Podenco Post

Category: Regional news

  • Introducing Romy, Podenco Ibicenco with Galgos del Norte

    Romy 1 5 2014 250Meet Romy, a Podenco Ibicenco with Galgos del Norte. He’s nearly 2 years old and turned up near the home of his rescuer terrified, very thin and with clear signs of having been abused. She fed him and gradually little by little he allowed her to catch him and take him home.

    He’s learnt there is another way of living where the humans give affection and warmth.

    He is now a sociable dog, very affectionate, very good but rather mistrustful with strangers. He has learned to play with other dogs, loves to play with the ball, run and enjoys lying in the sun. He can live alone or with other dogs, but not cats. He seems to be enjoying his stolen childhood.

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  • Podenco Friends – finding forever homes for rescued podencos

    Bev Alexa 250 5 2014Two lovely stories from Bev Farmer of Podenco Friends.

    Alexa what a story…. discovered in a remote location in Valencia heavily pregnant. Its not always straightforward to catch them especially in open land and couldn’t give her any sedation due to her pregnancy. Silvia Guau Guau and her team kept us updated and then one day she disappeared for 3 days no sign so she must have given birth somewhere. We never expected how dramatic her rescue would become.

    A few days later she was sighted badly injured an attack from a wild boar a call went out to the Spanish community in Valencia and people came forward to help. We got a message they had caught her but could not find the pups what did they want me to do. I had to make a judgement call and say bring her she needs medical attention if we left her, both Alexa and the pups would perish.

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  • Recal Association, Seville – podencos waiting forever…meet Argos

    ARGOS-1This is an appeal from Carmina in Seville about Argos, a lovely little podenco with RECAL Association – http://asociacion-recal.blogspot.com.es/ They need help with finding forever homes for their Podencos.

    Please, it would be possible that you will publish in Podenco Post the request for help for them? I send you photos and details of ARGOS, a beautiful brown-chocolate male that has no luck. Thank you very much for your help.

    ARGOS:
    Sterilized Male
    Date of birth: May 23, 2012
    Height: 40 cm # Weight:14 kg
    Character: Quiet, affectionate, obedient. He doesn’t bark. He knows how to walk on a leash and can live with other dogs.

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  • Hellin perrera – podenco with gunshot wounds, broken legs….

    Mac Gyver shot podenco 250 4 2014EMERGENCY APPEAL FOR MAC GYVER

    Translation from Dutch

    This is from Addy, ‘What happened with this boy goodness knows. He has gunshot wounds, a broken leg, a broken hip and is so dumped in Hellin perrera, Albacete (one of the worst). Of course we can not leave this boy and there is an urgent and fast assistance. I start to apply a great action to recruit for all of his medical expenses. Today we pick him out and bring him to a clinic for further care and all it takes. If you want to help, you can send a donation to ACC.no NL82 INGB 0004 5655 95, A.M. Kale or PayPal Addy concept Mac Gyver to helpingoutdogs@hotmail.com”

    She will let me know what happens.

    This is the story from Spain

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  • Lucky podencos waiting in Murcia for their forever homes – with Podenco Friends

    So many sad stories about abandoned podencos – here are some more beautiful videos by Bev Farmer of Podenco Friends, to bring a smile to your face. You can contact Bev at podencofriends@hotmail.co.uk if you want to help her, especially if you can offer a forever home to any of them.

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  • Podenco Friends in Murcia – saving the podencos

    I shed tears every day as I read the appeals for help for podencos – old, young, abandoned, in the perreras – puppies with a whole life before them, susceptible to disease in the perreras. The appalling waste of life, simply because most of the Spanish hunters don’t care…Luckily thousands of the younger Spanish generations DO care and do as much as they can to help. So many appeals come in that I simply can’t post them all.

    And we can’t help them all until the ones in shelters and kennels are found loving forever homes. The podencos need your help. Please share their story.

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  • Podenco Orito puppy Rania in Almeria perrera

    Almeria Rania 170 27 4 2014I’ve not been posting appeals to save the hundreds of podencos in perreras because the podencos already saved desperately need forever homes. But I had to tell you about Rania, an 8 month old Podenco Orito puppy on death row in Almeria perrera. The Orito is one of the more unusual type of Podenco, mainly found around Malaga province. You can read more about them on this link. Rania shouldn’t be in the perrera! It will cost 135 euros to buy her out (as she is over 6 months old) and then 90 euros/month for a kennel. The 135 euros includes vaccination and microchip – and spaying, as that is perrera policy. Contact and Paypal a/c sos.almeria@gmail.com

    As an extension to this story, I’ll tell you about some comments posted on a facebook thread about my podenco book.

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  • Abandoned in Spain, adopted in France – galgos and podenca

    Here you can meet ALL my canine gang.

  • Cool to be Kind – a promise

    Cool To Be Kind has been launched by Sarah Fisher. Basically it is encouraging people to make a short 2 minute video saying what your promise is to help and to be kind to animals. Then you nominate two or three other people to do something along the same lines. If they don’t have animals, they can help in a refuge, cattery, riding stables, donate food and/or medicines.

    I was nominated by Natalie Osborne. Now you can see my Cool to be Kind video and I hope that many of you will join in and make a similar video, upload it to Youtube – and facebook if you have a page. Just nominate 3 people – make sure you ask their permission first – then make the video, upload and share.

    Nando Brown video

    Weblink to the Cool to be Kind website

    Cool to be Kind on facebook

    For those of you on facebook, here’s Natalie’s video

  • Ciudad Real, Almeria, rescued podencos urgently need forever homes

    La Bienvenida Sorbet 250 4 2014Two appeals for help – forever homes urgently needed for these beautiful young boys.

    Sorbet is with Protectora La Bienvenida shelter in Ciudad Real, 200km south of Madrid. I visited it in 2007 when I collected my first galga Karmel. He is an affectionate podenco, gets on well with other dogs, walks well on the lead, clean in the house, ready to be adopted. Contact labienvenida@hotmail.com

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