Podenco Post

From Pyramid to Perrera - The Story of the Podenco - English & French

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.

'De La Pyramide a La Perrera' - French version buy as an ebook here.

All print copies are sold out in both English and French.

Italian translation in the pipeline.

And don't forget to order Podenco t-shirts and mousepads

Portuguese Podengo Lydia looking for a forever home

Sweet little Portuguese Podengo Lydia, not yet a year old and already ended up in a municipal pound until Dogs of Portugal took her to their shelter. She is looking for a forever home, contact DOP direct on this link, where you can see more pix and a video.

Treating a dog stung by bees

Bracken came in with a very swollen face. So here's advice on what to do if your dog is stung.

Portuguese Podengo - his owner died

So sad when a dog's owner dies and the family don't want the dog. This boy is 10 years old, still a lot of life left in him. But is there anyone who would offer him a home forever? Contact Dogs of Portugal direct if you have room in your heart and home for him.

Read about him on this link.

Want a Dog?

Want a dog

Wanting a dog does not involve just choosing which one you like more for your physical qualities or "race", wanting a dog also implies to realize that you will invite him to share your life, your house, your space and that he also has needs and Many times will not fulfill your expectations.

Wanting a dog is to be willing to love him in the good and bad, puppy, adult or grandfather, love him when he barks and have patience because something wants to tell you.

Love him when he bites the walls and the armchair, when he runs and doesn't listen to you because he's expressing his nature free and playful. Take him to the doctor because he's sick or hurt.

Give him worthy food and not "what spare" but what you can really offer him. Understand that a dog has tastes and dislikes and that what you expected from him may not be compatible with who he actually is.

Update on Carley

10/7/2019 Carley had her second surgery today to remove the rest of the tumours in the mammary chain. Our vets had to take a lot of tissue to try and get clear margins we known from the first biopsy the tumours were malignant and the highest grade. She will need some time to recover.

Trapped podencos - 8 years of denuncias and town hall won't help!

For 8 years local people have been trying to rescue these podencos...trapped in their own filth by a bastard galguero. As always, so many of the officials in Spain are corrupt and couldn't care less about animal welfare.

Read the full story here.

Enter before 15 July - Hope for Podencos Dog Photo Show

Get all the details on this weblink, lots of categories.

Podenca Alma - no longer useful for hunting or breeding

Introducing Alma...Rosemary Macdonald tells her story.

Alma 6 year old female podenco. Alma is now safe in kennels being sponsored by Pam McLeod thank you Pam.
Alma has a sad story. I don't know how these brave loving animals can be so forgiving of the human race. Alma was given by a hunter to another hunter to breed I would imagine, Anyway she was with pup but the puppies were found to be dead inside her so the hunter brought her to the vet to be put to sleep. Fortunately the vets refused and they agreed to sign her over to them.

The vets could no longer keep her so we have got her sponsorship for kennels. This poor girl, no one wants her. Please help me to find her a home, not just any home. She needs a home where she will be loved, where she will have time to adjust and settle in, she will be nervous at first. Ideally a home in the caountrysideas she is not used to being in built up areas. Please everyone share this girl she needs your help.

p.e.p.a.animalcharity@gmail.com

Beyond the 5 freedoms of animal welfare

Pity so few countries understand this.

Signs of cancer in dogs

read the full article in the Whole Dog Journal on this weblink.