Podenco Post

Tag: Murcia

  • Galgos en Familia – saving and rehabilitating podencos and galgos

    Galgos en Familia is a long established rescue association and shelter in Malaga and at the present time they have 2 podencos who are hoping for forever homes.  Contact the association direct,

    Meet Itaca

    Meet Iris

  • SOS Podenco Rescue – Podenco Abel hoping for his forever home

    Meet Abel – the quiet soul waiting for his chance .
    Age: 2 years
    Size: 55cm | approx. 16kg (medium)
    Dog-friendly
    Cat-friendly

    Abel is one of those special dogs who doesn’t rush into life, he watches, listens, and takes everything in quietly. He’s shy with new people, but once he realises you are safe, you can touch and handle him without any issue. He has a very gentle, cooperative nature.  With other dogs, Abel is calm and social. He isn’t playful right now, but he enjoys being part of the group and draws confidence from canine companions. With time, patience, and kindness, we believe he will blossom into a more expressive dog.  Abel isn’t asking for much, just someone who will see past a shy exterior and give him the space to feel safe. (more…)

  • From Pyramid to Perrera – the Story of the Podenco

    This is my definitive guide to the Podenco – how they went from revered companions to royalty to on death row in a Spanish perrera.  There are several different types of podenco, depending on whereabouts in Spain and the Spanish Islands they come from  This is the perfect Xmas present for anyone wanting to know more about the Podenco.

    All sale proceeds are donated to appeals for help with vet fees from Spanish rescue associations.

  • Vida Mosaics – Pet Portraits in Mosaic – fundraising for hounds

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    Many of you will remember Vivienne as a tireless worker on behalf of the animals in Spain. Her partner Dan is a gifted creator of fabulous mosaics, many of which adorn the walls of hotels, restaurants, bars in Spain, as well as running courses at Tara Casa. Vivienne is now working in mosaic too, raising funds for dog rescue.

    If you would love a mosaic portrait of a much loved pet, this is the weblink to their website. Also the weblink to the Tara Casa Retreat holidays.

  • Alhama de Murcia, rambla Clada – podenco puppy family needing help

    Urgently seeks home for these podenco puppies, which are in the Rambla Clada (Alhama de Murcia). A volunteer has been feeding them for the past month, but she can’t take them home, there are too many! They desperately need fosters and adoptions. They are small podencos. They are males and one female; the whitey and who has more white spots are males, the more dark spots is female. Thank you

    Contact patriciacayuelaportela@gmail.com tele: (Spain 0034) 619442217

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  • Deaf podenco Fanta – his Mom is a Bullas Babe – finds his forever family

    Fanta 1 250 May 2012You remember the story of the Bullas, Murcia, rescue of 120 hunting dogs, mostly podencos. It’s great to follow the stories of their rehomings and here is a tale about a really special Bullas Boy, who was born deaf. Denise Heaton adopted him and tells his story so far.

    ‘Fanta’s story starts from when heavily pregnant Mama named Maya was rescued from the Bullas Camp by Ibizan Hound Rescue along with around 120 other dogs that went to various other rescues. On 4/4/12 Maya gave birth to 8 gorgeous pups under the care of Ibizan Hound Rescue fostered by Diane Hughes, who did a brilliant job with both Mum and her babies.

    This photo is the very first one I saw of Fanta, and it made me fall in love with the little guy. I decided at that moment that I wanted to adopt him. A week or so later Diane Hughes & Valerie Wood contacted me to tell me the news that Fanta was profoundly deaf and asked if I still wanted to proceed with the adoption. I felt that the fact he was deaf shouldn’t make much of a difference only that it made him even more special.

    Fanta 2 250On 27/07/12 I finally got to pick up my special boy in Birmingham. It was such a special moment to finally meet him along with his Mamma, Siblings & the other adopters & not forgetting Diane & Brian who transported them from Spain.

    Fanta is a wonderful addition to our family and is no different from a hearing dog. His best friend is a little Shi Tzu boy called Bentley who I adopted from The Little Dog Rescue. They spend hours chasing and playing; it’s such a joy watching them.

    Fanta responds very well to training through a series of hand signals and is a star at training class. I have had lots of wonderful advice from The Deaf Dog Network who also have a Facebook page and would urge everyone to join who is thinking of adopting a deaf dog.

    You can find out more about Fanta and his siblings on our facebook page entitled Bullas Babes.

    Lastly a huge thank you to Ibizan Hound Rescue for trusting me with the care of such a beautiful, special boy and of course the fabulous job they do saving these amazing dogs’.

    Interestingly, I’ve known white cats which are deaf, and also a white boxer dog.

    Aanifeira association in Portugal have written about one of their disabled dogs.
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  • Helping a chained dog

    White podenca chained 190 8 2012There is a belief in Europe that guard dogs should be chained up. There is also a belief in Europe that any dog can be chained up, many of them without even shelter. I see it here in France – a border collie chained up in a farmyard particularly angers me. Podencos also suffer this maltreatment and Aaniferira, a Portuguese animal rescue association, have published a piece about dealing with the problem. You can read more about it here.

  • SOS Animals – Podencos for adoption – all of them survivors from Spain

    Guadiamar_5 190Here are some beautiful podencos with SOS Animals UK & Spain, desperately hoping they will catch your eye and your heart, forever. They are all young, ready to be trained, with full EU passports and bloodtested. Monica is an especially unusual girl, as the Podenco Orito is not a well known type of podenco, unlike the popular Podenco Ibizan and Podenco Andaluz. Guadiamar and Bembezar are brother and sister and have very unusual markings. Gemma came from Operation Rehala where 120 galgos and podencos were saved in January/February. All these super hounds have a survival story to tell. You can see more about them on the SOS Animals website.

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  • Bullas boys searching for forever homes – contact Ibizan Hound Rescue

    Bullas Desperate Dan 250 7 2012I recently posted an appeal for homes for some podenco puppies whose Mom was one of the podencas rescued from Bullas, Murcia, in Operation Rehala. 4 of the pups are still waiting for their forever homes. They are in foster in Spain and will be ready to travel to the UK at the end of July. They will be stunning Ibizan Hounds and, as mentioned before, the breed can make superb agility dogs – they often compete in agility in Germany. If you can offer one of these gorgeous boys a home, please contact Valerie of Ibizan Hound Rescue.

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  • SOS Cuenca dog pound – Young Podencos waiting forever…

    Cuenca Aron 250 2 4 2012SOS Cuenca have hundreds of dogs in the pound, each hoping they will catch the eye of someone who will take them into their heart and home. Here are some of the beautiful podencos which have been waiting for months…including 4 at the end which are podenco x. Most of them are babies, between 1-2 years old. They all get on well with other dogs, are affectionate, not been tested with cats, Aron, the chocolate one, needs to get out urgently because the other dogs won’t let him to the food and he is losing weight. Simeon is still nervous. If you can offer a home to one of them, please contact Oscar at SOS Cuenca. Website

    Photos in the following order: Aron (above), Chedar, Chus & Olga, Cima, Gabo, Mar, Radar, Simeon, xpods Estre, Trucha, Otis, Viernes (galgo/podenco)

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