The Pequeno is a national breed of Portugal. These natural rabbit hunters are members of the Hound Group, and they will hunt alone or in a small pack. They are smart, lively dogs that make willing watchdogs while serving as your companion. It has eyes expressive and little bulging in orbits, color honey or brown, according to coat color.The Portuguese Podengo Pequeno (Pequeno) is a small, robust, and rustic breed, originally from Portugal. 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.
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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