Tag: Balearics

  • Podencos – not a fashion accessory but a member of the family

    Jane Lanes thoughts 01 2011 190 Jane Lanes is a Podenco passionata and here she talks about her feelings towards this much maligned breed and her special canine family member, Dana.

    Within the world of dogs, there is a race that moves me. Yes, the podencos (all and each of them, andaluces, ibicencos, pharaoh hound, canarios, crossbreeds… all!!). And I know I'm not objective, since Dana is a podenco and a greyhound crossbreed. But everything has its explanation.

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  • Welcome to Podenco Post – Publicising everything about and for the Podencos

    Animal Images 2008 065 250 Welcome to Podenco Post.  This blog will be run on similar lines to Galgo News, only this time the Podencos come first!

    They too suffer inexplicable cruelty at the hands of the hunters, especially on the Spanish Islands, the Balearics and the Canary Islands.  And their main hope of a forever life outside the shelters and refuges on these islands is to be adopted on mainland Europe.

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