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The Braques Français are hunting dogs, from a very old type of gun dog used for pointing the location of game birds for a hunter. There are two breeds of Braque Français, both from the south of France, [1] [2] the Braque français, type Gascogne (French Pointing Dog – Gascogne type, larger size) and the Braque français, type Pyrénées (French Pointing Dog – Pyrenean type, smaller size ...
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
Some dogs of these breeds have been exported to North America and are recognised by the United Kennel Club (US), which has specialized in hunting hounds for many years. Other dogs of these breeds, especially the Anglo-Français de Petite Vénerie, are being bred in North America for the rare breed pet market, and are registered through various ...
The Brittany Spaniel or Breton Spaniel (French: Épagneul Breton) is a French breed of gun dog of spaniel type, bred primarily for bird hunting. [2] It developed between the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries in Brittany in north-west France, and was officially recognized early in the twentieth. The breed has developed differently in the ...
The Chien Français Blanc et Noir (translated into English as the French White and Black dog) is a breed of dog of the scenthound type, originating in France.The breed is used for hunting in packs and descends from the old Hound of Saintonge type of large hunting dog.
Today hound dog breeds comprise real hunting dogs, like beagles and coonhounds, while others have been bred to be show dogs or doting family pets (think of Dachshunds). ... These French pups were ...
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 breed was developed in France as a hunting dog from the larger Grand Fauve de Bretagne, a breed that is now extinct.There was a rumour that the Basset Fauve de Bretagne was also close to extinction after the Second World War, and the breed was recreated using the remaining examples of the breed and crossing in standard wirehaired Dachshunds.