Francais Blanc et Noir.

FCI 220 utilization: pack hound for big game (Group 6 scenthounds, Section 1.1 large-sized hounds, with working trial). FCI behaviour: much appreciated by many deer hunts for fine noses, diligence, seriousness and throat (voice); a friendly dog, close to humans and easy to manage in the kennels. Wikipedia (fr): a chien d'ordre (pack hound that works under the huntsman's order), dynamic, bold and biting on the hunt; can be a companion but needs a lot of exercise, is rather independent and has a strong hunting instinct. Wikipedia (en): hunted in packs, always directed by a human, not running about hunting by themselves..

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.

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

The body

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

Height at the shoulder

dogs 25.6 to 28.3 in · bitches 24.4 to 26.8 in

Breed clubFédération Cynologique Internationale, 2008

Low and high are the printed FCI range converted from cm, tolerance not applied. No center.

Coat

FCI 220: short, quite strong and dense. Colour obligatory white and black, with a black mantle or more or less widely spread black markings, possible black or bluish speckling, tan freckles permitted only on the limbs; pale tan dot above each eye and pale tan on the cheeks, below the eyes and ears and at the base of the tail; roebuck mark on the thigh quite frequent. Tricolour coat is a disqualifying fault. Skin white under white hair, black under black hair.

Breed clubFédération Cynologique Internationale, 2008

Heat tolerance

4 of 5 · Short, quite strong and dense coat (FCI 220)

DerivedFédération Cynologique Internationale, 2008

Derived from the FCI coat description (short dense coat = 4). 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 clubFédération Cynologique Internationale, 2008

FCI recognition: 2008 standard, about 2000 dogs and 300 to 400 births a year (FCI history); Wikipedia (fr) calls it the most widespread of the three Français and still rare. Editorial views are shown beside the standard, labelled; where they disagree both stand (Chad, Oct 8 2026).

Primary game

FCI 220: big game (pack hound for big game). FCI behaviour: appreciated by many deer hunts. Wikipedia (fr): many roe deer equipages (hunting packs) and stag (cerf) hunts. Wikipedia (en): red deer and roe deer.

Breed clubFédération Cynologique Internationale, 2008

The three sources agree on deer; wild boar is not named by any source read. Editorial views are shown beside the standard, labelled; where they disagree both stand (Chad, Oct 8 2026).

Search pattern

FCI 220: fine noses, diligence, seriousness and throat (voice) are the qualities deer hunts value; preferred gait is a supple, extended gallop. Wikipedia (fr): reputed for fineness of nose, application and a fine voice. Wikipedia (en): noted for perseverance, a good nose and voice; hunts in packs directed by a human.

Breed clubFédération Cynologique Internationale, 2008

Voice is praised but no source read describes it (pitch, open or mute on the line, cry at bay). Pack work only; no source describes single-hound work. Editorial views are shown beside the standard, labelled; where they disagree both stand (Chad, Oct 8 2026).

Field trial standard

FCI 220 classification: Group 6, Section 1.1 large-sized hounds, 'with working trial' (a working trial is part of the FCI classification). The trial rules themselves were not read.

Breed clubFédération Cynologique Internationale, 2008

Only the classification line is quoted; no scoring or trial rules read.

No KENAI kennel lists the Francais Blanc et Noir yet. If you breed them, list your kennel free: it shows on this page and in the hunting dog breed finder, under every handler whose answers land on the breed.

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. 1 sources on this page. Found something wrong? Tell us and the correction is logged with its date.

Also called: French White and Black Hound, Chien Français Blanc et Noir, Francais Blanc et Noir

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