Podenco Post

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  • Sad tale of a Podenco Stray lost in the campo

    Jane catching abandoned podenco 400 5 11 2016This year seems to be the year of abandoned podencos for Pepis Dog Refuge. Yet another stray on the lane to the refuge, Jane Brian working hard to catch him. Here’s another of Alan Brian’s terrific moving poems inspired by this little hound.

    Podenco stray     by Alan Brian of Pepis Dog Refuge

    Although you can see my picture I normally hide away,
    It seems thats how things have to be as im just another stray.
    I’ve lost my home and family, how can this be right,
    Now I have to fend for myself and sleep under the stars at night.
    I sleep here on the wasteland to rest my weary head
    The dirt and rubbish is all I have to make a comfy bed.
    I have no trust in humans, as this picture clearly shows,
    But this lady comes and talks to me then feeds me before she goes.
    I don’t know what will become of me as I did trust once before,
    Maybe I will never trust again, I really can’t be sure.

    Note…this is copyright Alan Brian. His permission must be sought before reposting    young

    Here’s another young podenco rescued by Jane and Alan who is also very good at composing poems!

  • Pepi’s Dog Refuge – living in the olive groves amongst the hunters

    Pepis 400 004I recently spent a week at Pepi’s Dog Refuge where I took the money raised from my Fun Dog Show to help pay some of the vet bills. The weather was baking hot, temperatures over 40 degrees, so the dogs spent a lot of time sleeping in the cool of their kennels. The roofing is special material which keeps out the rain but also keeps out the sun, provided by Anpana association in Italy.

    On the day I arrived, we visited the vet. A podenco puppy had been found injured on the road in the village and xrays had been taken of his broken leg. The vet asked Pepi’s to take him. His leg was in a splint as in some cases with young bone, the injury can heal itself, new bone can grow. The pup was named Vero, he’s an adorable little chap and no doubt when he has recovered, he will soon find a forever home.

    Another young podenca bitch is quite an escape artist and able to climb out of her kennel to spend her days in the corridor run! She too arrived with a broken leg which has healed perfectly. The two small podencos are Bill & Ben, podenco x basenji. They have been waiting for far too long for forever homes. Has no one room in their heart and home?

    Saturday was an interesting day!

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  • Duathlon, 19th March 2016, Clumber Park, Nottingham – Sponsor Team Pepis

    Anca podenca blind 250 8 2015Pepis Dog Refuge in Pedrera, Seville, has an outstanding vet bill so far of nearly 4,000 euros! That includes sterilization of dogs (the first thing to be done with the arrival of each new dog, to prevent unwanted puppies), vaccinations, dogs needing operations, medication…the list is endless.

    It’s desperate that this bill is cleared and to that end Ellen Stevens and 2 friends have entered the team event in the Duathlon at Clumber Park, Nottingham, on 19th March 2016. If you look on the Youcaring link below, you can read all about it.

    Please sponsor Team Pepis and share widely with family and friends. Let’s raise the total and more if possible. Help Jane and Alan Brian help dogs like blind podenca Anca, in this photo.

    Youcaring Team Pepis

  • Fundacion Benjamin Mehnert – saving the podencos in Sevillia

    FBM Bashira 1 250 1 2016Here are stories from Levriers sans Frontieres about 2 podencos, now safe with Fundacion Benjamin Mehnert in Seville, and who will eventually come to France for forever homes.

    Here’s the story of the first one, Bashira. After she was found at the roadside, throughout the journey to the shelter, she has not moved, not cried. she is so courageous and yet what she must suffer! She was rushed to the vet for urgent operation. Upon her arrival she was supported by Lillian, the veterinarian at the FBM, who took xrays. The legs are fractured, put in splints whilst waiting for an operation by the orthopedist. Under anaesthetic, her injuries have been disinfected and she was given antibiotic. This tiny podenca is barely a year old, what a terrible start to its life.

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  • Buy your Xmas gifts and help feed the hounds at Pepis Dog Refuge, Pedrera, Seville

    This weekend – 4 & 5 December – my friend Julie is running a fundraiser to help feed the podencos and galgos at Pepis Dog Refuge. She is a Neals Yard Natural Remedies consultant; if you haven’t used their products, now is a good time to start. Have a look at the goodies in the shop on this link. Email Julie if you have any questions. Please help, and please share.

  • Help needed for 2 young podencas in Jaen

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    This is an appeal from Fabienne Thys for help with two young podencas…they need foster and forever homes. Is there anyone who can help. These are their details.

    Lola is living in the courtyard of a member of our association. We think she was pregnant in the summer but she disappeared before having her puppies. She reappeared last month (October) and alone.

    Rubi is literally on the streets. She is being fed by some people but is very scared and hard to be approached. We need help to catch her and for somewhere for her to go in foster to help her adjust to life in a home, as she is in danger on the streets, both from an accident or getting pregnant again. A kennel will be no place for her.

    Both podencas are in Jaen, Southern Spain and contact info is the following:
    email: sjfabi@hotmail.com Phone no: +34 656 61 47 79

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  • Victims of the thunderstorms hitting southern Spain – seeking refuge at Pepis

    Galga podenco pod 250 1 11 2015This little podenca was found sheltering from the thunderstorms at the gates of Pepis Dog Refuge, along with the galga. Both cold and wet, Jane and Alan took them in, dried them off and settled them for the night. The hunter had cut the chip out of the galga’s neck before dumping her.

    Both hounds need vet checking, vaccinations etc as well as feeding, just 2 more to add to the 70+ dogs at the refuge. Please help feed them, every penny/euro/dollar goes to he dogs. Donate to pepis.dogrefuge@hotmail.co.uk.

    And to make matters worse, the torrential rain has meant that the 4×4 cannot make it up the drive to the Galgo centre and Jane and Alan’s mobile home. So Alan has to drag the gas bottle up!

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  • Foster home urgently needed for Podenco x Aaron

    Pepis Aaron 250 6 2015Please can we find a foster home urgently for pod x Aaron. He is one of over 80 dogs at Pepis Dog Refuge, Pedrera Seville. Another one dumped at the gates – it happens on a regular basis…dogs come in quicker than can be homed!!

    Here’s what Jane Brian says.
    ‘I wonder if you can help with little guy? I have him living with us in the mobile home and I really don’t want to put him in the refuge.

    He is an amazing puppy, very intelligent and obedient.

    We estimate that Aaron is around five months. He is house trained to a point, he does his big business outside, but still does wee wee inside, he hasn’t grasped that concept as yet.’

    Please contact Jane Brian direct, please help Aaron with either a foster home or, even better, a forever home.

  • Castellana, Seville – left to die on the street…UPDATE

    Update on Anita, the little podenco injured on the road and left to die. She’s now been operated on, is in foster care and doing very well. There is a video here, if you are able to view it (it’s on facebook), showing her hopping about on 3 legs, happily fostered with some galgos and another podenco. Asociacion Lasanimals

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  • Poet Alan Brian and Pepi

    Alan with book 250 26 12 2014Poet Alan Brian and Pepi with THE BOOK – finally arrived for his for Xmas! Order your copy here Proceeds to Pepis Dog Refuge to help the hounds.

    And look what was dumped on them on Xmas Day, under the rubbish bags! Jane says it’s the first time dogs have been dumped in a proper dog bed! 2 more mouths to feed – 80 dogs – costs 650 euros/month to feed them all. Please help, including Satin.

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