Podenco Post

Tag: SOS Animals

  • 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 Portugal – a hell for hunting dogs – the law needs changing to protect them

    This story was on my facebook page Save the Galgo. The events happened between 20-24 May 2013. Please read what has happened, sign the petition and write to the authorities listed at the end of the article.

    Do you go to Portugal on holiday?

    This is the story of forty dogs – loving, open, friendly, gentle dogs kept in hell.

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  • Training a Podenco

    Gizzy Jane Jones 200Podencos come in many shapes and sizes, from the little Podenco Erbano and Maneto to the big Podenco Campanero, with several different types in between!

    But they all have one thing in common, a real zest for life, no matter what hardships they have suffered in their previous life before rescue.

    Jane Jones has recently adopted one, and she would like to share her experience of training a podenco.

  • Levriers du Sud save the Almeria perrera podenco pups

    Do you remember these terrified babies in Almeria killing station? Two associations – one UK, one Holland, offered to take them, if someone local could rescue the babies and take them to foster or a shelter. They were finally rescued by Levriers du Sud and taken to a shelter, but sadly one of them died. The other two are now in foster care, looking for forever homes. Tthey’e been named Tanys and Gasby. Read about them here.

  • A Word of Warning – follow-up discussion

    My article ‘A Word of Warning’ was posted on my Help the Podencos Facebook page, as well as here on Podenco Post. It provoked a lot of discussion and experienced podenco owners and rehoming associations shared their considerable knowledge of the breed. Here is a precis of the most important comments.

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  • 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.

    Guadiamar

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  • From Spanish hell in Mazarron to Scottish heaven

    Here is a lovely story about a podenco from the Mazarron camp, who has found his way into the heart and home of Jane Jones, of Scottish Greyhound Rescue. She says he charms everyone who meets him, and is doing really well at his dog training classes. Good Luck Gizmo! Fly the podi flag!

  • Podenco Andaluz, abandoned and injured – SOS Animals to the rescue

    Lara 250 SOS Animals 2010This is Lara, a little Podenco Andaluz found abandoned and ill. She was rescued by an English couple who contacted SOS Animals. She’s now recovered and living happily in her forever home in the UK. Read her story here. SOS animals (UK) and Spain are a charity and rely solely on fundraising and donations. Please help them help more dogs like Lara and Chaplin.

  • From Seville to England – Podenco Campanero Chaplin finds paradise

    Chaplin 1In October 2011 I received an appeal from Macu in Seville. She works hard to rescue mainly podencos from a gypsy enclave. One of the podencos was a big hair boy which she called Chaplin, a Podenco Campanero, the type used for hunting boar. I posted an appeal for someone to take Chaplin into their hearts and he was spotted by a PP reader, Norma, in Scotland. She is a volunteer with SOS Animals and had enlisted their agreement to Chaplin being taken under their wing.

    Macu doesn’t speak English so initially Norma and I had a problem communicating with Macu, whereupon I enlisted the help of my friend Marisa, who acted as translator and mediator. A foster home was found for Chaplin and SOS Animals and Macu began the pocess of preparing him for entry into the UK. In February 2012 he travelled from Spain to the UK with Ruso, another podenco from Macu.

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  • Christmas present suggestion – Sponsor a dog/kennel/stable

    Spanish shelters and refuges rely on donations towards the cost of caring for their rescued dogs. Why not Sponsor a dog/kennel/stable as a Christmas or birthday present. The following are small refuges which will be very grateful for any help.

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    Pepis Refuge

    Galgos del Sol

    SOS Animals