Podenco Post

Leishmania - its causes and treatment

Click on this weblink for an article by a vet on the subject of Leishmania, its causes and treatment. Whilst the article is in the GIN newsletter and refers to galgos, it also applies to podencos. It's a very controllable disease and a podenco can live a normal life for its lifetime on regular testing and treatment. Don't let a dog with leishmania put you off adopting it! It's not their fault the hunters don't take steps to protect them with a simple Scalibor collar!

1st May - Day of the Podenco

Remembering all the poor souls still suffering at the hands of the hunters, abandoned in the campo, dumped in perreras, and all those lucky enough to have loving forever homes.

Podenca Panela in Huelva hoping for a forever home

IT IS NOT MY FAULT
... to be mmaltrated.
... to be abandoned.
... that no one cares about me.

Please help me find a home so I can experience that a human being is capable of loving and having compassion.
I am Panela, a female Spanish Podenco and I am only 2 years old. I'm good with other dogs and cats.
I'm in Huelva but I can travel in Spain.

To adopt:

contact by email
protectora.rocianaacoge@gmail.com

or by our website
https://www.adoptarperrosgatos.com

1. DOWNLOAD THE QUESTIONNAIRE

2-ONCE FULFILLED SEND TO EMAIL DIRECTION
protectora.rocianaacoge@gmail.com

Happy Easter from Gran Canaria - Podenca Milka looking for her forever home

Saving the Gran Canaria Podencos

MILKA hopes you had a Happy Easter.

Seven years just turned and that's how pretty and cute she is.

MILKA continues to search for a home for her entire life. She is shy at first with people but immediately begins to trust and ask for pampering. She is very playful and sociable, with dogs and with people. With cats we don't know. Can you help us find a family for their whole life?

Contact salvaunpodenco@gmail.com

Podenca Maneto Thea for adoption - with Adopcion Perros Espana

If it's a small podenco you prefer, how about this little cutie.

'Thea is still in search of her ultimate family! How pretty she is! She is 7.5kg and 3 years old.

Thea was adopted a few months ago in Bilbao by a fantastic family who have another puppy and rabbits. When Thea arrived at her new home, she had already been cat tested and was compatible, and with the puppy in the house instantly connected. Inseparable.
She ignored the rabbits, and for months the coexistence was great. Her family couldn't be happier with her.

But suddenly, and without anyone understanding why, Thea attacked one of the rabbits and had to rush it to the vet. Luckily he was saved and was able to come home.

But Thea had changed and was only interested in hunting one of the rabbits.

Akira Animal Sanctuary - Podenco Sammy looking for a forever home

This stunning boy is Sammy with Akira Animal Sanctuary. This is what Hayley says about him.

'Sammy is just 2 years old and a very sociable dog. As you can see he gets along well with other dogs and currently staying with VIP DogHotel waiting for his new home. Sammy is excellent with children and would be a great family dogs.

Sammy will need a home without cats. He is easy to walk on the lead and is house trained. He is full of cuddles and love and quite active boy so will need stimulation so he doesn't get bored.

Do you think you could offer this super handsome boy a forever home. Please contact us on akirashelter@aol.com or whatsapp +34 657 689 567 for more info. He can travel in Spain and to the EU.

TheKennelKlub, Lanzarote - also rescuing and homing podencos

TheKennelKlub also home podencos in the UK. Here's a very young one hoping someone will have room in their home and heart for him forever.

Rifter

SARA Protectora Lanzarote - podencos needing forever homes

SARA Protectora on Lanzarote, Canary Islands, has been helping the dogs and cats cast aside by others. Especially it's difficult for podencos to find forever homes other than on mainland Europe. So here are some beauties who are hoping someone has room in their home and heart for them. They will home in the UK. Contact the Protectora direct through their website.

Aika

Admiral Photo above

Uley

Negra - unusual black podenco

Laika

Shiva

Brigyi

90 podencos trapped in a hellhole on Mogan, Gran Canaria - update from PACMA

Fantastic news about these podencos...they are finally rescued and safe. Here's the update from PACMA. Original post.

'As you will surely remember, at PACMA we have been fighting for years, together with several Canary Island protectors, to save the sadly famous "Podencos de Mogán", about 90 dogs used for hunting and illegal breeding that were locked and crammed in cages in the municipality of Mogán (Gran Canaria).

In 2015 we began to denounce this situation together with associations in the area, and after years of struggle, last April we achieved the seizure and rescue of these dogs.

At that moment his new life began, the opportunity to find a forever home and family. This is how healthy, happy and safe they are now in their foster homes:

At PACMA we work tirelessly every day to improve the situation of animals like them. These dogs have been lucky, and their images fill us with hope and strength to keep fighting.

DeAnimals - fighting to protect the Spanish hunting dogs

Regular readers will recall that back in October 2016 I was invited to the first PAES conference to talk about the plight of the galgos and podencos and other hunting dogs in Spain. There I met Raquel, a Spanish lawyer very active in taking animal abusers to court. She had started running courses for anyone involved in animal welfare - judges, police, vets, other lawyers - on how to prepare cases to prosecute animal abusers.

This has now been further developed so that anyone can sign up for the courses. Click on this weblink to read more. Let's hope that many law enforcers, including and especially in the Canary Islands, will sign up and take action to help protect the hunting hounds of Spain