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Who We Are - The Portuguese Podengo Club of America (PPCA) represents the Portuguese Podengo Pequeno in the United States. More than 260 of these small hounds live in 40 states and are quickly becoming loved by all who know them. 80% are of the wire coat variety and 20% have smooth coats and ALL are enchanting! Happy, healthy, and fun loving, our little Podengos make wonderful pets and love to show, play, and engage in sports. With an average life span of 17 and engaging personalities, this ancient rare breed is fast capturing America's hearts!
We hope you find this website interesting and informative. The Podengo Breed Standard, which has been developed in cooperation with Portugal - the mother country for the breed - can be found, along with other helpful information under Podengos. If you have questions or would like more information, please contact us at podengosUSA@aol.com
If you are interested in the Podengo Medio, please contact our sister club, the Podengo Club of the USA. They have a good breeder referral program too! They are at www.podengocentral@aol.com
Early History - Podengo Firsts in America
PPCA is a positive network of Podengo owners and aficionados who have contributed mightily to the preservation and promotion of the breed in the United States. Here are some of the "Firsts" pioneered by PPCA members and their Podengos:
First purebred Podengo Pequeno Smooth Coat in America: Zara do Casal de Pauves, owned by Lucia Moura of New York and brought to the United States in 1995
First purebred Podengo Pequeno Wire Coat in America: Chicharro de Viamonte (Manny) brought to America in 2001 and owned by Marilyn Piurek
First purebred Portuguese Podengo litter born in the United States: Alpha and Amerigo de Bramblewood, bred by Judy Parker of New York and born January 18,2003
First Portuguese Podengo to achieve Champion status in the USA: Chicharro de Viamonte (ARBA and Rarities). Also the first American Podengo to be exhibited abroad (2003) and the first Portuguese Podengo Canadian Champion (2006).
First American born Podengo to become Portuguese Champion: In 2008, the first American-bred Podengo, Cristovao da Casa de Maio, was exhibited at the Monografica in Portugal where he earned his Portuguese championship, and is the first American-bred Podengo to do so.
First American to show at Crufts: On March 5, 2009 CH Havano de Casa da Torre de Plushcourt (aka Harry), bred by Betty Judge of England and owned by Heather Kenyon of Kentucky USA, was shown at Crufts 2009 in England. Harry is the first American-owned Podengo to ever show at Crufts and Heather is the first American to handle a Podengo there!
How the Podengo got its Name
The word Podengo was used in Portugal at least as early as the 16th century to refer to pack-hunting dogs. The full name then was Podengo de Mostra (the Mostra part referring to a pack). Over time, this was shortened to Podengo and referred to multi-sensory, endurance-trotting, pack-hunting dogs. The Portuguese do not have a word for hound, so use the word Podengo as a specific term for the kind of primitive, prick-eared, hunting dogs that were distributed around the Mediterranean basin 2,000 years ago by the Phoenicians.
Podengos hunt rabbits, which in Portugal live mostly in rock crevices and thick briars, rather than in underground warrens. The Medio works in tandem with the smaller Podengo -- the Pequeno -- to flush rabbits from crevices and dense briars, as well as to chase, track, kill and retrieve the rabbit.
In England they have taken to calling the Podengo Warren Hounds, but we prefer the real name -- Portuguese Podengo. There are three types of Podengos -- Pequeno, Medio and Grande.
The Pequeno, or "small" Podengo, is not a "go to ground dog" but rather a fearless flusher of rabbits from dense brush and crevices. Back in the 15th -18th centuries, this trait made its ancestors ideal ratters, and they served that purpose sailing with the Portuguese explorers on their voyages of discovery. As a result, the Podengo spread its genetic influence around the world, and also picked up some influences from other breeds, which have by now largely disappeared, making the breed true to the Podengo type.
So that's what's in the name!
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The Portuguese Podengo Club of America was founded in 2003 by owners of some of the first purebred Portuguese Podengos in the United States and brings together individuals who share a love for and interest in raising, training, breeding, hunting and showing their Podengos.
The PPCA respects the integrity of the breed as described in the Breed Standard and works cooperatively with the Podengo Club of Portugal and the Kennel Club of Portugal to preserve and protect this ancient rare breed.
The PPCA is recognized as the parent breed club for the Portuguese Podengo in America by the Clube do Podengo Portugues of Portugal, the Kennel Club of Portugal, the United Kennel Club, the American Sighthound Field Association and the American Rare Breed Association. The Podengo has been accepted into the American Kennel Club's Foundation Stock Service, the first step to full AKC recognition and began to compete in AKC Companion Events on January 1, 2008. More history of the PPCA may be found on the link below to PPCA History.
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