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Podenca Esca - update from Podenco Friends

From Bev Farmer.

'Earlier in the week I took Esca to our vets to change her dressing and to check her leg. It all looks good, a lot of bruising but little swelling. The holes at the side of her leg are from when she was caught in the trap. They have closed a lot but it is a concern that no infection enters to the bone. So back to our vets next week to review and a new dressing.'

Podenca Esca with Podenco Friends - a difficult decision on her leg injury

Update on Esca from Bev Farmer of Podenco Friends.

A few days ago Michael (from Sighthound Underground US) very kindly took Esca to our vets for a review and check her leg. As soon has our vets removed the bandages it was apparent that the bone had completely broken and xrays confirmed this. Eduardo referred her case to a trauma specialist at the veterinary college in Murcia who responded that afternoon.

When Esca arrived my vets and I discussed the options. Do we try to save her leg and go for surgery straight away which has many risks to the fetus . Or save the puppies and delay her surgery. Has the damage to her leg was already done .That she was anemic and low platelet count which is most likely because she is positive for anaplasma, we decided to delay the surgery. This could buy us some time give her a chance to have the pups and today her bloods showed although still anemic its much better and her platelets are back to normal.

Galgo's Rescue Almeria - help to build 2 quarantine kennels

Galgo's Rescue Almeria appeal

It’s necessary to separate new abandoned dogs from the ones who are already saved. It’s important for new arrivals to stay for 2 weeks in a separate place so they can recover and be vaccinated. We already raised an amount for all the materials for one kennel ( concrete, stones, cement, floor- and wall tiles, iron works, roof, .....). So all help to build the second one will be welcome .

See a plan of the kennels and donate through Gofundme on this weblink.

Tanamera Rescue - helping Podenco Samwell from the perrera

29/10 - Meet Samwell, who was thrown over the fencing into a perrera and urgently needs our help. Jenny is trying to get him out asap (dogs are usually not released before the 21 days are over). He looks so fragile and in need of medical care. Fingers crossed!!

30/10 - Good news for Samwell! Because he is so unwell, the perrera has agreed to let him go into foster, poor little man will stay with Jenny for the night and arrive at Tanamera Rescue tomorrow. Come on boy, be strong and you will be loved for the first time in your life!!

Update on Podenca Esca with Podenco Friends

From Bev Farmer.

28 10 2020. Thank you to the boy’s.. Eduardo, Bruno and Jose of Eduardos pets for today. After talking with them this morning they asked for me to bring Esca in to the Clinic.. We were there 2 hours, she had an ultrasound xrays blood tests and we discussed the results.

Ultrasound confirmed the pups are active with a good strong heartbeat and looks like she has 5 pups one been quite big. Xrays also showed 4/5 pups but possibly 1 more hidden from view. The large pup they checked the size of the head to Escas pelvis and should be ok..

She has tested positive for Anaplasma we can’t start her on Doxycycline it can damage the development of the puppies bones so have to wait until they are weaned. She will probably pass it onto them via the placenta but it’s treatable once the pups are old enough.

Waiting for lab results for leishmania

She is anemic and has low platelets which affect the blood clotting.

Kidney & liver function good

Very pregnant and injured - Podenca Esca now safe with Podenco Friends

A few days ago Bev Farmer of Podenco Friends put out an appeal for this podenca, which a group of volunteers were trying to capture. If they could get her, they needed transport to get her to Bev.

'URGENT - TRANSPORT NEEDED FOR AN INURED AND PREGNANT PODENCA
Currently located in Campotejar on the border of Granada and Jaen to go to Murcia please message me if you can help
Esca has been on the streets for 2 months ....2 weeks ago she was caught in an animal trap, the owner of the trap released her but let her go. She is unable to walk on the leg and the bone is exposed and she is also pregnant. It's urgent she gets to see a vet.

Tina Reeves who lives in the village has been trying to catch her for weeks and been feeding her, this afternoon Esca had the good sense to enter into Tina's house. It's a very rural part of Spain and there are no local vets.

Hope for Podencos 2021 calender - order before 1 November

I've just discovered Hope For Podencos have a calendar again for next year. You need to order by 1st November as the order for the printing goes in on 2nd November. The calendar is 14 euros and will be superb quality.

Here's the link to order now.

Galgo's Rescue Almeria - need donations to pay for leishmania treatment

Galgo's Rescue Almeria have 6 hounds needing leishmania treatment, including Podenco Lucky pictured here. They are struggling to raise funds for the medication, please donate if you can to their GoFundMe appeal on this weblink.

Galgos112 - podenca pup with broken legs

From Galgos112

'A couple of days ago we received a request for help for this precious little podenquita called Light. Luz was found at night lying in the gutter near the football field of a town in Jaén She couldn't walk since she has two fractured front legs. She was admitted waiting for surgery to put plates on both legs. It has a good yet expensive forecast. Hopefully she can walk again soon and, after a few months of cures and rehabilitation, she will fully recover.

We're asking for your help to pay the costs of the Light operation again. If you can collaborate even if only with little, for us and for Luz it will be a great help. We'll be giving news of their evolution.

Thank you so much in the name of Luz!

http://www.galgos112.es/donaciones/

An update on Podenca Estrella - suffering from Ataxia

From Sandy at Galgo's Rescue Almeria.

This is the story of a little podenco, named Estrella. Like most podencos she was born in a dirty and dark typical hunter environment. Being born as a podenco in Spain usually means a bleak future perspective, a hard, ruthless and merciless life. A “life” of hunger and thirst, of cold and deprivation. To survive and get some food, you have to be the best hunter to please your owner.

This fragile little girl was born with ataxia, it means part of the brain that control stability was not developed. Because of her instability she was useless.

Luckily Estrella was saved by Antonio at the age of 2 months. She’s a lucky girl, she can have the chance to grow up in a better world and have a future that many “normal”podencos can only dream of.