Podenco Post

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  • Electra – Podenco Xarnego Valencia – a new life awaits

    Electra 2 250Whilst there is only one type of galgo, there are many different types of podencos. Most of the best known are listed on Podenco Post homepage. However, there are pockets of Spain and Portugal where the locals have evolved their own ‘type’ of podenco, and Electra is one such, a Xarnego Valencia.

    The Xarnego Valencia is a local podenco dog race in Valencia. Its main function is to hunt rabbits and other types of small game; it is endowed with supreme attitude and perfectly adapted to the variety of different terrains and ecosystems that exist in the entire Mediterranean area.

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  • 28th May 2012 – Podencas Angela and Trini – from Spain to the USA

    Two more lucky podencos on their way to their forever families. Galgo Rescue International Network will be flying Angela and Trini to the US to begin the final stage of the rest of their lives. Great news. Read about it here.

  • Podenco Julian – from Spain to America forever

    Julian GRIN 190 5 2012Another happy ending for a deserving podenco. Bon Voyage Julian.

    ‘This little fellow is Julian the Podenco. Last October a Canadian lady named Robin Waldman visited two shelters in Spain. One was suggested by GRIN, near Sevilla, called FBM (Fundacion Benjamin Mehnert). Robin volunteered there and soon met a galgo named Iker that she decided would come back home with her in the Spring.

    In the meantime she also met a Podenco named Julian who also won her heart. He had been waiting for so long, no one asked for him.

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  • From Spain to America – GRIN help the hounds

    GRIN Nando%20Manolo 250These four are heading to the U.S. on April 2nd. They will land in New York and will be living in New England, New York, South Carolina and Missouri.

    Transport April 2, 2012 – GRIN has facilitated the transport of these four lucky doggies..I say doggies as they are a combination of a Galgo and Podencos. Our volunteer, Marylou Hecht from New Hampshire, will be our flight patron for this trip as well as bringing back her boy Nando from Ibizen Hound Rescue who GRIN has the pleasure of working with for first time.

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  • Calling America – room on flight 28th May 2012 – any takers?

    G.R.I.N. is happy to announce yet another opportunity for a Galgo or Podenco to come to California!! We have a transport in the works, coming May 28th, 2012, direct from Madrid to Los Angeles LAX and have one space. If you are interested in finding out more about how we place our sweet Galgos or Podencos into loving homes, please contact Telma at: odiesden@cox.net

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  • Happy rehomings for some lucky podencos

    Thank you to the Little Pod Fondation and Animal Welfare Support Murcia for organising to collect the little Seville podenca puppy and find her a forever home. Iggy Podenco is being adopted by an English couple also in Murcia (thanks to AWSM) and an English family have applied and are currently being approved to adopt Bella. And Luna is the one-eyed podenca with Galgos del Sol, who flew to the US with a galgo companion on 11/1/2012.

    But there are dozens more needing your support and help, and the volunteers and associations are very grateful for whatever you can do, whether it is donations, fostering, adopting.

  • Happy Endings for two little podencos

    I’m pleased to report that Lucia, the little podenca with the terrible scar on her back, has already been reserved and will be going to her forever home in the USA. And Dobby, the podenco on death row, is hopefully going to a forever home in Belgium. Here is a lovely video of him in his foster home. Thank you to Galgos del Sol for saving them.

    Sadly there are thousands of puppies on death row throughout the perreras of Spain; we can’t help them all, we just focus on the galgos and podencos. Action is long overdue to stop the over breeding of dogs for material gain and those born to abandoned un-neutered bitches.

  • Podenca Laila, dumped at killing station, carrying a huge tumour

    Laila hernia 1 250 Silvia July 2011 This is Laila, an eleven year old podenca. She is now in the care of Silvia of Galgo Connection Spain. Here is what she says.

    ‘As you can see, Laila has a big tumour and has bred a lot of puppies. Her owner didn’t want to help the old girl and took her to the killing station. She was there about a month. I was waiting for someone to help her but finally, I thought, I have to do something and the best is to operate on her. So she is now booked in to the vet to have the tumour removed.

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