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Portuguese podengo3/2/2023 ![]() ![]() Hardy, intelligent, and fun-loving, these agile, playful dogs are still very rare in the United States, with fewer than 175 dogs registered as of 2014. The Portuguese Podengo (which includes the Médio and Grande), entered the AKC Miscellaneous Class on Jan. The Pequeno entered the AKC Miscellaneous Class in January 2011 and the AKC Hound Group in January 2013. This was done largely to eliminate interbreeding of the Pequeno and Médio and to recognize their completely different structure. The AKC split the types into the Portuguese Podengo Pequeno and the Portuguese Podengo (comprised of the Médio and Grande) in July 2009 at the request of the American Portuguese Podengo Médio & Grande Club, the parent club for the larger varieties. ![]() That same year, four wire-coated Grandes were also imported. The first Podengo Grande was imported to the US in 2008. Registered purebred Smooth Podengo Médios were first shown in the United States in 2004 registered purebred Wire Podengo Médios were first shown in the US in 2005. Yet they arrived on the show circuit much later. Podengo Médios are not new to the United States-Portuguese-American families have had them (though not in great numbers) since the early 1800s. The Grande, bred to hunt deer and wild boar, either kills the game or runs it down to exhaust it and then waits for the handler to shoot it. The Médio, bred to hunt rabbit and wild boar, stalks its game and then flushes and/or kills it. (The six types are not inter-bred.)Ĭalled “triple threat hunters” because they use scent, sight, and hearing to find their game, all Podengos hunt in packs. Each size comes in two varieties: smooth and wire-coated, making six types altogether. Today, the Podengo is the most popular type of dog in Portugal and comes in three sizes: Pequeno (small), Médio (medium), and Grande (large). It is most likely the descendant of multi-purpose hunting dogs used by Phoenician traders who reached Portugal in the 700s BC. ![]() The Podengo is a primitive Portuguese hunting breed. Benfica II da Castelhana, LW12, BOB12, LW13, YCH(PT), BOB13, CH(PT), GrCH(PT). ![]()
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