Regular readers will know that besides being passionate about galgos, I am also passionate about podencos. And they suffer horrendously at the hands of hunters too, especially cruelty but also they are the dogs who end up with a leg caught in a ghastly metal snare - these traps are illegal in the UK.
I've featured the story about poor Bone, and the little Podenca Andaluz who needs a shelter to take her so that she can have an operation on her eyes, and now here is another podenca, rescued from near death in freezing temperatures.
Cristina says, 'this is sweet little MANDY, one year old podenca, 43 cm. She was found in the middle of the countryside when volunteer Rosario went to the shelter to see to her dogs. Mandy was totally frozen and one of her legs was very much in danger. It was one of those terribly freezing days, very cold and wet. Mandy had spent the night right there, starving, helpless and so weak.
Rosario took her immediately to the vet and she said that she needed immediately warmth so that the poor sweety didn't lose the leg.
Rosario put her in two blankets near the heat and there she stayed the whole day, and the whole night. She slept endless hours and you just could see her ears out of the blankets. She didn't even want to eat, only drank a bit of chicken soup. Rosario was very worried but she succeeded...as always.
The next morning Mandy began to eat and her leg was safe.' She's now looking for a home through L'Europe des Levriers.
The galgos great friend Charl spent 10 hours at Estepona, for the second time, trying to catch an abandoned galga. She didn't manage to catch the galga, but she did catch an abandoned podenco, covered in fleas and with terrible long claws. He is microchipped, so I wait to hear the outcome of his story. Here she is de-fleaing him!
Besides these podencos, we should also remember the Ibizan hounds and Podenco Canarios, on the Spanish islands. It is even harder to find homes for them because - if they can rehome a podenco outside of the island - then people need to be found to fly with them, as airlines won't let a dog fly unless there is a passenger accompanying it.
Please take time to look at the SARA shelter, PAWS and Ibizan Hound Rescue, as well as the association websites for the podencos mentioned above.
Podencos also make fabulous pets too.l
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