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> Our Podengos > Our Podengos in 2012
Our Podengos in 2012 |  | | | L-R: Caia, Donzela, Bucky, Ruby & Izzy |
This is going to be a great year! We have two new smooth coat Podengos who we brought from Portugal to join their half sister here in Old Saybrook. All three share the same father -- Elvis El Rey de Vedras, who won the World Podengo Show in Portugal in 2011. First is the queen, 2 year old Hestia de Vedras, known as "Izzy". Second is 10 month old Afonso el Rei, known as "Jack". And youngest is 5 month of Brisa D'Eiras do Bugio, who we call "the Breeze".
All of our Podengos have been developing so well -- Bucky is certified with the Delta Society and working at the Smilow Cancer Center at Yale-New Haven Hospital. Donzela and Ruby have special jobs and ongoing training. And Izzy picks everything up very quickly. She won the 2011 PPPCA National Specialty after winning many BOB titles and was the first Best of Breed and Best in Miscellaneous Class In an AKC show in Texas in January 2011 -- the first smooth coat Podengo Pequeno in the USA to do so. Closing out 2011, in December she went on to take First Award of Excellence at the AKC Eukanuba show in Orlando. And new boy Afonso El Rey, who we call "Jack" is ready and willing to quickly learn anything we teach him. Their baby sister Brisa D'Eiras do Bugio is a real smart puppy and sweet as can be!
This is a breed that loves to learn and enriches our lives as they develop!
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Brisa D'Eiras do Bugio |  | | | Brisa at 3 months old |
Newest Podengo here is beautiful little Brisa, a smooth coat that Kip brought home from Portugal during Thanksgiving. And we have much to be thankful for! She is smart, loving, sweet and outgoing, fits right in! Her name means breeze and we call her "The Breeze" for the way she speeds around in the yard, running like the wind. |
Bucky!Bucky (Bacalhau de Viamonte) is the friendliest funniest Podengo in the world!
Never a dull moment and a sweet little guy. Bucky is also a certified Delta Therapy dog and great at what he does. |
Afonso El Rey (Jack) |  | | | "Jack" loves to love! |
This little guy came here on board a flight from Portugal in August 2011 and settled in quickly. He is well socialized and a ton of fun. Now 6 months old he will begin showing soon. Right now he is focusing on kissing all of our family and friends. |
Donzela do Porto Novo |  | | | Donzela loves her pet pillow! |
Donzela has lots of character, is clever and grumpy and happy and joyful, all mixed together. She loves to learn new things and is very close with baby Buddy. Donzela was born on Kip's birthday, and they share a special bond.
Her dad is Saloio/Dooze and her mom is the ever lovely Amalia. |
Hestia de Vedras (Izzy) |  | | | Hestia de Vedras was born October 17, 2009. We call her Izzy. |
Kip brought Izzy here on March 1, 2010. She is a beauty and has a wonderful, confident personality. She and Ruby are so close that we call them the velcros. |
Porto Novo's Gustava GObama (Ruby) |  | | | Fearless and forthright, Ruby has never met a person she did not like! |
Little Ruby got her name because she is kind of red in color and has the personality of a piano player in a saloon -- exceptionally outgoing, confident, and lots of fun. She was our first smooth coat Podengo, so we sometimes call her "the Naked Monkey."
Her mom is Caia and her dad is Schwartz and she was born on election day 2008. |
Sericaia do Vale Negro (Caia) |  | | | On a very cold and snowy day, Caia just loves relaxing on the cover of the outdoor hot tub! |
Little Caia was the first Podengo in the United States to win a Best in Show and she continues to be the little princess. Elegant, smart, charming and a bit aloof, she can also be spunky and funny and very playful. This is certainly a diverse breed and Caia represents it well.
In March 2011 she moved up the river to Essex to live with her own dedicated person and comes for regular playdates with her pack here in OS. |
Ginja |  | | | Ginja has her own little door to go in and out of the garden as she wishes. It has a very big, very old stone fencing around it and she is very safe there, lots of birds too! |
Ginja was our second Podengo. Kip brought her home from a trip to Portugal in 2001 and she lived with us in Newport, Rhode Island. My daughter, who lives in London, and she fell in love, and Ginja fell deeply in love with Bob too, so I took her to England myself seven years ago. She is an entirely happy, bossy, incredibly smart little girl who loves her garden and her home very much. |
Schwartz! |  | | | Schwartz loves the snow and was happy to find it even snows in London. |
Schwartz, formally known as Delico Doce do Vale Negro, came to live in Old Saybrook in 2007 and moved to London in December 2008 to join little Ginja in my daughter's home there. Schwartz and Ginja have become fast friends and are affectionately called "the Monstronsities" by Liz.
They are truly wonderful companions and full of laughs! |
Amalia |  | | | Here she is -- Queen Mali! |
Best known as "Mali", this intelligent, interesting, personable girl lives in Maine with her person Mark and goes boating a lot, always wearing the required vest. Mali is Donzela's mom and Manny's daughter and one of the most wonderful Podengos in the world. |
Dooze |  | | | The Dooze races across the beach on Martha's Vineyard last summer, always happy and speedy! |
Little Saloio de Viamonte is really known as Dooze and lives in West Hartford with his loving owner, my cousin Julie and his best pal, a big Lab called Mick.
Dooze is Donzela's dad. He fell totally in love with his girlfriend Amalia. |
Amor do Porto Novo |  | | | No, Amor is not driving, just getting ready to leave after a very nice visit with us here in Old Saybrook. Wonderful girl! |
Amor was our first puppy, born in Newport on Valentine's Day. Her mom is little Ginja and dad is the amazing Manny. Amor lives with a 4-generation family close by in Connecticut and comes to visit. She has a great personality and charms everyone who meets her. |
Izzie |  | | | Izzie is a tiny girl but has a super big personality! |
Little sweet Izzie is a lovely girl, well trained and very smart, who is now with the delightful Chauncey and his fabulous family out on Long Island. She is as sweet and sassy as they come! |
Chauncey & Cassie |  | | | That's Izzie in the front, Chauncey behind, and both loving the camera. |
Chauncey (aka Chauncey do Porto Novo)and Izzie, the newest addition to his household, are doing well. They look alike but she is about half his size. Both are lovely Podengos with that great fun loving spirit indigenous to the breed. |
Fidalga da Casa de Sao Domingos (Fida) |  | | | Fida loves the woods and running with her pal Archie. |
Pretty Fida came from Portugal and lived with us for many years. She is very happy now too, living out in Minnesota with little Archie and lots of land and loving people.
Fida is also the face on the popular "I've Been Podengoed" button. What a girl! |
Zangao and Lali |  | | | That is little Lali on the left - you can see that she and Zangao are a great pair! |
Zangao came here from Portugal in 2006. Lali (Eulalia do Porto Novo) was born here in Old Saybrook in 2007 -- our Caia is her mom and Bucky is her dad. Handsome Zangao and beautiful Lali live in Massachusetts. Zangao serves as a therapy dog in hospice care and both he and Lali go on many hiking trips with their people, scaling the peaks of New England. |
Icaro Do Vale Negro (Ike) |  | | | Ike is a Champion and holds a number of titles and is one of the finest dogs in America! |
Little Ike came to live with us in 2004 after a trip to Portugal. In 2006, I took Ike to a show in North Carolina, where I met some wonderful people, Trish & Kirk Weber, who fell in love with him. Over the year we talked a lot and finally I let him go to help start their kennel in Independence, Kentucky. And Ike has been a fabulous show dog, pet and stud dog, fathering the largest litter that we have ever heard of -- 7 beautiful Podengo Pequenos.
But mostly, Ike has a great big heart and a wonderful sweetness. |
Manny |  | | | We imagine that this cartoon is Manny (on the right) talking with his half-brother Bucky. Seems like a conversation they would have :) |
Last but not least. Manny was our first Podengo and the first purebred Podengo to show in the United States. He lives in Hartford with his person Linda and her family and spends much time with his beloved Richard and his super beloved Boston Red Sox. Manny is an amazing dog and has been a pathfinder in the Podengo show world here in the United States. He has also given us some wonderful puppies. |
Manny Portrait |  | | | This is so Manny. What a fabulous dog! |
I just found this photo taken during one of Linda and Richard's visits here with Manny. Love it! |
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