They tend to bark to an odd sound or any strange person, which make them a great watchdog. They are affectionate and very protective of their family.

Temperament: Portuguese Podengos has a sweet and loving temperament towards its family. Image Source: Temperament, Behavior, and Personality Portuguese Podengos puppies playing with a girl. However, they do well with small children of the family he has been raised in. Since it is a hunting dog, it should not be left unsupervised with small children and toddlers outside the family. They love to be with them and play with them. They are protective of children and are always alert around them.

Portuguese Podengos are very loving and affectionate towards children which makes them child-friendly. However, Portuguese Podengos Pequeno is still considered as a separate breed. The American Kennel Club has registered this breed in Miscellaneous Class since 2014 (as of March 2019) which is the last step to fully recognization. Portuguese Podengos were recognized in Europe by Federation Cynologique Internationale. Portuguese Podengos has a great sense of smell, sight, and hearing which they use while hunting and they were known as an excellent hunter. The medium-sized being slightly small was used for a small game like rabbit and vermin hunting. The Portuguese Podengos were developed in three sizes where the largest was used for deer and wild boar hunting. The Portuguese Podengos were believed to be used as a multi-purpose hunting dog by Phoenician of Africa in 600 BC and the Phoenician traders distributed it in Portugal in 700 BC. It has a slender, rectangular body which is strong and well-muscled. The eyes are expressive almond-shaped which comes in honey or brown colors. Portuguese Podengos have a large, erect, triangular ears and the head is Pyramid-shaped. Portuguese Podengos resembles the Ibizan Hound, Pharaoh Hound, and Cirneco dell’ Etna and it is believed that all these breeds share the same ancestry. Their coat also has two types: smooth and wirehaired. It comes in three sizes and the small and medium-sized were used for hunting small game like rabbit and large-sized were used for hunting big games like deer or even wild boar. Portuguese Podengos dog is very active, lively, alert and intelligent that was Multi used for hunting.

Podengos comes in three variety: Portuguese Podengos Grande (large ), Portuguese Podengos Medio (medium ) and Portuguese Podengos Pequeno (small ). Portuguese Podengos is hunting dog from Portugal.

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