We held our biennial Breed Appreciation Day and you can see a report and pictures on the event page. Many thanks to the judges and exhibitors who attended as well as to all those involved in the organising and running of this key event in our calendar.

The annual Discover Dogs exhibition was held at ExCeL London on 15 - 16 October and the NPPA were there to represent the breed. There's more information and pictures on the dedicated event page.

Meantime, though, thanks to Jenny Wedge for the admin and behind-the-scenes work and many thanks to the volunteers who erected, dismantled and staffed the stand: Sarah Sands, Tony Hall, Diana Curtis and Ann Foscoe + of course a number of our 4-legged friends!

We received over 400 photos for consideration for the 2023 calendar - many thanks to everyone who entered. We're going through them now and will announce more details about how you can get a copy of the calendar in due course. It's going to be a tough call because the standard is very, very high and there simply isn't room for them all. 

Photos we aren't able to use in the calendar will be fed into our Instagram feed so keep an eye on that, too.

Huge congratulations to the NPPA's Vice President Miguel Sabino, whose Império de Viamonte took Best of Breed at the World Dog Show in Madrid. Império gets to add WW22 to his name: well done! Miguel and Império are pictured here with the judge. 

Here's a link to the catalogue - Portuguese Podengos start on page 197: https://www.rsce.es/.../Catalogo_WDS_Viernes_24_WDS2020/

At the time of posting, some of the results haven't been updated but here's a link to the WDS results page: https://resultados.wdsmadrid2020.com

Click on the drop-down box to search for Podenco Portugues and remember that outside the UK, Portuguese Podengos are judged in 6 distinct categories: by size (Grande, Mediano and Pequeno) and also by coat - wire (pelo largo y duro) and smooth (pelo liso y corto).

A little bit of Portugal came to the picturesque village of Yelvertoft on the 14th May as the 10th Anniversary NPPA Open Show went ahead on a glorious early summer day. Many congratulations to Nigel Crockford and Deborah Crockford whose Plushcourt Gloriana at Belfalas (Lily) took Best in Show, Best Smooth in Show and Best Puppy in Show. Congratulations, too, to Jenny Wedge whose Stormwitch Macadamia at Rioccajen (Mac) took Reserve Best in Show, Best Opposite Sex and Best Wire in Show. You'll find results and pictures on the event page.

The Portuguese Podengo Club of Portugal has announced that their annual show, the monográfica, will take place on 12th  June this year in Caldas da Rainha (north of Lisbon). 

Click here to go to their website for more information as it becomes available or click here to go to our page with results from previous monográficas.