Podenco Post

Category: Regional news

  • Valencia Container dogs…update

    ACTIN Container dogs 250 18 7 2015Here is the latest news from ACTIN about the situation for the container dogs. Permission now given to publicise this. Please continue to support ACTIN‘s legal team, a successful outcome for this case can be a precedent for use in the whole of Spain!

    ‘The owners have kept their dogs in the container for 5 years, we are trying to find out about previous dogs. Actin was only informed of this 2 months ago. Previous denuncias and complaints in the past, since 2010, have had no effect. Right now there are 4 dogs and 1 puppy inside; we can report some positive changes. The dogs have food and water, this has improved. The owners have coated the inside of the container with a material to regulate temperature, heat inside is the same as outside; we are not satisfied with this, BUT it is 20 degrees less than it would have been.

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  • Portuguese Podengo waiting for a forever family

    Filipon is a delightful Portuguese Podengo. Watch the videos, read about him. Let’s find him a fabulous forever home.

  • Galgos del Sur, Cordoba – saving puppies dumped as waste

    Galgos del Sur 4 pups 250My name is Patricia Almansa and I´m the head of Galgos del Sur, a little animal organization from Córdoba, Andalucía (South Spain). We have a big problem with podencos, nobody ask for they and we didn´t find any organization who help them.

    The last case is very urgent. We rescued 4 podenco puppies one week ago from a dumpster (ribbish bin). They were in a bag closed with tape. Just in Córdoba we have a heat wave with temperatures higher than 45º; if we hadn´t found in this moment then I´m sure they would have died soon. They have a lot of ticks, wounds, it took us 3 days to take out everything and clean them.

    We need help to find good homes for the little podencas, they can´t grow in a kennel. Could anyone help us? There is one boy Bruma (first pic), and 3 girls Arena, Brisa and Marea

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  • De la Pyramide a la Perrera

    From Pyramid to Perrera – The Story of the Podenco is now published as an ebook in French. Purchase your copy here.

  • Eight dogs and M.E. – blog by Fiona Nicholson

    Regular readers will recognise Fiona as a valuable commentator on posts on Podenco Post. In March she undertook to move from Scotland to Western France with her 8 dogs. They are all settling in, although finding the contrast of the French summer temperatures somewhat different from those in Scotland.

    Fiona is now writing a blog about life in France and much more. You can follow her on this link. Sign up and follow her stories by clicking on the ‘follow’ box bottom right hand corner of the screen.

  • Portuguese podengos looking for forever homes

    Portugal parents 250 6 2015Here is a lovely story from Dineka in Portugal, about a lucky Portuguese podengo family.

    ‘On the 7th of May I saw two Podengos running on the road, both skinny to the bone, one male and one female. Stopped and gave them water and food, and the female obviously had puppies recently.

    She was approachable, but the male was too scared, and ran off. It was already late afternoon, so I took the female to the vet, checked for a chip, and she belongs to a hunter nearby. But he didn’t bother reporting her as missing.

    It turned out she had Microfilaria, anaemia and Tic-fever, and I left her ate the vet that night. Next morning I picked her up, put her on the leash where I found her, and she took me directly to a hollow tree, where she had hidden 5 puppies.

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  • From Perrera to Finca Podenco Friends, Murcia – meet Perla

    Bev Farmer tells the story of Perla.

    Perla arrived on Friday 35d July 2015 and we have given her some space but yet another Podenca terrified out of her mind. This is not fear from a change of circumstances, this is from a deeply rooted sustained abuse of some type. She will need many months of help and support to break her out of this world of terror she lives in.

    In the last 3 months we have taken in 5 podencos all very similar issues and it cant be just because they are nervous by nature. Dogs learn by association the positive and the negatives and if treated badly for long enough, establish what hurts them is to be avoided.

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  • Podenco Motif Hat for a Podenco Adoptant

    Podenco HatI’ve got a couple of patterns for winter hats with galgo motif. I’ve altered one — what do you think, would this be a hat for a podenco owner? If not, any suggestions. I’ve only pinned it to the black hat, hats can come in any colour and the motif sewn on…if you think it’s ok. Comments please.

  • Murcia, Spain – update on the Container dogs

    Here is the latest news from ACTIN on the situation for the container dogs.

  • Podenca Ivy in Italy

    Ivy garden 250 Italy 7Gabriella shares the story of how she came to adopt Podenca Ivy.

    ‘I here summarise my love story with Ivy…..

    In all my life (I am 57) I have never had a dog. I always preferred cats (at present 3 fantastic cats, 1 Burmese and 2 Burmillas live with me in my apartment…). However, last year, I casually discovered the GACI, an Italian association for the recovery of greyhounds (from Ireland), galgos and podencos (from Spain). In this way I have heard about the destiny of these hunting and running heroes, the way they are fully exploited and, if they are very lucky, abandoned.

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