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 as an ebook, click on this link.
To order a print version, click on Buy Now below. To order more than one copy, email me for postage charges.
banddbrennan@yahoo.co.uk
'De La Pyramide a La Perrera' - French version buy as an ebook here.
And don't forget to order Podenco t-shirts and mousepads
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Meet Vera, a pocket sized podenca only a year old. She's a failed hunter and has an injured hip and pelvis, probably from a bad kick. Vera needs a lot of help, for her veterinary expenses, the little one still doesn't have a foster home to recover from the operation. She is very sweet, sensitive and quiet and needs an opportunity to start being happy, she's already known the worst of this life, it's time to start enjoying it. Please give a home to this sweetheart. Adopt and save a life!
The second podenca is Susi, (photo below) a podenca who was abandoned and left to look after herself, only a baby. She is full of tenderness with her bambi face and her sweetness. She's loving and playful, sweet and sensitive and needs needs a family to grow strong, healthy and happy, someone to guide her on her way of socialization, so important in a puppy to feel safe and loved, someone to fall in love with her and want to give a home. She will be medium sized.
Continue reading "Salvemos Podencos - 2 young ones hoping for forever homes" »
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Leila's case is very sad, she appeared abandoned with her skin in very bad condition. She has spent a long time in the protectora waiting for a forever family. She is in foster receiving treatment for her allergy but there are a lot of dogs in the house and she really needs a place of her own. It's not fair for a podenca who is so incredibly good, cheerful and educated, so if you're looking for a bitch that will give you lots of love, and who would love to be pampered and have a friend for life, adopt Leila.
Contact Spain (0034) Adopt 667519646
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I've just got my calendar, lots of great pictures featuring some of their rescued podencos and nice big squares in which to write your diary dates. All details about ordering on this link.
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From Mo Swatek.
Mr BLANC, rescued from one of the worst places we saw in 20 years charity work. We went to BULLAS, THE HOUND HELL (here the pictures of our Bullas rescue mission, Caution terrible images where galgos and podencos ate each other) and a very haunting documentary about this case https://vimeo.com/38920299
Mr BLANC was so terrified, we thought he will have a heart attack from the stress. Today he is the most loving and clingy dog, the most friendly and outgoing.
Everybody knows by know the plight of the galgos but unfortunately their brothers, the podencos, have no lobby. They suffer so much in the hunting hound packs, reduced into small cold places, abandoned and killed when ever they seem to be useless to their heartless owners. These lovely podencos are barely appreciated as pets but they deserve it so much.
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A couple of days ago I published some beautiful female Portuguese Podengos looking for forever homes. These are the male Portuguese podengos at the same shelter, run by friends of Jackie Dias, 30 minutes from Porto. The males are neutered and completing their vaccination programmes. They will eventually be microchipped and get an EU Pet Passport.
Information for adoptees outside of Portugal on how the best way they can ship a dog to a foreign country can be given.
Contact: jb.dias18@gmail.com
Introducing DICK – (pic above) Male Podengo and very handsome - a true podengo with the bat-like ears! He also has a great temperament. He suffered a lot at the hands of hunters and eventually it is thought that after losing his scent on a hunt he got lost and was found hungry and thirsty. He is looking for a forever home.
Continue reading "Male Portuguese Podengos looking for forever homes" »
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Jackie Dias lives in Portugal and has a couple of friends who run a small shelter in the north around 30 mins drive from Porto. Many of their dogs are Portuguese Podengos which are now on their way to being fully vaccinated, spayed/neutered and microchipped when the adoption process takes place.
Information for adoptees outside of Portugal on how the best way they can ship a dog to a foreign country can be given.
Contact: jb.dias18@gmail.com
Here is my my email as the contact and I can then channel contacts to my friends who run this shelter.
Please have a look at these lovely sweet podengos, they tend to be forgotten when there are so many in Spain too.
This one is TUCHA – Female Podenga sweet and always looking for cuddles.
Continue reading "Female Portuguese Podengos looking for forever homes" »
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2 12 2018 From Bev Farmer this morning.
The world is crying, Papa Podenco rest in peace
Beverley's message:
'Yesterday Warren died in his sleep. I can not believe he has gone, we have been together for 32 years .. Friday was the most horrible day on my life dealing with various officials from the police, the Guardia Civil, the 'coroner for 10 hours until he was taken for an autopsy. Last night I didnt dare go to sleep in case I didnt wake up. Today the dogs are sat looking at the door waiting for him to come through it .. it's heartbreaking to see them. My lover, my confident, my best friend, my team mate who put up with my crazy ideas, who shared a passion for the Podencos.
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You may remember at the beginning of November I published a story about a British couple climbing in the Everest mountain range to raise funds for the Podencos of Spain. Well, they completed their climb and this was their update 11 November. (Sorry, there are so many stories to post that I get behind in some of the less urgent ones!!)
'11/11 Hello lovely people! We are back from Kyajo Ri and just about defrosted. The past five days were the hardest and most intense of our lives. We have been pushed to the limits mentally and physically. This was no walk in the park. We made it to 6,000 meters after four gruelling days of ascending the mountain.
Devastatingly we had to turn back just 180 meters before the summit. The technical rock sections which come just before the snowy summit were coated in ice, this made climbing up them very difficult and very slow. The fixed rope was also coated in ice which meant the jumar didn’t slide as it should. After many attempts and many falls (legs are black and blue) we decided to turn back. Kalden (our guide) said we were just too late in the season, winter had already come to Kyajo Ri!
Continue reading "Climbing the Everest mountain range for Podencos in Spain" »
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These gorgeous podencos and podenco x are with Axarquia Animal Rescue, hoping that they will have the best Christmas ever - a forever home. Contact Axarquia Animal Rescue direct if you are interested.
http://www.axarquiaanimalrescue.com/meetme.php?id=2030
Meet Beautiful Buzz (AAR 2030)
Buzz was dragged away from his mum and chucked away like rubbish! This gorgeous boy was born around 15 October and is so adorable. Likely to be small/medium when fully grown.
Buzz is full of fun and mischief and loves humans and other dogs. He will make you smile every single day.
http://www.axarquiaanimalrescue.com/meetme.php?id=2032
My name is Emilia (AAR2032) and I'm a small 2 year old podenco. Despite having a bad start in life and living in awful conditions I am still a gentle happy little girl. I have so much love to give and just want to please. I'm neutered and love other dogs. If you think you could adopt me please email Natalie Truman at axarquia-rescue@hotmail.com. I'm fit and healthy and my bag is packed ready
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Bev Farmer and warren Beards are always there for the podencos, no matter how many they have (one bitch recently rescued in the nick of time just gave birth) nor how desperate the situation. Read the story of Santana and please donate towards his vet feets.
'Santana has been with us a few days and we have been waiting for a lot of lab results to come in and an assessment by a orthopedic specialist. Another Podenco Ibicenco discovered in a lamentable condition his body so depleted he struggled to walk. Left as he was, he would not have survived.
He has a fracture to the right hip, the specialist has recommended not to operate, there is already a reaction to the bone so it's not a recent injury. Surgery could make it worse plus he is at very high risk to have anesthesia due to his poor body condition. For now, restricted exercise, pain meds and it may heal ok on its own. If not, in the future they will need to remove the head of the femur.
Continue reading "Podenco Santana - Podenco Friends need your help for him" »
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