Portuguese Podengo
Portugal · 8–27.5 in tall · 9–66 lb · medium wiry coat
Next to the average dog it is dog-friendly, child-friendly, strong-willed, and dry-mouthed. Day to day it needs a lot of exercise and sheds moderately.
Find out if a Portuguese Podengo suits youA good fit if…
- you have young children
- there is already a dog at home
Think twice if…
- your days are mostly indoors
- the dog would be alone and unoccupied
Trait profile
Scored 1–5. A blank means the trait is not recorded for this breed.
About the breed
The Portuguese Podengo, also known as the Podengo Português or Portuguese Warren Hound, is a Portuguese breed of dog of warren hound type. As a breed, the Podengo is divided into three size categories that are not interbred: small (pequeno), medium (médio) and large (grande). The coat is either short and smooth, or longer and wiry. The smooth-coated variety is traditional, whereas the wire-coated variety results from the assimilation of various other breeds during the twentieth century.— English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
