Video of podenco Bud in Valencia perrera, taken there by his hunter owner on CESE – fast track to be killed, but rescued by Angie and taken in by Bev and Warren at Podenco Friends. There is a good team of people working with the perrera staff to help the dogs there. It’s to help podencos like Bud that Ellen and TEAM PODENCOS are raising funds.

236 rescued/rehomed hounds walked on New Year’s Day. Pix here.

UK vets don’t seem to have much knowledge of leishmania – and now that so many Spanish dogs are being adopted there, we need to educate them. I always recommend an annual blood analysis for leishmania, even if the passport blood reports say ‘negative’. It has been known for a ‘negative’ dog to develop leishmania.

So please share the information on this link with your UK vet. Those of us with experience of dogs with leishmania know it’s nothing to be concerned about once the treatment is in place…but we need to educate the UK vets, especially on where to get the requisite medication. One couple I know used to travel back to Spain just to get it, as they couldn’t get it in the UK or on the Internet.

A friend of mine near Pons (France) who makes waterproof lined coats which would fit the larger podencos, now has 25 ready for needy hounds. Is there an association who could take them to a refuge in Spain. Contact me.

A very good article written by Viv Wharton, founder of ACTIN, and why I always advocate adopting a podenco from a recognised shelter/rescue association.

Are you unwittingly supporting crimes against dogs? The truth about Perreras!! Do you wonder why your local charity cannot take the dog that was abandoned at your gate?

(more…)

This morning there are 19 appeals to save podencos in perreras in Spain, one a mother and pup. Until there are more podencos adopted from the refuges, these innocent souls can’t be saved, as there is no room for them. Please help the podencos.

Hi folks, just to say that I am away without Internet until 8th April – having a mother/daughter weekend…but I have scheduled a couple of posts for you to read in the meantime. sorry if your comments don’t appear – I have to moderate them and won’t be able to do so till my return. Thanks as always for caring about the podencos – they need all the help they can get.

Hi folks, I’ve been receiving emails that your comments aren’t appearing. I’ve asked Craig to sort it out. Please keep reading and trying.

Petitions are always for the galgos! At last there’s one for the Podencos. Please sign and share widely.