Griffon Nivernais.

FCI 17: scent hound used mainly for shooting of wild boar, generally in a pack but also individually; Group 6, Section 1.2 medium-sized hounds, with working trial. UKC: wild boar hunter 'without compare', courageous but not reckless, well suited to small packs, built for endurance rather than speed. Wikipedia (fr): a hound used for gun hunting (chasse a tir), specialised in wild boar hunting in a small pack; descended from the gray dog of Saint Louis; Club du Griffon Nivernais founded 1925, active again from 1969..

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 21.5 to 24.5 in · bitches 20.5 to 23.6 in

Breed clubFCI-Standard N° 17

Registries agree within about 0.4 in.

Coat

FCI: long, shaggy and bushy, strong and rough, neither woolly nor curly; belly and inner thighs not hairless; marked eyebrows that do not cover the eye; slight beard. Color always darkened (tips darker than base): wolf, blue or wild-boar gray, or fawn never orange; tan on head and legs. UKC: same description; black, wheaten or orange coat is a fault.

Breed clubFCI-Standard N° 17

Heat tolerance

3 of 5 · FCI 17: long, shaggy, bushy, rough coat, strong enough, neither woolly nor curly; darkened tips. UKC: long, shaggy, bushy and rough, never woolly or curly; skin supple and close fitting. Wikipedia (fr): resistant in cold, wet weather, notably in marshes, but sensitive to heat.

DerivedFCI-Standard N° 17

Derived from the standard's coat description; no measured data. Long rough single-type coat, not described as a heavy double: 3.

The work

What it was built to do in the field, and what a test or trial asks of it.

Role

Breed clubFCI-Standard N° 17

Primary game

Wild boar (FCI 17: used mainly for shooting of wild boar; UKC: known as wild boar hunters without compare, once used by farmers and shepherds against wolves and boars). Wikipedia (fr): wild boar.

Breed clubFCI-Standard N° 17

Range

FCI 17 and UKC: built for endurance, not speed; favors difficult terrain and thickets. No distance is printed.

Breed clubFCI-Standard N° 17

Descriptive only; no source prints a range band.

Search pattern

FCI 17: very good, piercing nose, particularly enjoying difficult terrains and thickets; excellent at approaching; holds firm without recklessness; used successfully in small packs but also individually; length of work rather than speed. FCI and UKC both warn it can be obstinate and independent and must be taught to obey from the youngest age. Wikipedia (fr): a good 'rapprocheur' (close-in tracker) that does not fear going to the boar; hunts in a small pack.

Breed clubFCI-Standard N° 17

Field trial standard

FCI 17: classified 'with working trial'. The breed club was founded in 1925 (FCI history). No trial rule text was read.

Breed clubFCI-Standard N° 17

Classification line only.

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How to read this page

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Also called: Nivernais Griffon, Barbouillaud

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