Valdueza

Valdueza
Other names
  • Perro Montero Valdueza
OriginSpain
Traits
Height Males
67–75 cm (26–30 in)[1]
Females
66–72 cm (26–28 in)[1]
Coat rough, with undercoat
Colour white or waxen, sometimes with pale patches
Kennel club standards
Real Sociedad Canina de España standard
Notesrecognised in Spanish national legislation[2]
Dog (domestic dog)

The Valdueza or Perro Montero Valdueza is a modern Spanish breed of large pack-hound. It results from selective breeding, principally of large rough-haired Podenco Andaluz dogs with lightweight examples of the Mastín Extremeño;[3] some Griffon Vendéen blood was later added.[3][4] Breeding began in the 1940s; in 2020 the Valdueza was officially recognised by the Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación, the Spanish ministry of agriculture, and was added to the list of indigenous Spanish breeds.[2][3][5] It is not recognised by the Fédération Cynologique Internationale.

History

Breeding of the Valdueza was begun in the 1940s by Alfonso Álvaréz de Toledo y Cabeza de Vaca, the eleventh Marquess of Valdueza, and was continued after his death by his son Alonso Álvarez de Toledo y Urquijo, the twelfth marquess.[6] The aim was always to create a breed of pack-hound suitable for hunting in mountainous terrain, particularly in the Montes de Toledo, the Sierras of Extremadura and the Sierra Morena.[6][7] To this end large rough-haired dogs of the Podenco Andaluz breed were cross-bred with lightweight examples of the Mastín Extremeño;[3] some Griffon Vendéen blood was later added by Alonso Álvarez de Toledo.[3][4]

In 2014 the Perro Montero Valdueza was listed among the 'Grupos Étnicos' of the Real Sociedad Canina de España, a preliminary step to full recognition as a breed.[3][8] In 2020 it was officially recognised by the Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación, the Spanish ministry of agriculture, and was added to the list of recognised indigenous Spanish breeds.[2][3][5]

Use

References

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  1. ^ a b Patrón racial del Valdueza (in Spanish). Madrid: Real Sociedad Canina de España. Archived 3 August 2022.
  2. ^ a b c [Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación] (25 May 2001). Real Decreto 558/2001, de 25 de mayo, por el que se regula el reconocimiento oficial de las organizaciones o asociaciones de criadores de perros de raza pura (in Spanish). Boletín Oficial del Estado 142 (14 June 2001): 21156–21182. Reference: BOE-A-2001-11347.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g [s.n.] (28 July 2020). Reconocida oficialmente la raza pura canina española Valdueza (in Spanish). Madrid: Federación Española de Asociaciones de Ganado Selecto. Archived 3 August 2022.
  4. ^ a b Jaime Lázaro (12 January 2017). La rehala de los perros 'grandes de España' (in Spanish). Madrid: El Mundo. Accessed August 2022.
  5. ^ a b Luis Planas Pulgades (21 July 2020). 8582: Orden APA/698/2020, de 21 de julio, por la que se actualiza el Anexo del Real Decreto 558/2001, de 25 de mayo, por el que se regula el reconocimiento oficial de las organizaciones o asociaciones de criadores de perros de raza pura, y se modifica el Anexo I del Real Decreto 45/2019, de 8 de febrero, por el que se establecen las normas zootécnicas aplicables a los animales reproductores de raza pura, porcinos reproductores híbridos y su material reproductivo, se actualiza el Programa nacional de conservación, mejora y fomento de las razas ganaderas, y se modifican los Reales Decretos 558/2001, de 25 de mayo; 1316/1992, de 30 de octubre; 1438/1992, de 27 de noviembre; y 1625/2011, de 14 de noviembre. (in Spanish). Boletín Oficial del Estado 203: 58046–58047. Reference: BOE-A-2020-8582.
  6. ^ a b Benjamín G. Rosado (26 October 2020). Valdueza, así es la nueva raza de perros española (in Spanish). Expansión. Madrid: Unidad Editorial Información Económica. Archived 29 October 2020.
  7. ^ Valdueza: Raza Canina Española (in Spanish). Madrid: Real Sociedad Canina de España. Archived 3 August 2022.
  8. ^ Grupos Étnicos Caninos (in Spanish). Madrid: Real Sociedad Canina de España. Archived 24 August 2014.