Griffon Bleu de Gascogne.

FCI 32: multipurpose hound used for hunting the hare with the gun (Group 6 Scenthounds, Section 1.2 medium-sized hounds, with working trial); of very ancient Pyrenean origin, the offspring of a medium Gascony Blue crossed with a Griffon. UKC: hunts hare and wild boar; a medium-sized, solidly built griffon of rustic appearance. Wikipedia (fr): a very versatile hunting dog, used alone for shooting (a tir); descended from a medium Bleu de Gascogne crossed with a griffon, of Pyrenean origin, once near extinction and recovering through the breed club's work..

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 19.5 to 22.5 in · bitches 18.9 to 21.7 in

Breed clubFederation Cynologique Internationale

Low and high span FCI and UKC. No center.

Coat

FCI 32: hard, rough and shaggy, a little shorter on the head (bushy eyebrows that do not cover the eyes), much shorter and flat on the leathers; entirely mottled black and white, slate-blue effect. UKC: hard, rough and shaggy, shorter on head and ears; woolly or curly coat disqualifies; black and white mottled with tan markings on head, legs and under the tail.

Breed clubFederation Cynologique Internationale

Heat tolerance

3 of 5 · Hard, rough, shaggy coat (FCI 32, UKC)

DerivedFederation Cynologique Internationale

Derived from the coat description (rough coat of moderate length, between short-dense = 4 and heavy = 2; judgement call). 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 clubFederation Cynologique Internationale

Registry sources only: no non-registry source (breed club, hunting press, Wikipedia) could be read from this environment.

Primary game

FCI 32: hare with the gun. UKC: hare and wild boar. Wikipedia (fr): hare and also wild boar.

Breed clubFederation Cynologique Internationale

Also used on

FCI 32: his keenness and fine nose make him a precious assistant in tracking wild boar. UKC: wild boar.

Breed clubFederation Cynologique Internationale

Search pattern

FCI 32: fine nose, good voice, intent in his way of hunting, full of keenness and enterprise; temperament alert, even overwhelmingly agitated, yet affectionate. UKC: alert, keen and enterprising, with a fine nose and a good voice, an intent hunter. Wikipedia (fr): worked solo; fine nose, well voiced ('bien gorgee'), applied and enterprising in his way of hunting.

Breed clubFederation Cynologique Internationale

Pack versus single work is not stated in either standard.

Field trial standard

FCI 32 classifies the breed Group 6, Section 1.2 'with working trial'; the standard prints no trial rules.

Breed clubFederation Cynologique Internationale

Working-trial rules not read.

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How to read this page

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Also called: Blue Gascony Griffon, Griffon Bleu

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