![]() They are small but are very active, lively, outgoing, and playful.ĭash loves this game! He’s getting so good at catching. They come in two types of coat, long and wirehaired and short and smooth. ![]() It is now considered a separate breed from the two Podengos (Grande and Medio). It has eyes expressive and little bulging in orbits, color honey or brown, according to coat color.Portuguese Podengo Pequeno is one of the smallest of the three Portuguese Podengos. The ears, large and triangular, they are carried erect. It has long, narrow head, with moderately wide skull and the pointed snout. In general, is a medium-sized dog, well proportioned, muscular with good bone structure. Their life expectancy is around the 12 or 14 years, and it is a race that is rarely seen outside Portugal. The predominant colors are yellow and the fawn (with its varieties of color clear, to very dark), and diluted or matte black unicolores with or without white spots or white spotting. In dogs with long hair and rough, the hairs of the snout are long (Beard). The hair short or long, thick medium and bright. The variety of hair bristles found in drier areas, where the coat of hair has the function of protecting the dog from the sun's rays and cold weather in winter. The varieties in the fur are related to the inclement weather and adaptation to the same, the smooth-haired variety is more common in northern Portugal, characterized by being a humid area, This soft and smooth coat is necessary because it is dried more easily after wet. The small Portuguese Podengo coat is short and smooth, only. Responsible for getting into the Burrows (Thanks to its size and agility) to drive away prey and be hunted down by his pack mates. Portuguese Podengo Pequeno: Like his brother medium is an excellent Hunter of rabbits and hares.Of the three varieties this is the most common, and the greatest concentration of these dogs is located in the North of Portugal. Like the great Portuguese Hound, their coats can be smooth or rough and short and long. Portuguese Podengo Medio: It is the fastest of the three varieties, excellent Hunter of rabbits and hares.His cloak can be short and smooth (less common and on the verge of extinction) or rough and long. It is the only Portuguese breed used for wild boar hunting. They are usually used in packs to hunt large prey such as deer or wild boar. Portuguese Podengo Grande: It is a very rare variety and is in danger of extinction, especially the smooth variety.Although this dog can be seen in the rest of the country, its popularity lies in the North of the same. In the North of Portugal today it is still used for hunting rabbits and small vermin. The small Portuguese Hound, sometimes described as a Chihuahua heavier (There is no kinship between these two races), often collaborate in the tasks of hunting with their larger peers, what this dog does is get into the rabbit hole and scare them so that they come out and are hunted by their pack mates. There is still controversy.Īlthough one of the theories suggests that the Medium Portuguese Podenco arises, of different Podenco dogs from North Africa, The most accepted theory is that this variety, directly descended from the Portuguese Podengo Grande. Although other authors raise that it is possible that the hound descends from the small Iberian wolves. It is believed that the great variety has emerged the variety of Portuguese Podengo small and medium, the ancestor of the Grande variety is the Pharaoh Hound spread from North Africa to the Iberian Peninsula. Like all hound dogs, History shows that they are represented in Egyptian paintings of thousands of years ago.Īccording to size, There are three varieties of Portuguese Hound, Grand, Small and medium, being each variety, products of the different crossing, over time. Within their ancestors argue that perhaps the closest the Ibizan Hound, and various types of dogs of traces of lived (They inhabit) throughout the Mediterranean area. The great family of the hound race, specialists in the topic raised it was in Portugal where most subjected to crossing and as a result, branched lineage. It is a native breed of Portugal, with great skills for hunting, but also surveillance, It is commonly used on farms to alert of the presence of intruders. ![]() The Portuguese Podengo It is considered one of the oldest dogs breeds, that has its origins in the Phoenicians, cultural matrix of which descend the Portuguese. ![]()
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