A Flamingo and a Podenco
Of the podenco breeds, perhaps the least is known about the Podenco Malagueño and the Podenco Orito, but in this continuing series on podenco breeds, we share what little we…
Of the podenco breeds, perhaps the least is known about the Podenco Malagueño and the Podenco Orito, but in this continuing series on podenco breeds, we share what little we…
…heart skip a beat. It also makes us wonder how we missed the Podenco Valenciano after writing a series about various podenco breeds. Cue the feeling of humility. A reminder…
…recognized by the Royal Spanish Dog Society. Another of the podencos is the Podenco Campanero. It isn’t recognized by the FCI, either, and some maintain that the Campanero is simply…
…It didn’t help when Oritos were bred with other podencos, and worse, with breeds not even remotely close to being podencos. We came across one more reason that the Orita…
…Galician Podengo, Podenco Canario, Podenco Maneto, Podenco Malagueño, Podenco Campanero, Podenco Orito, Podenco Patenero, and the Ibizan Hound for which it is often mistaken. While related to the others, the…
…the breed, has does the FCI and the United Kennel Club. As mentioned in the post on the Podenco Maneto, podencos are often mistreated because of ignorant superstitions and a…
The podencos of Spain are related in that they share a common trunk with other podencos of the Mediterranean area, and in our series on these different breeds, we’ve covered…
We begin a series on the many podenco breeds with a reminder that in Spanish, these hare-hunting breeds are called podencos (meaning “hound”), and in Portuguese, they are podengos. In…
…(Galician Podenco) and the Galego Perdigueiro (Galician Perdiguero). In this post, we do a quick exploration of the Can de Palleiro which translates literally to “haystack dog” (so named after…
…Cirneco dell’Etna, Portuguese Podengo, Podenco Canario, Ibizan Hound, Pharaoh Hound, Peruvian Inca Orchid and Thai Ridgeback all also fall into this “grey” area. In the end, however, the definitive answer,…
…full name then was Podengo de Mostra, and with time, the name was shortened to Podengo. The Portuguese and Spanish both use similar words (Podenco in Spanish) to describe this…
…Club’s “Sighthound & Pariah” group contains the sighthounds, of course, but also the Canaan Dog, Peruvian Inca Orchid Dog, Xolo, Carolina Dog,Chart Polski, New Guinea Singing Dog, Podenco Canario, Podengo…
…a Greyhound be attended by a veterinarian aware of its special blood characteristics lest something go undiagnosed, or needless treatment is applied. “Greyhounds Galgo Whippet Sighhound Podenco” Watercolor by Tanja…