Category Archives: Podencos

From the Director: Before and After

It's all in the ears. Those of us who know and love Podencos will tell you that one of the most unique and spectacular things about them are their ears. They're expressive. They're beautiful. And they're BIG! Podenco ears are unmistakable and we've definitely seen some fantastic ones here at SHUG. (Yes, I'm thinking of...

As most of our supporters know by now, SHUG has a flat adoption fee of $650 for imported dogs. Our average cost per dog is around $850, so we subsidize our adoptions through donations and our various fundraisers. The $850 includes the dog's airfare ($200-400), their crate ($35-200), the shelter's fee to cover their vaccinations...

Copa looks good in oil (courtesy of his foster mom, the painter). He also looks good in person. His foster mom reports the young Podenco from Spain has been blossoming since his arrival and is really coming out of his shell. He’s now a silly, goofy, very playful dog -- when he’s not sitting still...

First Person – How One Fuzzy Pod Completed an Already Pretty Fuzzy Family

I saw Pinta the Podenco for the first time on February 1st on the Facebook page, Podenco Friends. I read her story -- about living in chains, about eating stale bread and being confined to tiny box in Spain, where “podencos” are used and discarded as hunting dogs. She had been turned into...

May 15, 2019 11:55 am
Yes, we are crazy.

Have you ever driven 12 hours for a…
April 24, 2019 1:33 pm
Play Nice

This week there are Sighthound people traveling from…
February 18, 2019 4:02 pm
About that Application Fee

SHUG receives hundreds of applications from potential adopters…
February 6, 2019 10:50 pm
The State of Our Union

Fourteen years ago today I adopted my first…
November 8, 2018 11:00 pm
The Year of the Greyhound

Greyhound racing in the US has been steadily…
September 23, 2018 10:51 pm
This is not your dog.

Once a potential adopter complained about my terrible…
November 16, 2017 11:52 am
Update on Application Processing Time

As the holidays approach, the world slows down.…
June 20, 2017 2:04 pm
There are good days and bad days . . .

There are good days and there are bad…
April 22, 2017 10:18 pm
We called. You answered.

Only two days after her arrival, little Miss…
March 11, 2017 4:57 pm
Eternity. 363 days. Same difference.

Yesterday the SHUG family lost Joe, aka White…