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> Podengos > Podengo SizesPodengo Sizes
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PPPCA represents the small Podengo, correctly called the Portuguese Podengo Pequeno. The three Podengo sizes are: Podengo Pequeno, Podengo Medio, and Podengo Grande. Each size comes in two coat types: smooth coat and wire coat. In Europe, the three sizes are considered varieties of one breed. In 2008, the PPPCA requested that AKC designate the Podengo Pequeno a separate breed from the Medio and Grande to prevent its interbreeding with the other two sizes. This was accomplished in 2008 and now the small Podengo, called Portuguese Podengo Pequeno, is considered a separate breed in the United States and will be in AKC's Hound Group.
The PPPCA uses the Portuguese rather than English names for the sizes to emphasize the "Portuguese-ness" of the breed. We feel strongly that the Podengo should not be Americanized.
These Portuguese words are pronounced differently than might be obvious to an English (or Spanish) language speaker. Here is a pronuciation guide, in case you wish to pronounce the sizes in the correct Portuguese way:
Pequeno Pronounced pe-KEN-ooo (short "e")
Medio Pronounced ME-dee-you (short "e")
Grande Pronounced Grond (rolled r)
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