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About the Portuguese Sheepdog

Origin: Portugal
Typical life span
12-14 years
Size
Medium — from its typical weight
Weight
Male
17-27 kg
Female
16-25 kg
Height
Male
43-55 cm
Female
41-52 cm
FCI status
Reconhecida pela FCI
FCI group
Sheepdogs and Cattledogs (except Swiss Cattledogs)
Origin
Portugal
Also called
Perro de Pastor Portugues
Known hereditary risks
Not researched yet

About

What is a Portuguese Sheepdog?

Medium-sized herding dog with long, shaggy wavy coat and lively intelligent expression, known for its monkey-like gait and rustic appearance

Portuguese Sheepdog history and origins

Developed in the Serra de Aires region of Portugal, likely from Briards brought in the early 1900s. Used extensively for herding sheep, goats, and cattle. Known locally as 'cão macaco' (monkey dog) for its lively antics.

Portuguese Sheepdog appearance and size

Males typically weigh 17-27 kg and stand 43-55 cm at the shoulder; females 16-25 kg and 41-52 cm.

O que diz o padrão da raça

Comportamento e temperamento
Exceptionally intelligent and very lively. Very devoted to the shepherd and the herd, it can be somewhat wary of strangers and vigilant at night. Nowadays it is also an excellent companion, sporting and guard dog. It is known for its skilful ability to keep livestock in the pastures and also for searching stray animals. It is always vigilant and successfully alerts for the proximity of predators. The breed is extremely devoted to its work and its shepherd. The work is conducted with joy and pleasure

Quoted from FCI standard n°93. It describes the breed the registry recognises, not any individual animal.

Referência da raça de The Dog API.

Características

Tamanho
Medium
Necessidade de exercício
Facilidade de treino
Queda de pelo
1 of 5
Cuidados com o pelo
4 of 5
Convivência com crianças
Custo de manutenção
Tolera ficar sozinho
Inteligência
Saúde da raça
Not researched yet

Pros & cons

Prós e contras da raça Portuguese Sheepdog

O que ganha com a raça Portuguese Sheepdog

  • O padrão descreve a raça assim: «Exceptionally intelligent and very lively»

O que tem de assumir

  • Exige muitos cuidados com o pelo — a descrição do próprio padrão é «long; with slightly harsh texture preferably goat-like»

Retirado de fontes e não escrito como opinião — investigação de saúde citada, o padrão do próprio registo, e estudos de longevidade revistos por pares. Padrão da raça, FCI. Os animais de um criador podem diferir de tudo isto, e uma coluna vazia significa que não temos nada desse lado, não que não haja nada a dizer.

Characteristics

Padrão da FCI · Portuguese Sheepdog

Pelo e cor

Tal como o padrão da FCI o estabelece. Cada linha abaixo está nas palavras do próprio padrão.

Coat

Straight or slightly wavy

long

with slightly harsh texture preferably goat-like

forming long beard, moustache and eyebrows, but not covering the eyes

dense and evenly distributed over the body, including between toes

hair of medium thickness

without undercoat or woolliness

very long coat on head, body and limbs, including between toes

Cor

  • Preferred
  • Permissible
  • Undesirable
  • Disqualifying

«Preferred», «permissible», «undesirable» e «disqualifying» — preferida, admissível, indesejável e desqualificante — são as palavras da própria FCI sobre a raça, e ficam em inglês porque é assim que constam do padrão. Descrevem o que o padrão exige — não são uma avaliação de nenhum cão em concreto, nem nossa.

  • Yellow, brown, grey, fawn and wolf-grey, in light, medium and dark shades and black
  • with tan markings more or less noticeable, but should never be pied, except for a very small white spot on the chest

Resumido de FCI standard n°93 — cada etiqueta está nas palavras do próprio padrão, com o veredito passado para a etiqueta ao lado. Leia a cláusula completa na fonte.

O que o padrão penaliza

Aquilo que faz um juiz descontar pontos à raça Portuguese Sheepdog, e o que a põe fora do ring, nas palavras do próprio registo. Isto descreve o padrão da raça — não é uma lista de verificação para o animal que tem à frente, e um animal de companhia com um defeito desqualificante é um cão que não pode ir a exposição, não um cão doente.

Defeitos graves

Contam fortemente contra um exemplar no ring.

  • Behaviour: Animals showing nervous, unbalanced temperament. Jaws: Incorrect implantation of teeth, lack of two premolars (except PM1). Stop: Not pronounced. Nose: Pointed. Lips: Overlapping or pendulous. Eyes: Light, small, slanting or not rounded. Ears: Folded or rose-shaped. Forechest: Too narrow. Chest: Shallow, flat rib cage. Top line: Saddle back or too sloping. Croup: Horizontal or too sloping. Underline: Too much tick-up. Limbs: Tilted fore- or hind feet, cow hocks, and hindquarters must not be straight. Tail: Low set, short or curled over back, when at rest. Nails: White. Hair: Not harsh enough or not long enough. Colour: White spot on the chest too large; tan points not defined. Gait: Not ample enough, not suspended, out at the elbows, hocks too close

Defeitos desqualificantes

Põem o animal fora do ring por completo.

  • Ears: Low set, or too wide apart, erect or semi-erect.
  • Muzzle: Convex profile.
  • Jaws: Undershot or overshot lack of more than two pre-molars (except PM1).
  • Pigmentation : Total lack of pigmentation on nose, eyelids and lips (albinism). Tail: Docked or absent at birth. Hair: Short, curly, or with undercoat. Colour: White on the extremities of limbs or pied. Lack of tan points in brown, grey and black adults. Gait: Too hobbled and heavy, or with serious deviations of
  • forelegs, frailness.
  • Size: Oversized or Undersized

FCI standard n°93

Informação ao nível da raça, de The Dog API. Descreve a raça Portuguese Sheepdog em geral; qualquer animal em concreto pode ser diferente.

Health guide

What to ask for in a Portuguese Sheepdog

No breed-specific health panel has been written up for the Portuguese Sheepdog 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.

Puppies

No puppies listed right now

No Portuguese Sheepdog 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.

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