Crufts 2025
Crufts 2025 saw another large entry of Podengos. 39 dogs (17 Dogs, 22 Bitches) across all classes. This is an increase on last year's entry of 35 dogs. That might not seem a big increase, but when most breeds and most shows are experiencing declining numbers, it is something to be proud of.
Our Judge this year was Mr. Gilberto Grandi from Italy, he is a hound man through and through. He has previously judged Italian Greyhounds at Crufts and is an authority on Lagotto Romagnolo.
As last year, we had entries from the USA and Denmark, and this year we welcomed a visitor from Belarus. The number of dogs with World Winner, European Winner, American Champion, Luxembourg and other European Champion qualifications on display was impressive. We may not have the largest entry, but we have to have one of the most highly decorated.
The Best of Breed winner this year was Sue Brundle's Treacle (Brundledean Giovana), a repeat of last year and well deserved. In front of a Judge who clearly valued good, sound movement Treacle moved immaculately. As ever, we tend to get overlooked in the Group, but I lost count of the number of people attending the Discover Dogs booth who had seen Treacle on the TV and had come to see us as a result. Well done Sue!
And, this year we welcomed a 'Junior Handler' taking a dog around the green carpet of Crufts for the first time, well done Mark!
The Full results are on the Show News page.
Discover Dogs
Another good year at the Discover Dogs booth. So much interest in our little hounds. When we are sited between Ridgebacks, Polish Hunting hounds, Salukis and Pharaoh Hounds it would be so easy to miss our little dogs, but we always draw a big crowd and our dogs always show the breed off well.
There was plenty of appreciation for our new look banners, still a few tweaks to be made, but we are now clear, colourful and above all, eye-catching.
The committee would like to express thanks for those who helped out this year, particularly Ann and Chaos and Hollie, Matt and Freddie. Having dogs there that can demonstrate that the breed is more than just a show dog is always important. There was plenty of interest in Chaos' agility career and Freddie couldn't resist showing off his tricks to the delight of our younger visitors.
Thanks everyone, helpers and visitors alike!
Pod Post Winter Edition 2024
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Come and join us for the 2024 Portuguese Podengo Club of G.B. Show on Saturday the 25th of May, 2024
Following on from the success of the 2023 Club Show, we are returning to glorious Bath for 2024 - once again the Club Show is being held in conjunction with Bath Championship Show, giving you the chance to enter two shows in one day.
The format will be largely the same as 2023, with a few minor tweaks following lessons learned. One major change, we now have Baby Puppy classes, so if you have a new Pod between four and six months old, bring them along - there is no doubt they will be the stars of the show!
Could there be a better way to spend Spring Bank Holiday weekend?
Schedules Now Available
Show Date - Saturday the 25th of May
Postal entries by Saturday, 27 April 2024
Online entries by Sunday, 5 May 2024
Breed Appreciation Day - 2023
The Club would like to thank our speaker, Jose Homem de Mello, for his extremely well received presentation at our Breed Appreciation Day on the evening of Tuesday the 24th of October. His depth of knowledge and passion for one of his native breeds was clear for all to see.
A total of 59 people attended the presentation (a record for a rare breed?) and 41 people successfully passed the exam, hopefully leading to an increase in the number of people qualified to Judge our wonderful breed.
What is a Portuguese Podengo?
The Portuguese Podengo is an ancient multi-sensory or three-sense hound. The breed traces its origins back to the ancestors of the modern day Pharaoh hound brought into the Mediterranean by Phoenician sailors as they traded around the ancient civilisations of northern Africa and southern Europe. Similar dogs can today be found in Spain, the Canary Islands and Malta.
The Podengo is divided into three size categories that are not interbred: small (Pequeno), medium (Médio) and large (Grande). Their coats are either short and 'smooth' or longer and 'wired'. The smooth coated variety is traditional, dating back to the 5th century, whereas the wire coated variety is an outcome of the assimilation of various other breeds during the 20th century. The Podengo has not been bred for the vagaries of human fashion and remains close to the original dog, therefore the breed is healthy and, as a rule, does not suffer from the inherited problems some more highly bred breeds are burdened by.
All Podengo types are hardy, intelligent and lively dogs, excelling at agility and making fine companions. Loyal and fearless, Podengos are also good house guards and are amenable to training by dog-experienced people and those that enjoy primitive (i.e. strong willed) dog behaviour.
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