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Podenco Friends - remembering 10 years ago

From Bev Farmer.

This photo takes me back 10 years to a time when three special Podencos came into our care late in 2014. Each of these boys, Juan, Raine, and Zeus, arrived with a story of sadness but also filled us with determination to help them.

Juan was found near our finca, @@abandoned in the sweltering heat of summer. Dehydrated and confused, he was lucky to have been spotted by friends who brought him to safety.

Electric collars on podencos - torture for 2 in England!

From Jolina Behle of a podenco rescue association in Valencia..

Electric collars on dogs are banned in Europe but the UK still allows them. This is the story of torture for a podenco in England. Begs the question, why adopt a hunting breed and use one of these collars to try and stop it chasing?!!

YOUNG PODENCO FROM MANCHESTER / UK REGION IS RAISED WITH A POWER COLLAR

In the summer of 2023 we adopted 4 pod puppies from a Spanish animal shelter. They grew up in a Spanish boarding house and one of these 4 puppies has obviously pulled the "A-card".

Never before have we brought a dog to England, the interested woman (Claire.... ) was very interested, everything was positive, she LIED to us SO .... it's hard to bear.

How far will dogs travel on their own - the amazing tale of a Podenco

Rubi is no longer lost!! Polly Mathewson tells the story.

'We have some wonderful news, our dear little Rubi is no longer lost. This might sound more like a Disney fiction Movie but it is a true story!

Rubi was lost in Alcalalí, she has been on an epic journey the last 2 weeks across the mountain a distance of 40kms and returned to the place in Beniaia where she lived as a free spirit being, fed by a group of villagers for 4 years who loved and have missed her.

Despite our best intentions Rubi has chosen the place that is forever home to her and this is where Rubi will stay. Thankfully we had her vaccinated and sterilised and everyone in Beniaia are celebrating she has returned and we are thankful she is safe.

Is there a right time to rehome your dog?

Sometimes - due to changing circumstances - a dog needs to be rehomed. It could be the owner has died, moved into a care home, is too ill to look after the dog and the family can't/don't want to take on the dog, becomes homeless. It can heartbreaking for the owner and the dog is confused because it doesn't understand what is happening.

This weblink takes you to an article which discusses the problem.

Podenco Wilf enjoying his forever life

Do you remember last year I reported the story of a little podenco badly injured and left at the side of the road, unable to even stand up. Podencos in Need Scotland kindly stepped in, arranged for his operations and transport to the UK. I'm delighted to report that he has made an excellent recovery and is now enjoying the sort of life every podenco should have in his forever home. He's even got another podenco for company and has recently been on a caravan holiday!

Podenco Friends - not all adoptions are straightforward

This is the story of Hermes, who was adopted from Bev Farmer of Podenco friends. 18th August was his Gotcha day.

'18th August

Hermes. His final kiss and hug for Warren - a very special man - the day he left.

But this wasn’t his first adoption .. he went to an adopter in the UK in June 2015 .. it appeared to be a perfect home homecheck all good experience of Sighthounds a volunteer for an animal sanctuary. Then after a few months messages sent he wasn’t well, tested him for leishmania was negative but insisted he was treated. Then a couple of months later another message he was suffering. They wasn’t prepared to pay for blood tests to already know what the results would be. It was time to let him go due a list of health concerns.

Galgo Rescue Almeria - Podenco Campaneros find their forever family

Just over a year ago on August 10, we remember a memorable period in the existence of GRA.

A year ago, the doors of Patan were closed and sealed by Seprona due to severe animal neglect.

For about 120 dogs but also other animals: cats, chickens, rabbits,... even a pig, the neglect came to an end. Several Rescue centers joined forces to receive the victims and guide them to a new life. 11 Galgos and 3 Podencos were housed at Galgo's Rescue Almeria, all in bad shape and some even in very critical condition. The "life" they had must have been hell. Malnourished, no or dirty drinking water, poo everywhere, covered in ticks,…..

Meanwhile, almost all of the sweethearts who ended up at GRA, after their rehabilitation and treatment against various tick diseases, found their golden basket.

Podencos happy in forever homes, thanks to Podencoworld Nederland

Ed Verhaegan founded Podencoworld Nederland and was, along with Bev Farmer of Podenco Friends, my collaborators on my definitive guide to the Podenco, From Pyramid to Perrera.

Here's a lovely video of some podencos and their travels to new forever homes, courtesy of Podencoworld Nederland. Apologies that the narrative is in Dutch, the English wouldn't work for me, but the video is lovely to watch.

Podenca Rosie diary - what she's been up to

I'm still careful when I walk Rosie where I let her run free, knowing the hunting instinct of podencos and also she is still very frightened of some noises. We also wanted to see how Bo coped with staying in accommodation other than his home base, where he is very confident. So I hired a small cottage in a nice village on the Lincolnshire coast.

Lovely property, newly updated and all on the ground floor, so no stairs to cope with. Plus a very nice secluded rear garden, podenco-proof!

Lovely walks on the very long beach at both Sutton on Sea and Huttoft, where at the latter we could park right on the beach!

And where Rosie could run free!

Blind Bo coped amazingly well, soon learning to follow our voices to find his way around and through the rear patio door and conservatory to the garden.

We dined in a lovely local hotel, very dog friendly, which was obviously very popular with dog owners considering the number of canines there besides our two!

Two very tired podencos at the end of the day!

Podencos Bo and Rosie busy for Christmas - Happy Christmas to everyone

Our blind podenco Bo and Rosie have been busy recently celebrating Christmas! As they wear harnesses when out and about, I decorated them with some Christmas pattern material, ribbon and Christmas tree decorations! They spent a fun day at the Dog Park we visit every Sunday Morning where the team put on a wonderful buffet which included cocktail sausages and chunks of cheese - well woofed by our 2!

The following day we trotted off to a Fun Dog Show - Bo's first one - where he won first prize in 'Dog with the shiniest nose like Rudolf'. Rosie excelled with first prize in the 'Egg and Spoon Race' - the 'egg' was made of mashed tuna - and second place in 'Musical Chairs' which involved us walking around and standing frozen when the music stopped.

Great fun - canine parties for Xmas instead of children's parties!!

We wish all our readers a Happy and Healthy Festive Season and may the best of 2022 be the worst of 2023. (Think about it!)