Summer 2012 Welcome New Babies: Blacksheep podengos had 2 litters of Medio Wire Here are some of the latest stars at Blacksheep! See more info and pics at: http://blacksheepdogs.co m/Blacksheep_Podengos. html The Parade of Portugal 2012 By: Cindy Martusius This year we were honored to have Rui Gonçalves as our judge. Veterinary surgeon since 1984, FCI American Cocker & Portuguese Water Dog Breeder, National and International Judge since 1997 judging in Spain, France, Belgium, Sweden and Finland. Currently serving on the Technical Commission of the Portuguese Kennel Club (cpc). Licensed to judge Portuguese Breeds, FCI groups 7, 8 and many individual breeds. Mr Goncalves was an enjoyment to visit with and was happy to see the quality of Portuguese breeds entered. The show was on Thursday June 14th and is an event held currently, during the United Kennel Club (UKC) Premier. We had a ring exclusively for our show. Our entry this year was 33. Which was wonderful considering the late start we had and the confusion with replacing our initial judge. The Portuguese Podengo and Portuguese Water Dog were the big entry breeds. WAY TO GO! Our breed ‘trophies’ this year were embroidered jackets. They were beautiful! Best in Show was an embroidered chair. I have to admit it was gorgeous. The exhibitors were wonderful, I have to say thank you for their patience in dealing with us working our way through the Judges Books and stewarding. The results! BISS, BOB, Portuguese Pointer, Kommander Do Berco Do Basalto, owned by Elizabeth and Douglass Dow. RBISS: BOB, Portuguese Podengo Pequeno, BrokenRoad Tequila Sunrise, owned by Stacy and Susan Faw. PWD: BOB, Ch Anew Irish Cream, owned by Vera Arnold. EMD: BOB, GRCH McCoy by TrailsEnd, owned by Cindy Martishius. In regards to Podengo Medio/Grande: Since the Parade of Portugal started in 2006, we have had good entries on the Podgeno, specifically the Pequeno. In the last few years our Medio/Grande entry has grown with this year being the best! We have had a Medio win BISS and place in the top four repeatedly. Competing against the pequeno in breed ring is difficult, if the Parade of Portugal committee and chair can be any assistance contacting the United Kennel Club regarding a separation of these, it would be a pleasure to do so. To find out more about the Parade of Portugal you can visit: www.paradeofportugal.com www.facebook.com/ParadeofPortugal or contact me, I am happy to help. Until next year! Cindy The Podengo at POP - Mary Dixon - First breeder/exhibitor of Wirehaired Portuguese Podengo Medios in North America with breed foundation bitch Ch Evita VD Kleiheuvel (on right) and her 2007 (3rd litter) puppy girl Ch Mica de Retrouvaille (on left). Call names of Podengos present included: Joe, Walter, Karma, Libby on the big side and Zeke, Mica, Evita, Chase, on the Medio side. Great showing by some great dogs! (call names used cause registered names waaaay to long.) Specialty Reminder: Thursday August 16th, 2012 At the conclusion of the Rocky Mountain Hound Association show Island Grove Regional Park 501 N. 14th Ave Greeley, CO This is a 4 day cluster with Thursday and Friday dedicated to specialties and all breed show Sat and Sunday. Obedience and Rally offered all 4 days. Premium List for the 4 day AKC events is available at: www.onofrio.com JUDGE: Ms Judy Walton - Judy has shown dogs since 1980, has had Whippets for 28 years and Ibizan hounds for 8 years, and have handled and pointed a number of other sighthound breeds. She has judged sweeps at Whippet specialties and supported entries and had the pleasure of judging sweeps at our local Borzoi specialty this winter. She also teaches conformation handling classes, both for people starting new puppies and for novices just beginning to show their own dogs. Soon to apply for her judging license we are pleased to have this long time hound person as the judge for our specialty. Classes will include: Puppy, Bred By Exhibitor, and Open divided by size as well as the option to enter Exhibition only. Premium list and entry on the website – day of show entries are also welcome. Check Club site for additional details: www.podengo-mediogrande.com Ready – Set – Show How you can show your Podengo in AKC events! In addition to Lure Coursing, Obedience, Rally, Tracking, CGC we now have an opportunity to participate in a conformation activity called: Open Show. You can find Open Shows by going to the AKC website and clicking on EVENTS. You will see a tab for open show and you will find a list of these events. These are NEW activities where FSS and MISC breeds as well as regular status breeds can earn Certificate of Merit points. No handlers or CH animals allowed and winners of all groups INCLUDING FSS AND MISC are eligible for BIS. This new opportunity just started on July 1st so you can expect to see some more opportunities later this yea r and certainly by next year. So get out there and have fun with your dogs! Most common questions we get own or participate in activities and seldom breed without a waiting list. about the Podengo Are the puppies registered anywhere? If you had not split off from the Podengo Puppies should be 'recorded' with AKC Pequeno you would be going into regular Foundation Stock Services - which is the status too. Why did you do that? part of AKC registration that is available to us. They may be individually registered, or The original club submitted the Podengo as just registered as a litter but they are not one breed. It became obvious to us that this eligible to participate in activities without original submission had a couple of an AKC number. Puppies may also be problems. The first in the AKC definition registered with UKC. It is your job to of a breed is that the different variations discuss with the breeder you have selected can be bred together. Breeding a 8-12 inch what the status is. Since the future of the dog to the larger sizes would then lose the breed depends on AKC recording - we 4” gap that should exist between the top of support the registration of all puppies as the little and the bottom of the big. This soon as possible. would result in producing dogs that would not fit their purpose of the integrity of the breed. How often are puppies born? Litters are carefully planned and the The second is the Podengo Pequeno is number of litters is many times based on longer than tall – the Podengo is more the availability of suitable homes - if you square. The Pequeno is not a bred down are interested in this breed it would be big and the big is not a bred up pequeno. helpful to get on a breeders waiting list. Or They have different functions and share look at puppies currently on the ground little common ancestry and no connection and available young adults. in morphology. Can I get one from Portugal myself? So while it might have been faster – it was We would be happy to provide some contact not the best for either breed when we are information however it is a complex trying to stay true to the intent of the breed process and may take a while to establish a in Portugal in 2009 the Podengo Pequeno relationship. The easiest way is to fly over and the Podengo were split into 2 breeds and bring your puppy back - that way you for AKC purposes. can get your puppy at 8-10 weeks so you will still be able to socialize it. Anything How can I find a Medio or Grande older (unless from some particular breeder near me? breeders) will have lived in a kennel building with little human contact. Unless you live in a few specific states you Shipping will be based on the size/weight of will not find a breeder near you. This is a the dog and can vary from 500 - 2600 rare breed in the US and most of us are Euros and of course varies with the working on a breed recovery project. exchange rate. Purchase price is typically Breeding is limited with careful attention to around 500-700 Euros. the diversity (or lack of) in the gene pool. We welcome new people who are looking to I think I have a Podengo - can I register it? What health issue are there? There are so few REGISTERED Podengos We have little information and no testing in the US and we do know where almost all from the country of origin. The gene pool of them are. Many years ago Portuguese in the United States is so small that it is hunters imported some dogs for hunting critical to focus on creating a population of and have likely had litters over the years. greater diversity rather than test for more We would be happy to look at pictures of common issues. To date we know that the your dog - but as the Podengo is a primitive structure of the ear – lends itself to breed - most mixed breeds - when mixed frequent ear infections, we know there together enough also look like primitive have been some environmental and food breeds. If you have what you think is a allergies – we know there have been some Podengo and would like it certified for a issues with Thyroid. We encourage people PAL number with AKC. Please contact us to share information openly about their and we will be happy to help.