Portuguese Dogs
There are quite a few dogs that have Portuguese roots, and although I don’t have the space to write something about every one, I thought I would touch on a few favourites. Four very different dogs, different backgrounds, different temperaments and distinctively different fur.
The Portuguese Podengo, is classed as a ‘warren hound’ (sight and scent) that was mostly used for hunting in days gone by and is still an active and energetic dog. These sighthounds have been used for centuries in Portugal to hunt, and even now, the breed is largely still an active pack hunter given the chance. It is divided into three categories of size, which are not interbred. Among their distinctive characteristics are large, erect, triangular ears; a pyramid-shaped head that tapers to the nose; and expressive, almond-shaped eyes. The smaller dogs of this breed rode aboard ships from Portugal to the Americas, acting as rodent exterminators! To this day they are known to be strong rabb
The ordeal started when her dog Jolene, a Portuguese Podengo, didn t return to her garden as usual. After looking for her, Ms Blair found Jolene with a bone around the corner. Initially thinking nothing of it, she threw the bone over a fence, before later finding the chilling note.
Speaking to the Daily Mail, Cheri said: It was one of those ones that you have to go to the pet store to get there, like a freeze-dried bone, quite big. Something made me go down there [again], and then I looked down. There was a letter, but it was sealed in an envelope and it had the message on it.
Barking dogs aren’t that bad.
A woman in Australia says that one of her neighbors seemingly tried to kill her dog. Apparently, the unidentified person left a poisoned bone out for the beloved pet. Cheri Blair let her dog, a Portuguese Podengo, out for a walk on Monday morning when she made a disturbing discovery. (iStock)
Cheri Blair let her dog, a Portuguese Podengo, out for a walk on Monday morning, The Sun reports. She says when the dog didn’t immediately return to the house, she went out looking for it and found it with a strange bone.
We moved to Bristol Village with our two pets â Reda, our little 10 lb. doggie and Leon, our 20-lb. cat. Leon, a indoor cat, enjoys watching birds and other happenings out of the front window. Reda, on the other hand, goes on daily walks with both myself and my husband, John. She is accustomed to âPat walksâ which means a daily circle through Tranquility park, and âJohn walksâ, often more than eight miles of exploring a much wider area. We adopted Reda from a no-kill shelter when she was 18 months old. She was rescued when less than a year old with five puppies in tow. By the time we met Reda, the puppies had been weaned and adopted and it was time for Reda to return to her puppyhood. She was a scrawny, homely little thing, with sparse rough fur and an endearing face. And she loves to kiss and cuddle. She got her name because she was mistaken for a Portuguese Podengo so we named her âMargaridaâ or Reda for short. Over time her sparse fur has grown i