Andalusian Hound

The Andalusian hound is a dog breed originating in Spain, especially Andalusia. Dogs are similar to other Iberian breeds such as the Ibizan Hound, the Portuguese Podengo, the Podenco Canario and the Maneto. In the Iberian Peninsula there are cave paintings that represent dogs that have a strong resemblance to these races. In fact, it seems that dogs have been bred very similar to those in much of the Mediterranean basin since ancient times, including Cirneco dell'Etna and Pharaoh Hound. But there is also the tradition that the podencos were introduced into Spain by the Phoenicians through their colonies.

Several genetic studies in recent years have come to conclude that contrary to widespread belief that the hound is a type of primitive dog imported some 3,000 years of Middle East area, these dogs actually have a close genetic relationship with other European hunting dogs and are no more "primitive" than most of them. <ref>See studies on the dog genome.</ref>

Standardization and Recognition

Despite being a native breed and ancient, it was not until 1990 when he entered the world of official cynology, with the formation of the breed club, which promoted the studies and work necessary for racial profiling, which were made by the Ethnology Unit and Animal Identification Animal Production Department, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Córdoba, being published during the Second Symposium of Spanish breeds in 1992 and that would be recognized by RSCE as racial standard in April of that year. Was included within the Group V Spitz and primitive type, Section 7 Primitive type - Hunting dogs. The race is not recognized by the FCI or any other association of international cynological given the large number of matches with the standard of the Portuguese Podengo, causing doubt that he really treated or not different races.

Varieties

As in the Portuguese Podengo in Andalusian Hound are three sizes and three types of hair, the combination of which factors can lead up to nine different varieties. Given the size varieties are:

• Andalusian Hound Large
• Andalusian Hound Medium
• Andalusian Hound Little

If we consider the different types of hair, it has the following varieties:

• Andalusian Hound Sardinia or hard hair.
• Andalusian Hound or long silky hair.
• Andalusian Hound or short straight hair.

There is a variety derived from Andalusian Hound medium short hair that called Maneto because of their short, stout legs, a phenomenon known in the field of cynology as basset, referring to the Bassets. At present, the handle is accepted as a breed by the RSCE temporarily.

Feature Race

The Andalusian Podencos like the other hounds have a highly developed sense of sight, hearing and smell what makes them good hunters especially when it comes to rabbit hunting is concerned. In the hunts more practiced in the central and southern Spain, the hounds are at the heart of the rehalas (group of hunting dogs, which number between 20 and 24), which are usually composed of large hounds for harassment and some medium-sized specimens as sharp and search dogs. In the small game uses the medium and small varieties, either individually, in pairs or forming arcades (packs of dogs for hunting).

One of the most typical of large-sized hound, is the quitaor <ref> Form Andalusian dialect often used instead of a Spanish law quitador</ref> accompanying the collars<ref>Véase la 2ª acepción de collera² en el Diccionario de la Real Academia Española. See collera2 2nd meaning of the Dictionary of the Spanish Royal Academy. Note that the partner or greyhound collar, does not have to be composed of one male and one female, although the meaning of collar is usually the reproducctora partner.</ref> of sighthound for hunting the hare. Its task is, first, and freeing up hare from is bed or hiding, making it available to the dogs and then finished the set, take part in the greyhound to take her owner. Andalusian farmhouses in the large size were used as watchdogs and as scavengers of small size of rodents.

References

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External links

• National Club of Andalusian Hound

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