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> Podengos > Types & VarietiesTypes & Varieties
PPCA represents one of the three sizes of Podengos -- the Podengo Pequeno. The three Podengo sizes are: Podengo Pequeno, Podengo Medio, and Podengo Grande. Each size comes in two varieties: smooth coat and wire coat. In Europe, the three sizes are considered varieties of one breed. The PPCA has requested that AKC make the Pequeno a separate breed from the Medio and Grande to prevent its interbreeding with the other two sizes.
The PPCA 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 supplied by PPCA member Tony Dias, in case you want to try 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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