![]() His daughter out of “Beu Beu do Zoo de Lisboa”, “Port CH Bolacha do Vale Negro” was a beautiful example of PPS of the time (1990). That is how the red and white bitch “Bem me Quer do Zoo de Lisboa”, the white and red dog “Garoto do Zoo de Lisboa”, the red dog “Evaristo do Zoo de Lisboa”, and the red and white dog “Beu Beu do Zoo de Lisboa” entered my life and from then on, I was hooked forever on this breed!įor the following years, I occasionally bred and produced puppies and my two best dogs of that time were Goroto´s son out of “Salsa d´Albergaria”, “OREGÃO DO VALE DO POCO”, who became a multi champion in Portugal, Italy and Brazil as well as my main stud at Vale Negro. Pedro when he left the Board of the Zoo and my association with the Zoo´s kennels was terminated in 1989. This resulted in a high number of puppy loss, but I managed to register a few dogs and was lucky to receive four, 3 dogs and one bitch, as gifts from D. His PPPs were heavily linebred and difficult to breed, with small litters born, not always in the best conditions at the Lisbon Zoo. His deep knowledge of the breed never cesses to amaze me even today. From listening to him, I learned the desirable points of the breed and the many qualities of these little dogs as well as their hunting capacities. I was very fortunate to be able to register his dogs as foundation of this breed in the CPC and to be given a chance at helping its selective breeding. At this time, there were very few dogs of this breed were officially registered in the CPC studbooks. ![]() Pedro Palmela had been privately breeding PPPs for many years, as hunters and companions, and he knew how these dogs should be constructed. He had been breeding from the Ruy d´Andrade old “Font´Alva” lines for many years, a passion he still has today as he owns several of these little dogs, of excellent breed type, in his home in Sesimbra.ĭ. Pedro Palmela, Marquis of Holstein Beck, himself a keen dog person whose greatest passion were the PPPs. As luck had it, the President of the Board of the Zoo was D. In my task to help preserve the Portuguese native breeds I was at that time assisting the Administration of the Lisbon Zoo by running their Portuguese breeds Kennel under the “do Zoo de Lisboa” affix where examples of all the breeds were on display and where puppies were occasionally born and sold. I “inherited” the task of preserving the Portuguese breeds by becoming the President of the CPC in 1985 and was the top breeder of Portuguese Water Dogs under my VALE NEGRO kennel name. My second and more productive encounter with the PP was in the late eighties. Little did I know at the time that a few years later Podengos would become an important part of my daily life and that I would own and breed so many! At the time he owned 2 PPS males, OLE and OLA de ALVALADE very lively and quite good-looking little dogs which I found charming however, he had no females and had difficulty in breeding these dogs. A keen dog person, Dr Cabral was determined not to allow ancient Portuguese breeds to disappear and among them the Podengo Português Pequeno (at the time the only known variety was the smooth) of which there were few examples. At that time, I was assisting Dr Antonio Cabral, President of the Clube Português de Canicultura (the Portuguese Kennel Club referred as CPC) in his quest to bring back from extinction the Cão de Agua or Portuguese Water Dog. ![]() “She would take them aside and talk to them about business – how it is about business it’s not just about making a pretty frock – she knew about business and that is something she managed to combine so incredibly well with her extraordinary creative spirit.My first direct encounter with small Podengos happened in 1970. “She was also great with being a mentor to so many young designers. Ms Hoyer also said a testament to Carla’s success was her ability to fuse her ‘extraordinary’ creative spirit with a strong business mindset. “Her devotion to the arts is extraordinary – she loved the opera, the ballet, Sydney Theatre Company, Australian ballet, dance companies, opera – she loved the arts, she was passionate about the arts. “The word icon and legend we all know get bandied around a lot – but in her case she really really was and is a legendary fashion figure in Australian popular culture. “I think this is what people don’t realise with Carla – her contribution throughout all of Australian popular culture not just fashion”, she told Sky News. Carla Zampatti was more than just an iconic fashion designer – she was a “legendary” figure in Australian popular culture, according to Style Editor-at-Large at Melissa Hoyer. ![]()
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