Podenco Post

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  • Training a Podenco – superb Obedience and Agility Dogs

    Denzil 2 250I can’t emphasise enough what fabulous hounds podencos are; marvellous companion dogs and, if you get a young one, easy to train and marvellous agility dogs (they are very popular in agility competitions in Germany especially). Bev Farmer fosters podencos and works hard on training them for forever homes. Here’s a great video which illustrates just how well podencos respond to training.

    Bev was one of the many volunteers who went to Bullas on Operation Rehala at the beginning of 2012 and here is what she says.

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  • Izzy Wizzy Isabella – Little podenca looking for her forever family

    Bev Isabella head 1250 2013Here is Isabella, living at home with Bev Farmer and Warren. Bev says, ‘she wasn’t coping staying in the kennels. She is much brighter and content and we call her Iizzy Wizzy now she is so full of life and fun!

    Isabella is one of our older girls at 6/7 years old. She has a large tattoo in her ear, an older form of identification than a microchip, showing that she belonged to a hunter with whom she spent her early years, and was then a long time in a shelter.

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  • Beautiful Amelia – a x podenco/galgo waiting for her forever

    Bev Amelia x pod 250 1 1 2013This is Amelia, one of the dogs that went to Bev Farmer in Murcia, from Sandra Baas at Villa del Rio, Cordoba.

    Amelia is a Podenco/Glago cross, highly prized by the hunters. She has spent over a year in a shelter. I have no idea why she has not been adopted yet, as she is one of the sweetest loving obedient dogs I have ever encountered.

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  • Urgent, Benisa, Alicante – hunter threatens to kill his podenca

    White_podenca_in_alicante_250 1_8_2012I received this yesterday and circulated it to associations. I’m desperately hoping someone has taken her to safety. Basically her bastard hunter has said he doesn’t want her and so he’s going to kill her. She’s 5 years old and in Alicante.
    Please contact Cristobel tele (Spain) 678 78 75 22

  • Podenco Bambi – looking for a forever home

    Bambi 1 190 San Animal Santuario 4 2012Introducing Bambi, a 1 year old male podenco who had been hit by a car and suffered traumatic blindness and shock. As you can see from the photos below, he is now looking fine and thriving……ready for a foster or forever home. If you can find a place in your home and heart for him, contact audrey@sananimal.org
    http://www.sananimal.org

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  • The Bullas Babes – podencos saved by Operation Rehala

    Here’s a picture gallery of The Bullas Babes, as the 8 podencos saved from the hell of Bullas, Murcia, have been named. It is reported that the owner of the site has been arrested; a Spanish group have identified the second site where he holds more dogs and horses.

  • 120 Podencos and Galgos in Bullas, Murcia – rescue associations please help

    Bullos Murcia pods 250 3 3 2012Here is the latest update on the 120 galgos, podencos, setters, pointers…all in an enclosure in Bullas, Murcia. Pro-Setter Spain are co-ordinating the rescue, Galgos del Sol in Murcia, along with three other associations, have already taken out 14 dogs. Watch the video – it shows the truth of how thousands of these dogs are kept in rural areas by the Spanish hunters and gitanos. See photos of one rescue.

    This year is the worst year yet for the Spanish hunting dogs.

  • Podenca pup Luna – in Murcia and looking for her family

    Luna head 250 Tina 11 2011This little lady is Luna, She’s a podenca bitch, blind in one eye. Here’s what Tina of Galgos del Sol says about her. She is approx 5 mths old, super friendly and I was told originally lived with gypsies, then somehow ended up in a perrera. One of my helpers found out and I went and picked her up.’

    What a great opportunity to adopt a young dog, maybe train her for agility? Certainly the young podencos respond really well to training.

    If you can help with her vet fees or, even better, offer her a forever home, contact Galgos del Sol.

  • Podenco Caramello – waiting in Murcia for his forever family

    Caramello_ears_up 190 Tina 11 2011Look at this fabulous podenco, and no one has asked for him! He’s hoping he might have a forever home for his Christmas present. Here’s his story from Tina at Galgos del Sol.

    Caramello, originally called Naranja, was living rough and very underweight. Local residents were feeding him until we could get to him. Although fairly easy to catch, getting him into the car to take to the vets was a different matter, he was so frightened.

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  • Podenca Pup Lucia – already packed a lot of living into her short life

    Lucia 1 Tina 250 09 2011 Galgos del Sol in Murcia have just taken in this cute little podenca puppy, about 4/5 months old. Just look at those fabulous ears! She’s been named Lucia, a beautiful name for a beautiful baby. She will be microchipped, vaccinated and blood tested and is looking for a forever home. If you would like to adopt her, contact Galgos del Sol direct.

    This is what she carried on her back.

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