Dogs
Podengo Canario
Other names: Canary Islands Warren Hound, Canarian Warren Hound, Podengo Canario
- Origin
- Spain
- Size
- Large
- Height · Male
- 55–64 cm
- Height · Female
- 53–60 cm
- Weight · Male
- 10–15 kg
- Weight · Female
- 10–15 kg
- Life expectancy
- 12–14 years
- FCI
- FCI group 5 · 5 · n.º 329
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Temperament
Courageous, nervy, agitated, and of an enthusiastic dynamism. Imposing but not at all aggressive. Attached with abnegation to his master, he stoically puts up with the most rigorous days without the least sign of fatigue.
History
On the Canary Islands, from where he originates, he is known under the name of Podenco Canario. We meet him frequently on all the islands, especially on the biggest, on the Gran Canary Island and the Isle of Teneriffe. The Podenco Canario is a dog of Egyptian origin which was probably imported to the Canary Islands by the Phoenicians, the Greeks, the Carthaginians and the Egyptians themselves. It is one of the most ancient breeds in existence, because we find numerous vestiges (engravings, statues, bas-reliefs) in the tombs of the Pharaohs and in the museums of the Louvre or the British Museum. This breed dates back about seven thousand years.