![]() The breed come in three sizes and two kinds of coat the smooth coat and the wire haired. ![]() They are a truly primitive breed it’s believed they were brought over to the Iberian Peninsula by the Phoenicians and Romans about 2000 years ago, and they were already rabbit, deer and boar hunters of Middle Eastern and Egyptian origin for 2000 years before that! They were ratters on ships and became rabbit hunters on land. They look like scruffy terrier mutts, but are actually hounds. ![]() To give you a bit of background, Portuguese Podengo Pequenos are a very lively little breed. He’s the #1 Podengo in the country! I am hopeless with a passion for Podengos and, finally, Sophie was going to meet her tribe. So, when my friend Marilyn Piurek, who introduced us to the breed, told me her dear friend, Carol Houlihan would be in town with her Podengo pup, “Houla’s Potter,” for Westminster and offered to introduce us, I was ecstatic! Potter isn’t just any ol’ Podengo. This may sound silly, but there’s only one other Podengo I know of in all of New York City, and Sophie and I haven’t been able to connect with Norman (that’s his name), although we’ve tried. That, in and of itself, is exciting, and Bark and Swagger will be there to cover the Podengo competition and the Hound Group results. Today was such an exciting day for us! If you don’t know by now, Sophie is a Portuguese Podengo Pequeno and, this year, the Podengo Pequeno makes its debut competing at Westminster. ![]()
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