This beautiful little podenca was rescued from the streets of Jaen, heavily pregnant. She is now in the mini refuge at Torre del Campo, ready for her forever home. She’s been named Jara and she’s about 18 months old. Here’s what Romina says about her character.
‘She is lively and playful and gets along well with other dogs but doesn’t like cats. She likes to cuddle and is a bit bossy as she wants all the love for herself!’.
Contact Romina (speaks English) if you can give her a forever home.
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
Here’s a delightful piece by Bev Farmer, about her Podenca Tilly.
Tilly Tea-Leaf syndrome ( Liberatio bonorum suorum) is a condition commonly known as the liberation of personal possessions. It was first officially named in 2003 after a Podenco called Tilly. This condition has been reported worldwide and effects all breeds of dogs, some more than others
Symptoms: The stealing of various items and running around the garden showing them off to everyone. In particular shoes, underwear, tea towels, cushions and in extreme cases mobile phones, TV controls and at times destruction of such items.
Two more fabulous podencos with Protectora Rioja, praying for forever homes.
THOR is an angel, a big softy Podenco Campanero. He is very gentle and affectionate, weighs 33 kg, very sociable with other dogs, great with people. (SOS Animals have just found a forever home in the UK for another Campanero Chaplin)
Claudia is a pretty young choc female Podenca Andaluz, very friendly, her whole body moves as she wags her tail. Just wants somebody to accept her love for the rest of her life.
Contact animalesrioja@gmail.com if you can be their forever families.
Clint is a beautiful rough haired Podenco Ibicenco who was rescued from the Rioja perrera. He has a problem with his sight, probably because in his past life he has been kept in the dark.
Little Podenca Andaluz Rubia (see below) has also been rescued from the perrera; she is very thin and malnourished. She now seeks a warm house where she can recover and be beautiful!
These two podencos are with Animales Rioja, along with Cloe, another podenca. If you can help with vet fees etc, or adopt either of these deserving souls, write to animalesrioja@gmail.com
Here 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.
SOS JEREZ CADIZ – galga and podenco abandoned on the street, she’s possibly pregnant. Please contact Maribel if you can squeeze them in somewhere safe.
maribeljerezsos2@gmail.com 605637101 Maribel
Earlier in the week I published a piece about an injured podenca in Valencia perrera. Here are some more podencos in the same place, mostly young ones, some very scared.
Here’s what a volunteer says.
Huesca is a small city in north eastern Spain, in the province of Aragon. It’s not a province with galgo hunting, rather hunting with podencos. If you don’t know the podenco breed, then read all about them, and the different types, on Podenco Post.
Like the galgos, podencos are not a breed which are often adopted by the Spanish but, also like the galgos, they make fabulous companion dogs. There are dozens of them in the Perrera of Huesca, waiting to find out what life has in store for them. The photos are on Facebook, for those of you who use Facebook The person to contact at the perrera is the vet, joseabarca@internacionalplayers.comand the person you have to talk to if you want to know something about the dogs and if you want to reserve any. There are a lot of podencos there who need help. Here are somebetween 6 – 12 months old.
Here are some beautiful podencos desperately needing to find a place in someone’s heart, forever.
Ruso has now left the shelter in Seville and travelled to the UK with Chaplin. Ruso is now in foster in the UK, contact SOS Animals to adopt him.
This photo is of Telma. She is with Galgos en Familia in Malaga.
