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From German Shepherds to Bullmastiffs to Rottweilers, these are the best guard dogs breeds according to the experts at the American Kennel Club.

Come and learn more about Portugal’s genomics landscape in our next stop on the World of Genomics tour.

Portugal, officially Portuguese Republic, Portuguese República Portuguesa, country lying along the Atlantic coast of the Iberian Peninsula in southwestern Europe. Once continental Europe’s greatest power, Portugal shares commonalities—geographic and cultural—with the countries of both northern Europe and the Mediterranean. Its cold, rocky northern coast and mountainous interior are sparsely settled, scenic, and wild, while the country’s south, the Algarve, is warm and fertile. The rugged Estrela Mountains (Serra da Estrela, or “Star Mountain Range”), which lie between the Tagus a...

 From German Shepherds to Bullmastiffs to Rottweilers, these are the best guard dogs breeds according to the experts at the American Kennel Club.

Portuguese Dogs There are quite a few dogs that have Portuguese roots, and although I don’t have the space to write something about every one, I thought I would touch on a few favourites. Four very different dogs, different backgrounds, different temperaments and distinctively different fur. The Portuguese Podengo, is classed as a ‘warren hound’ (sight and scent) that was mostly used for hunting in days gone by and is still an active and energetic dog. These sighthounds have been used for centuries in Portugal to hunt, and even now, the breed is largely still an active pack hunter given...