Podenco Post

From Pyramid to Perrera - The Story of the Podenco

From Pyramid to Perrera - The Story of the Podenco. Get a taster here.

Thanks to Beverley Farmer of Podenco Friends for the beautiful portrait of Jazz adorning the front cover.

Available now only as an ebook, click on this link.

Unfortunately all print copies in English and French are sold out. Because of the nature of some of the pictures, I was unable to get sponsorship to pay for the printing, so I paid for it myself. As all sale proceeds are donated to appeals for help with vet fees etc to podenco rescues, the capital was not replaced and I therefore cannot afford to pay for another print run.

If anyone can obtain sponsorship for me for this important book on the Podenco, please email me.

Galgos Rescue Almeria - podencos for adoption

Luna

Milky Way

Nando, a stunning chocolate podenco

Contact Sandy at Galgos Rescue Almeria if you can offer a foster or forever home to one of these young beauties.

About the hunting society in Spain

Plataforma para la Abolición de la Caza.

The local hunters society had registered numerous partners in the autonomous register without their consent and without their knowledge of their inclusion; some of the registered partners had even passed away for several years. The fact said that there was a possible irregular economic benefit of the social quota, which actually operated as a private quota.

Several groups of hunters from other provinces were also identified, who brought allegedly valid permits issued by the local hunting society. However, the agents checked that the permits lacked legal validity, since the holders were not part of such society, making this an indispensable requirement to exercise hunting in a social quota.

Also, with the collaboration of agents of the Civil Guard Post of Sierra de Fuentes (Caceres), they found that certain kinetic activities were being developed in a limited hunting area, where the autonomous regulations expressly prohibit the practiced modality (hunting of storks from a fixed position), which the investigation entailed of six people for allegedly committing a hunting crime.

#LaVerdadDeLaCaza

Podenca Katla - saved from a Seville road by Galgos del Sur

Katla is a small young podenca who islooking for a forever home with another hound who will play with her. Saved by Galgos del Sur, Project Galgo are helping find her a forever home.

Read more about Katla on this weblink.

Canary Islands podencos suffer horrendous abuse

Indignation in Caleta de Famara: Inaction against animal abuse. In Famara, from Ademal Lanzarote

Under the scorching sun of Famara, a lonely cry breaks our soul. At least four podenches remain locked in a windowless "dungeon," where the only consolation is a beam of light from the ceiling. Their suffering is palpable.

Despite having formally reported this situation on June 18, with witnesses corroborating the abuse and prior complaints against the same owner, inaction is the only response we have received. Desperation grows day by day as nothing changes.

We can't look away. These animals deserve to be saved.

Share so that your outcry is heard and the authorities act.

#NoAlaCaza

Podenco Rupes in foster in the UK - hoping for his forever home

Podenco Rupes in foster in England.

I’m Rupes! Rupi Rupes! I’m here in foster and I’m the most gentle, lovely most pure and calm boy you could ever wish to meet.
I like the company of other doggies and I’m good with them all, even my teeny weeny foster sister. I’m happy to live with cats too!

I’m only 6 years old, some people say I look older and wiser than my years. I’ve seen lots of bad things, so maybe that’s why.
Nevertheless, I’m remarkably trusting and I wag my tail gently at everyone I meet. I don’t know my worth, even though my foster mum tells me I’m so special every single day. I need a calm and loving forever home with a family who can continue to make me feel loved. I’m a really easy boy, with a low prey drive, a dainty baby deer skip and a heart full of kindness.

Periodontal Disease in Dogs

Read the full article on this weblink.

Living with a Deaf Dog

Some white podecos are born deaf. Other dogs go deaf with age. Here are some tips on living with a deaf dog.

Project Galgo - deaf podenco looking for a foster home in the UK

Read all about him on this weblink.

Podenca Martinica - looking for a quiet foster or adoption

Martinica, only 1 year old and already suffered at the hands of a galguero. She was brought into Fundacion Benjamin Mehnert, Seville on 16/04/2025 with a limp and deformity of her left ankle. A follow up x-ray revealed an old humerus fracture where the bone had shattered. Appeared to have been caused by gunshot. She is looking for a quiet calm home with another dog, to recover from her ordeal and operation.

https://projectgalgo.com/adoption/patulina/

The Origins of the Podenco Andaluz

There are several different types of podenco, from the small Ebana and Maneto to the big Campanero Podenco Andaluz is one type, the origins as told by Bev Farmer, Podenco Friends.

This is Midas who we adopted in 2008 sadly no longer with us. So typical of the breed, kind, generous, and full of grace, Midas had a soul that touched everyone who met him.

The Podenco Andaluz is considered one of the oldest native breeds in Spain, with a lineage that stretches back thousands of years. While there is no definitive historical documentation pinpointing their exact origins, prevailing theory suggests the breed descends from the Pharaoh Hound of Egypt and the Basenji of Central Africa.