Valdueza

Valdueza
Other names
  • Perro Montero Valdueza
OriginSpain
Traits
Height Males
67–75 cm (26–30 in)
Females
66–72 cm (26–28 in)
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
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; some Griffon Vendéen blood was later added. 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. 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. 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. To this end large rough-haired dogs of the Podenco Andaluz breed were cross-bred with lightweight examples of the Mastín Extremeño; some Griffon Vendéen blood was later added by Alonso Álvarez de Toledo.

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. 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.

In 2026 it was among the sixteen Spanish breeds considered by the Real Sociedad Canina de España to be vulnerable.

Use

References

  1. 1 2 Patrón racial del Valdueza (in Spanish). Madrid: Real Sociedad Canina de España. Archived 3 August 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 [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. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 [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. 1 2 Jaime Lázaro (12 January 2017). La rehala de los perros 'grandes de España' (in Spanish). Madrid: El Mundo. Accessed August 2022.
  5. 1 2 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. 1 2 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.
  9. ↑ Razas españolas consideradas vulnerables (del 1 de mayo de 2025 al 30 de abril de 2026) (in Spanish). Madrid: Real Sociedad Canina de España. Archived 12 November 2025.