Ibizan Hound

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Ibizan hound. The ibizan hound is recognised as a primitive breed one that long predates modern selective breeding. Today the ibizan hound dog breed is still used in that capacity in spain and elsewhere. Ibizans have selective hearing and an independent nature. The ibizan hound can jump very high from a complete standstill enabling him to easily jump most fences.

All ibizan hound found here are from akc registered parents. The ibizan hound catalan. Going online to the akc website and looking for ibizan hound breeders there is your best bet. Podenco ibicenco is a lean agile dog of the hound family.

Smooth and wire the more commonly seen type is the smooth. An independent and athletic dog the ibizan hound needs daily exercise in a safe area. As it has a slender build the ibizan hound can easily execute the double suspension gallop quickly and with agility and trots lightly. There are two hair types of the breed.

This breed is a sighthound meaning it hunts by sight rather than scent. The ibizan hound was originally bred to hunt rabbits and small game on the balearic island of ibiza. Same thing with the ckc and ukc website depending on where you live. The akc standard says lithe and racy the ibizan possesses a deerlike elegance combined with the power of a hunter the ibizan hound affectionately called beezer belongs to a family of dogs called sighthounds.

It is sometimes confused with the pharaoh hound a breed to which it surrendered its original name in the twentieth century and the two are likely to have a shared past depictions of lean hounds with large pricked ears may be found on the tombs of the pharaohs and it is. The hound is a wonderful jumper that can reach. Ideal exercise allows the dog to stretch out at full speed but exercise needs can also be met. Find ibizan hound puppies and breeders in your area and helpful ibizan hound information.

Some consider there to be a third type long but the longhair is most likely a variation of the wire. An incredibly fast dog the ibizan hound can be extremely difficult to recapture. The ibizan hound is reserved with strangers and some can be timid. The ibizan hound is a lithe and leggy visitor from the dawn of civilization bred as a rabbit courser on the rocky shores of spain s balearic islands.

The ibizan hound is a very rare breed of dog and there are not a lot of breeders out there.