What a year you have been 2023! There were moments when we thought we would never find a way through for Steve to keep the charity running exactly the way we all envisioned and dreamed - for both the pods and the stretched team. But we also had shared moments of absolute joy that we will remember forever, pod rescue, pod adoptions and of course - pod partnerships!

As our wonderful community is already aware, Steve - one of the founders of Hope For Podencos will be returning home to the UK in January 2024. After many years rescuing, rehabilitating and rehoming the pods in need, it is time for him to hand the centre over and take up the reigns from the UK running the charity itself.

We have been incredibly lucky with the support we have received from other Spanish charities, asking us not to step away entirely from the world of rescue, working with us to ensure we can continue with our boss man Steve at the helm!

What does this mean for HFP?

Jackie and Jess had been looking at adopting a rescue for a long time, and had actually been matched with a dog from a UK charity. Sadly the charity pulled the application at the last minute leaving these two wonderful people heartbroken.

Luckily I’m a friend of theirs and I also volunteer for Hope for Podencos in the UK. Do I know of any charity looking to re-home dogs…?

Caught between Brexit and sudden Covid-19 travel restrictions in the UK, time was running out for two lorry drivers and dog rescuers - and for 39 dogs who were still waiting for a home.

We are so grateful for all of the interest we have received in our products and for everyone who has purchased them. We hope you like them and are enjoying them as much as we are!

But our stock is now getting low, so we thought how can we make our range even better?! Plus its Christmas right, so we put our festive thinking caps on…

Irene Allan, our co-founder of Hope For Podencos sadly passed away unexpectedly on Monday 17th August 2020. This is how Steve and the HFP team intend to continue her work. xxx

Many of our followers over the years have asked for Hope For Podencos products, and whilst we have done a few bits here and there, today is the day we officially launch our web shop!

This is a game changer for us, and we want to get it right, so we are asking you our community to register your interest and feedback so we know what people (& Podencos) want.

As anyone who follows us will know, we at Hope For Podencos LOVE a calendar, and it’s become our annual thing. This year we want it to include all of our wonderful communities Podencos, so… its competition time everyone!

Basically, we want to fill a 2021 calendar with as many pictures of Podencos as we can, we want it crammed full of cheeky doggos, so we are starting early.

The Podenco Canario, or Canary Islands Hound comes in a more consistent look and size, they are medium to large and lean with slender limbs, a long muzzle and large pointy ears. They are used for hunting and while relatively known in Gran Canaria (for over 500 years!), they are not so recognised in the mainland of Spain. 

So the Podenco Andaluz melts everyones hearts as much as ours it would seem, leading to another wall of our followers cheeky pods.

Just sneaking in an extra post this week to thank you all for sharing your wonderful photos of cats and pods, check out the wall of images below.

The Hope For Podencos team caught this wonderful Facebook post from one of our fabulous adopters and supporters - Eda Muske Holt.

As with all things, you can never guarantee that people will get along with each other, and it’s the same for dogs and cats when it comes to living together.

That being said, we have re-homed many Podencos with cats to great success (your welcome - its all part of the service!). So here is a little shout out to Lottie and her best bud Sorrell..