Podenco Post

Category: Regional news

  • Camping & Caravanning with Greyhounds and Sighthounds

    Great Greyhound Walk 2025 at Croft Farm Water Park – 327 dogs walked

    5 years ago Dave Landy bought a caravan.  He also had a greyhound and wondered what it would be like to take the greyhound – along with his family – on a caravan holiday.  He then asked the question on facebook if there were other people who camped with their greyhounds.  This grew until now there are over 7,000 members of the CACWGAS fb group.

    Over the last weekend in September 2025 Dave and his team organised the 5th get together to coincide with the Greyt Greyhound Walk where over 350 sighthounds walked for charity.  We met at Croft Farm Water Park near Tewkesbury where the caravan park, lodges and chalets were filled with hoomans and hounds, nearly 200 hoomans and nearly double that of sighthounds – and a few of their companions.

    We took Rosie and were pleased to get together with several other podenco people, including a very hairy young Podenco Ibicenco who won everyone’s heart.  Added into the mix were Azawak, Saluki, Afghans, Silken sighthounds (a bit like Shelties but bigger) and most people had more than one!

    There were retail shops, quizzes and auctions and live music in the huge marquee, together with a fun dog show where Rosie won ‘Best Decorated Lead’.  (I’m still getting the hang of using this new blog system and have yet to learn to add an image!)

    Through all the fundraising over the weekend, over £10,000 was raised (including a couple of large donations) to share between 2 greyhound charities.

    Croft Farm Water Park is now booked for September 2026 and 2027, with pitches and lodges allocated on a first come first served basis.

    Web link to an article about the event.

  • Found starving in a rubbish bin in Spain – but at least alive!

    Found in a dumpster, thrown away like garbage. One more victim of hunting in Spain.

    They used it, exploited it, and when it no longer served them, they threw it away without remorse. This is how thousands of hunting dogs end up every season: invisible, discarded, mistreated to the end.

    This little one was found inside a dumpster, without strength, without hope. Only thanks to the protector who rescued him does he have a chance to move on.

    Collaborate with the protector who saved him Suspiros de Cuatro Patas

    Open your home to adoption

    Thank you suspirosdecuatropatas.org

    https://www.facebook.com/reel/1619826592328768

  • Marching in Spain 14 September – remembering the 32 souls in Azuaga Badajoz

    From Plataforma NAC

    Indifference kills.

    This Sunday 14 September we raise our voices for those who could not defend themselves.

    32 lives killed by starvation and neglect in Azuaga (Badajoz). They were not forgotten. It was not an accident. It was cruelty.

    245 animal protection entities, including some international ones, unite to demand justice and that this massacre never happens again https://plataformanac.org/concentracion-azuaga-14…/

    Dozens of dogs have died between suffering, indifference and silence. We cannot allow barbarism to go unpunished.

    This Sunday, September 14, from 11h to 13h, in Plaza de la Merced (opposite the Azuaga City Hall), we will raise our voice for those who no longer have it.

    Because their life matters. Because they’re not tools. Because neglect and abuse kills.

    Come. Shout. Spread the word. Let it not be repeated.

  • Cordoba – Thieves steal food and tools from an animal shelter!

    They steal more than 120 kilos of food and various tools at the dog shelter of Segunda Oportunidad Santaella in Cordoba.
    Shelter security cameras caught the thieves taking the stolen food and various tools. Animal shelter robbed is asking for help to buy food for her animals.

    News: https://goo.su/TzE5yz

    https://www.facebook.com/reel/2588496508158892

  • Volunteers needed in Portugal by Bring Portuguese Podengos to light

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    We would like to create a Network of Volunteers in Portugal. If you feel you can help in anyway: fostering, driving, taking photos, raising funds, please contact us email podengos@protonmail.com

    We all Bring Portuguese Podengos to Light

  • Tripod Podenca Martinica with Project Galgo – for adoption in the UK

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    Martinica is in foster in the UK. Here’s her story.

    Helloooo! I’m Martinica! Yes, yes, yes…..that’s right, I’ve got THREE legs!! I’m used to the double takes now!
    Don’t let my three legs fool you! Being a Tripaw is my SUPERPOWER!! I’m a fast, strong and smart young Podenco! Now I’m safely in foster in Cardiff, I’m overcoming my traumas, learning all about the world and realising how amazing life can be.

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  • Injured podenco puppy rescued from a perrera

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    From Bev Farmer of Podenco Friends

    ‘When a Podenco is no longer “useful,” this is what happens…

    Pia is only 4 months old, weighs less than 3 kilos yet life has already been unbearably tough for her. She spent several weeks hidden away in a perrera, a frightening place for any puppy. Thankfully, a Spanish rescue stepped in and gave her a chance.

    But Pia’s struggles didn’t end there. She was born with luxation of both patellas and will need surgery to walk and live comfortably. Most likely, this is why she was cruelly abandoned. On top of that, she is battling giardia, a parasite that can be life-threatening for a puppy if left untreated.

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  • Portuguese Azores podencos in terrible conditions

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    These photos were publicly posted by hunters in S.Miguel, Azores. One hunter that surrendered to us one of his injured podengos mentioned at the time: ¨’I am not a criminal, I like my dogs. Any other hunter I know would have shot this dog straightaway, as he can´t hunt anymore’.

    There is a perception from inside the hunting community that things are not right. Many don´t like to be seen as criminals. Change must come from the inside. These images can´t be of Portugal much longer, surely.

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  • Podenco Campanero Gandalf hoping for a special forever home.

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    Here comes Gandalf and his story immediately captured our hearts. Gandalf is a Podenco Campanero – he is 4-5 years old and he is deaf. He was separated from his master because he went to a nursing home. And then unfortunately his master died very quickly. He had called every day and asked for Gandalf. But that can’t be a phone call anymore.

    Gandalf is a super sweet and affectionate male. He gets along with other dogs and very friendly with people. Gandalf is looking for a very experienced home or foster home due to his deafness. We are just incredibly sorry for him. Is there a light sight for the beautiful Podenco boy? He is already neutered, vaccinated, microchipped and tested negative for Mediterranean diseases.

    lisa.hezinger@petangel.de

  • The hard life of a Rehala podenco in Spain

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    From Asociacion Las Nieves

    Today we have found, by chance, this article by the great Carlos de Hita: “The sadness in the look of a hunting dog.” Little more to say, than what he himself expresses in the article. From here we want to pay a sincere tribute to all hunting dogs.
    “Sadness in the look of a hunting dog”

    Posted on December 3, 2019

    DOGS OF REHALA

    Rarely the starting point for these sonic narratives is an image. In general, the photograph and the text accompany the editing. But this time all part of the sad and at the same time furious expression of the dogs in the photography. They belong to one of the rehalas that participated in a mounting in Sierra Morena on Sunday the 7th 2019, to put an end to that area to the hunting season.

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