Podenco Andaluz

Podenco Andaluz
Medium-sized, smooth-haired
Other names
  • Andalusian Warren Hound[1]
  • Andalusian Podenco[2]: 26 
OriginSpain
DistributionAndalucia
Traits
Height Males
  • Small: 35–42 cm (14–17 in)
  • Medium: 43–53 cm (17–21 in)
  • Large: 54–64 cm (21–25 in)
Females
  • Small: 32–41 cm (13–16 in)
  • Medium: 42–53 cm (17–21 in)
  • Large: 53–61 cm (21–24 in)
Weight
  • Small: 5–11 kg (11–24 lb)
  • Medium: 10–22 kg (22–49 lb)
  • Large: 21–33 kg (46–73 lb)
Kennel club standards
Real Sociedad Canina de España standard
Notesrecognised in Spanish legislation[3]: 21159 
Dog (domestic dog)

The Podenco Andaluz is a Spanish breed of warren hound indigenous to the autonomous community of Andalusia, in south-western Spain.[4][2] It is one of four podenco breeds recognized by the Real Sociedad Canina de España.[4] It is an agile dog generally used to hunt ducks, rabbits, boar and fowl.[4][1] There are three accepted sizes (small, medium and large) and three coat types (wire-haired, long-haired and smooth).[5][2]

History

The Podenco Andaluz is a traditional warren hound of Andalucia. It is little documented, and its history remains obscure.[6]: 578  It was recognised by the Real Sociedad Canina de España in 1992, with a breed standard detailing the nine varieties within the breed.[6]: 578 [4]: 1254  It received national recognition from the Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación, the Spanish ministry of agriculture, with the publication of the official breed standard in May 2001.[6]: 578 [3]: 21180 

It is not recognised by the Fédération Cynologique Internationale, but was recognized by the Verband für das Deutsche Hundewesen of Germany in 2014.[7][8]

In 2009 it was one of the two most numerous dog breeds of Spain – the other being the Galgo Español;[6]: 580  in 2026 the Podenco was among the sixteen Spanish breeds considered by the Real Sociedad Canina de España to be vulnerable.[9]

Characteristics

There are three sizes – large, medium and small – and three types of coat – wire-haired (Spanish: Cerdeño), long-haired (Spanish: Sedeño) and smooth.[4][5][1] This combination of factors can results in nine different varieties.[2][10] This variability may be the result of adaptation to the different microclimates within Andalusia, including mountains, agricultural land and marshes, as well as the diverse game targeted by hunters.[11] Coat colors ranges from white to deep red.[5] Podenco Andaluz have a trot as fast as their gallop.[1]

Like other warren hounds, the Podenco has excellent sight, hearing and sense of smell.[2][1] They are renowned for their methodical hunting style, as well as stamina and endurance while working in the mild winters with irregular precipitations, and dry, hot, sunny summers of Andalusia.[1] Podenco Andaluz are lively dogs, affectionate, loyal to their owners, but wary with strangers.[1]

Podenco Andaluz are used either singularly, in pairs or as part of a large hunting pack known as a rehala. Small and medium podenco Andaluz hunt rabbits with one dog entering the bramble to drive out the rabbit, while the rest lie in wait to catch it.[1] Medium and smaller dogs search out deer or wild boar, while the larger hounds are used for attacking the prey.[1]

One of the most typical functions of the large Andalusian hound was that of the so-called quitaor[a] accompanying the Spanish greyhound colleras[b] during hare hunting. The quitaor‘s job consisted primarily of flushing out the hares from their home or hiding place and killing them; then, together with the greyhounds, retrieving them for the owner. Andalusian farmhouses would use the larger hounds as watchdogs, and the smaller hounds were used to kill rodents.[1]

Genetically the Podenco Andaluz is most closely related to the Galgo Español.[12]

Notes

  1. ^ Quitaor is the dialectal Andalusian word corresponding to the Castilian Spanish quitador. Hunting dogs with this role were trained not to eat or tear apart their prey.
  2. ^ According to the Diccionario de la lengua española, in Andalusian Spanish the word collera is defined as Pareja de ciertos animales, as in Una collera de pavos ('a pair of animals, such as a pair of turkeys). In hunting, the partners do not have to be a male and a female, although the meaning of collera is usually that of a mated pair.

References

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  2. ^ a b c d e Desmond Morris (2002). Dogs: A Dictionary of Dog Breeds. North Pomfret, Vermont: Trafalgar Square Publishing. ISBN 9781570762192.
  3. ^ a b Miguel Arias Cañete (25 May 2001). Real Decreto 558/2001, de 25 de mayo, por el que se regula el reconocimiento oficial de las organizaciones o asociaciones de criadores de perros de raza pura (in Spanish). Boletín Oficial del Estado. 142 (14 June 2001): 21156–21182. Reference: BOE-A-2001-11347. European Legislation Identifier: permalink.
  4. ^ a b c d e A. González, M. Luque, E. Rodero, C. González, R. Aguilera, J. Jiménez, N. Sepúlveda, S. Bravo, M. Herrera (2011). Use of Morphometric Variables for Differentiating Spanish Hound Breeds = Uso de Variables Morfométricas para la Diferenciación de Razas de Sabueso Español. International Journal of Morphology. 29 (4): 1248-1255. doi:10.4067/S0717-95022011000400030. .
  5. ^ a b c C.J. Barba, L. Lama, Juan V. Delgado (1998). Contribución al estudio faneróptico en la raza canina Podenco Andaluz = Contribution to phaneroptical study in Andalusian Hound dog breed. Archivos de Zootecnia. 47 (178–179): 207–211. ISSN 0004-0592.
  6. ^ a b c d Miguel Fernández Rodríguez, Mariano Gómez Fernández, Juan Vicente Delgado Bermejo, Silvia Adán Belmonte, Miguel Jiménez Cabras (editors) (2009). Guía de campo de las razas autóctonas españolas (in Spanish). Madrid: Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Medio Rural y Marino. ISBN 9788449109461.
  7. ^ [s.n.] ([s.d.]). Der VDH erkennt vier neue Rassen national an (in German). Dortmund: Verband für das Deutsche Hundewesen (VDH) e.V. Archived 30 October 2014.
  8. ^ Podenco Andaluz (nationale Rasse) (in German). Dortmund: Verband für das Deutsche Hundewesen (VDH) e.V. Archived 31 October 2014.
  9. ^ Razas españolas consideradas vulnerables (del 1 de mayo de 2025 al 30 de abril de 2026) (in Spanish). Madrid: Real Sociedad Canina de España. Archived 12 November 2025.
  10. ^ F. Fuentes Garcia, J.B. Aparicio Macario, M. Herrera Garcia (1985). Ethnological study of the large Andalusian Podenco dog = Estudio etnológico del perro podenco andaluz de gran talla. Archivos de Zootecnia. 34 (129): 169–182. ISSN 0004-0592.
  11. ^ Juan V. Delgado, M. Lobo, Cecilio Barba Capote (1998). Plan de preservación para las variedades minoritarias de la raza canina Podenco Andaluz = Preservation plan for minority varieties of the Podenco Andaluz canine breed. Archivos de Zootecnia. 47 (178–179): 491-495. ISSN 0004-0592.
  12. ^ L. Morera, C.J. Barba, J.J. Garrido, M. Barbancho, D.F. de Andrés (1999). Brief communication. Genetic variation detected by microsatellites in five Spanish dog breeds. Journal of Heredity. 90 (6, November 1999): 654–656. doi:10.1093/jhered/90.6.654.
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