Chien d'Artois.

FCI 28: a Briquet (small type), nowadays especially used in hunting with the gun; drives game closer using their faults, average but maintained speed; Group 6, Section 1.2 medium-sized scent hounds, with working trial. UKC: vigorous and hard, well developed nose, strong pack instinct. Wikipedia (fr): used as a hound (chien courant) and as a pointing dog (chien d'arret) per that article; a direct, smaller descendant of the black Saint-Hubert hound, a specialist of big-pack hunting in royal venerie; rescued from near extinction in the 1970s..

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.

0INHeightall null. An ideal from the standard, not a range.

62–66LBWeight, all linesbreed 61.7 to 66.1 lb.

The body

What the breed is built like. Registry standards give an ideal, not a range.

Height at the shoulder

20.9 to 23 in

Breed clubFCI-Standard N° 28

Registries agree within about 0.2 in.

Weight

61.7 to 66.1 lb

Breed clubFCI-Standard N° 28

FCI prints an average, UKC a band; they agree.

Coat

FCI: short, thick and quite flat. Color: dark fawn tricolour like the hare or badger, with mantle or large patches, head usually fawn sometimes with black overlay; mottled is a fault. UKC: same; any other color is a disqualification.

Breed clubFCI-Standard N° 28

Heat tolerance

4 of 5 · FCI 28: coat short, thick and quite flat; skin quite thick. UKC: short, thick and flat.

DerivedFCI-Standard N° 28

Derived from the standard's coat description; no measured data.

The work

What it was built to do in the field, and what a test or trial asks of it.

Role

Breed clubFCI-Standard N° 28

Primary game

Hare, deer and wild boar (FCI 28: out-maneuvers the tricks of the hare in the country; in the wood hunts deer in the desired direction; in the thicket stirs up even an obstinate boar. UKC: widely used on deer, hare and wild boar). Wikipedia (fr): reputed on hare; can also hunt roe deer, wild boar and rabbit.

Breed clubFCI-Standard N° 28

Also used on

Wikipedia (fr): roe deer, wild boar and rabbit besides hare.

EditorialWikipedia (French)

Editorial; one outside source.

Search pattern

FCI 28: average but maintained speed; a marvellous high-pitched tongue that carries far; assembles well in the pack; six to eight matched tricolour hounds make a small pack for a demanding huntmaster. UKC: generally hunts in a small pack of six to eight hounds; strong pack instinct. Wikipedia (fr): medium speed but very enduring, excellent scent and a fine high-pitched voice that carries far; can join a pack from six months; suited to big-pack work.

Breed clubFCI-Standard N° 28

Field trial standard

FCI 28: classified 'with working trial'. No trial rule text was read.

Breed clubFCI-Standard N° 28

Classification line only.

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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.

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Also called: Artois Hound, Picard

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