Podenco Post

Packs of wild podencos on Ibiza!

This is a Spanish dictionary translation of the newspaper report. It is not the first time I have reported about packs of podencos living rough on Ibiza. Some years ago a cazadore was prosecuted and jailed for letting his podencos roam the streets and the ones he bred from were kept in terrible conditions.

New packs of wild podencos alarmed residents of Es Cubells (video below)

@Noudiari/Como already took place years ago, the podencos packs return to populate the area of Es Cubells, triggering the alarm and complaints from neighbuors, who denounce that they invade their property and even fight with their pets.

IB3 Ara Mateix program has reflected the complaint of a neighbour, who explains that the podencos "are everywhere" and that can add up to "200 or 300" in the area. Also explains that they appear by his house in a pack of "30 or 40" to attack my dog. "One day I am going to find it dead", he says.

Galgos France - helping the Gran Canaria podencos

Galgos France working with two British podenco rescue associations. News from GF website.

17/2/2017 Two of our protégés came out last week from the hell of the Canary pound: Bryonny and Rosetta are in a pension in Tenerife while waiting to leave for Irene in Alicante (Hope for Podencos) who will take care of them and arrange supplementary tests while awaiting adopters.

They will join Tianna who will soon leave with host family in the United Kingdom and Erica.

So there are 6 podencos sponsored by Galgos France that are still impounded. Penelope, Sweets, Spinet, Smiley, Lottie and Nancy .... Hopefully they survive until their release ...

Free to Feet martingale collars

Wonderful assortment of martingale collars for galgos and podencos. Browse the freetofeet website.

The horror continues - Podenco hung and burned on a bbq

Earlier in the year in the town of Torreperogil (Jaen) a neighbour found the corpse of a Podenco Hound hanged and burned on a barbecue near the town. The owners of a veterinary clinic of Seville have reported the facts to the Seprona and the Local police.

Canine educator David Lorente confirmed that the dog had no chip, so it made it difficult to search for the perpetrator of the crime. "If I had it, the first action of the veterinarian would be reporting to the Seprona. Only with that information can we ensure that the appropriate actions are initiated", has confirmed Manuel Serrano, provincial Coordinator of PACMA, Jaen.

Mycotoxicosis - Mushroom, Mold, Yeast Poisoning in Dogs

Please read this story published on my blog Galgo News. It has important advice for every dog and cat owner. Please share the information widely.

Please sign and share - justice for Pelucha

Please sign and share this petition widely. The sub-human creature who perpetrated this murder must be caught and brought to justice. Here is the English translation.

We ask through our signatures that you please investigate the murder of Pelucha in Villanueva de Alcardete, disappeared on 4 February and found the 6th in the vineyard of its owner, fully calcined. (calcined - dictionary definition suggests burned)

As an animal and not having suspects, SEPRONA decided that a little more could be done. This is intolerable, cannot go unpunished the one who is able to murder in cold blood to a living being and we will not stop until Seprona open an investigation on the case looking for the culprit (or guilty) of such atrocious act and fall on him the full weight of the law

On the frontline - animal rescue in Murcia

Another rescue story - 2 podencos, one pregnant, and galgos from a local kennel. Tina of Galgos del Sol tells the story.

'10th February 2017. We got a call to say that a galguero locally had been closed down and fined by Seprona and could we help take the dogs. This was an emotional case for us because it's on our doorstep and we had been waiting for some time for this news. We had approached before to help to no avail and we had reached out to the authorities but nothing happened. There are a lot of ghosts around this place. I don't want to write about them but I've seen them and I've cried and I've waited this moment.

Marching in Spain for the hunting hounds

Apologies for being a bit late posting these pics, but here are some of the podencos who marched in the Murcia Region on 5th February, Dia de Galgo. Marches took place in 25 cities across the whole of Spain.

Big Police Intervention in Chiclana - 48 animals rescued from life of hell

Read the full story here, and watch the video.

Refugio Kimba is one of the first animal rescue shelters in Spain. They need your help to pay for the vet treatment, food etc. to help all these animals back to health ready for adoption.

Lost, abandoned - how to choose a family

Jan Hammond loves podencos and here she writes about rescuing Maite.

'On our return journey from England so Spain in September 2015, with our 3 Spanish rescue dogs, we pulled in with our Motorhome to a service area near Valencia for a welcome coffee stop. On entering the lorry parking area we both noticed a small brown head peering over a concrete block and at once looked at each other and said 'did you see what I saw'.

Behold a very thin young Podenco female emerged with a 5cm thick lump of rope round and hanging from her neck. Just able to stand but wagging the tail in a small movement to say Hallo! She knew instantly we would not hurt her,we had found a friend for life. On seeing our family she staggered over to greet them, so dehydrated and malnourished she went for the water first before a bowl of food.