Category: Regional news

  • Podenco Passe no longer passed over

    Delighted to tell you that Passe has now been adopted forever!

  • Raising funds for needy podencos – t-shirts, mousepads, car screens – buy now

    Teresa 2 podencos 2 250Don’t forget, T-shirts, mousepads, bandanas, car sunscreens, all for sale at my fundraising shop – link here

  • Portuguese Podengos – 2 more urgently needing forever homes

    Two more podengos in Portugal who have been waiting far too long for forever homes. Here are the details of Vigo, who I mentioned before – and Branqhuina – Branqhuina especially needs a forever home as she will shortly have to leave her foster. Here is Branqhuina on video – Piloto was her puppy who has been rehomed.

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  • TARA Gran Canaria – Podenco Lex – can anyone foster in Germany or Spain

    TARA Lex 3 250From TARA association on Gran Canaria. You can see that being in the shelter for so long is taking its toll on Lex, no matter the good care the volunteers take of him. He’s spent half his young life in a shelter. He needs to be in a forever home away from the stress of shelter life.

    ‘LEX-LOOKING FOR A HOME- When Lex was found wandering we knew he had an owner, but due to the fact he was not microchipped we could not return him to his home. Lex has been with us in kennels for 18 months and has now become the longest dog to be without a home.

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  • Parkinsons disease in dogs – anyone experience?

    One of my Podenco Post facebook readers is taking on a 6-month old podenco puppy from the Canaries who the shelter says is showing possible ‘Parkinsons’ symptoms. She is going to take him to her own vet in Belgium and also a neurological vet but is asking if anyone has any experience of dog showing similar symptoms to Parkinsons. I’ve recommended she googles ‘Parkinsons in dogs’ as well, as there is plenty of information there. It would be most helpful for her to have input from anyone who has such experience.

  • Portuguese Podengo – rescued and needing forever homes

    Portugal Zara 3 250(Photo right of Zara – a Portuguese Podengo puppy) It’s a nightmare for podencos, dozens on death row in the perreras. Dozens more saved and needing forever homes. What is overlooked is that there are podengos in Portugal – yes, Portuguese Podengos (not a typing error!). They too suffer cruelty. Here are five which have been rescued and need forever homes. Jackie writes about them.

    ‘I wanted to ask if you could help us at all with a situation of a very good friend of mine who lives here in the north of Portugal and who recently rescued 5 podengos. Just to show you who they are:

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  • Positive Dog Training

    Interesting article on dog training.

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  • Valencia – 38 podencos needing rescue…

    and I’ve also just learned there are 38 Valencia podencos rescued and needing foster homes….will update when I have more information.

    UPDATE – these are the ones in over 100 animals including galgos, ferrets, horses…which Scooby is rescuing.

  • Life in Rural Spain – Scooby and others to the rescue

    Remember Operation Rehala in Bullas in January 2012? It was known the owner had animals on other sites. Well, you’ll be pleased to know the Bastard of Bullas has been tracked down to another site. Here’s what Bev Farmer reports.

    BULLAS MURCIA 2014 ARRESTED A FARMER AND HIS SON FOR AN ALLEGED CRIME OF ANIMAL ABUSE

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  • From Pyramid to Perrera – The Story of the Podenco

    Front cover 170From Pyramid to Perrera – The Story of the Podenco. Get a taster here.

    Thanks to Beverley Farmer of Podenco Friends for the beautiful portrait of Jazz adorning the front cover.

    Available now only as an ebook, click on this link.

    Unfortunately all print copies in English and French are sold out. Because of the nature of some of the pictures, I was unable to get sponsorship to pay for the printing, so I paid for it myself. As all sale proceeds are donated to appeals for help with vet fees etc to podenco rescues, the capital was not replaced and I therefore cannot afford to pay for another print run.

    If anyone can obtain sponsorship for me for this important book on the Podenco, please email me.