Podenco Post

Category: Regional news

  • Podenca Andaluz Rosely – our new arrival

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    Regular readers will know that since moving from France to the UK at the beginning of 2021 we sadly lost our last 3 Spanish hounds, galgos Polar and Bracken, and my little pocket rocket Podenca Bebe. It was a shock to lose them so quickly – Polar with lymphoma, Bracken with a bleeding tumour on his lungs, and Bebe at 18 years old had never lived on her own and just gave up on life. We took 2 months out to grieve and visit family and friends in the UK but, having both of us grown up with at least 1 dog in the house, we missed having a canine companion.

    Now our travelling days are over and this week Podenca Andaluz Rosely joined the family. She’s bigger than little Bebe, about 12 kgs, and 6 years old. Unusually for a rescued Spanish hound, her Pet Passport shows she was chipped and vaccinated from birth. Of all the hundreds of galgos and podencos I have helped the French rescue association bring back to France for foster and rehoming, there has never been one with such a vaccination record!

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  • PINS 2022 calendar

    They will sell for £12.50 including UK postage

    EU postage is £4, but that would cover up to 4 calendars as the weight limit is 750g

    Each page is A4 size and only printed on one side, so yes, space to write apointments in

    PayPal or Bank transfer please (Send us your quantity ordered, name, address and screenshot of donation to our Messenger Inbox)
    Pinscotland16@gmail.com
    If they are Christmas gifts then let us know, as we can include a PINS gift note as a thank you for supporting our dogs.

  • Saving a Gran Canaria Podenco – lucky Zoe hoping for a forever home

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    This photo is of Zoe when she was rescued. Here’s what Salvaunpodenco say about her now.

    ‘Introducing ZOE. WELCOME!

    We never say it, but every time an animal enters the shelter, we get very excited, because we think that it has already begun to change it’s life and we hope to be able to find it the best family we can.

    Zoe was found without a chip, wandering alone, very thin and malnourished. They picked her up and took her to the Ceta de Santa Lucia. The volunteers gave us the notice because it was a pity for them to see it like this. So since we had room for her…

    Thank you for not leaving her on the street.

    ZOE is 3 years old and she is such a sweetheart!

    If you want her to be part of your family for the rest of your life contact salvaunpodenco@gmail.com

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  • Save the Podencos – give them a future

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  • Akira Dog Sanctuary – Podenco Charlie hoping for a forever home

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    From Hayley O’Brien at Akira Dog Sanctuary

    Meet Charlie, D.O.B: 2 years old
    Sex: Male
    Size: large
    Breed: Podenco
    Castrated :tbc

    He walks well on a lead, is good with other dogs and children. He’s a little shy but his confidence is growing. Hoping for a forever home.

    See more pix of Charlie on this weblink

    Email akirashelter@aol.com

    Tel: 0034 657 689 567

    Www.akira-animals.com

  • Massive seizure of Podencos by Seprona on Lanzarote, Canary Islands

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    MASSIVE SEIZATION OF ANIMALS.

    SEPRONA AND TEGUISE LOCAL POLICE SEIZE SEVERAL ABUSED ANIMALS IN A AREA IN CENTER LA GRACIOSA.

    Two weeks ago, a LARGE OPERATION of SEPRONA, the local police of Teguise and technicians of the City Hall took place to seize more than a dozen animals.

    In an illegal depot with lots of dirt and garbage, rusted iron and animal carcasses, there were hunting dogs and livestock that had been kept in deplorable conditions and hidden from the eyes of tourists and neighbors for years.

    In an unprecedented action on the 8th, SEPRONA seized more than 10 dogs, many of whom suffered severe muscle loss because they were chained for years and unable to move in a 1m2 cabin.

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  • More unimaginable cruelty to a podenca

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    From Amores Peludos rescue.

    Ears and tail cut with scissors, literally, with a rusty chain around the neck, skeletal, full of shit and blood, with huge mamary glands. My friend Loli had managed to catch this precious podenca, dead scared and cold,in the street and that’s why she will carry her name, for not looking away. As much as the podencos suffer in this damn country, they are cousins of the Galgos and the suffering is terrible.

    My heart was broken when she came to us, but we have to fight one more time to return the dignity of an innocent angel. Welcome precious Loli to this great family of Furry Loves, your days of suffering are at their end, all your pain and suffering is already over, now you are a princess and it’s time to start writing the next chapter of your life, you have to be happy mi love. Thank you Loli for saving her life and thank you Anselmo for bringing her, you are amazing people.

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  • Podencos – living a life chained to a wall – Galgos del Sur shows the suffering

    From Asociacion Galgos del Sur.

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    Can you imagine a life like this?

    365 days a year tied to a meter chain without being able to move, sleeping in concrete, without receiving the necessary love and attention. Only released for hunting. They feel fear and sadness, their life becomes a real hell.

    It’s the life of suffering of podencos and other dog hunting from rehalas.

    The Monteria and the Rehala was declared Good of Cultural Interest of Andalusia, and soon it will be in Extremadura.

    HELP US TO SPREAD THE WORD!

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  • Muzzle a podenco? Never!

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    I have been involved with podenco and galgo rescue for 14 years. I’ve travelled regularly into Spain with a French rescue association to bring Spanish rescued galgos and podencos back to France for foster and adoption. I have NEVER met a podenco which needed to wear a muzzle!

    I was horrified to see this photo, especially on a senior dog. Yet it should not be a surprise since the podenco seems to be with a greyhound from a UK retired racing greyhound rescue, some of whom believe every greyhound/galgo should be muzzled.

    Since moving back to the UK in January 2021 I have met many greyhounds who are companion dogs and not one of them wore a muzzle. Naturally all were on leads when walked in public but their adopters had never felt the need to use a muzzle. To me, it creates the image that the dog is dangerous!

    Have any of my readers felt the need to muzzle their adopted Spanish dog?

    I’ve had an email from a reader to say dogs have to be muzzled on ferries. However, when we have travelled our dogs on ferries they are not muzzled as they travel in cages, as do the dogs on official pet transport. If the dog is loose in the vehicle, then they could be muzzled, perhaps?

  • Ciudad Animal Refugio – podencos already abandoned and hunting has only just started!

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    From Ciudad Animal, south of Madrid.

    Ciudad Animal Refugio Animales Abandonados

    Hunting season just started 2 weeks ago and the kennels are already full of pods, galgos, brotons. Those dogs who care for hunters so much I wish that story was true.

    With the galgos it seems that we are more conscious, we know how they are mistreated and used, but the podenco is the big forgotten. You don’t know the big problem there is. You don’t need to go to the Canary Islands to find dirty, without windows full of scared and hungry pods. In every manchego town there are workshops with so many podencos that are missing fingers to count them. We’ve been in this for many years and unfortunately little has changed.

    A few days ago we were called from the kennel looking for help for several dogs and here we are again, with the kennel van full. Let’s try to find a new future for these 20 poor animals.

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