Ibizan Podenco: How should an owner handle adolescent behaviour changes?
When a young Ibizan Podenco becomes less reliable, return to the last version of the behaviour that was working and rebuild from there. Watch Ibizan Podenco's response closely and change one variable at a time. Return to easier cues, shorten sessions, increase reinforcement, and manage the environment while skills are rebuilt. Keep the easier version in the routine while reliability returns; do not test the hardest version every day.
What can change during adolescence
Ibizan Podenco's official fci name is recorded as PODENCO IBICENCO. Here, that matters because it is useful context, but the individual dog's response still decides the next step.
Rebuild the behaviour you want
- Return to easier cues, shorten sessions, increase reinforcement, and manage the environment while skills are rebuilt.
- Keep the official fci name in view (PODENCO IBICENCO) and make the next step reversible, observable, and easy to stop.
- Keep the easier version in the routine while reliability returns; do not test the hardest version every day.
Arrange an assessment if
Escalate for sudden personality change, pain, disorientation, or aggression that cannot be safely managed.
References
Official FCI name: PODENCO IBICENCO
FCI nomenclature page > breed name
FCI group: n°5 - Spitz and primitive types
FCI nomenclature page > Group
Country of origin: SPAIN
FCI nomenclature page > Country of origin of the breed
FCI standard date: 2/4/2000
FCI nomenclature page > English standard date
FCI standard PDF: https://www.fci.be/Nomenclature/Standards/089g05-en.pdf
FCI nomenclature page > English standard PDF link
Utilization: The Podenco Ibicenco is mainl y used for hunting rabbits without guns, by day and at night. Thanks to his particularly good scenting ability, which, coupled with hearing, he uses more than sight, he scents and hunts out rabbits with ease, even in dense cover. Nimble and bright, he c atches his prey quickly, specially when hunting together with other dogs.…
FCI standard PDF page text > utilization
Important proportions: The distance from the tip of the muzzle to the eyes is equal to that from the eyes to the occiput
FCI standard PDF page text > important_proportions
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