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Hungarian Greyhound

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UKC Sighthound & Pariah · FCI standard 240

Hungarian Greyhound.

FCI 240 utilization: hunting and coursing dog which hunts game by sight, with a noteworthy nose; especially skilled on coursing and race tracks, good results on longer distances; also a loyal watch dog. UKC: used for coursing game by sight though it also has a good nose, and for racing, at which it excels at long distances. Wikipedia: used for hunting and coursing and kept as a companion; still employed for coursing in Hungary; not as fast as the Greyhound on short sprints but with greater endurance..

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.
49–68LBWeight, all linesbreed 49 to 68 lb.

The body

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

Height at the shoulder

dogs 25 to 27.6 in · bitches 24 to 26.5 in

Breed clubFCI-Standard N° 240

Span covers FCI, UKC and Wikipedia.

Weight

49 to 68 lb

EditorialWikipedia

Single editorial source, no registry weight.

Coat

FCI: short, dense, coarse and smooth, with a considerable dense undercoat possible in winter; the underside of the tail has wiry hair. UKC: same. Color: all sighthound colors except blue, blue and white, brown, wolf grey, black and tan and tricolor, which are eliminating or disqualifying faults. Wikipedia: any color except black and tan, blue and tricolor.

Breed clubFCI-Standard N° 240

FCI and UKC agree.

Heat tolerance

4 of 5 · FCI: short, dense, coarse, smooth coat; in winter a considerable amount of dense undercoat may develop. UKC: same. Wikipedia: thicker skin and a slightly longer winter coat; tolerates lower temperatures better than some other short-coated sighthounds.

DerivedFCI-Standard N° 240

Derived from the standard's coat description (short dense coat with seasonal undercoat = 4).

The work

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

Role

FCI 240 utilization: hunting and coursing dog which hunts game by sight, with a noteworthy nose; especially skilled on coursing and race tracks, good results on longer distances; also a loyal watch dog. UKC: used for coursing game by sight though it also has a good nose, and for racing, at which it excels at long distances. Wikipedia: used for hunting and coursing and kept as a companion; still employed for coursing in Hungary; not as fast as the Greyhound on short sprints but with greater endurance.

Breed clubFCI-Standard N° 240

FCI, UKC and Wikipedia agree on sight coursing with endurance.

Primary game

Hare and similar open-country game, coursed by sight. FCI says 'game' without naming it; Wikipedia: coursing game over rugged terrain.

EditorialWikipedia

No source read names the quarry; this row records what they do say.

Search pattern

Hunts by sight with a good nose (FCI, UKC); FCI: untiring, full of stamina, in some distances faster than the Greyhound on the race course. Wikipedia: built for longer runs over rugged terrain; in the old days expected to trail alongside masters on horseback. Voice and single versus brace work: not stated.

Breed clubFCI-Standard N° 240

FCI/UKC wording; Wikipedia for the terrain.

Field trial standard

FCI: sighthound Group 10 Section 3, without working trial. Used on coursing and race tracks, with results at longer distances (FCI utilization line). Not on the AKC lure coursing eligible list. No US trial rulebook read.

Breed clubFCI-Standard N° 240

No trial rulebook read.

How common the problems are

Evaluated dogs skew toward breeding stock; the numbers are still the best there are.

Most common disorders

No health study read. Wikipedia: average life span 12 to 14 years (uncited; not a median, so not recorded as one).

EditorialWikipedia

Wikipedia statement carried as text so a filter does not treat it as a measured lifespan.

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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
Magyar Agár, Hungarian Agar

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