Tag: Podencoworld

  • The Eye of the Devil?

    Henna Denzil eyeA beautiful, sometimes sad, heart-warming story of podenco adoption from Hennie.

    ‘Actually it’s the eye of Denzel, my ‘beloved’ dog.

    He can frighten people very much and half the population of our village walks on the other side of the street when they see Denzel coming. A lot of them ends with their face on the street when they pass by with their bicycle. They blame me for it but after years of hard working, on a friendly and sometimes a little less friendly way, Denzel doesn’t change.

    He was found as a puppy in Spain dumped in a dust container together with his brother.

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  • Podencos in Apartments – Podencoworld Sweden comments

    Helene Portnoff Podencoworld Sweden 250  6 2014For many of us Brits, keeping a dog in an apartment (flat is our word) is not something we accept as much as the Europeans. Having said that, the apartment blocks I have been in in France and Spain are very different from a block of UK flats – they tend to be more spacious. One of my French friends lives in Paris with 5 dogs in her apartment, they get regular walks in the gardens around the block. Helen Portnoff of Podencoworld Sweden also lives in an apartment with 4 dogs. Here she explains.

    ‘4 of my children on a walk in the forest earlier today.

    You might have asked yourself if it is possible to live in an apartment with a Podenco? Answer: yes. We do, we live in a 3 room apartment but we walk them every four hours and they get to run “free” and play in the dog parc every day.

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  • Surrounded by Podencos…adopt one

    Janice Ball pods 1 250Another lovely rehoming story, from Janice Ball, who proves that podencos are addictive – you can’t have just one, you need more!

    The story of how I came to own 4 Podencos is down to me joining facebook, until then I had never heard of a Podenco! I started to see them on various rescue sites and then I spotted Suzi who had been in kennels for over 2 years and no one had enquired about her, she really touched my heart strings and I just fell in love with her. I adopted her there and then and she came over in 2013. She has been with me now a year and she is the prettiest most loving dog ever who greets all her fellow brothers and sisters every morning with kisses and licks. She loves all people and dogs but is not too keen on cats or birds as she sees these as something to chase as she has almost certainly done a bit of hunting at some point in her past life in Spain.

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  • Life for the podencos of mainland Spain, Canary Islands and Balearic Islands

    A video exposing the truth about life for the podenco born into a hunting home on mainland Spain, or on one of the Canary Islands or Balearic Islands such as Ibiza. Upsetting photos but please do not turn away – remember that each and every one of these podencos has suffered so much more – and most of them have been saved. Thank you PodencoWorld.

  • Training a Podenco – superb Obedience and Agility Dogs

    Denzil 2 250I can’t emphasise enough what fabulous hounds podencos are; marvellous companion dogs and, if you get a young one, easy to train and marvellous agility dogs (they are very popular in agility competitions in Germany especially). Bev Farmer fosters podencos and works hard on training them for forever homes. Here’s a great video which illustrates just how well podencos respond to training.

    Bev was one of the many volunteers who went to Bullas on Operation Rehala at the beginning of 2012 and here is what she says.

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  • Cordoba podencos needing forever homes

    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.

  • Podencoworld, Little Pod Foundation – saving a podenco family in Malaga

    Bev Farmer podenco babies 250 7 2012On 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

    Lucy Malaga airport 250  2 25 1 2012Little 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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  • Almeria – young podenco needs a shelter or a foster home

    Almeria podenco 3 06 2011 250 This young podenco was found on the road in Huercal, Almeria, it has no chip, it needs a foster home or shelter urgently. He’s really nice and friendly and playful. Just look at those eyes. Gorgeous boy!

    Contact noeliamart2001@hotmail.com

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  • Podenco Ibicenco on death row, Gesser killing station – can anyone get him out?

    Jerez podenco 26 03 2011 190 This beautiful Podenco Ibicenco is in the Gesser killing station in Cadiz; I have people  who will take him if someone can liaise with Maribel for transport etc.

    Please help. Contact me and I can liaise, or Maribel (in Spanish)  605637101 Maribel

    There are also many more podencos here, look at the link, including puppies.

    And look how many labradors, terriers, even dalmations………all abandoned by their owners and due to be euthanaised.