    Azores Dog rescue
    IBAN PT50 0059 0011 2304 8800 01616

    If you are interested in adopting this sweet Podengo, please send a message. My heart breaks for him – stuck in a vet kennel for so many months on his own. I’m in the process of moving so I can’t take him.

    Email azoresdogrescue@yahoo.com

    Join the teaming group  https://www.teaming.net/azoresdogrescue?lang=en_GB

     

  • URGENT – donations to save these 3 podencos

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    16/09/26 FOUND!!️ HELP FOR THREE POOKS!!️
    Contact 👉🏼 Pepi Ortega (Cádiz) 695 45 89 94 (wasap)
    PLEASE SHARE 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 WE NEED DONATIONS TO SAVE THESE POOKS. THE HUNTER DOESN’T WANT THEM ANYMORE AND TAKES THEM TO THE ABANDONMENT 😥 Martina Diaz HE WANTS TO BECOME A HERO, HELPING MANY PUPS FIND A FAMILY. WE NEED 255€ FOR THEIR TRANSPORT ON THE 27TH FROM ARCOS (CÁDIZ) TO MURCIA, WITHOUT YOUR DONATIONS HE CAN’T SAVE THEM 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
    PayPal: carminalvarezrea@gmail.com
    CaixaBank ES11 2100 2676 1701 1010 0426 (Josefa Ortega Perdigones)
    BIZUM: 695 45 89 94

  • Azores – Podencos left in an open truck in full sun!

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    An increasing number of tourists are reaching out, deeply saddened and outraged by the instances of squalor and animal abuse found all over the island of S. Miguel, in the Azores, Portugal – Hello, I have just seen in Vila Franca do Campo very skinny dogs left out in the sun on a pickup truck. The guy doesn’t care about leaving them exposed to the sun. Who can I contact?¨

    – GPHG/Cat rescue in S. Miguel, Azores.

    Left forgotten in the sun—skeletal, blinded by hunger and thirst—in the back of an open-bed truck. They likely live chained up all year round.
    The extraordinary ancient podengos of S. Miguel, Azores, They could be an icon of these islands. And yet, this is how they ended up. They deserve so much better than this.

    #azoreanpodengo    #portuguesepodengo