Comparison: Italian Pointing Dog (Bracco Italiano) and Portuguese Pointing Dog

Italian Pointing Dog (Bracco Italiano) and Portuguese Pointing Dog are marked as similar in our database. The table compares only the data we have on the breeds.

Italian Pointing Dog (Bracco Italiano)
Photo: Gábor Essösy, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Portuguese Pointing Dog
Photo: Canarian, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Italian Pointing Dog (Bracco Italiano)Portuguese Pointing Dog
FCI group7. Pointing dogs7. Pointing dogs
Country of originItalyPortugal
CategoryLargeMedium
Height at withers55–67 cm52–56 cm
Weight25–40 kg16–27 kg
Recognition features
  • Markedly sculpted head with chiselled lower orbit and a powerful, muscular build
  • Short, dense, glossy coat, white or white with orange, amber or brown patches or roaning
  • Head carried high when questing, nose above the topline
  • Short, hard yellow coat in any shade, solid or with white markings
  • Square body and a squarish head with a 6:4 skull-to-muzzle ratio
  • Loose, thin skin on the head without wrinkles; velvety ears
CoatShort, dense and glossy, finer and shorter on head, ears, front of legs and feet. Colours: white; white with orange or darker amber patches; white with brown patches; orange roan; liver roan - the last with a prized metallic sheen and warm monk-frock shade. A symmetrical facial mask is preferred.Short, hard, close and dense coat without undercoat, sparser and softer in the armpits, groin and genital region, velvety on the ears. Yellow in light, medium or dark shades, solid or with white on the head, neck, chest, lower limbs and tail tip.
PurposeA pointing dog for bird hunting, selected for a fast, wide trot and by nature an excellent retriever.A medium-sized hunting pointer bred for centuries for Portuguese hunting conditions; it works with persistence in close contact with the hunter.

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