Skills Podengo Portuguese miniature was bred to exterminate rodents and hunt other small animals. Despite its small size, he is a good hunting dog. First of all, it is used to hunt rabbits. To this day, the poorer Portuguese people hunt to survive using dogs. Small podengo often hunt together with medium, small chase animals on stony hills, and medium ones take the baton on level ground. Small podengo also work in the role of burrows. Although many small podengo still fulfill their original function, in Portugal they have been considered great domestic dogs for three centuries.
