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Cão do Barrocal Algarvio
Cão do Barrocal Algarvio
Other names	Barrocal Algarvio
Origin	Portugal
Height
Traits
Height	Males
	Females
Weight	Males
	Females
Coat	thick and smooth, without undercoat
Colour	most often brown, yellow, grey, black or fawn, either patched, solid, or patched with white; tricoloured and other coats also acceptable
Clube Português de Canicultura
Kennel club standards
Clube Português de Canicultura	standard
	Dog (domestic dog)

The Cão do Barrocal Algarvio or Barrocal Algarvio is Portuguese breed of warren hound. It originates in the Algarve region of southern Portugal, and is named for the Barrocal [pt] sub-region thereof. It was recognised by the Clube Português de Canicultura in 2015^[2] and by the Direção-Geral de Alimentação e Veterinária of Portugal in 2016.^[3] It is not recognised by the Fédération Cynologique Internationale.^[4] No working trial is required for registration.^[1]

History

The Cão do Barrocal Algarvio is a traditional warren hound of the Algarve region in general and of the Barrocal [pt] sub-region in particular. It was formerly numerous in that area: in the mid-twentieth century there were some 3500 of the dogs, but numbers fell sharply in the later part of the century and by the 1960s there were fewer than 50 remaining; the population was thought to be at risk of extinction.^[2] A breed society, the Associação de Criadores do Cão do Barrocal Algarvio, was formed either in 2004^[5]^: 241 or in 2006.^[6] A molecular genetic study of the dogs was begun in 2012 by the Instituto Nacional de Investigação Veterinária;^[5]^: 241 preliminary results found an index of genetic diversity comparable to that in other Portuguese breeds.^[7]^: 53

The Barrocal Algarvio was recognised by the Clube Português de Canicultura in 2015,^[2] and received official recognition from the Direção-Geral de Alimentação e Veterinária as an autochthonous dog breed originating in Portugal in 2016.^[3] It is not recognised by the Fédération Cynologique Internationale.^[4]

A single-breed dog show was held in Faro in September 2022, and again in September 2023.^[8]^[9]

Characteristics

The Cão do Barrocal Algarvio is of medium size, and is roughly square in outline.^[10] Height at the withers is in the range 52–58 cm for dogs and about 3 cm less for bitches, with a tolerance of ±2 cm in each case; weights are about 20–25 kg for dogs and some 5 kg less for bitches.^[10]

The coat is thick and smooth, with no undercoat. It is most often brown, yellow, grey, black or fawn, either patched, solid, or patched with white; tricoloured and other varied coats also acceptable.^[10]

No working trial is required for registration.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Barbado da Terceira (in Portuguese). Clube Português de Canicultura. Archived 4 April 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c Inês Rosado (2 February 2016). O Cão do Barrocal Algarvio vai ser a 11ª raça certificada em Portugal (in Portuguese). Visão. Accessed August 2024.
^ ^a ^b [s.n.] (25 February 2016). Cão do Barrocal Algarvio reconhecido como Raça Autóctone Portuguesa (in Portuguese). A Voz do Algarve. Accessed August 2024.
^ ^a ^b FCI breeds nomenclature. Fédération Cynologique Internationale. Accessed February 2020.
^ ^a ^b [s.n.] (2021). Catálogo Oficial de Raças Autóctones Portuguesas (in Portuguese). Lisboa: Confederação dos Agricultores de Portugal; Direção-Geral de Alimentação e Veterinária. Archived 19 January 2024.
^ [s.n.] (25 September 2022). Criadores de cão do barrocal algarvio querem reconhecimento internacional da raça (in Portuguese). Lisboa: Diário de Noticias. Archived 25 September 2022.
^ Ana Elisabete Pires, Catarina Marado, Tânia Valério, Carla Borges, Diogo Mendonça, Fernanda Simões, José Ribeiro, Associação de Criadores do Cão do Barrocal Algarvio, José Matos (2012). Cão do Barrocal Algarvio: no encalço da sua identidade genética (in Portuguese). VIII Congresso Ibérico sobre Recursos Genéticos Animais, Évora, Portugal, 13–15 September 2012: Resumo das comunicações. Sociedade Portuguesa de Recursos Genéticos Animais; Sociedad Española para los Recursos Genéticos Animales.
^ Monográficas 2022 (in Portuguese). Clube Português de Canicultura. Accessed August 2024.
^ Monográficas 2023 (in Portuguese). Clube Português de Canicultura. Accessed August 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c Cão do Barrocal Algarvio (in Portuguese). Clube Português de Canicultura. Accessed August 2024.