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UKC Scenthound · FCI standard 219
Francais Tricolore.
FCI 219 utilization: pack hound for big game (Group 6, Section 1.1 large-sized hounds, with working trial); large pack hound, elegant, sufficiently well boned and muscled. Wikipedia (fr): a chien d'ordre used for stag hunting; a versatile hound for pack hunting of big game; independent, energetic, courageous and rather hard to train (recall especially); calm and patient with children at home but needs a lot of exercise. Wikipedia (en): a pack-hunting breed, groups hunted together and always directed by a human; pack dogs do not usually make good pets..
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
Low and high are the printed FCI 2023 range converted from cm. Wikipedia (fr) gives 62 to 70 cm for the breed, partly outside this range at the top (70 cm is 27.6 in). No center.
Coat
Heat tolerance
Derived from the FCI coat description (short single fine coat = 5). No measured data.
The work
What it was built to do in the field, and what a test or trial asks of it.
Role
Wikipedia (fr) says the breed was created in 1957 from the Poitevin, the Billy and the tricolour Anglo-Français, with the Grand Bleu de Gascogne perhaps used, and that it is rare outside France. Editorial views are shown beside the standard, labelled; where they disagree both stand (Chad, Oct 8 2026).
Primary game
No other quarry is named by any source read. Editorial views are shown beside the standard, labelled; where they disagree both stand (Chad, Oct 8 2026).
Search pattern
Single editorial source for the drive and scent; the FCI standard prints no voice description for this breed. No source describes the voice (open, mute) or single-hound work. Editorial views are shown beside the standard, labelled; where they disagree both stand (Chad, Oct 8 2026).
Field trial standard
Only the classification line is quoted; no scoring or trial rules read.
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. 2 sources on this page. Found something wrong? Tell us and the correction is logged with its date.
- Also called
- French Tricolour Hound, Chien Français Tricolore, Francais Tricolore
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