Pretty little Podengo x in Portugal, looking for a forever home. contact Dogs of Portugal direct if you can offer her one.
Category: Regional news
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TheKennelKlub & Podenco Friends – working together for the Lanzarote podencos
One year ago (2016) Laura Johnson sent me a video of a number of Podencos handed into a perrera on Lanzarote.. Until then both of us had been quietly working together for a couple of years rescuing some of the Podencos on the Island… We felt it was time to raise the profile of the situation and the group “Saving the Lanzarote Podencos” was created.
The perrera they are handed into is one of the bleakest places imaginable, the dogs are crammed into small kennels in a tiny building, there is no where for them to be let out, that is where they stay until the obligatory 21 days pass and if not rescued then can be euthanised.
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6 podencos in Jaen – ready for adoption now
These 6 podencos were living in a home with their Mom. sadly she is now too ill to care for them and is living in a convent of nuns. These podencos were family pets, so are ready for adoption now. Please, if you have room in your home and heart for one, contact Pedro HUELLADEJAEN@HOTMAIL.COM Can any associations help with foster homes for onward adoption? Please help these lovelies who are wondering what has happened to their home.
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6th Fun Dog Show, St Pardoux – Sunday 3rd September 2017
I’ve been very busy these last few days organising and setting up for our 6th Fun Dog Show at our home in France, raising much-needed funds for Pepis Dog Refuge, Pedrera, Seville. Here’s a video I took of the showground and Best Crossbreed class. The judge was M Jean-Pascal Bichon, sponsors Blevins Franks for rosettes and souvenir programme and Pro-Nutrition Flatazor for the dog prizes.
My galga Carmela and Podenca Andaluz Bebe were both entered in the Best Veteran over 7 years old but unplaced, and galgo Polar entered Most Obedient – just missing out on a rosette.
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Oral flea treatment for dogs – remember it could kill your dog!
Do not give your dog Oral flea treatment, remember Bravecto especially kills dogs! There is still a facebook page working to have this treatment banned.
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Podenco Canario Louis…now safe and on the road to recovery
This is Louis found wandering alone in the northern region of Lanzarote. He is about 1 to 2 years old, really friendly but very thin.. But rather than him go to the perrera, they have agreed for him to go directly to Laura Johnson of the Kennel Klub so he will get all the care he needs straight away. Aas always we have to wait 21 days in the event his owner comes forward, but once that expires we can make plans for him to come over to us in Murcia and he will be available for adoption.
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Help the 4 rescued podenco x pups at SOS Animals
You may remember at the end of July I appealed for someone to help with a Podenco Mum and her 5 pups, born in a cave. The man caring for them had to leave, there was no room in any of the shelters, but luckily a local volunteer came forward. Mom and one pup are being adopted by their rescuer, but the other 4 pups are in the SOS Animals shelter in Coin and they desperately need the funds to prepare the Pet Passports so these gorgeous pups can be adopted.
Please share and donate to this fundraiser, every little helps
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Don’t let your dogs play in rivers – toxic water kills 8 dogs
Don’t let your dogs play in rivers and lakes, no matter how tempting. This happened in France.
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National Geographic – read about the Galgos and Podencos
Regular readers may remember a few years back I was contacted by London photographer Martin Usborn, who wished to visit Spain to photo the galgos, and wanted the details of a couple of refuges to contact. The result was a stunning coffee table book. Here are links to 2 interesting articles which have appeared in National Geographic magazine, the first one being an interview with Martin.
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Letter to Senor Galguero revisited
In March 2013 I published this ‘Letter to Senor Galguero‘. Sadly all it expresses still applies today. The Hunting Federations have not improved matters – no controlled breeding of galgos, no mass abandonment, still keeping them in dark underground locked bunkers….what has changed is that there are now millions of Spanish people who are thoroughly ashamed of the bad press the hunters bring to their lovely country and protest vociferously every year throughout major cities in Spain.
Fermin Perez Martin of Scooby Medina presented a Spanish translation to the Federation of Galgueros when he was in dialogue with them to try and improve the situation. Needless to say, the galgueros refuse to acknowledge they cause a problem!
We must keep supporting those fighting the cruelty perpetrated on galgos by the galgueros in any way we can.
Please feel free to share the ‘Letter’but ensure that I am credited as its author.