Podenco Post

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  • Portuguese Podengo Florence – waiting for her forever home

    Dogs of Portugal have this absolutely gorgeous young Portuguese Podengo waiting for her forever home. You can see photos and videos of her on this weblink. Please someone, give her a chance.

    If you are thinking of adopting a podenco, please adopt from a shelter. There is a list of rehoming associations here. Don’t adopt from a perrera. Ignore the cries of ‘these dogs will be killed’ because what happens if they are saved – they end up in a shelter, if there is room for them, and then could wait years before getting a home.

    Remember, if you adopt a dog from a shelter, then that leaves space for another podenco – maybe abandoned in the campo, starving and injured on a roadside.

    Adopt from an association, not a perrera.

  • Bikejoring – get going with your Podenco!

    Bikejoring Lissy and Pace Gordon Graham 400I’ve published about canicross as an activity with your podenco, now let me introduce you to Bikejoring. You can read all about it on this link. Most podencos are intelligent active working dogs and sports like this suit them. So if you are not a runner for agility or canicross, get on your bike and ride with your dog!

    Here are 2 Podenco Friends competing in the UK.

  • 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!

  • Podenco Spirit with Refugio la Candela – showing his fighting spirit

    In the middle of October a young podenco was spotted running terrified around a highway in Badajoz with a very serious injury to his mouth – in short, the whole of his lower jaw was missing! He was rushed to the veterinary hospital for emergency treatment. Below you will see photos – not all pleasant – but rest assured Spirit, as the podenco has been named – is fighting to survive and eventually the surgeons will rebuild a lower jaw for him. So far vet fees paid are 800 euros but obviously the repair and rehabilitation of Spirit will cost considerably more. If you wish to make a donation, paypal refugiolacandela@gmail.com. Refugio la Candela

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  • Podenca Alma – from campo in Spain to comfort in the UK

    Beevers pup 400 8 2016I spotted some lovely photos of a happy little podenca on one of my facebook pages and contacted her adoptant to ask if she would write the story of how she came to acquire a podenco. Jane is very happy to tell you Alma’s story……..

    I was teaching at Molino Del Rey (a yoga retreat in the Andalucian mountains in Spain) in July this year, and one morning, one of the students told me she hadn’t slept well the previous night…..a couple of them had found three puppies dumped at the end of a field, with no food or water, just left in a box, abandoned. So, off we went, just a short walk up the road from the retreat and found them. We only had cows milk given to us very kindly by the retreat owners so we fed them where they were and they drank immediately.

    Alma looked very different from the other two (who turned out to be mastadors, a cross between mastiff and lab), and from the moment I picked her up in my arms, she started to suckle on my neck (she was about 12 inches in length, so very small, and very young). I don’t have children, and this little mite felt like the baby I never had. I was immediately attached to her.

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  • TheKennelKlub and Podenco Friends – saving the Lanzarote podencos

    Bev Sarifa Lanzarote 400 10 2016Bev Farmer of Podenco Friends is now helping Laura Johnson of TheKennelKlub with the Lanzarote podencos. Here’s what Bev writes.

    ‘A picture that says a thousand words……. So many podencos are subjected to such a harsh life they are never loved or treated with kindness like we do with out own dogs. They don’t get to sleep on a sofa o,r a comfy bed, if they are lucky they are are held in cages where they can sleep on the ground. Many don’t even get this, they are restrained on chains 24 hours 7 days a week only released when taken out on a hunt. Then they are abandoned if sick or old, for its much cheaper to get a pup or younger one, than pay for veterinary treatment.

    The Podenco face two battles, a life of subjugation and then a lack of adoptions for they are not viewed suitable as a family pet, the odds are really stacked against them. On the Island of Lanzarote Podencos have been discovered in the most deplorable conditions held in holes in the ground with no natural light, left there for days with stale water and no food. This is 2016 and why this is allowed to continue is beyond me, and with the power of social media today, few people know about the breed outside Spain.

    I can not imagine what goes through their minds when they are handed into a perrera, thrown into cages or corrals with other dogs they have never encountered before. Exposed to other dogs that may carry sickness or disease, fights break out over food for they are fed in hoppers, the strongest survive so many others never eat. It is without doubt a very stressful situation for them. These could be their final days on this earth, for once the perreras are full they have no choice but to euthanise and Podencos are at high risk due to the lack of potential adoptions.

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  • Day of the Dog – Malaga style! And they call this ‘cultural promotion’!

    Day of the Dog 4 400I’ve reported on ‘shows’ like this before. This one was at the end of September. The town/village/what ever FRIGILIANA EAST OF MALAGA has posted this on their town hall’s page where they also post things for tourists
    The post says DIA DEL PERRO = THE DAY OF THE DOG. This is an example of a ‘cultural promotion’. Rather it is barbarity! The dogs spend a baking hot day like this, no water, hundreds more in cages outside. At least they are not chained.

    All other coastal cities in Malaga have a totally different approach to DIA DEL PERRO. Maybe Frigiliana is doing a favor to these poor dogs by exposing how they are maltreated dogs!

    So please share all over the world!

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  • 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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  • Pro-Galgo saving Ibizan Hounds – please donate to help Leyla and Aisha

    Mo Swatek 1 400 9 2016Mo Swatek of Pro-Galgo has appealed for help for these two stunning podencas. Here’s what she writes.

    ‘These 2 Ibizan hounds need your help. They can come to PRO-GALGO but we need your support to finance this rescue. These two beauties need help. Leyla and Aisha are in the canine center Corralet already reserved for us. We need donations to go to pick them up. Please help us to help them

    ES22 2100 0095 4001 0370 6259
    CAIXESBBXXX
    Aso. Prot. Animals CCSH Cunit
    Cocepto PODENCAS
    Or Paypal Pro-galgo@hotmail.com

    Here is a breakdown of the costs.

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  • Saving the Lanzarote Podencos – TheKennelKlub & Podenco Friends

    Lanzarote podencos 400 1 31 8 2016Lanzarote… the podenco is the primary dog for hunting on the island many are abandoned handed into perreras the majority dont make it.. Adoptions are far and few between due to the lack of flights overseas that will carry dogs. We want to make a difference, Laura Johnson of the Kennel Klub on Lanzarote and Beverley Farmer from Podenco Friends are working together to save these six podencos recently handed over by their owners or found abandoned … the clock is ticking please help us save Kesha, Safina, Hania, Nala, Leyla, and Bruno.

    Bruno and Safina are out of the perrera and now in private kennels where they have space to run a comfortable bed, people to play with and they can see daylight. Laura and the team on lanzarote was there to transport them to their new residence we will post a video shortly. Thank you to everyone that has donated this allowed us to get these two out and will be seen by the vet. It appears Bruno has some issues with his balance, too early to speculate what the problem may be. Hopefully have some answers in a few hours after he has seen our vet.

    To donate
    Please support this rescue, you can donate via pay pal or a bank transfer to the Kennel Klub on Lanzarote (Charity number CIF G76155860)
    Banco Santander Central Hispano,
    account holder: Asociacion The Kennel Klub,
    IBAN ES28 0049 1491 7123 9007 2655.
    BIC: BSCHESMM,
    SWIFT: BSCHESXXX
    And PayPal is to: thekennelklub@outlook.com
    Thank you