The Portuguese Podengo Pequeno and other Podengo type dogs have roamed the Mediterranean region dating back to the tenth and eleventh centuries. Breeders developed this rustic dog to hunt game in Portugal’s... Read more »
Historians believe that the Portuguese Podengo and similar Podengo-like dogs were transported by the Phoenicians and Romans, possibly brought along as hunting dogs or trade for the Portuguese and Spanish. However, artwork... Read more »
The Pumi is a Hungarian breed developed during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries by crossing the Puli with regional French and German terrier-type dogs. The breeders of the dog first used the... Read more »
The Japanese Chin is one of several breeds developed in ancient China. Commodore Matthew Perry introduced the Chin to the Western world upon the opening of Japan in 1854. The breed’s popularity... Read more »
The Tibetan Spaniel is an ancient breed that’s related to the Pekingese and the Japanese Chin, and they’re lineage trace back to the Shang Dynasty (1766-1122 BC). Tibetan villagers bred the Tibetan... Read more »
The Schipperke is a miniaturized version of sheepdogs long used in Belgium. Dog owners used them for hunting small animals, kill vermin, and guard canal boats that doubled as homes and businesses... Read more »