Portuguese Podengo

Portuguese Podengo (3 varieties that are to be run separately)

Incorporated in 2009, Portuguese Podengo Pequenos of America.

The Portuguese Podengo is an ancient multi-sensory hound (sight and scent) breed of dog from Portugal.

All of these types are called 'Portuguese Podengo' as a 'breed,' although none of these six types are interbred.

Portuguese Podengo Pequeno (Smooth)

Portuguese Podengo Médio (Wire)

The FCI breed standard, which originates in Portugal, governs all types and varieties of the Portuguese Podengo.

In both the United States and the UK the Portuguese Podengo is classified in the Hound Group.

The Portuguese Podengo Pequeno Club of America (PPPCA).

Portuguese Podengo (Medio and Grande) (AKC only)

The Portuguese Podengo (which includes the Médio and Grande), will enter AKC Miscellaneous Class on January 1, 2014.

As in the Portuguese Podengo in Andalusian Hound are three sizes and three types of hair, the combination of which factors can lead up to nine different varieties.

Breeds also listed in Group 5/Section 7 include the Ibizan Hound, Cirneco dell'Etna, Portuguese Podengo, and the Thai Ridgeback.

Dogs are similar to other Iberian breeds such as the Ibizan Hound, the Portuguese Podengo, the Podenco Canario and the Maneto.

All three sizes and varieties of the Portuguese Podengo have been registered at the United Kennel Club since 2004 and are in the Sighthound and Pariah Group.

The PPPCA was incorporated in January, 2003 in Newport, Rhode Island and 85% of its members own Portuguese Podengo Pequenos.

This breed Portuguese Podengo is represented by the American Portuguese Podengo MedioGrande Club.

The Portuguese Podengo Grande may have existed, unregistered, in North America with Portuguese-Americans in private home settings, where they have been used for deer and wild pig hunting.

The Portuguese Podengo Pequeno accompanied Portuguese explorers on their ships for ratting purposes after the Portuguese completed the reconquest of their country from the Moors in the 13th century.

In the United States the American Kennel Club (AKC) has determined that the Médio and Grande size together are to be called 'Portuguese Podengo' as one breed.

The Ibizan Hound is similar in function and type to several breeds, such as the Pharaoh Hound, the Cirneco dell'Etna, the Portuguese Podengo, and the Podenco Canario.

The Portuguese Podengo Médio, both smooth and wirehaired, has existed, unregistered, in the United States for decades in small numbers with Portuguese-Americans in private home settings, where they have been used for traditional rabbit hunting.

The race is not recognized by the FCI or any other association of international cynological given the large number of matches with the standard of the Portuguese Podengo, causing doubt that he really treated or not different races.

The American Kennel Club (AKC) has divided the breed into the Portuguese Podengo Pequeno and the Portuguese Podengo (includes the médio and grande size).

The Portuguese Podengo in the UK is represented by The Portuguese Podengo Club of Great Britain, and the Podengo Pequeno was recognized by the Kennel Club in 2003.