Podenco Post

Category: Regional news

  • Update on Angelique – podenco seriously abused on Lanzarote, Canary Islands

    Here is the report from Laura Johnson of thekennelklub, Lanzarote, on the court case against the bastard who so abused this poor podenca. She continues to make good progress and, when she is fit to travel, there is the offer of a home in the UK with another blind podenco. Fingers crossed.

    ‘After a promising day yesterday (26/11/2015), today is not such good news. Tata/Angelique’s owner has been convicted this morning for abandonment – a 360€ fine and a 6 month ban from owning animals. We were unable to prove animal abuse.

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  • The Story of Izzy – happy ending for a failed podenco huntress

    Izzy 3 170Michelle tells the story of how she came to offer a forever home to podenca Izzy.

    ‘It started with a photo. Not a great nor clear photo, but poignant and heart-breakingnever the less. It was of a tiny female Andalusian hound chained to a wall in a filthy Spanish cellar. No windows, no bed, just damp concrete to sleep on and a rusty dirt encrusted water bowl that was bigger than the dog.

    The reason – she wasn’t good at hunting, and like many Spanish hounds in her position, she was thus regarded as trash. The luckier ones are rescued, but many are abandoned, hanged, burned alive, thrown down wells, or stabbed to death. She needed someone to offer her a home, otherwise she would most likely have suffered one of these fates.

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  • Help needed for 2 young podencas in Jaen

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    This is an appeal from Fabienne Thys for help with two young podencas…they need foster and forever homes. Is there anyone who can help. These are their details.

    Lola is living in the courtyard of a member of our association. We think she was pregnant in the summer but she disappeared before having her puppies. She reappeared last month (October) and alone.

    Rubi is literally on the streets. She is being fed by some people but is very scared and hard to be approached. We need help to catch her and for somewhere for her to go in foster to help her adjust to life in a home, as she is in danger on the streets, both from an accident or getting pregnant again. A kennel will be no place for her.

    Both podencas are in Jaen, Southern Spain and contact info is the following:
    email: sjfabi@hotmail.com Phone no: +34 656 61 47 79

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  • Sweaters for shelter dogs – recycling old jumpers

    A suggestion to recycle your old sweaters and help shelter dogs.

  • Update on Angelique – the Lanzarote Podenca

    21/11/2015 From Laura Johnson at TheKennelKlub.

    Angelique had a good night considering – she has eaten, drank, had a short wander around the vet clinic and did peepee. Today she has had the operation to clean and close the 3 fractures on her skull and to remove her eyes. She has come round from the operation and is in recovery. The vet says it is a miracle that she is alive, but she is, and she is still fighting with everything she has to pull through. She is still critical but she is alert and responsive.

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  • Neglect in Navarre – help Podenca Bat

    CPA podenco 1 250 20 11 2015And another poor podenco suffering from the neglect and abuse of the bastard hunters – or in this case also a ‘rescuer’. Here’s her story. I’m checking with the association CPA who have her, that it is Olite in Navarra, northern Spain, as I am not aware it is an area where hunters use podencos. (google translation)

    ‘Hello. This week we picked up this podenquita of the town of Olite. In spite of living on a daily basis with the neglect and on many occasions with the mistreatment, few times we have dog arrive in this state. It was about to die of starvation. Her condition is delicate, doesn’t eat because it is so weak that it is not capable of doing so. Her temperature was extremely low and even though she kept drinking, it’s so dehydrated that it is not enough.

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  • TheKennelKlub, Lanzarote, Canary Islands – saving Angelique

    Kennel Klub Tara 2 250‘You think you have seen it all and then a dog like this arrives and breaks your heart all over again. Thank you to the kind person who didn’t just drive on past her. She has sustained serious trauma to the head, the most serious injury of which is a fractured skull. The injuries have happened a few days ago and the wounds are infected and there were maggots in them. The vet has cleaned up the wounds and administered pain killers, anti-inflammatory, antibiotics and she does have an IV to keep her hydrated. Obviously she will loose both of her eyes. We will see how she gets on over night.

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  • A message for Dog Breeders

    I hate dog breeders251 11 2015This is a message for dog breeders – you contribute to the over-population of dogs and the mass killing of dogs as a result. This especially is for the galguers and cazadores who overbreed galgos and podencos and to everyone else in Europe who breeds galgos and podencos. TIME TO STOP BREEDING THESE HOUNDS!

  • What is a Podenco – characteristics

    What is a podenco 300 There is a list of podenco rehoming associations here.

  • Galgos 112 – saving Ibizan podenco Sucre

    Galgos 112 Surcre 250 15 11 2015It’s a wonder this poor podenco still had the strength to stand. Luckily he is now with Galgos 112 and receiving veterinary care to heal his body and soul. Here’s what Galgos 112 say about him.

    ‘Sucre is exhausted and weak. His condition is lousy, severe malnutrition and ulcers on all the pressure points on his bones. We are waiting for his blood analysis bu his anaemia is evident. He’s also dehydrated. He still has the strength to move around and respondes to each caress and gesture of love. He has suffered a lot in his young life.

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