Another Spanish animal rescue association to support, if you are in the Denia region. And what they have to say about the Brits abandoning their dogs should really make the Brits be ashamed – animal lovers?!!
APAD Denia – helping galgos, podencos and abandoned dogs
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7 responses to “APAD Denia – helping galgos, podencos and abandoned dogs”
i have seen brits with three or four rescue dogs most of these people are only renting accom, and are not even residents here, if the laws were more stricter in allowing people to have these dogs we would not have the problems we have now. I think every person who takes one of these dogs should have to give passport details, and the dog should be chipped, and if they are found abandoned, the owners should have a heavy fine no matter which country they are in. I see all these abandoned dogs and cats and it brings tears to my eyes.
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Hi
Perhaps some of these people have simply taken the
dogs in off the street, to save them from injury. And I know that many
associations do require a formal contract between the rescue association and the
adoptant, including passport number – certainly the French association I work
with requires this. Most of the associations are run by volunteers and perhaps
they simply do not have the time – away from caring from the animals – to set up
a system such as you suggest. Perhaps you could offer your services to
organise such a system.
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i was the very first manager at APAD year back when it first opened in the early 90’s.
it was a new idea with strict regulation set by Denia city hall because they owned the land & we were only allowed to take in dogs from the Denia catchment area & no where else.
the amount of times i can remember my family & i turning up at the main gates to open up for another day & we would find either another box of puppies / kittens or some poor distraught dog tied up to the fence.
the state some of them were in was heart breaking a lot of the time because i did that job because i loved it & the wages paid the rent.
it wasn’t always the Brits who dumped their unwanted on us & it sadly & quickly changed from dogs tied to the fences to goats, horses, donkeys ect.
i had to move back to England 7 years ago after my Father passed away suddenly but i still run a re-homing sanctuary from my house & i still get people thinking they can just throw away their unwanted pets on my doorstep.
that gets me angry because pets have a pulse too & feelings, they know when they’re no longer wanted because of your body language & it makes me state to people coming to me to adopt a pet, ” are you fully aware of your duty of care under DEFRA’s legislation & do you realize that they can prosecute you if you neglect the pet even for a week?” they then have to show me a dated bill for purchase of bedding,feed & housing for their chosen pet & give me a donation for the money i’ve paid out to care for the animal before they’ve chosen it,otherwise they can’t take it home & i by law have to have them sign a form stating that they’ll return the pet to me if they can no longer care for it.
i follow those laws to the letter all because of my time with APAD & seeing just how badly some people can treat their pets.
My wife and I took Blanco, the dog to the right of the picture, in June 2008. Due to my wife’s health, we had to return to England in 2010, and took Bianca, as we named her, or Binky for short, and our other Podenco, Barney, back to England with us. They are both leading a life of luxury in Wordsley, Stourbridge, having daily walks along the canal here and exploring the woods for rabbits. Yes, we English really mistreat our dogs.
Thank you for commenting and lovely to read a happy ending. Sadly it’s always the people who don’t take their dogs who make the news, rarely the ones who do. It’s the rescue associations who grumble. Would you consider writing the story of your two dogs for me to publish on my Podenco Post blog – my readers love to hear such stories. How you came to adopt the dogs, how they settled into life in the UK, if people in 2010 knew what a podenco was – suddenly in the past year they are getting popular to adopt in the UK and more people are aware of the hard life they have in Spain and on the Spanish islands. And great they can go off lead. My little Podenca Andaluz Bebe came to me 4 years ago and I can never let her off lead – her hunting instinct is way too strong! She has to make do with tearing around our rear courtyard with the galgos! If you will write the story of Binky and Barney, please email it to me at band@bbrennan.eu, with a couple of pix.
We are going to be spending two months in Denia very soon. Dec to Feb . Our 11 year old cross breed bitch s coming with us and I’d like to know of a good English speaking vet in the area. Hopefully we will have no need to call on the vet other than for her tape worm treatment before leaving for home in February but just in case she gets poorly I’d like to get it right. Our vet has advised and provided us with all meds we will need to protect her from heart worm etc…
I think your work is marvellous. My own bitch was recued here in the UK 11 years ago after being abandoned on Xmas Eve! Presumably her previous owner wanted to spend Xmas away from home without this beautiful animal.
I’m sure if you contact APAD direct they will be able to give you names of reliable vets close to where you will be staying. Enjoy your trip – and warmer weather!