Podenco Post

Podenco in Spain - abandoned, injured on the road, saved

And another story not uncommon for the abandoned hunting hounds in Spain, from the same shelter involved with the mass rescue of 58 hounds recently.

This morning I was leaving my parents' house when I found a podenco puppy in the middle of the street. I stopped the car in the middle but wouldn't let me catch him and started running away. After almost half an hour running around trying to catch him he ended up getting lost in the streets. I took a few more turns but I couldn't see him again.

Although we don't have space in the shelter, I am very sad that I can't help him.

Then I get a picture of a girl I know from the association of my town and I see that the one in the picture is he. I notice he got run over and he has a very ugly lump in his abdomen, makes me so mad it happened.Thanks to Anabel, Marilo, Luna, etc. from the association the little one is now in our clinic. He is being tested because he peed with blood and wasn't eating or drinking. So far the tests look like he got lucky and they're not serious. Our vet has named him Raffaello because he says he's the only white chocolate candy.

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Protectora Scooby - a desperate situation - over 450 dogs rescued since December 2021

From Cobie at Scooby Valladolid

'At the beginning of this year, Scooby saved the lives of many, many galgos and podencos from Andalucia, Murcia and Extremadura. We had thought that most of them would be adopted by now but that is alas not the case. So please, if you think about adopting a dog, consider to give one of our boys or girls a chance and on top of giving them a so much earned home, you can lower our costs because with all prices skyhigh, we really struggle to make ends meet.

For donations please:

Paypal fundacion@scoobymedina.org

Bank ES84 0049 5219 5422 1645 9780.

Thank you very much!'

Read more about the problem on this link.

Podenco Marlos with broken leg - please help with the huge vet bill

From Galgos Rescue Almeria

'This is Marlos. The beautiful chocolate brown podenco was no longer wanted by its owner due to a knee injury. Marlos came 11 March 2021 to GRA, a cheerful playful young fellow who apparently was not much bothered by his limping hind leg.
After an examination by the traumatologist, the advice was not to do surgery for the time being and to wait and see how it developed further.

11 February Marlos could leave to Cristina's place, Casa degli Elfi where he could get used to home life with other Podencos.

After a few months it turned out that he was experiencing more and more trouble and his leg also became painful. So underwent major surgery and is now convalescing with a foster family.

The vet bill is huge, nearly 2,000 euros, so much for a small shelter like us.

All help / support is welcome to cover his costs.

PayPal: Galgosrescuealmeria@gmail.com

Teaming - https://www.teaming.net/group/list?q=galgos%20rescue%20almeria

volunteer — Galgosrescuealmeria@gmail.com

Protectora Scooby - desperately needing help - 450 dogs rescued since December 2021

Terrible news from Scooby, they are full and running out of funds.

Fermin Perez, president of Scooby, said: "We’ve had a tough few months with more galgos and podencos dumped than more or less ever before. The flow of galgos and podencos has been unrelenting after the most recent hare coursing season.

"We are not the only shelter to experience this. Fellow rescues agree that we have not seen peak numbers like this since about 30 years ago.

"We have rescued 450 galgos and podencos, with 200 other breeds in the shelter as well. Quite simply, Scooby is full and we cannot rescue more dogs for time being.

"As you can imagine this places significant pressure on our resources and we are now in survival mode.

"We will need to solve this crisis if we are to continue."

Galgos 112 - saving 70 abandoned dogs in Jaen

Galgos 112 don't just rescue galgos. They rescue podencos too. Here's their latest news.

'We aren't very good at posting numbers of our rescuers but for once, we're going to do it at least in partial mode.

From January 1 to March 8, 2022 there are 70 dogs picked up from the street alone in the Jaén delegation. Dogs that were abandoned, many with fractures and mostly sick, some in gravity. Of these 70 dogs one is a mastin, the other is a pointer, 3 are galgo crosses, 6 are podencos and the remaining 59 are galgos. 2 have passed away, 24 have been adopted and the rest some are still recovering and others waiting for adoption.

We don't lie when we ask for financial help or foster homes, nor when we say we can't anymore and that we need adoptions. I wish it wasn't necessary, but the situation of Galgos in Spain is what it is. Numbers sing though many deny it and want to shut us up.

Donate by Paypal through this weblink

Podenca abandoned - a complicated rescue by SOS Rescue

From Vincente Cervero Lopez, a member of Paws for Freedom: united for Galgos and podencos.

'A complicated rescue, in which this little podenca did not want to enter a cage trap due to absolute distrust, but thanks to the union of the SOS RESCUE SEVILLA, SOS RESCUE MARBELLA AND SOS RESCUE CÁDIZ team they were able to organize a great rescue with nets closing streets to be able to catch her without that there was a chance of escape.

The podenca had been in the same area for more than 2 months, and through REFUGIOKIMBA they gave us the notice so that we could try to help it. We couldn't get her to enter the cage since all the people in the area who saw her fed her, between that and her mistrust we had to schedule a rescue with nets in which everything went perfectly.

Thanks to Rosa for giving the notice, informing us of all her movements and making her a routine all this time. Thanks to Olga and Marisa for spreading the word to find people to help us in the rescue. Thanks to Santi, Jose, Manuel, Ana, Pablo, Cintia, José and Mónica for helping us in the rescue and in general to all those who were willing to come and help.

Thanks to the Kimba Shelter for taking over UMA.

HELP US KEEP SAVING LIVES! JOIN FOR ONE EURO A MONTH! www.teaming.net/sosrescue-vicentecerverolopez

Refugio de Sori, Hellin, Albacete - helping podencos and other abandoned animals

From Polly Mathewson.

'News from our friends at Refugio de Sori in Hellin, Albacete: Azzura currently has an all clear for her cancer, and she has moved in with a local FOSTER FAMILY IN SPAIN! Do enjoy her new photos and videos to see how happy she is, and please read on for more background, more on her story & how to donate to help Azzura and her dog-friends.

Dear Friends and Family of the "In Kennels & In-Visible" dogs - our little "rolling" pack of Spaniards we have taken under our wing together, some heartening news for this beautiful soulful girl who many of you know, but maybe not all of you. Our "Invisibles" are generally dogs without a sponsoring rescue association who we help directly to get out of a large commercial rural kennels near Tobarra in Albacete province where they have landed up for a number of reasons. And of course new dogs keep on landing up there and in desperate need... the terrible reality for countless animals across Spain.

2 podencos rescued in a terrible state - please donate to vet fees with Spanish Death Row Dogs

From Lynn Judge and Spanish Death Row Dogs.

'RESCUED!

Phew what a stressful afternoon it’s been!!! Thank goodness they BOTH finally took the bait and entered the cage. We couldn’t rescue one and leave the other. We have had to be so patient and wait for couple weeks trying to rescue them. They are in an awful state and scared to death so goodness knows what they’ve experienced in their short little lives. But we want to change all that and now the hard work begins…….

BUT we can’t do it without your help. We will need to do full bloods, tests and maybe X-ray for the poor one that is limping. Please please we are now begging for funds to help these two babies. They don’t know it yet but their lives are about to get a whole lot better. We will keep you updated with further news.

Anything you can spare would be fantastic. Thank you'

Paypal spanishdeathrowdogz@gmail.com

Podenco Friends - Bella on the mend

From Bev Farmer.

'After a thorough assessment at our vets Bella's neurological responses are good pupils equal and reacting normally. Did a full blood panel and everything is fine no indication of any infection, kidney liver function normal.

They are treating her for canine idiopathic vestibular syndrome (see separate post) Bella is coming up to 11 years old but she is a very fit and active dog you would never know she is a senior. She had 5 injections at our vets and they have sent her home with 2 types of antibiotics and Prednisone. With instructions to keep a close eye on her that she doesnt have a fall and hit her head, however to encourage her to walk on a lead.

She is kind of out of it at the moment, I took her for a potter round the paddock on a lead, she turned her nose up at her normal dinner, so got some chicken and rice cooking for her.

Tanamera Rescue - urgent help needed for rescued Podenca

From Jacky Hazelger of Tanamera Rescue.

'appeal for ZENA - see video

ZENA will need a surgery next week. Abandoned and left on her own with a broken leg. End of the hunting season, and obviously vet costs would be high.

So here we are, we have taken responsability for another dog that was abandoned, and this will cost a 1000 euros to begin with (assuming she has no illnesses, like leish). On top of all other dogs we already care for.

Surgery 600, xrays, sterilisation, chip, vaccines, worming, seresto and bloodtests. Not even including food costs or petrol.

Luckily Jenny Screen will foster her for us so we don’t have to to pay residencia costs.

Can you help us pay the bills for Zena?

Bank details:
NL65INGB0009066313 (in the name of Stichting Tanamera, the Netherlands)

Paypal:
Stichtingtanamera@gmail.com

Teaming:
www.teaming.net/tanamerahuntingdogrescue