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The Podengo is always game and ready for a good time and likes nothing more than a good walk as well as the chance to get off his leash and have a bit of free time. This explains why it doesn’t have such a ‘companionable’ temperament as some other dog breeds.

It is said that the Portuguese Podengo isn't bred to be a companion dog, being bred exclusively as a working hunting dog. He is somewhat aloof around strangers and this is actually what makes him a good watchdog. He is intelligent, he is easily trained and socialized and gets on well with children in the house if they have been disciplined to respect and be kind to animals. Being alert, he also makes a good watchdog. This Portuguese sighthound is energetic, comical sometimes, sweet and loving. The coat is found in shades of fawn or yellow and with some white markings. The coat is essentially short and smooth though you also get the longer, wiry coat. The body of the dog is lean and well muscled and the head wedge shaped. The eyes are brown, the ears are erect and the tail long and thick, held low and with a bit of a curve when at rest.

The dog is similar in looks to other hunting dogs native to the Mediterranean, such as the Pharoah Hound.

He stands roughly at between 20 to 30 cm and weighs between 4.1 to 5.9 kg. The Portuguese Podengo is available in three sizes. There are only about 400 to 450 Wirehaired Vizslas left in the United States and few thousand across the globe. Falconers have recently taken up the breed because their temperament is suited to this work as well. These gentle hunting dogs became great family dogs as they love children and just want to be with their people.

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They began showing the breed at AKC events in Performance and Companionship, prior to their full AKC recognition in 2014. The Australian Nation Kennel Council offered recognition in 2007 prior to their entrance into the AKC Foundation Stock Service. The wirehaired Vizsla came to North America in the 1970’s and was recognized by the CKC (Canadian Kennel Club) in 1977, The North American Versatile Hunting Dog Association (NAVHDA) by 1986 and in 2006 by the United Kennel Club (UKC). They love to swim and are very good at it and will even use your back yard pool if it is available to them. Their wirehair coats offer them more protection than their smooth coated cousins. They are great retrievers as well as pointers in the water or on the land. Like their cousins the smooth Hungarian Vizsla, the wirehaired version is a natural hunter and easily trained. The Wirehaired Vizsla was recognized in 1986 by the FCI in Europe and in 2014 by the AKC (American Kennel Club). There are only a few longhaired Vizsla and they are only found in Europe. This rare longhaired is not recognized by any official club or organization while the smooth and the wired are recognized as two separate breeds. Many kennels started breeding the Wirehaired Vizsla at this time. It is also believed based on anecdotal evidence that the original Wirehaired Vizsla was also mixed with the Bloodhound, Pudelpointer, and Irish Setter during World War II. The longhaired is very rare and can be either smooth or wirehaired. There were now three types of Vizsla – the smooth coated, the longhaired, and the wirehaired. One breeder decided to cross one of these females with a German Wirehaired Pointer, thus producing the first Hungarian Wirehaired Vizsla. In the 1930’s some breeders noticed that the Hungarian Vizsla produced some dogs with more water, cold weather and ground cover protection because they had a much thicker coat than most of the breed.