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Hounds – General Information

Hound dogs as a group are bred for hunting and tracking. There are three distinct families of hounds that include sighthounds, scenthounds, and primitives & pariahs. Some breeds use both senses equally well.

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Hound Families
Breed List
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Sighthounds find and track prey by sight. Examples of sighthounds include Afghans, Greyhounds, Rhodesian Ridgebacks and Whippets. They can be identified by their athletic body and keen vision. Generally, they have long legs, a deep chest, narrow waist and head. These features enable sighthounds to overpower their prey with speed and agility.

Scenthounds find and track prey by scent. Examples of scenthounds include Bloodhounds, Coonhounds, Beagles and Basset Hounds. They can be identified by their large ears and nose, and a rugged, sturdy body. These features enable them to track and find prey over great distances and long periods of time.

The United Kennel Club (UKC – United States) and the Fédération Cynologique Internationale (FCI – Thuin, Belgium) recognize some purebred dogs bred for chasing large game as hounds.  The UKC classifies them as pariah dogs and includes them in the Sighthound and Pariah group.  The FCI classifies them as primitive type hunting dogs and puts them in Group 5, sections 6,7 & 8.

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Registries & Kennel Clubs

  • AKC – American Kennel Club – Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
  • ANKC – Australian National Kennel Council – Sydney, New South Wales
  • CKC – Canadian Kennel Club – Etobicoke, Ontario
  • FCI – Fédération Cynologique Internationale (World Canine Organization) – Thuin, Belgium
  • KC (UK) – The Kennel Club – London & Aylesbury
  • NZKC – New Zealand Kennel Club – Porirua
  • UKC – United Kennel Club – Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA


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Hound Families


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Scenthounds

SCENTHOUNDS
Sighthounds

SIGHTHOUNDS
Pariahs & Primitives

PARIAHS & PRIMITIVES
















Breed List




Hound BreedHound
Family
FCI No.AKCANKCCKCKC (UK)NZKCUKC
Total Registered (106)Scent 79
Sight 14
P & P 13
FCI
96
AKC
29
ANKC
28
CKC
27
KC (UK)
31
NZKC
26
UKC
88
Afghan HoundSight228√√√√√√
Alpine DachsbrackeScent254√
American Black & Tan CoonhoundScent300√√√
American FoxhoundScent303√√√
American Leopard HoundScent√
Anglo-Français de Petite VénerieScent325√
AriégeoisScent20√
Artois HoundScent28
Austrian Black and Tan HoundScent63
AzawakhSight307√√√
BasenjiP & P43√√√√√√
Basset Artésien NormandScent34√
Basset Bleu de GascogneScent35√√
Basset Fauve de BretagneScent36√√√
Basset HoundScent163√√√√√√
Bavarian Mountain HoundScent217√√
BeagleScent161√√√√√√
Beagle-HarrierScent290√√
BillyScent25√
Blackmouth CurScent√
BloodhoundScent84√√√√√√
Bluetick CoonhoundScent√√√√
BorzoiSight193√√√√√√
Bosnian Coarse Haired HoundScent155√
Briquet Griffon VendéenScent19
CanaanP & P273√√√√√√
Carolina DogP & P√
Chart PolskiSight333√√
Chien Français Blanc et NoirScent220√
Chien Français TricoloreScent219√
Cirneco Dell'EtnaP & P199√√
DachshundScent148√√√√
Deutsche BrackeScent299√
DreverScent130√√
DunkerScent203√
English CoonhoundScent√
English FoxhoundScent159√√√√√√
Finnish HoundScent51√
Français Blanc et OrangeScent316√
Gascon SaintongeoisScent21√
Grand Anglo-Français Blanc et NoirScent323√
Grand Anglo-Français Blanc et OrangeScent324√
Grand Anglo-Français TricoloreScent322√
Grand Basset Griffon VendéenScent33√√
Grand Bleu de GascogneScent22√
Grand Griffon VendéenScent282
GreyhoundSight158√√√√√√
Griffon Bleu de GascogneScent32√
Griffon Fauve de BretagneScent66√
Griffon NivernaisScent17√
HaldenstøverScent267
HamiltonstövareScent132√√√√
Hanoverian HoundScent213√
HarrierScent295√√√√√
Hellenic HoundScent214
Hungarian GreyhoundSight240√
Hygen HoundScent266
Ibizan HoundP & P89√√√√√√
Irish WolfhoundSight160√√√√√√
Istrian Coarse-Haired HoundScent152√
Istrian Short-Haired HoundScent151√
Italian (Coarse Haired) HoundScent198√
Italian (Short Haired) HoundScent337√
Italian GreyhoundSight200√√√√√√
Montenegrin Mountain HoundScent279
Mountain CurScent√
Norwegian Elkhound (Black)P & P268√√
Norwegian Elkhound (Grey)P & P242√√√√√√
OtterhoundScent294√√√√√√
Peruvian Inca OrchidP & P310√
Petit Basset Griffon VendéenScent67√√√√√√
Petit Bleu de GascogneScent31√
Pharaoh HoundP & P248√√√√√√
PlottScent√√
Podenco CanarioP & P329√
Podengo PortuguesoP & P94√√
PoitevinScent24√
Polish HoundScent52
Polish Hunting DogScent354
PorcelaineScent30
Posavaz HoundScent154√
Redbone CoonhoundScent√√
Rhodesian RidgebackSight &
Scent
146√√√√√√
SalukiSight269√√√√√√
SchillerstövareScent131√
Scottish DeerhoundSight164√√√√√√
Serbian HoundScent150
Serbian Tricolor HoundScent229
SloughiSight188√√√√
Slovakian HoundScent244√
Småland HoundScent129√
Small Swiss HoundScent60√
Spanish GreyhoundSight285√
Spanish HoundScent204√
Stephens' CurScent√
Styrian Coarse-Haired HoundScent62√
Swiss HoundScent59
Taiwan DogP & P348
Thai RidgebackP & P338√
Transylvanian HoundScent241√
Treeing CurScent√
Treeing Walker CoonhoundScent√
Tyrolean HoundScent68
Welsh HoundScent√
Westphalian DachsbrackeScent100√
WhippetSight162√√√√√√
XoloitzcuintliP & P234√√√

P & P = Pariahs & Primitives




Videos


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