It has been a long time since I updated here- I will update the last year!
We fostered the 4 prickly pear pups until they were found new homes- one went to a family local, two to families in Barcelona and the other to a lady in the UK. We said we would not foster for a while- I think form memory that lasted a couple of weeks! A lady had been fostering 5 puppies for our rescue group- 2 went off to a new rescue group to find homes for and the other three remained with the lady- sadly some of hr dogs decided to attack one of the pups- he was badly hurt but survived. We went the same day to collect the 3 pups, we fostered the 2 un-injured pups and the other went to a lady for rest and tlc, he was fine and was adopted. The other two went to new families not that long after, I actually forgot, we had them at the same time as we had Jenny the last prickly pear pup here!
We fostered a Teckel type dog for a month- he was hard work, he hated Charlie and would attack Charlie at every chance- one day Charlie bit him back- so off to the vet. In the end we had to cage Chechu if Charlie came into the house. Charlie would look in the front door to see if it were safe, then run under the table to hide. The family who adopted Chechu say he is great with other dogs! All the dogs we have ever fostered (about 30) have all loved Charlie and followed him everywhere.
We then fostered 5 young puppies that were abandoned- oh they were hard work- 5 pups meant a lot of poo and pee!! I tried leaving them in a dog crate the first night, not a good idea, they were covered in poo the next morning! They all had dreadful fleas- I took 40 off one of the little girls the second day! They were too young to be treated with the strong flea stuff, I had to dip a cloth in the mix and wipe it over their coats. Once their fleas had gone I tried them with our dogs, our lab Charlie (33kg) was terrified of them (1.5kg) All 5 went to new homes in Barcelona. NO MORE fosters we said.
We then fostered a small galgo for a couple of days- NO MORE we said.
We are now fostering an Ibizan Podenco- she is pure white, with huge spotty ginger ears and a ginger ring like eye liner about one eye. She is as skinny as can be (breed type) and legs that go on forever and is taller than Charlie. She loves nothing but playing. At night she sleeps in the garage- as soon as she is let out it is chase Charlie about the garden time . She is totally clean, and very well behaved. I did catch her one evening trying to eat sardines out of the tub as I was doing the dogs meals- I went to get her dish from the garage, I arrived back into the kitchen and discovered her with her head in the tub!
A man went to the president of the rescue groups house and said Nuba was his Podenco- she had no microchip- there is a scar on the top of her leg, about where a chip would have been. The hunter was told that she had been sterilised- ´oh I don´t want her then´ he said- not that he was getting her anyway- no chip so not his! She is about a year old, she has a couple of ´large´ teats, I would not be surprised if she had already had pups. She hasn´t been sterilised yet, hopefully the group can get it done in the New Year. We were just supposed to have Nuba here for a couple of nights, but the lady who was fostering her only has a roof terrace, not ideal for a Pod that needs space- so as she was good we said we would foster her until she gets a home. She was interested in our cats- Miki saw her and chased across the room and whacked her with his paw- she now ignores him!
If anyone wants to adopt a Podenco- I have one!!!
Pamela