Lovely video of the Baas Galgo podencos which were in the Villa del Rio shelter, Cordoba. The association was given notice to leave by the beginning of November (nothing the association had done wrong, the place is owned by galgueros!) If you can offer a forever home to any of the pods, contact the associations on the video, direct.
Tag: Holland
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Podencoworld, Little Pod Foundation – saving a podenco family in Malaga
On 29th June I posted a plea for help for help for a podenco mom and her puppies. Bev Farmer liaised with PodencoWorld in Holland and Little Pod Foundation to save the family. Bev tells the story.
‘I saw the post on Facebook about a Dutch family arriving on holiday in Malaga only to find a Podenco had just given birth to a litter of Pups under the BBQ. They had contacted many of the local refuges but there was no space available and the only other solution was the local Perrera, who advised the family that they would destroy the mum & puppies.
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Podenca Andaluz Lucy – abandoned in Malaga, forever in Holland
Little Podenca Andaluz Lucy was rescued by Susanna from the side of a railway track. She suffered serious injury from being attacked by a larger dog, but has made a marvellous recovery, thanks to the work of 112carlotagalgos and Paco, their vet. Podencoworld in Holland had an offer of a foster home for Lucy and on 25th January, Lucy and four other lucky podencos flew from Malaga airport to Holland. Because Lucy only weight 8 kilos, she went as ‘hand luggage’!
Here are some photos of Lucy at the airports, including Susanna, her rescuer, and a lovely video of her playing in her foster home, the day after her arrival. Good luck Lucy, you will soon find your forever family.
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Podencoworld – Profile of its founder, Edwin
Podencoworld is a marvellous website dedicated to publicising this much maltreated breed of Spanish and Portuguese hunting hound. Like the Spanish galgo espanol, they suffer horrendous cruelty and maltreatment at the hands of the Spanish hunters, who show no mercy towards these loyal and affectionate hounds. Here's Edwin's story.
I first came into contact with podencos around five years ago. My cousin's dog was deceased so she was looking for another dog. To help her, I went looking for a puppy over the Internet. I was already searching for quite a while when I found a website from a foundation with Spanish adoption dogs. Soon I got a smile on my face because I saw a dog with disproportionate ears, this was Chica. I liked her instantly, I thought she was totally awesome, every time again was I drawn to her picture and I became happy looking at that crazy little head with floppy ears. -
Animal Medical Care Foundation – helping dogs around the world
The Animal Medical Care Foundation supports worldwide more than 80 animal shelthers in over 30 countries with medical and other care products. It was founded by Betty Heideman. This is the story.
Betty Heideman was born in Utrecht in 1962, into a home already inhabited by dogs and cats. This love of animals continued and Betty became a volunteer as a dog walker in the Hilversum shelter, as well as a foster home for birds. Hamsters, turtles, gerbils, mice and rats also moved in! After marriage, Quincy, a 7 yr old crossbreed from the Breda shelter became the first in a long line of adopted dogs.