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Alpha Dog Myths

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Little Souls - a thought for all the lost podencos

"There is a sacredness in tears. They are not a mark of weakness, but of power.
They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are the messengers of overwhelming grief, of deep contrition and of unspeakable love.” Washington Irving

Little Souls

“Hello, are you hearing me,
most times I really don’t know,
it seems like you begin to,
then it seems like you don’t,
so how is a Hound to know.

I hope it just brings you to tears,
seeing all those little souls,
filled with fear,
and I wish I was blind,
yeah, I really wish I was blind,
watching cruel win out… over kind.

A happy and healthy festive season to you all

and a BIG THANK YOU for reading my blog and supporting all the podenco and galgo rescues and rehoming associations.

Spare a thought for the dogs in perreras and shelters at Christmas

Please spare a thought for me.
I'm one of thousands in the pound this Christmas
Please spare a thought for me
I'm in prison just because of my breed.
I've never done anything wrong
I love my family and they love me
Please spare a thought for me.

I am a stray wandering the streets
starving, lonely, cold and scared
Please spare a thought for me
I'm a puppy left at the bins to die
Please spare a thought for me
I'm living in a cage in a laboratory
I test your cosmetics and medications,
my skin is burned to better understand healing
I will die in here.
Please spare a thought for me

Proposed new animal welfare law in Spain

Read the full draft on this weblink - we'll believe it if it happens! But it is seriously needed, as all of us know who are aware of the terrible maltreatment of animals in Spain in the name of sport, fiestas, bull fighting, hunting...the list goes on.

3 young podencos hoping for forever homes - near Cartagena, Murcia

All these three young babes needing homes, Selena, John and Kelly (from left to right). They are shy, but very kind and good with other dogs. In Cartagena, Murcia.

Contact: [email protected]

Video of the pups

Senior Sighthound Sanctuary for Podencos in the USA

This is a very new rescue in the US focussing specifically on homing older podencos mainly. Read the full story on this weblink.

Send healing thoughts to Bev Farmer and Podenco Pinto

From Bev.

'its not good news for Pinto

The scan revealed two masses one is the lymph node and a second much bigger one which is not regular in shape. They took biopsies to be sent to the labs so we wait to hear, but we think the worse, that it is cancer. The scan showed the bigger mass is maybe attached to the main artery so it would not possible to operate and would need to a MRI to confirm this.

This morning my vets were surprised to hear Pinto is 14 years old. They thought he was a lot younger and commented what wonderful condition he is in he was alert and bright, his heart and lungs strong. For the moment they have sent him home with medication until we get the lab results they can do no more.

Name that Elf - win a fabulous portrait of your pet

Fundraiser running this week, win a fabulous portrait of your pet - dog, cat or horse. Click on this link to read about it and take part. It's being run on facebook but hopefully you can all join in.

Perfect podenco for adoption - Vince at Akira Dog Sanctuary

Learn all about this stunning podenco waiting for his forever home at Akira Dog Sanctuary.

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