Portuguese Pointer

11-year-old Portuguese Pointer

Other names

Perdigueiro Português

Classification / standards
FCI	Group 7, Section 1.1 Continental Pointing Dogs: Pointer type #187	standard
AKC	FSS
	The AKC Foundation Stock Service (FSS) is an optional recording service for purebred dogs that are not yet eligible for AKC registration.
UKC	Gun Dogs	standard

Notes

This breed is also accepted by the American Rare Breed Association

Domestic dog (Canis lupus familiaris)

A Portuguese Pointer, (Portuguese: Perdigueiro Português) is a breed of dog developed as a gun dog. It is one of several pointing breeds and is mainly used in red-legged partridge hunting. The Portuguese pointer (perdigueiro Português) arose from the ancient Iberian hunting dogs with its presence in Portugal traceable to the early twelfth century. Initially the dog was bred in the royal kennels and later became a very popular hunting dog for the lower classes of society. In the eighteenth century, many English families established a presence in the region of Oporto in the business of wine production and came to know the Portuguese hunting breed which was taken to England where they played a part in the origin of the English pointer. However, during the nineteenth century when Portugal was experiencing considerable social hardships, the breed began a progressive decline. It was not until the 1920s when some breeders made an effort to salvage the breed by locating some of the ancient Portuguese dogs in the inaccessible north of Portugal. The Portuguese pedigree book was then established in 1932 and breed standard in 1938. For at least a thousand years, this dog has always had the same square head, a marked stop, triangular ears and compact look and since XVIIth century, the same docked tail, and among pointing dogs all over the world just the perdigueiro and his "son" the English pointer have this kind of skull-facial convergence so typical.^[1]

Appearance

A female Portuguese Pointer

The Portuguese Pointer is a dog of medium proportions.

When being evaluated at a conformation show, dogs judged for conformation that benefits working ability, with deviations from the standard penalised according to the amount that they interfere with working ability. The dogs are square in build, with the 10:10½ height to length ratio. The tail is docked to half, or two-thirds the natural length, and held level with the spine when the dog is excited, hanging down otherwise.

Coat and colour

The coat is short and coarse on most of the dog, being the texture of velvet on the ears and face.

Its standard colour is yellow or light brown, both unicoloured or with white markings.

Size

The height at the withers is 48–56 cm (19–22 in) . The weight is 18–27 kg (40–60 lb) for males, and 16–25 kg (35–55 lb) for females.

References

↑ "The History of Perdigueiro". www.canildetorres.com. Retrieved 2015-10-23.

External links

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www.canildetorres.com/aahistoriaing.html - The History of Perdigueiro (or Portuguese Pointer)

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Extinct	Alpine Spaniel Braque du Puy English Water Spaniel Norfolk Spaniel Old Spanish Pointer Tweed Water Spaniel

Dogs originating from Portugal

FCI breeds	Cão da Serra de Aires Cão de Castro Laboreiro Cão Fila de São Miguel Estrela Mountain Dog Portuguese Podengo Portuguese Pointer Portuguese Water Dog Rafeiro do Alentejo

CPC breeds (which are not accepted by the FCI)	Barbado da Terceira Barrocal Algarvio Cão de Gado Transmontano

Extinct breeds	Podengo de Mastra Terceira Mastiff

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