- Yellow of light, medium and dark shades, solid or with white patches on the head, neck, chest, lower extremity of limbs, below the elbows and hocks and tip of tail when undocked
About the Portuguese Pointing Dog
Origin: PortugalPortuguese Pointing Dog
- FCI status
- Recognised by FCI
- FCI group
- Pointing Dogs
- Origin
- Portugal
- Also called
- Perdiguero Portugues
- Known hereditary risks
- Not researched yet
About
What the breed standard says
- Bred for
- Hunting dog
- Behaviour and temperament
“Extremely kind and affectionate, hardy, capable of great endurance and devotion. Calm and very sociable, but somewhat haughty towards other dogs. Curious by nature, works with persistence and vivacity. Always a keen hunting dog that stays in close contact with the hunter”
Quoted from FCI standard n°187. 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: “Hunting dog” 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
- —
- Amount of shedding
- 1 of 5
- Grooming needs
- 3 of 5
- Good with children
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- Cost to keep
- —
- Tolerates being alone
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- Intelligence
- —
- Health of breed
- Not researched yet
Pros & cons
Pros & cons for the Portuguese Pointing Dog
What you get with the Portuguese Pointing Dog
- Purpose stated in the standard: “Hunting dog”
- The standard describes the breed as: “Extremely kind and affectionate, hardy, capable of great endurance and devotion”
What you are taking on
Nobody has written this side yet. It is a judgement rather than data, so it waits for a person — not for a missing source.
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 · Portuguese Pointing Dog
Coat and colour
As the FCI standard sets it out. Every line below is the standard’s own wording.
Coat
Short, hard, close, harsh and dense, covering the body evenly, with the exception of the armpits, groin, perianal and genital regions where is more sparse and softer.
It is thinner and shorter on the head, especially on the ears, which have a velvety look.
Without undercoat
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°187 — 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 breed standard says
- Size
- “Height at the withers: Males: 56 cm +/- 4 cm. Females: 52 cm +/- 4 cm. Weight: Males: 20-27 Kg. Females: 16-22 Kg”
- FCI states a tolerance around the figure.
Quoted from FCI standard n°187. It describes the breed the registry recognises, not any individual animal.
What the standard penalises
What a judge marks the Portuguese Pointing Dog 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.
- Behaviour: Too shy.
- Head: Skull-muzzle relation very different from 6/4. Barely defined stop, parallel longitudinal superior cranium-facial axes.
- Muzzle: Slanted.
- Eyes: Slanted. Squinting (east-west/cross-eyed).
- Ears: Fleshy, low set, excessively folded or curling.
- Body: Saddled or roached top line. Croup too sloping. Body too long, round thorax. Tucked up belly.
- Coat: White patches outside the limits set by the standard.
- Size: Oversized or undersized
Breed-level information from The Dog API. It describes the Portuguese Pointing Dog in general; any individual animal can differ.
Health guide
What to ask for in a Portuguese Pointing Dog
No breed-specific health panel has been written up for the Portuguese Pointing Dog 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
This is where Portuguese Pointing Dog owners’ own photographs will go, from the pet profiles they keep here. Nobody has added one to a public page yet.
A photograph in a pet profile stays private to its owner. We will not put one here unless they ask us to.
Puppies
No puppies listed right now
No Portuguese Pointing Dog 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.