Montenegrin Mountain Hound.

FCI 279 utilization: hound; Group 6 section 1.2, medium-sized hounds, with working trial. History: same origin as the other Balkan hounds; once called the 'black hound'; first standard 1924; FCI recognised 8 May 1969; renamed from Yugoslavian Mountain Hound in 1997 (Wikipedia). Behaviour: well balanced, attached to his master, docile, trustworthy. Wikipedia EN: a rare hound from the mountainous regions of Montenegro, used to hunt fox, hare and small game, occasionally larger animals..

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.

44–55LBWeight, all linesbreed 44 to 55.1 lb.

The body

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

Height at the shoulder

dogs 17.3 to 22.1 in · bitches 17.3 to 22.1 in

Breed clubFederation Cynologique Internationale

No center: FCI prints its ideal as a range (shown in the text), and we never average. Low and high span FCI and Wikipedia (one range for both sexes).

Weight

44 to 55.1 lb

EditorialWikipedia (English)

Editorial only; Wikipedia HR is a translation of the EN article, so this is one source.

Coat

FCI: short, dense, rough, not very thick, glossy, flat, smooth; undercoat quite well developed; black with tan markings above the eyes (hazelnut-sized), on the muzzle (to the corner of the lips) and on the lower legs; tan from light red through brownish red to bright red; a white chest spot admitted but not sought after, not over 3 cm. Wikipedia EN: black and tan with a smooth coat.

Breed clubFederation Cynologique Internationale

FCI is the only registry text read (no UKC page).

Heat tolerance

4 of 5 · Short, dense, rough, flat coat with quite well developed undercoat (FCI 279)

DerivedFederation Cynologique Internationale

Derived from the coat description (short dense coat with undercoat = 4). No measured data.

The dog at home

What the breed asks of a day. The first thing most homes get wrong.

Energy

FCI: well balanced, attached to his master, docile, trustworthy; medium size, solid, agile. Wikipedia EN: a rare breed; the American Rare Breed Association considers it endangered; formerly the Yugoslavian Mountain Hound (the breed the Late Night puppet Triumph the Insult Comic Dog was said to resemble).

Breed clubFederation Cynologique Internationale

Text only. Editorial views are shown beside the standard, labelled; where they disagree both stand (Chad, Oct 8 2026).

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

No UKC or AKC page. FCI prints only 'hound'. Quarry comes from Wikipedia EN. Editorial views are shown beside the standard, labelled; where they disagree both stand (Chad, Oct 8 2026).

Primary game

Wikipedia EN: fox, hare and small game, occasionally deer or even wild boar. Wikipedia HR (translation of the EN article, with an addition): fox and mountain hare (Lepus timidus) and smaller game, with larger game such as deer and wild boar not excluded. FCI names no quarry.

EditorialWikipedia (English)

Wikipedia HR is derived from the EN article, so these are one editorial source, not two. The mountain hare detail is the HR page's own addition.

No KENAI kennel lists the Montenegrin Mountain Hound yet. If you breed them, list your kennel free: it shows on this page and in the hunting dog breed finder, under every handler whose answers land on the breed.

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: Crnogorski planinski gonic, Yugoslavian Mountain Hound, Jugoslovenski planinski gonic, Black Hound

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