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UKC Scenthound · FCI standard 21
Gascon Saintongeois.
FCI 21: a pack hound par excellence, fine-nosed, wide-casting with a very sonorous voice; joins the pack instinctively; calm, affectionate and amenable to orders. Grand: used for shooting and sometimes big game, but also hare; generally with the pack or alone as a sleuth. Petit: versatile dog used for shooting. UKC (Petit): an excellent pack dog with a fine nose, wide casting and a sonorous voice. Wikipedia: used for hunting in packs..
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 lines
Within one breed the line can matter more than the breed. Where the lines differ, the page says which one a value belongs to.
Grand (Great) Gascon Saintongeois, the original and larger variety; FCI 21 gives it its own height bands.
Petit (Small) Gascon Saintongeois, selected from Grand litters in the mid-20th century for hare; FCI 21 and the UKC page give it its own figures.
The body
What the breed is built like. Registry standards give an ideal, not a range.
Height at the shoulder
Low and high span FCI (converted from cm) and Wikipedia. No center. The two sources disagree on the top of the range (68 cm FCI, 66 cm Wikipedia).
Low and high span FCI (converted from cm) and UKC. No center.
Weight
Single editorial source (Wikipedia, citing Clark and Brace 1995); both sexes together. No Petit weight printed anywhere read.
Coat
Heat tolerance
Derived from the coat description (short single 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
FCI 21 is one standard for both varieties. Editorial views are shown beside the standard, labelled; where they disagree both stand (Chad, Oct 8 2026).
Primary game
Editorial views are shown beside the standard, labelled; where they disagree both stand (Chad, Oct 8 2026).
Also used on
Editorial views are shown beside the standard, labelled; where they disagree both stand (Chad, Oct 8 2026).
Range
'Wide-casting' is the only range term printed; no distance given.
Search pattern
No source read separates the cry by situation (on line, at check). Editorial views are shown beside the standard, labelled; where they disagree both stand (Chad, Oct 8 2026).
Field trial standard
Classification only; no field-trial scoring standard sourced.
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
- Grand Gascon-Saintongeois, Petit Gascon-Saintongeois, Great Gascon Saintongeois, Small Gascon Saintongeois
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