The breeds · scenthound · scenthound
AKC Foundation Stock Service · UKC Scenthound · FCI standard 130
Drever.
FCI 130 utilization: scenthound, Group 6, Section 1.3 small-sized hounds, with working trial; FCI history: first choice for roe and deer hunting, also a very reliable hound for hare and fox; built as a track hound to work efficiently in Swedish terrain and climate; strictly kept as a hunting dog and hardly ever heard of as just a companion. UKC: first choice breed for deer tracking, also used for hare and fox. SKK: a slow driving hound, regarded as a matter of course for roe deer hunting and also a valued hare and fox hound; a pronounced hunting dog, not suited to be only a companion. Wikipedia: a short-legged scenthound used for hunting deer and other game; in Sweden usually kept as a hunting hound, not as a pet..
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 FCI ideal. Low and high span FCI and UKC.
Weight
One source only (AKC breed page header, not a standard). Neither FCI 130 nor UKC states a weight.
Coat
Shedding
AKC breed page trait score, 1 to 5: a breed-club tendency, never a measurement.
Heat tolerance
Derived from the coat description (short close harsh coat, no undercoat described = 5). No measured data.
The dog at home
What the breed asks of a day. The first thing most homes get wrong.
Energy
AKC bands, not measured. Life-expectancy header kept as text only; no Dogs Trust or Teng row.
Grooming load
AKC breed page trait score, 1 to 5: a breed-club tendency, never a measurement.
Grooming
AKC bands.
The work
What it was built to do in the field, and what a test or trial asks of it.
Role
FCI, UKC and SKK agree. SKK says the breed is built for slow driving (drevjakt). Editorial views are shown beside the standard, labelled; where they disagree both stand (Chad, Oct 8 2026).
Primary game
FCI and SKK name roe deer; Wikipedia adds red deer and says a change in law let Drevers be used on deer in northern Norway, Sweden and Finland (not verified against a law text).
Also used on
FCI, UKC and SKK agree on hare and fox.
Search pattern
Voice on the line is not described in the sources read: neither FCI, UKC nor SKK describes the Drever's voice. Pack versus single work is not stated in the sources read. Editorial views are shown beside the standard, labelled; where they disagree both stand (Chad, Oct 8 2026).
How common the problems are
Evaluated dogs skew toward breeding stock; the numbers are still the best there are.
Most common disorders
Single source, the Swedish breed guide text. No survey or VetCompass figure read.
More
akc bands
Fourteen AKC bands in one row; the selector reads each by name. Breed-club ratings: a tendency, never a measurement.
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
- Swedish Dachsbracke, Dachsbracke (Swedish)
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