The breeds · scenthound · scenthound
UKC Scenthound · FCI standard 290
Beagle-Harrier.
FCI 290: scenthound (Group 6, medium-sized hound, with working trial), a dog of medium proportions, balanced, agile and vigorous. UKC: bred in France in the 19th century to hunt hare or deer in packs; a typical small foxhound halfway in size between the Beagle and the Harrier; energetic, determined and loyal; recognised by the FCI in 1974; very rare. Wikipedia: bred in France in the late 19th century by Baron Gerard as a Beagle and Harrier cross; now a pack hunter used for hares, deer and other game..
Breed sets the odds. The parents set the dog. Every number here shows its source, its spread and how sure we are. Nothing on this page is a prediction about one dog.
The body
What the breed is built like. Registry standards give an ideal, not a range.
Height at the shoulder
Sexes not split. Low and high span UKC and FCI. No ideal is printed.
Weight
Single editorial source (Wikipedia); no registry standard states a weight.
Coat
Heat tolerance
Derived from the standards' coat description (thick, flat, not too short, between short-dense and medium). A judgment call; no measured data.
The work
What it was built to do in the field, and what a test or trial asks of it.
Role
FCI, UKC and Wikipedia. Whether it is a cross or a midpoint breed is unsettled: UKC says the truth is not really known.
Primary game
UKC and Wikipedia.
Also used on
Quarry beyond hare and deer is not named by any source read.
Search pattern
Voice on the line is not stated in the registry standards read.
How common the problems are
Evaluated dogs skew toward breeding stock; the numbers are still the best there are.
Most common disorders
Single editorial source, itself citing a breed information page; no survey or registry data.
How to read this page
Every value carries a label. Measured means peer-reviewed data on many dogs. Studied means peer-reviewed, smaller or indirect. Breed club means a club or registry states it. Editorial means expert opinion with no measurement behind it. Where two good sources disagree, both are shown and neither is averaged.
Published when the entry rests on the best information available from no fewer than three independent sources, checked by a second pass that did not write it. 3 sources on this page. Found something wrong? Tell us and the correction is logged with its date.
- Also called
- Beagle Harrier
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