![]() ![]() You should be gentle with them and train them with firmness and consistency. However, they might be hard to train for an inexperienced dog owner who is not familiar with its behavior. Portuguese Podengo Pequeno is eager to please their owner, so they are not a difficult dog to train. Since Portuguese They are reserved and suspicious of strangers, they make an excellent watchdog who is always willing to protect its family from any kind of harm. They are quick to sense any odd activity going on in the surrounding. Personality: Portuguese Podengo Pequeno have smart and alert personality. They also like the company of their family and if they leave them alone for a long time, they tend to become destructive and might face separation anxiety. They are very playful and energetic that sometime they might know on something and injure themselves. ![]() They are friendly with other canine pets too but are not too suitable for small animals like cats and rabbit due too their hunting instinct.īehavior: Portuguese Podengo Pequenos are of highly spirited nature dog. They get well with all family members and children too. Temperament: Portuguese Podengo Pequeno have an active, sweet and playful temperament. Portuguese Podengo Pequeno playing with a sock and making a child laugh. #catchit #dogtoys #shakeit #hounddog #dogplaying #fetch #rubberchicken #readysetgo #podengoportuguese #podengopequeno #podengo #portuguesepodengopequeno #portuguesepodengo #portuguesepodengopequenowire #doggames #rescuedog #rescuedoglife #dogsofinstagram #dog #smalldog #littledogs #smallbutfierceĪ post shared by Dash, Ollie, & Zoey on at 7:30pm PST They are small but are very active, lively, outgoing, and playful.ĭash loves this game! He’s getting so good at catching. They come in two types of coat, long and wirehaired and short and smooth. It is now considered a separate breed from the two Podengos (Grande and Medio). The American Kennel Club recognizes 200 breeds.Portuguese Podengo Pequeno is one of the smallest of the three Portuguese Podengos. There are over 340 dog breeds known throughout the world. Once approved by the AKC, a standard becomes both the breeder’s “blueprint” and the instrument used by dog show judges to evaluate a breeder’s work. The AKC standard for each breed originates with a “parent club,” the AKC-recognized national club devoted to a particular breed. So, then, when is a breed a breed and not just a kind or type of dog? The simplest way to define a breed is to say it always “breeds true.” That is, breeding a purebred Irish Setter to another purebred Irish Setter will always produce dogs instantly recognizable as Irish Setters.Įach breed’s ideal physical traits, movement, and temperament are set down in a written document called a “breed standard.” For example, the breed standard sets forth the traits that make a Cocker Spaniel a Cocker Spaniel and not a Springer Spaniel. All three have a distinct family resemblance, but you’d never mistake one for another. The Greyhound, for instance, was the foundation type for the immense Irish Wolfhound and the dainty Italian Greyhound. Eventually, there emerged specific breeds of dogs, custom-bred to suit the breeders’ local needs and circumstances. The sleek Greyhound types bred to chase fleet-footed prey, and the huge mastiff types used as guard dogs and warriors, are two ancient examples of dogs bred for specific jobs.Īs humans became more sophisticated, so did their dogs. Hunting, guarding, and herding are thought to be among the earliest jobs eagerly performed by the animal destined to be called “man’s best friend.”įor thousands of years, humans bred dogs toward the physical and mental traits best suited for the work expected of them. From the beginning, humans purposefully bred dogs to perform various tasks. The earliest dog breeders used wolves to create domestic dogs. People have been breeding dogs since prehistoric times. ![]()
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