- Preferred: White and red, or entirely white or red
- Permissible: Fawn dogs, provided it is an exceptionally good specimen
- Permissible: In smooth coats, however, this colour
About the Ibizan Podenco
Origin: SpainIbizan Podenco
- FCI status
- Recognised by FCI
- FCI groupFCI divides this breed into varieties, and our sources don’t record which one a breeder works. Ask them which variety their line is.
- Spitz and primitive types
- Origin
- Spain
- Also called
- Podenco Ibicenco
- Known hereditary risks
- Not researched yet
About
What the breed standard says
- Bred for
- The Podenco Ibicenco is mainly used for hunting rabbits without guns, by day and at night. Thanks to his particularly good scenting ability, which, coupled with hearing, he uses more than sight, he scents and hunts out rabbits with ease, even in dense cover. Nimble and bright, he catches his prey quickly, specially when hunting together with other dogs. When one dog indicates game, he is surrounded by all the others, which keep a certain distance and stand in wait. They bark only when they see or hear the game and when they have surrounded it. Both when indicating and catching game, all dogs wag their tail fast, but are easily put off their waiting attitude. The Podenco Ibicenco is also used for hunting hare and large game. He is a good retriever. With certain exceptions only bitches are used for the formation of a pack or, at most, with one male only, as the latter do not work together during a hunt and are quarrelsome. When a pack has caught several thousand rabbits, it can happen with this breed, that some dogs from the same pack no longer want to hunt until they have had a considerable rest. The Spanish expression « enconillarse » (go to rest) refers to this peculiarity
Quoted from FCI standard n°89. It describes the breed the registry recognises, not any individual animal.
Characteristics
- Size
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- Exercise needsRead from what the breed was bred to do, in the registry’s own words: “The Podenco Ibicenco is mainly used for hunting rabbits without guns, by day and at night. Thanks to his particularly good scenting ability, which, coupled with hearing, he uses more than sight, he scents and hunts out rabbits with ease, even in dense cover. Nimble and bright, he catches his prey quickly, specially when hunting together with other dogs. When one dog indicates game, he is surrounded by all the others, which keep a certain distance and stand in wait. They bark only when they see or hear the game and when they have surrounded it. Both when indicating and catching game, all dogs wag their tail fast, but are easily put off their waiting attitude. The Podenco Ibicenco is also used for hunting hare and large game. He is a good retriever. With certain exceptions only bitches are used for the formation of a pack or, at most, with one male only, as the latter do not work together during a hunt and are quarrelsome. When a pack has caught several thousand rabbits, it can happen with this breed, that some dogs from the same pack no longer want to hunt until they have had a considerable rest. The Spanish expression « enconillarse » (go to rest) refers to this peculiarity” That is a working purpose, not a measured exercise requirement — an individual dog’s needs depend on its age, health and household.
- 4 of 5
- Easy to train
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- Amount of shedding
- 5 of 5
- Grooming needs
- 4 of 5
- Good with children
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- Cost to keep
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- Tolerates being alone
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- Intelligence
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- Health of breed
- Not researched yet
Pros & cons
Pros & cons for the Ibizan Podenco
What you get with the Ibizan Podenco
- Purpose stated in the standard: “The Podenco Ibicenco is mainly used for hunting rabbits without guns, by day and at night”
What you are taking on
- High grooming needs — the standard’s own description is “Smooth rough or long hair. • The smooth should not be silky, but strong and shiny.”
- Expect a lot of shedding — “• The rough should be hard and very dense, somewhat shorter on head and ears and somewhat…”
Drawn from sources rather than written as an opinion — cited health research, the registry’s own standard, and peer-reviewed longevity. FCI breed standard. One breeder’s animals can differ from any of it, and an empty column means we hold nothing for that side rather than that there is nothing to say.
Characteristics
FCI standard · Ibizan Podenco
Coat and colour
As the FCI standard sets it out. Every line below is the standard’s own wording, tagged preferred and permissible.
Coat
Smooth rough or long hair. • The smooth should not be silky, but strong and shiny. • The rough should be hard and very dense, somewhat shorter on head and ears and somewhat longer on rear of thighs and underside of tail.
A beard is highly valued.
The longhair is softer and should have at least a length of 5 cm.
The head is very densely coated
Colour
- Preferred
- Permissible
- Undesirable
- Disqualifying
Preferred, permissible, undesirable and disqualifying are FCI’s own words about the breed. They describe what the standard asks for — not an assessment of any individual dog, and not ours.
Shortened from FCI standard n°89 — each label is the standard’s own wording with the verdict lifted into the tag beside it. Read the full clause at source.
What the standard penalises
What a judge marks the Ibizan Podenco down for, and what puts one out of the ring, in the registry’s own words. This describes the breed standard — it is not a checklist for the animal in front of you, and a pet with a disqualifying fault is an unshowable dog rather than an unhealthy one.
Severe faults
Marked heavily against a specimen in the ring.
- Head short and broad.
- Stop markedly pronounced.
- Missing of a premolar.
- Drop ears.
- Barrel ribs.
- Elbows turned outwards.
- Cow hocks.
- Feet turned out.
- Crossing of feet and hocks in movement
Disqualifying faults
Puts an animal out of the ring altogether.
- Skull in the shape of a stair (plane of skull too high in relation to nasal bridge).
- Brown pigment or black spots on nose leather.
- Any form of prognathism.
- Eyelids and lips: Reddish brown.
- Evidence of crossing with a « Galgo » or other form of sighthound:
- Folded ears.
- Dark eyes.
- Croup broad.
- Barely defined forechest.
- Front legs wide apart.
- Thighs rounded and broad with visible veins
FCI varieties
FCI divides the Ibizan Podenco into these varieties, listed in the registry's own words. Depending on the breed they separate colour, coat, size or line — they are not a full list of colours, which no registry we hold publishes. Ask a breeder which variety their line is.
- smooth-haired
- rough-haired)
Breed-level information from The Dog API. It describes the Ibizan Podenco in general; any individual animal can differ.
Health guide
What to ask for in a Ibizan Podenco
No breed-specific health panel has been written up for the Ibizan Podenco on this platform yet. That is a gap in our records, not a clean bill of health — ask the breeder which hereditary conditions their lines are tested for, and ask to see the results for both parents, dated and from a named laboratory.
Gallery
No photographs yet
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Puppies
No puppies listed right now
No Ibizan Podenco breeder has a record on this platform yet, so there is nothing to list. That is a gap in our coverage, not a fact about the breed.