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UKC Gun Dog · FCI standard 133
Braque Francais, Gascogne type.
FCI 133 utilization: 'Pointing dog' (Group 7, Section 1.1, with working trial); a pointing dog of medium proportions, noble appearance, powerful 'without excessive heaviness'. UKC: 'a Braque type pointing dog of medium proportions and noble appearance'. Wikipedia: 'not just pointers, but versatile hunting dogs that can retrieve, flush, and even trail 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
Center is the UKC preferred size (printed once for both sexes). Low is the UKC floor (22 in), high the FCI ceiling (68 cm). Conversions: 58 cm = 22.8 in, 68 = 26.8. FCI and UKC both note females are finer.
Weight
One registry figure behind the range; no sex split. The 75 lb is a historical remark about the 19th century type, not a current standard, and is not spanned. Conversions: 24 kg = 52.9 lb, 32 kg = 70.5 lb.
Coat
fci_133, ukc_gdt, ckc_gasc, wiki_bf. Disqualifying nose faults (FCI/UKC): split nose, pronounced depigmentation. CKC also disqualifies black specks or black hairs in the coat. No undercoat is described by any source.
Heat tolerance
Derived from the FCI 133 and UKC coat text (thicker than the short fine Pyrenean coat, which was scored 4 on braque-francais-pyrenees). Not a measured value.
The work
What it was built to do in the field, and what a test or trial asks of it.
Role
fci_133, ukc_gdt, wiki_bf (editorial, citing the French club). Origin: south-west France and the central Pyrenees (all three).
Search pattern
One magazine article (2004), second-hand for the Gascogne type: the author notes no Gascogne dogs had been imported to North America, so the description comes from the French breed history, not North American field work. Wikipedia repeats it rather than adding a source.
Field trial standard
fci_133, ukc_gdt, navhda_breeds, gundog_2004, akc_elig. Whether any Gascogne-type dog now runs NAVHDA tests is unknown.
Cold water
Derived from coat only (fci_133, ukc_gdt). No source read describes Gascogne-type water work, so this carries less than the Pyrenees entry's score.
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
- French Pointing Dog, Gascogne type, Braque Francais de Grande Taille (UKC), Gascony Pointer, Braque Francais (Gascogne) (CKC)
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