GENERAL APPEARANCE
Shoulder height: 
Standard - over 38cm (15”)
Colour: Black, silver, blue, white or cream with black pigmentation.
Brown or liver and matching pigment.
Coat: Very profuse, dense and harsh in texture. Coat may be clipped to suit different tastes.
Gait: Free and light movement with strong hind drive. 
These proud aristocratic dogs are eye catchers on the street or in the showring. A moderate stop divides a finely chiselled long skull and muzzle, and the well feathered low set ears are pendant. The head carriage is proud and the neck runs into a short, strong back with a rather high set docked tail which is carried away from the body at a slight angle. Fore and hindquarters are strong and well angulated and the feet have tightly arched toes.
CHARACTERISTICS AND CARE
Poodles are renowned for their intelligence and being acutely sensitive to their owners’ moods, they often excel in obedience classes. However, the Poodle demands something in return, and that is love - in fact loads of love. Shutting them in the yard alone will totally destroy their spirits. Poodle owners choose different clips for their dogs - be it a puppy clip, lion clip, continental clip, etc. If not showing, a simple puppy clip is popular.
HISTORY
Believed to have originated from the old Spanish water dogs. The name Poodle derives from the German word ‘pudeln’ which means to splash in the water. An excellent retriever of injured water birds and ducks, a smaller variety was established later and became the forerunner of the modern Miniature. In order to facilitate the dog’s progress in water, hunters shaved much of the hair off the hindquarters, leaving the coat on the chest and fore parts for warmth, and bracelets of hair on the leg joints for  protection against injury. The custom of tying a bright ribbon on the topknot, was for identification of their dogs when at work retrieving. Over the years, the above customs have been maintained by people showing Poodles.

GENERAL APPEARANCE
Shoulder height: 
Toy - under 28cm (11”)
Colour: Black, silver, blue, white or cream with black pigmentation.
Brown or liver and matching pigment.
Coat: Very profuse, dense and harsh in texture. Coat may be clipped to suit different tastes.
Gait: Free and light movement with strong hind drive. 
These proud aristocratic dogs are eye catchers on the street or in the showring. A moderate stop divides a finely chiselled long skull and muzzle, and the well feathered low set ears are pendant. The head carriage is proud and the neck runs into a short, strong back with a rather high set docked tail which is carried away from the body at a slight angle. Fore and hindquarters are strong and well angulated and the feet have tightly arched toes.
CHARACTERISTICS AND CARE
Poodles are renowned for their intelligence and being acutely sensitive to their owners’ moods, they often excel in obedience classes. However, the Poodle demands something in return, and that is love - in fact loads of love. Shutting them in the yard alone will totally destroy their spirits. ‘Poodle owners choose different clips for their dogs - be it a puppy clip, lion clip, continental clip, etc. If not showing, a simple puppy clip is popular.
HISTORY
Believed to have originated from the old Spanish water dogs. The name Poodle derives from the German word ‘pudeln’ which means to splash in the water. An excellent retriever of injured water birds and ducks, a smaller variety was established later and became the forerunner of the modern Miniature. In order to facilitate the dog’s progress in water, hunters shaved much of the hair off the hindquarters, leaving the coat on the chest and fore parts for warmth, and bracelets of hair on the leg joints for  protection against injury. The custom of tying a bright ribbon on the topknot, was for identification of their dogs when at work retrieving. Over the years, the above customs have been maintained by people showing Poodles.

GENERAL APPEARANCE
Sizes: Height: Small 20-30 cm; Medium 40-54 cm; Large 55-70 cm 
Weight: Small 4-6 kg; Medium 16-20 kg; Large 20-30 kg
The Podengo is very lively and intelligent  with a quadrangular pyramid head which has erect ears. His tail is sickle shaped tail, and he is a well proportioned, and well muscled dog described as “sober and rustic”. The breed exists in three sizes, with two varieties of coat smooth and wire.  
CHARACTERISTICS AND CARE 
All varieties are also used as watchdogs and as companion dogs and as such can be reserved with strangers. The large Podengo is still used for hunting big game as the medium Podengo (also known as Warren Hound) is still well used as a rabbit hunter hunting either in a pack or alone. The small Podengo is used for searching fro rabbits in holes and rocks. Podengo coats are easy care and come in  two varieties short and smooth or long and wire, both of medium thickness, without undercoat. The short coat is more dense than the wire coat. In the wire variety the hair on the muzzle is longer (bearded). Coat colour is yellow and fawn in all shades from light to dark, with or without white markings, or white with patches of these colours.
HISTORY
Primitive type dog, it probably originates from the ancient dogs brought by the Phoenicians and Romans to the Iberian Peninsula in the Classic Antiquity. The breed was subsequently influenced by the introduction of dogs accompanying the Moors in their invasions in the 8th century. It adapted to the Portuguese terrain and climate, to become what is nowadays known as the Portuguese Warren Hound. Podengos evolved morphologically throughout the centuries due to their functionality, with the small variety being selected, from the 15th century on, as a ratter on the Caravels of the Portuguese navigators.

GENERAL APPEARANCE
Shoulder height: 43-57cm (17”-22½”).
Colour: White, black or brown with or Without white.
Coat: Profuse coat with no undercoat. There are two types (1) long with loose waves and a decided sheen (2) shorter cylindrical curls with less sheen.
The dog may be coated all over, or, in a lion clip.
Gait: Light with lively short steps. Head carried up.
A robust and energetic dog built like an athlete with the skull slightly longer than the tapering muzzle. Nose colour must conform to the coat colour. Eyes must not be too close together and the ears which are set above the eyeline are pendant. The short neck runs into widely set withers, a short back and slightly sloping croup. The long tail is carried with a ring at the end, and in the clipped variety with a plume. Fore and hindquarters are very muscular, pasterns upright and feet rather flat and webbed for swimming.
CHARACTERISTICS AND CARE
The ‘Portie’ as this breed is sometimes known, has an inherent love of water and can be trained to retrieve things in the water such as nets, overboard tackle and even herd fish into nets for the Portuguese fishermen.They apply these skills to retrieving on land as well. They are highly intelligent but at times self-willed, so need careful but firm training as a puppy to avoid stubborn streaks developing. Both varieties of coat need care - either trimmed or clipped. In the Lion Clip, the hair is short on the muzzle, loin and abdominal area, hindquarters and tail except for the plume on the tail.
HISTORY
This breed has a long history and the similarity in type and character to the Poodle cannot be ignored. One view is that they arrived in Portugal with the invading Moors in the 8th century, while others feel they arrived with the Goths in the 4th century. Remaining in relative seclusion for centuries they played an integral part of the lives of Portuguese fishermen. In the early 20th century when changes in methods of fishing took place, this breed’s numbers fell dramatically. Fortunately a rich shipping magnate and dog lover took it upon himself in the 1930s to save this breed from extinction.

GENERAL APPEARANCE
Shoulder height: approx. 33-36cm (13”-14”).
Colour: Black, silver, apricot or fawn with a black mask and black trace along the back. Black moles are found on the cheeks and a thumb mark on the forehead.
Coat: Fine, short, smooth soft and glossy. Gait: Fore and hind legs to move straight and freely, with a slight roll in the hindquarters.
These solid, square little dogs are required to be ‘multum in parvo’ or ‘much in little’. They are quite sturdy and weigh up to 8kg (18lb). The massive head is round with a short, square, blunt muzzle. The forehead must be covered with deep wrinkles and framed by small black ‘Button’ ears which fold forward. (‘Rose’ shaped ears folding back are acceptable but are not preferred.) The bodies must be short and the legs strong and muscular. The high set tail is curled tightly over the hip, preferably in a double curl.
CHARACTERISTICS AND CARE
The sturdiest of the toy breeds, these chunky fellows ooze love, affection and loyalty. They make excellent pets for children and due to their intelligent happy disposition, easily adapt to apartmentor country life. In some cases, their flat faces make breathing difficult, so care must be taken to see they are not over exercised in hot weather. The coat is very easy to look after, however the toe nails should not be allowed to get too long.
HISTORY 
They are of Oriental origin with certain constructional characteristics similar to the Pekingese. Evolved in Chinese Buddhist monasteries, they have been depicted on scrolls as far back as 400 BC. It is believed they made their way to Europe, in particular to Holland, with the Turkish fleet in 1553, or possibly via Dutch ships in the China trade. Conjecture aside, it was in Holland that these miniature mastiffs became established and then later in Germany where they acquired the name of ‘mops’ (angry looking). In Italy, they became known as a ‘Carlin’. During Napoleonic times, to own a Pug was a fashion statement in itself.