Ibizan Hound Rescue are looking for a forever home for this gorgeous white (almost) podenca. Lily, 18 months old, had very little contact with people, very unsure of what to do with humans, she needs time and patience in her new home. Loves other dogs and plays really well with them so no problems with her mixing with other dogs. Contact Ibizan Hound Rescue if you can help her.
Tag: Ibiza
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Ibizan Hound Rescue – podenca Lily waits forever
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Galgos del Sol podencos waiting for forever families
Podencos come in various sizes – read about the different types on Podenco Post – and coat colours – chestnut, chestnut and white, smooth haired, rough haired. But whatever size and coat type, they are all fabulous hounds who suffer at the hands of the hunters, just as the galgos do.
Podencos are more active dogs, many with training will make agility dogs – a Spanish association on Ibiza uses them as PAT dogs (Pets as Therapy) visiting hospitals, homes for handicapped…..
Here are just two lovely one looking for forever homes
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Ibizan Hound Rescue – working hard in Spain to help the podencos
Ibizan Hound Rescue have changed their website. Have a look, read about the character and temperament of these fabulous hounds. Have you room in your heart for one? Look under adopt and see some of them waiting – contact the associations direct.
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Ibizan Hounds help dementia sufferers – on Ibiza
Here is a fascinating article about the Ibizan Hounds on the island of Ibiza, some of which are being used as PAT (Pets As Therapy) dogs. In England my greyhound Molly was a PAT dog and we used to have great fun visiting a retirement home – folks used to love to talk about dogs they had owned, and Molly really enjoyed birthdays when she got to share the cake!
The article also explains the other activities which young Ibizan Hounds can be trained for – search and rescue, agility and so on. Podencos – whatever type – are not just for hunting or simply a companion dog. Since they are active working dogs, using them for PAT, agility and so on can enhance your ownership of one of these fantastic dogs.
There is a list of associations on Podenco Post which specialise in rescuing and rehoming podencos – please give a thought to offering one a forever home.
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Ibizan Hound Rescue – purchase a stunning print, help funds
This absolutely beautiful Ibizan Hound print is for sale through Ibizan Hound Rescue.
Here’s what Valarie Wood says about it. ‘It is a print by Caroline Howlett. The prints are £30 each and a good percentage for each one sold will go to Ibizan Hound Rescue.
The print is A4 size plus a white border.’ Stunning. -
Beautiful podenco Bo – waiting for his forever family – can you help?
Here’s another podenco desperately waiting for his forever family.
‘Hi all, I’m Emi. Arantxa, a volunteer from the kennel Etxauri. This is Bo, who who loves and does not understand how nobody has even noticed him.
BO came in August 2009 from a seedy kennel in Valencia. His kennelmate Scooby died, and Bo was alone and sad. We rescued him from there 2 years ago and he is still waiting in our kennels, but why? Bo is a hound, Ibizan and Portuguese. Beautiful, noble, good and happy in essence, loves to walk in the mountains and is obedient and loyal. Bo needs a home, but mostly, Bo deserves a family.’
CONTACT TO ADOPT A BO: ARANTXA, TXIKAS OF Etxauri lasupernena_sun@hotmail.com
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Website on Podencos in Dutch and German
Judy Kleinbongardt is passionate about podencos. She has her own website and she has also written a book about the Podencos, which concentrates on the podencos from Spain – from the organisations and the perreras. It has received very favourable reviews. If there is anyone fluent Dutch/English who would be willing to translate it, please get in touch with either Judy or me.
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Podencos – cruel treatment by the Spanish hunters
Podencos suffer severe maltreatment at the hands of the Spanish hunters – abandoned, starving, caught in snares, ends of their noses chopped off to make them look like a pig, chained through the mouth to a wall, stoned to death……………..some have even had 'shot' still inside them, where they have been hit as well as the rabbits!Here's a few examples.
I make no apologies for posting all these pictures together, let's start off Podenco Post by showing some of the horrors perpetrated against these loving and affectionate dogs, some of whom found loving homes eventually, one who sadly did not, murdered at the hands of a 16 year-old thug.
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SARA Lanzarote – rescuing podencos in the Canary Islands
Through my passion for greyhounds/galgos and subsequent involvement in publicising the plight of the galgos in Spain, I was introduced to the Podenco, used in Spain and the Spanish Islands for hunting rabbit. Whilst they are not abandoned each year in such huge numbers as the galgos, the life of a podenco runs parallel in many ways and they too suffer indescribable cruelty at the hands of the unforgiving hunters.
Through Galgo News I have met a couple of British volunteers who live on Lanzarote and are very involved with the SARA Lanzarote animal shelter and raising awareness of the problems faced by the podencos there. What you will read here also applies to the life of a podenco on mainland Spain too.