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AKC Hound · FCI standard 94
Portuguese Podengo Pequeno.
FCI 94: Small Podengo used for searching rabbits in holes and rocks; all varieties also watch dogs and companions; selected as a ratter on the caravels from the 15th century. AKC standard: a natural rabbit hunter either alone or in a small pack, seeking rabbits among rocks and thick shrub, and a companion who willingly serves as a watchdog. UKC: the Pequeno was developed for flushing rabbits from cover, and is a good vermin exterminator, probably kept on explorer ships. AKC article: members of the Hound Group, hunt alone or in a small pack; the long rectangular body helps enter dense thickets and rock crevices; carried on ships to kill vermin and then hunted fresh meat for the sailors. Wikipedia: rabbits; when game is found they kill and retrieve it or flush it toward the hunter..
Breed sets the odds. The parents set the dog. Every number here shows its source, its spread and how sure we are. Nothing on this page is a prediction about one dog.
The body
What the breed is built like. Registry standards give an ideal, not a range.
Height at the shoulder
All three agree; no standard prints an ideal.
Weight
All three agree.
Coat
AKC standard says wire is long; the AKC article and UKC say medium; both stand.
Shedding
AKC breed page trait score, 1 to 5: a breed-club tendency, never a measurement.
Heat tolerance
Derived from the standard's coat description (short dense coat, no undercoat = 4). No measured data.
The dog at home
What the breed asks of a day. The first thing most homes get wrong.
Exercise need
RKC is a UK registry band, not a study; mapped by the library rule. The RKC page names the Portuguese Podengo and says only the smallest variety is seen in the UK, so it is used for the Pequeno.
Energy
AKC breed page trait score, 1 to 5: a breed-club tendency, never a measurement.
Grooming load
RKC is a UK registry band, not a study; mapped by the library rule.
The work
What it was built to do in the field, and what a test or trial asks of it.
Role
FCI, AKC, UKC and AKC editorial wording plus Wikipedia.
Primary game
Also used on
Search pattern
Field trial standard
How common the problems are
Evaluated dogs skew toward breeding stock; the numbers are still the best there are.
Hip dysplasia
OFA's own breed statistics (rank 217); this OFA listing is the Pequeno only. OFA-evaluated dogs skew toward breeding stock, with normal results over-represented.
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akc bands
Fourteen AKC bands in one row; the selector reads each by name. Breed-club ratings: a tendency, never a measurement.
What to ask a breeder for
The health clearances the breed’s own club and registry name. Reference only: what to ask for, never a statement about any dog’s health.
How to read this page
Every value carries a label. Measured means peer-reviewed data on many dogs. Studied means peer-reviewed, smaller or indirect. Breed club means a club or registry states it. Editorial means expert opinion with no measurement behind it. Where two good sources disagree, both are shown and neither is averaged.
Published when the entry rests on the best information available from no fewer than three independent sources, checked by a second pass that did not write it. 6 sources on this page. Found something wrong? Tell us and the correction is logged with its date.
- Also called
- Podengo Pequeno, Small Portuguese Podengo, Podengo Portugues Pequeno
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