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Most breeds are usually kept in packs of 20 to 100 dogs. The French and Anglo-French hounds are bred as hunting dogs, not as pets or show dogs, and are registered through the Société Centrale Canine (the French Kennel Club) and the Fédération Cynologique Internationale (FCI).
Barbet (dog breed) Basset Artésien Normand; Basset Bleu de Gascogne; Basset Fauve de Bretagne; Basset Hound; Beagle-Harrier; Beauceron; Berger Picard; Billy (dog) Bloodhound; Blue Picardy Spaniel; Braque d'Auvergne; Braque du Bourbonnais; Braque Dupuy; Braque Français; Braque Saint-Germain; Briard; Briquet Griffon Vendéen; Brittany Spaniel
The Grand Anglo-Français Blanc et Noir (FCI No.323) translated into English as the Great Anglo-French White and Black Hound, is a breed of dog used in hunting as a scenthound, usually in packs. It is one of the Anglo-French hound breeds which were created by crossing French scenthounds with English (Anglo) Foxhounds.
The breed's ancestry was in the old Hound of Saintonge, which almost disappeared during the French Revolution, through the Gascon Saintongeois breed created by Count Joseph de Carayon-Latour in the mid-19th century. [2] The Gascon Saintongeois hounds were crossbred with the Poitevin in the late 19th century to produce the Chien Français Blanc ...
The Grand Bleu de Gascogne has had a significant influence on the development of several breeds of scent hounds. After the French Revolution , it was used to revitalise the old Saintongeois, creating the Gascon Saintongeois , and the Bluetick Coonhound is considered a direct descendant of the Grand Bleu.
The breed is a very typical French hound, with a lean and muscular body, long legs, long drop ears and pendulous flews (lips). The size for the Grand is 65 to 72 cm (25.6 to 28.3 ins) at the withers, females at total 24 to 26 inches; the size for the Petit is 56 to 62 cm (22 to 24.4 ins) at the withers, making it still a fairly large dog; females are slightly smaller.
The breed is a typical large French hunting pack hound, with a lean and muscular body, long legs, elongated head with a noticeable occipital protuberance, long drop ears, and slightly square flews. Their size is 62 to 72 centimetres (24 to 28 in) at the withers; females are slightly smaller.
The Basset Hound is a short-legged breed of dog in the hound family. The Basset is a scent hound that was originally bred for the purpose of hunting hare. Their sense of smell and ability to ground-scent is second only to the Bloodhound. [1] Basset Hounds are one of six recognized "basset"-type breeds in France.