Here’s an update on the story of podenca Elektra, having the time of her life in the US. Her mom Tracy writes.
Category: Rehoming stories
-
Podenca Andaluz Bebe – rescued injured from a Seville motorway, safe in France
Podenca Andaluz come in 3 sizes, small, medium and large. My podenca Bebe is a miniature – weighing in at a mere 6 kilos aged 10 years. She was rescued injured and traumatized from a Seville motorway over 4 years ago by my friend Marisa, a volunteer with El Refugio Escuela. My vet operated on her leg and saved it and she is now the fastest little dynamite on 4 legs! The only time we see a handicap with her leg is when she goes down stairs – she carries her left leg. You can see the scars on her hind quarters where the hair has never grown back. Adorable little dog! Here on video at lunchtime. Scrounging, not me! Nudging your leg to remind you I’m here – not me!
-
Podenco Molino – from Malaga to the UK – a happy ending
Teresa Watkin tells the story of Molino, his rescue and rehoming.
‘I first spotted this photo of Molino last year as I was looking on Podenco Post with a view to adopting a galgo/podenco to live with us in West Sussex. I had already a whippet which Id recently adopted and felt two dogs keep each other company.
-
Podenco Aron – happily rehomed
Laura Kate Stone adopted Aron, a podenco orito. Here she tells his story.
‘Aron was a stray, taken to a pound in Cuenca. The pound was too many dogs over the limit and so Aron was on the destroy list. Tina a lady on holiday there from Sweden who has adopted many spanish dogs sponsered Aron into boarding, and was sorted out by the amazing Beverley Farmer.
I was looking for a sighthound as I had always wanted one, to go with our Collie, and ended up on a site advertising dogs for various rescues. Aron had been associated with SOS Animals UK and that is where I saw him.
-
Podenca Chokla – respecter of cats!
Amaliah lives in Holland and is passionate about podencos. Here is her story.
‘In 1990 I had already 2 Podencos, only the situation was completely different from my current one.
I was living in a very small village, my first neighbour was a 15 minutes walk away so, as you can imagine, I had a lot of meadow myself and a lot ofland nearby.
My husband didn’t like the dogs into our home……yes a big shame……… so the dogs lived in their own house, (with central heating!), there were six all together:
-
Podenca Malaika – from Spanish hell to Spanish heaven!
Regular readers will know the name Bev Farmer, who is a podenco passionata in Murcia and works tirelessly to help abandoned podencos on the route to a forever life. She also takes some stunning photos, I’m hoping she will have time to put together a podenco calendar for next year.
This is her story about Malaika, a young podenca bitch loose on a golf course.
‘There is something so special about Malaika, and the second I saw her I felt a very strong connection and had no intention of leaving her on that Golf course no matter what it took to catch her. Now she is with us and where will remain with us for ever.
Mike, who is a steward on the golf course, tried for months to get help for her and he never gave up. The day we caught her, Mike wiped a few tears away. Hannah, his wife, named her Malaika, which is Swalili for Angel and a perfect name
-
Podenca Andaluz Cleo – in her forever with Foundation Djimba
Meet Cleo, a small Podenca Andaluz, who has also suffered at the hands of the Spanish hunters. Luckily, she has now found her forever place of safety, in France with Djimba. Betty tells her story.
‘As of so many of her kind, the history of Cleo is unknown but also not hard to imagine. Born In the wild, taking care of herself, not kindly treated by humans.
At the beginning of 2012 I received an email from a friend in Barcelona – did I know a solution for a little podenca with an extreme fear of humans? Djimba is a home for old, ill or handicapped dogs and Cleo was none of these. However in the last 13 years we have had a lot of experience with traumatized dogs and her little face touched us.