🐾 Name: Palma

📅 Date of Birth: August 15, 2015

🚻 Gender: Female

🐕 Breed: Podenco

🎨 Color: Brown Canela

🏡 At Shelter Since: March 12, 2023

👧 Friendly with People: Unknown (nervous at first)

🐶 Friendly with Dogs (Males): Yes (with careful introductions)

🐶 Friendly with Dogs (Females): No

🚶‍♀️ Good on Lead: No

📋 Special Notes: Leishmaniasis positive (controlled with low-cost medication); nervous with new people but warms up once she feels safe.

Palma is a beautiful, golden-eyed senior who still holds onto hope — hope for a soft voice, a quiet home, and someone who will love her just the way she is. Though she can be shy when meeting new people, once she feels safe, her gentle nature begins to shine.

Palma lives with Leishmaniasis, a manageable condition treated with low-cost daily medication. She’s been through a lot, and it shows in her cautious nature, but with patience and kindness, she’ll show her brave and loving side.

She can be dominant with other female dogs, so she would do best as the only dog or with a calm male after careful introduction.

What Palma needs now isn’t much — just someone who sees her, who waits quietly beside her, and who understands the quiet beauty of winning a senior dog’s trust. If you can offer that, Palma is ready to offer you something rare in return: a bond built slowly, honestly, and deeply.