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Medium (Médio) -40 to 55 cm in height and weighing between 16-20 kg.

Small (Pequeno) – 20 to 30 cm in height and weighing between 4-6 kg.

The Portuguese Podengo is a multi-sensory (sight and scent) hound as well as being a very distinctive looking dog. The Portuguese Podengo however owes its popularity to the most humble people who embraced it as a hunting dog. From this date, there are many records relating to them as hunting dogs even being used in royal hunts of this nature. The first written reference to these dogs hunting rabbits is in 1199 during the reign of King D. It also said that the smaller variety escorted Portuguese explorers on their ships, where they were used for ratting purposes. During the Arab invasions, between the eighth and twelfth centuries, the Podengos were crossed with other breeds of dogs probably with the same primitive origins of the Podengo, but both developed differently. It is thought that the Portuguese Podengo was introduced around 700 BC by Phoenician merchants to the Iberian Peninsular (they are known as Podenco in Spain) when there was an ensured trade throughout the Mediterranean.

Among its ancestors is most likely the Pharaoh Hound, an animal that belonged to the Pharaohs of ancient Egypt. The Portuguese Podengo or Portuguese Warren Hound is classified as a primitive breed and is therefore considered one of the oldest known breeds of dogs. Did you know that Portugal boasts several different breeds of its own dogs, one of them being the Portuguese Podengo?