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Scenthounds – General Description

Scenthounds are a type of hound that primarily hunt by scent rather than sight. The Scenthound breeds are generally regarded as having some of the most sensitive noses among canines.

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Appearance
History
As Pets
Breed List

Appearance

Scenthounds specialize in following a smell or scent. Most of these breeds have long, drooping ears. One theory says that this trait helps to collect scent from the air and keep it near the dog’s face and nose. They also have large nasal cavities, the better to process scent. Their typically loose, moist lips are said to assist in trapping scent particles.

Most of these breeds have deep, booming voices and use them actively when running, and especially when following a scent trail. Although this can be a nuisance in settled areas, it is a valuable trait that allows the dog’s handler to follow the dog or pack of dogs during a hunt even when they are out of sight, such as when following a fox or raccoon through woodland.

Scenthounds do not need to be as fast as sighthounds because they do not need to keep prey in sight, but they need endurance so that they can stick with a scent and follow it for long distances over rough terrain. The best scent hounds can follow a scent trail even across running water and even when it is several days old, which is a considerable amount more than a sighthound Most scenthounds are used for hunting in packs, sometimes with multiple dogs in a single pack. Longer-legged hounds run more quickly and usually required that the hunters follow on horseback; shorter-legged hounds allowed hunters to follow on foot. Hunting with some breeds, such as German bracke, American Foxhounds, or coonhounds, involves allowing the pack of dogs to run freely while the hunters wait in a fixed spot until the dogs’ baying announces that the game has been “treed”. The hunters then go to the spot on foot, following the sound of the dogs’ baying.

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History

The Fédération Cynologique Internationale places scenthounds into Group 6, and includes a Section 2 for Leash Hounds. These are a category of scenthound, including the Bavarian Mountain Scenthound (Bayrischer Gebirgsschweisshund, no. 217), the Hanoverian Scenthound (Hannover’scher Schweisshund, no. 213), and the Alpine Dachsbracke (Alpenländische Dachsbracke, no. 254). In addition, the Dalmatian and the Rhodesian Ridgeback are placed in Group 6 as “Related breeds”.

The United Kennel Club divides its Scenthound Group into two categories. The first includes the American hunting dogs known as coonhounds and the European hounds from which they were developed. These are referred to as Tree Hounds. The second category is referred to as Trailing Scenthounds, and includes dogs used for tracking of both game and humans, reputedly descended from a type of bloodhound kept by monks in Belgium.

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Scenthounds As Pets

Scent hounds are often kept as pets, especially the Beagle, Basset Hound and Petite Basset Griffon Vendéen. As pets, most scent hounds are good with children, good with dogs, and many are good with other pets. However, scent hounds are often stubborn, distracted, difficult to train, and some breeds will chase cats or other small mammals that resemble the prey they were bred to hunt. Many breeds are bred as show/pet dogs verses hunting/field dogs.

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Scenthound Breed List


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Alpine Dachsbracke

ALPINE DACHSBRACKE

American Black and Tan Coonhound

AMERICAN BLACK and TAN COONHOUND

American Foxhound

AMERICAN FOXHOUND

American Leopard Hound

AMERICAN LEOPARD HOUND

Anglo Francais de Petite Venerie

ANGLO FRANCAIS de PETITE VENERIE

Ariegeois

ARIEGEOIS

Artois Hound

ARTOIS HOUND

Austrian Black and Tan Hound

AUSTRIAN BLACK and TAN HOUND

Basset Artésien Normand

BASSET ARTESIEN NORMAND

Basset Bleu de Gascogne

BASSET BLEU de GASCOGNE

Basset Fauve de Bretagne

BASSET FAUVE de BRETAGNE

Basset Hound

BASSET HOUND

Bavarian Mountain Hound

BAVARIAN MOUNTAIN HOUND
Beagle

BEAGLE
Beagle Harrier

BEAGLE HARRIER
Billy

BILLY
Blackmouth Cur

BLACKMOUTH CUR
Bloodhound

BLOODHOUND
Bluetick Coonhound

BLUETICK COONHOUND
Bosnian Course Haired Hound

BOSNIAN COURSE-HAIRED HOUND
Briquet Griffon Vendéen

BRIQUET GRIFFON VENDEEN
Chien Français Blanc et Noir

CHIEN FRANCAIS BLANC et NOIR
Chien Français Blanc et Noir

CHIEN FRANCAIS TRICOLORE
Dachshund

DACHSHUND
Deutsche Bracke

DEUTSCHE BRACKE
Drever

DREVER
Dunker

DUNKER
English Coonhound

ENGLISH COONHOUND
English Foxhound

ENGLISH FOXHOUND
Finnish Hound

FINNISH HOUND
Français Blanc et Orange

FRANCAIS BLANC et ORANGE
Gascon Saintongeois

GASCON SAINTONGEOIS
Grand Anglo-Francais Blanc et Noir

GRAND ANGLO-FRANCAIS BLANC et NOIR
Grand Anglo-Francais Blanc et Orange

GRAND ANGLO-FRANCAIS BLANC et ORANGE
Grand Anglo-Francais Tricolore

GRAND ANGLO-FRANCAIS TRICOLORE
Grand Basset Griffon Vendeen

GRAND BASSET GRIFFON VENDEEN
Grand Bleu de Gascogne

GRAND BLEU de GASCOGNE
Grand Griffon Vendeen

GRAND GRIFFON VENDEEN
Griffon Bleu de Gascogne

GRIFFON BLEU de GASCOGNE
Griffon Fauve de Bretagne

GRIFFON FAUVE de BRETAGNE
Griffon Nivernais

GRIFFON NIVERNAIS
Haldenstover

HALDENSTOVER
Hamiltonstovare

HAMILTONSTOVARE
Hanoverian Hound

HANOVERIAN HOUND
Harrier

HARRIER
Hellenic Hound

HELLENIC HOUND
Hygen Hound

HYGEN HOUND
Istrian Coarse-Haired Hound

ISTRIAN COURSE-HAIRED HOUND
Istrian Short-Haired Hound

ISTRIAN SHORTHAIRED HOUND
Italian Hound

ITALIAN HOUND
Montenegrin Mountain Hound

MONTENEGRIN MOUNTAIN HOUND
Mountain Cur

MOUNTAIN CUR
Otterhound

OTTERHOUND
Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen

PETITE BASSETT GRIFFON VENDEEN
Petit Bleu de Gascogne

PETIT BLEU de GASCOGNE
Plott Hound

PLOTT HOUND
Poitevin

POITEVIN
Polish Hound

POLISH HOUND
Polish Hunting Dog

POLISH HUNTING DOG
Porcelaine

PORCELAINE
Posavaz Hound

POSAVAZ HOUND
Redbone Coonhound

REDBONE COONHOUND
Rhodesian Ridgeback

RHODESIAN RIDGEBACK
Schillerstovare

SCHILLERSTOVARE
Serbian Hound

SERBIAN HOUND
Serbian Tricolor Hound

SERBIAN TRICOLOR HOUND
Slovakian Hound

SLOVAKIAN HOUND
Smaland Hound

SMALAND HOUND
Small Swiss Hound

SMALL SWISS HOUND
Spanish Hound

SPANISH HOUND
Stephens Cur

STEPHENS’ CUR
Styrian Coarse-Haired Hound

STYRIAN COARSE-HAIRED HOUND
Swiss Hound

SWISS HOUND
Transylvanian Hound

TRANSYLVANIAN HOUND
Treeing Cur

TREEING CUR
Treeing Walker Coonhound

TREEING WALKER COONHOUND
Tyrolean Hound

TYROLEAN HOUND
Welsh Hound

WELSH HOUND
Westphalian Dachsbracke

WESTPHALIAN DACHSBRACKE



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