Andalusian Hound

Aliases Andalusian Hound Group(s) Multipurpose, hunting, and companionship, hounds, hunting dogs with erect ears Classification Group V: spitz-type dogs and primitive types. Uses Small game hunting and tracking, excellent companion dog Applications Specialist in hunting rabbits and wild boar, a great retriever Hardiness Acceptable Heat resistance Withstands extreme temperatures very well Adaptability to adverse situations It is an austere and very clean animal, which, in extreme situations, can go days without food Docility Cheerful and loving in the presence of his master, somewhat submissive Aggression toward strangers It is a great watchdog, and suspicious without the presence of its owner Reaction to unexpected circumstances It is very clever, and always prefers logical reactions Memory It has a capacity to retain information widely Psychological adjustment Very balanced and natural Orgin Spain Registry RSCE

Origins: Possibly, a descendant of hounds brought by the Phoenicians and type basenji dogs introduced by the Arabs in the Iberian peninsula by the Mediterranean coast.

Breed History: All of the breeds of Mediterranean prick-eared sighthounds are believed to share a common origin in Ancient Egyptian dogs spread across the Mediterranean Sea by ancient traders. The ancestors of the Podenco Andaluz were no exception when they arrived in the southern Spanish region of Cadiz by way of the Phoenicians. While the ancestors of most of the other Mediterranean prick-eared sighthounds arguably remained isolated and therefore possible direct descendants of the Ancient Egpytian dogs, those of the Podenco Andaluz did not. Spain, has throughout its history, frequently been invaded by other cultures, which in turn brought with them dogs. The Moors in particular are thought to have influenced the modern breed with the addition of pariah types from Africa. Despite its long history, the Podenco Andaluz has only recently attracted the attention of the show world with national recognition by the Real Sociedad Canina de España (Spanish Kennel Club).

Appearance: The Podenco Andaluz is a compact breed of prick-eared sighthound that occurs in three different sizes and coats.

The sizes are:

- Tall (Podenco Andaluz Talla Grande): males 21 to 25 inches (54 to 64 cm), females 20 to 24 inches (53 to 61 cm). Both sexes range in weight from 46 to 73 pounds (21 to 33 kg).

- Meduim (Podenco Andaluz Talla Mediana): males 17 to 21 inches (43 to 53 cm), females 16 to 20 inches (42 to 52 cm). Both sexes weigh from 22 to 49 pounds (10 to 22 kg).

- Small (Podenco Andaluz Talla Chica): males 14 to 17 inches (35 to 42 cm), females 12 to 16 inches (32 to 41 cm). Both sexes weigh from 11 to 24 pounds (5 to 11 kg).

Three types of coat: All three varieties lack an undercoat. The hair on the head and legs of both the wirehaired and longhaired varieties is shorter than that found on the rest of the body.

- Wire type: hair that is strong and 1.575 to 2.362 inches 94 to 6 cm) in length. - Longhaired type:  hair that is silky and 2.362 to 3.937 inches (6 to 10 cm) in length. - Shorthaired type:  hair that is smooth, close lying, hard, and 0.3937 to 1.181 inches (1 to 3 cm) in length.

Coloring: The Podenco Andaluz may be white of various shades, cinnamon of various shades, or white and cinnamon.

Head: The head is medium sized. The stop is smooth and barely pronounced.

Muzzle: The muzzle is shorter than half the length of the head. The width and depth of the muzzle are about equal.

Nose: The medium sized nose is round and honey in color.

Bite: While the Podenco Andaluz is preferred to have a scissors bite, a level bite is also accepted.

Eyes: The small, round eyes may be any shade of honey or hazel. The ears are medium set, wide at the base, triangular in shape with blunt tips, and carried erect.

Neck: The medium sized, straight neck is tight and forms a forty-five degree angle with the body.

Body: The chest is quite deep and possesses slightly arched ribs. The back is straight, short, and very wide.

Legs: The legs are long, muscular, straight, and parallel.

Feet: The feet are tight and round with toes that are so little arched as to appear almost straight. The wide, strong nails are either brown or white in color.

Tail: The low-set, medium thickness tail should not reach to the hocks. The tail should never be docked. In motion the tail is carried upwards as more or less a moon. When at rest, the tail is carried downwards as a saber towards the hocks.

Personality and Uses: The Podenco Andaluz is considered a specialist in the hunting of hare, and wild boar due to its natural instincts, remarkable sense of smell, and abundant stamina. This is not to say that this is all the breed is capable of however. The Podenco Andaluz is also able to serve as a retriever, both on the land, and in the case of ducks, in the water. It is a dog born to hunt, with an excellent sense of smell, and very resistant to the fatigue, is not intimidated before anything, methodical and fast in the search, barking while after its prey.

It is a dog of high intelligence, nobility, sociability, and is always alert.

As a companion, the Podenco Andaluz is very affectionate, submissive, and loyal with its family, but it will break this bond with unjust punishment.

It is a great hunting dog, typical and rustic. It runs with great ease and power, near in agility and ability to the fox and wolf. It is a dog that appreciates family life. If you let it out to run loose in the field, it will never lost and always come back.

OFFICIAL STANDARD

The Andalusian hound is an animal which, by their smell and hunting instinct developed, able to cope quite successfully various tasks related to hunting, from the search of the rabbit in the bushes until the hard grip of the boar, through the collection of ducks in the water. If this capacity is added agility and remarkable endurance that characterize it, we are facing an exceptionally gifted animal for hunting.

Classification Cinológica Federation International (FCI) Group V section hounds.

General Appearance

Dog is a harmonious, compact, very rustic and well poised.

A) Body length / height at the withers

• Females: 0.92 • Males: 0.94

When considering the length of the horn-distance from ischium meet-and-height at the withers height from ground to peak point of the cross, both sexes are shorter than long.

B) Depth of chest / height at the withers

• Females: 0.33 • Males: 0.36

Considered the relationship between the distance from the lowest point of the cross and the respect of the sternum ised. This relationship is exactly one and three in females, while the chest is more profound in males.

C) Length of muzzle / length of head

This relationship should be between 0.45 and 0.49, for males and females. With systems of dividing the length of the muzzle from the tip of nose to stop midpoint between the head length from tip of snout to nape, taken with a compass.

Temperament

Of great intelligence, nobility, sociability and always alert. Jousting reactions to stimuli, which denote a character alive and balanced. Very affectionate, obedient and loyal to the owner, but breaks the link before the unjust punishment. This gives a great capacity for training.

It is a dog born to hunt, with an excellent sense of smell, and very resistant to fatigue. Not fazed at all. It is methodical and quick search, with a cheerful beat behind the piece, both big game and in the least, being an excellent conductor of hair and feather, either in water or in rugged terrain.

Head

The Andalusian hound medium head is well proportioned, strong and pyramid-shaped trunk.

Cranial region

Skull shape: sub-convex. Address of the long axes of the skull and muzzle: In profile, matching above, forming an angle of 18 degrees. The head is pyramid-shaped, without showing strong depression between the skull and face. Its ending is not sharp, but rather square, with nose slightly subconvex finish.

Upper contour: Slightly sub-convex.

Width of skull inferior to its length, with very little difference.

Superciliary arch form: Slightly pronounced.

Cranial frontal sulcus Indentation: Only barely noticeable at the stop sign.

Protuberance of the occipital crest: Gently marked.

Stop (degree of depression frontonasal): Soft and very pronounced.

Facial Region

Nose: rounded and medium in size with well opened nostrils honey color. Muzzle: Shorter than half the total size of the head. The depth and width are similar. Fronto-nasal profile: Straight, with gently sloping distal end. Shape and profile of the lower jaw: Straight. Lips: Firm, thin, tight and honey color.

Jaw / teeth Shape of the jaw: Well developed. Accompanying progressive mind the jaw to give a robust and powerful. Number and type of teeth: 42 teeth well developed, with strong jaws. Position of the incisors: In perfect opposition. Bite Type: On scissors or tweezers, but preferably from first mode.

Cheeks Form and Appearance: rounded and muscular.

Eyes Small in size and rounded shape seen from the front, with a color variable between different shades of brown. Placed at a similar distance from the neck and nose. Frontal look lively and intelligent. The address is eye opening to the base of the ears. The pigmentation of lid margins is consistent with the color of the nose or the fur.

Ears Their placement is set at medium, with a wide base of implantation. Rose strongly when at attention. The lateral end of the base coincides with the outer corner of the eye. Is triangular with blunt tips. The size (length / width) for each size, according to the measurements obtained is that which follows.

• Large size: 7.59 inches wide and 10.60 inches long. • Medium Size: 6.40 inches wide and 9.71 inches long. • Small size: 5.76 inches wide and 8.46 inches long.

Neck

The top line or back line tends to the horizontal.

Cruz: A little wide prominent and insertion into the neck.

Back: The topline is straight, with well developed muscles.

Proportion of the length of back and kidney (bm). Value back / kidneys: 2 / 1.

Body The top line or back line tends to the horizontal. Cruz: A little wide prominent and insertion into the neck. Back: The topline is straight, with well developed muscles. Proportion of the length of back and kidney (bm). Value back / kidneys: 2/1-

Lomo Length: Short. Width: The large width. Musculature: Very developed.

Croup Outline: Slightly rounded. Address: Slightly sloping. Length: Long. Width: Of similar dimensions to the length.

Chest Length: Length and width similar to the diameter bicostal. Depth of the ribcage: Pretty deep. Shape of the ribs: Slightly arched. with the robust ribs. Sill: Wide, deep and heavily muscled.

Abdomen Lower contour: Collected. Shape of the abdomen: the belly is rounded and muscular. Shape of the folds of the womb does not.

Tail

Placement or insertion: Set low. Form: Arcuate. Largo: Do not exceed the hock in length. Thickness: Thick medium. Porte idle: Saber-shaped toward the hock. Porte in motion: In crescent shaped up more or less closed. Description of the tail: Strong, covered with hair that is never flag. During the hunt moves happily and makes indicator. Never cut. Copies are usually tan to the tail end of a white spot.

Forelimbs

General Appearance Front legs seen from front: Of medium thickness, poise and proper muscle development defendant. Front legs side view: Arms of average proportions, featuring strong muscular and harmonically articulated with the scapula does not appear marking the event. Elbows large, prominent and parallel to the plane of the body. Proportion in relation to the body well proportioned.

Shoulders Length: The average proportion. Inclination: Barely oblique. Musculature: Strong. Inclination angle of the scapula humeral joint: slightly oblique.

Arm Length: Medium length and muscular development defendant. The nature and shape of the bone: strong.

Elbow Position and angle of the elbow: Elbow broad, prominent and parallel to the plane through the body, with wide angles.

Forearm The forearm length is proportionate to the rest of the limb and muscles strong. The nature and shape of the bone: strong.

Carpus Width: In a similar thick as the forearm.

Metacarpus Length: Of medium length and well proportioned. Width: In a similar thickness as the carpus. Position or inclination: Almost vertical. Forefoot. Shape and curvature of the fingers: rounded foot, or cat or rabbit. The curvature of the fingers is not very pronounced, are almost straight and strong. The nails are white or brown, broad and strong. The pads are hard and resistant, light-colored or brown.

Hindquarters

General Appearance Well composed, very strong and very muscular. Rear legs side view: Upright and open angles. Hind legs behind view: Strong and perfect aplomb. Proportion in relation to body: Long.

Thighs Length: thigh is long, wide, with developed muscles. It descends at an angle oblique poorly. Angle coxo-fe-moral: Approximately one 110 degrees.

Kneeling Position: Medium / High. Angle of femoral-ti labial juncture: Approximately 110 degrees.

Leg It is strong, with a thick heel cord quickly separates from the tibia to group a highly developed muscular package. Length: Short in relation to the thigh. Position: Fairly vertical. Bone shape and characteristics: Strong.

Hock All right angled, thick tight tendons. It is short and distant land. Width: Well proportioned with the right of other bone diameters. Thickness: Similar to the metatarsal seen from behind. Angle of hock: From 150 to 160 degrees.

Metatarsus Length: Very long. Width: In posterior view, thicker than the leg. Position: Vertical.

Back foot The feet are essentially the same hands, something more open and elongated. Form: Medium, neither cat nor hare Curvature of the fingers: Similar to the front, strong with little curvature. Nails and pads (features and pigmentation): The pads are hard and tough, white or brown. The nails are thick and hard, white or brown.

Movements The preferred movement in competitions and exhibitions is the trot. The game is interspersed with fast trot canter.

Skin

Medium-thick, solid, tight and highly resistant. No creases or wrinkles in any region of the body. Pigmentation:  The skin is light colored, or in harmony with hair

Coat

Long Straight hair or short: two inches, with a variation of one, either shorter or longer. Hair hard or Sardinia: five inches, with a variance of one. Long hair or silky: Eight inches, with a variance of two.

Texture

• The smooth or short hair is hard and settled to the touch. • Hair Sardinia is hard or tough to the touch. • The long and silky hair is silky to the touch.

Distribution (beards, manes, etc.): Both the silky as in Sardinia, the dog is lined with thick hair all regions, being somewhat shorter in the limbs and head. Of note is the absence of the undercoat.

Color

Basic Color: The coat is white or cinnamon, or be covered by both. The white color variants exist in silver, matte ivory, the tan can range from clear to tan on. Color Support: The cinnamon and white. Colors not supported: The rest.

Size

Height at the withers in the large size: males 54-65, females 53-61. Height at the withers in the average height: males 43-53, females 42-52. Height at the withers in small size: Males 35-42; females 32-41.

Weight

Weight in the large size: 27 kg (with change of six). Medium size weight: 16 kg (with variation of four). Girl height weight: eight pounds (with change of three).

The Andalusian hound presents three sizes and three coat varieties:

• Andalusian Hound size large. • Andalusian Hound medium size. • Andalusian Hound size girl.

Hair can be short and smooth, Sardinia (hard and long) and silky (silky and long).

Fouls

Any departure from the foregoing points should be considered a foul. The severity of this is always in proportion to the degree of deviation from the standard. Males should have two testicles in the scrotum perfect development.

Race specific failures

Head narrow, no stop; ribs too flat, not having to fined the coat or the color green or blue eyes; any symptoms of mixing; floppy ears, any type of black pigmentation, presence of claws, tail or ear amputees; tail long.

Offenses involving the disqualification.

For exposures Any type of prognathism or enogmatismo, missing testicle (Monorchism), no more than two premolars and symptoms of albinism. Symptoms of infectious, contagious or transmissible in any way.

For proof of work (hunting) Lack of type, identify false; lose track of the part and I tend to follow the wrong direction, away much of the driver is small game (at hand); always be near the driver when These big game, not having a good nose, inadequate attention to the driver; not collect or haul in perfect small game pieces brought low; lack of strength and agility in a hunting day, symptoms of disease, fear of shooting, pace very slow game, lack of character, lack of good taste to hunt for venison, remove the piece left by another dog or person without defending it.