Podenco Post

Category: Regional news

  • Podenco Friends – Lua’s story

    Bev Lua 400 2016A happy ending story from Bev Farmer of Podenco Friends.

    Lua…. her story began back in 2013, a feral podenca and her family surviving on the streets in Seville. She had already had 2 litters of pups. When she first arrived with us she was a very angry dog, ‘don’t invade my personal space, people are the enemy’. It’s taken a long time but today she is very much part of the family living in the house. Jasira helped so much with this change of attitude a very special friendship and Lua felt the loss just as much as us. This year Lua had surgery on her hip, she is no longer in pain, meds were helping and she has made a good recovery.

    There are many more podencos at Podenco Friends, all waiting for the chance to have their own family, can you help find them? Email: podencofriends@hotmail.co.uk

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  • Gran Canaria Podenca Celeste – for adoption

    Gran Canaria podenco Celeste 400 30 11 2016This is Celeste, a stunning Gran Canaria podenca rescued from a perrera and available for adoption in the US through the association SHUG, Sighthounds Underground.

  • The sad lot for thousands of podencos in the weeks to come

    Valencia abandoned podenco 400 22 11 2016The sad lot for thousands of podencos…lost after hunting, abandoned in the campo or on the streets…or dumped in perreras. This poor soul is on the streets in Valencia, at risk of getting injured on the road. And it will get worse now as the hunting season draws to draws to a close. Please help with the appeals on this page…the refuges will be overwhelmed in the weeks to come, and they are already full to bursting!

  • More podencos at Pepi’s Refuge – please help!

    Pied piper of Pedrera 400 25 11 2016Jane Brian writes – ‘Went to feed the stray Podenco this afternoon and we saw him spot us with tail wagging come running in front of us…then we spotted this tiny little thing following behind him…also with her tail wagging. I dont care what anyone says…he brought her to us…. because she needed our help.

    We had spotted this little thing running in the village about a week ago and stopped the car in the middle of the road trying to catch her…but no luck..she was far too scared to be helped. We saw that she was only using three legs…now by the photo…we can all see why.

    She was ready to be helped, now in our vets in the first step to her recovery. At this time we are not sure of the outcome for saving her leg, this is going to be a long and costly process for her and us. This poor little soul has been run over by a vehicle ( our vets words ).

    If you would find it in your heart to help this little soul in her healing then please donate Paypal to pepis.dogrefuge@yahoo.co.uk.

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  • Introducing clicker training with feeding your dog

    Clicker training Whole Dog Journal 400Extract from Training the Best Dog Ever

    First, let’s teach your dog the value of the click. Begin that lesson by once again hand-feeding all your dog’s meals over the next four days. In general, I find that hand-feeding is a good exercise to reintroduce whenever my dogs (or other dogs that I am boarding and training) are learning a new, difficult skill, or when I sense that they are beginning to lose focus.

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  • Great News – at last a Podenco Calendar! Buy now from Hope for Podencos

    Hope for Podencos Calendar 400 2017Hope for Podencos have produced a Podenco calendar for 2017. Details below.

    Costs are £10 per calendar (11,25 euro, 12,25 dollar) postage Europe or USA for 1 to 6 calendars £10 (11,25 euro, 12,25 dollar). Everything other then costs is to let us help more Podencos.

    PLEASE SEND your orders and address to hopeforpodencos@outlook.com

    please send your payment to paypal address Bianca@qreative.nl (that is with a Q)
    or by bank IBAN SEPA NL23 INGB0006432064 BIC INGBNL2A

  • Portuguese Podengo Florence – waiting for her forever home

    Dogs of Portugal have this absolutely gorgeous young Portuguese Podengo waiting for her forever home. You can see photos and videos of her on this weblink. Please someone, give her a chance.

    If you are thinking of adopting a podenco, please adopt from a shelter. There is a list of rehoming associations here. Don’t adopt from a perrera. Ignore the cries of ‘these dogs will be killed’ because what happens if they are saved – they end up in a shelter, if there is room for them, and then could wait years before getting a home.

    Remember, if you adopt a dog from a shelter, then that leaves space for another podenco – maybe abandoned in the campo, starving and injured on a roadside.

    Adopt from an association, not a perrera.

  • Lanzarote podenco cards for sale

    Lanzarote podencos cards 400The Lanzarote Podencos greeting cards

    A set of six greeting cards of the Lanzarote Podencos Series. There are a limited number available. They are available for a donation of €12.50 per set of six. postage is €3.70 for multiple sets. Please get in touch for postage costs. Contact Laura Johnson or Bev Farmer how many sets of cards you would like.

    Payment by Paypal please use family and friends options for payment and add your address …. thank you
    PayPal is to: thekennelklub@outlook.com

  • Please sign and share the Petition for all the Spanish hunting hounds

    Petition 400 17 11 2016Please sign and share this petition, not just for podencos but for all the hunting hounds on mainland Spain and the Canary Islands. Spanish Dictionary translation, sorry it’s not perfect, but you get the meaning!

    We ask that you register abusers of animals and avoid having for life animals ,which it may not have animals to prevent follow maltratandolos SINCE THE LEGISLATION IN SPAIN IS CRUEL TOWARD THE ANIMALS AND called things !!
    Pets ,farm animals livestock ,horses , donkeys ect if they are abused must be removed the license for life to this people if the animals are in poor condition and with famine ,conditions higuienicas deprorables ..

    Ban that dogs hunting or pets, or livestock are animals tied 24 hours 365 days, many caches of animals WITHOUT WATER OR FOOD and COLD and in rescue actions must be on same day of the report.

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  • Bikejoring – get going with your Podenco!

    Bikejoring Lissy and Pace Gordon Graham 400I’ve published about canicross as an activity with your podenco, now let me introduce you to Bikejoring. You can read all about it on this link. Most podencos are intelligent active working dogs and sports like this suit them. So if you are not a runner for agility or canicross, get on your bike and ride with your dog!

    Here are 2 Podenco Friends competing in the UK.