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Tag: Andalucia

  • Podenca Sandy – vet fees of 1,400 euros – can you help Galgos del Sol?

    Sandy op Tina 250 08 2011 Last month I told you the lovely tale about a podenca bitch and a puppy she adopted. Both were rescued by Galgos del Sol and have been waiting and hoping for forever homes. We’ve just received news about Sandy, the bitch; she’s had an accident and vet fees for are are 1,400 euros! Galgos del Sol are a small association and shelter, so are appealing for help to pay this.

    Here’s what Tina says.

    ‘Poor Sandy, and still we don’t really understand what happened.

    Sandy had been found with Floyd, at first we thought Floyd was her baby but it’s possible she adopted him. Floyd was always quite rough around Sandy, in and out of her legs, constantly demanding her attention. He adored her, as she adored him.

    So could this be how Sandy mysteriously smashed her leg into several pieces? Could it have been rough play gone too far? There is no other explanation. The kennel is 110% safe with nothing to climb on to make her fall, she was fine at her last check just a few hours before finding her holding her leg so really the only theory we can give you is that somehow involving Floyd something went terribly wrong.

    Sandy leg Tina 250 08 2011
    Holding her leg in pain she was immediately rushed to the vet. On X-ray it was more than evident her leg was broken but a complicated break, like a jigsaw. A complicated break means a complicated operation and an expensive one at that. Sandy’s vets bill is over 1400 euros to date.

    We are pleading for donations to help us pay this bill. No matter how small, we are struggling, we really need help. PP tinasolera@hotmail.co.uk please ref SANDY.

    Thank you.
    Sandy leg pin Tina 250 08 2011
    Sandy awake Tina 250 08 2011

    (Bottom photo) Sandy before her accident.
    Sandy ears up.250 Tina July 2011

  • Red and Buzz – two happy endings for abandoned podencos

    Silvia Red 1 250 08 2011 Red is one of the podencos featured on my FB page Help the Podencos. He has been in the care of Silvia of Galgo Connection Spain since his rescue – this is the picture from when he was rescued, see the photos of him now in his forever home at the end of this post, isn’t he just soooo handsome!

    And this is an amazing story about saving a miniature Podenco Andaluz in Miami. His forever Mom tells the story.

    Deven Soto podenco Buzz 250 08 2011 ‘Miami, Florida USA; a Mecca of unwanted pets. Miami Dade animal services intakes up to 200 pets per day, and with lines out the door at opening, people are dumping their pets and turning in strays…it can only lead to high euthanasia rate- about 150 per day.

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  • Home required Urgently for Peter Podenco – please help CAS

    Peter Podenco head 190 08 2011 Here’s another stunning Podenco – named Peter. He’s currently in foster with Freda and Barry Young, who have to return to the UK in September for several months. They desperately want to find a forever home for him, as, if you read his story, going back to the refuge is the last place he needs to go.

    ‘He is a small podenco weighing about 12Kg. He is very timid but once he has relaxed he is full of fun and very affectionate. He is about 10 – 12 months old and is castrated and vaccinated.

    He was thrown over the fence in February at the CAS refuge where we work and when we let the other dogs out for their exercise, about 40 dogs surrounded him. Although we rescued him as quickly as possible, he was very traumatised. He stayed in the refuge for a few weeks but was bullied by the other dogs.

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  • Spain – how to report a suspected case of animal cruelty

    HOW TO REPORT A SUSPECTED CASE OF ANIMAL CRUELTY

    August 2011

    There are increasing numbers of animal cruelty cases and people who come across them, often don’t know how to make an official complaint (denuncia) to the police. Seprona, the environmental arm of the Guardia Civil, has given the Costa Animal Society this set of guidelines on what to do.

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  • Costa Animal Society, Nerja – volunteer help needed for animals and committee

    CAS Strella 250 08 2011 This beauty with special eyes is Strella – she is one of 6 hunting dogs which the owner didn’t want, so he left them all tied up, starved of food and water. The owner wants rid of them asap so foster homes are urgently required.

    CAS is appealing on their behalf. CAS is the Costa Animal Society based in Nerja
    on Spain’s eastern Costa del Sol. It was founded in 1986 as a registered charity for
    the sole purpose of helping abandoned and maltreated animals.

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  • Petite Podenca Pizca from Palencia, Spain, appealing for a forever home

    Pizca4 Amigos der Milord 250 This little beauty is called Pizca; she’s a young rough-haired podenca who has been with Amigos de Milord association for over a year. Cristina, of the associations, says ‘she has been here for a year and I have no adopting home for her, and it hurts to think she will be in a cage all her life. She is really small, spayed, vaccinated, loving and good with other dogs – male and female – but not with cats.’

    If you can offer this little sweetheart a home, contact Amigos de Milord

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  • Podenco Denzil – seeking forever – the perfect hound

    Denzil 1 250 Another plea for a forever home for Denzil, the perfect podenco. He’s in a foster home, goes to obedience classes and really desperately wants his forever family.

    Poor Denzil was found wandering the streets hungry and dehydrated. Galgos del Sol spotted him and set out to rescue him. With the help of The Little Pod foundation we were able to catch him. We could see he had been badly treated and was in terrible condition. Denzil was lucky enough to find a lovely foster home but this has almost worked to his disadvantage.

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  • Proyeto Adopta – helping podencos in Southern Spain

    Protectora Tarragone 250 starved 08 2011 Here’s news of another group of volunteers in an association, working to save the abandoned dogs of Spain, and especially the podencos. Here’s what they say.

    ‘Protecto Adopta was born from the passion of a very small group of people who want to offer decent lives to these animals History has confirmed they are the best “non-human” friends that we may have, but however, so many times we see them just in kennels, callejeando or even lying in a ditch. Our intention is to educate the people, as well as trying to get homes to all those dogs who have already suffered the cruelty of the human being.’

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  • Podenco on the streets of Almeria, desperately needs saving

    Podenca Almeria 1 250 Aug 2011 News from Carol Idoia: Podenquita on the street, a shelter is urgent needed! Location:Almería

    This precious Podenca is in Almería, thrown on the street, she takes refuge in one of the parking places. People will kick her away , run over her with the car or the dog pound will catch her. Let’s save her life, finding her a home,!!! She is docile, little bit afraid of people ……….spread the news please. If you can help please contact: pilistrata@hotmail.com. (0034)646181962

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  • Podenco in Seville, has anyone room for rehabilitate him for adoption?

    Seville podenco1 250 01 08 2011 It’s now August and still the stories of abandonment and maltreatment flow in, here is another.

    “A plea from Carmen Monclova: Sick galgo and a podenco had been kicked out of their quarters Please help!

    Hello every one, as you know this situation is as the same Urgent.

    I can’t go there to take pictures but there is a man who takes the dogs that the galgeros dont want or had lost, and let them out into the streets. this man picks them up in his shack and I take them one by one in order of emergency they get out of there in very very bad conditions– the pictures dont lie.

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