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Petit Bleu de Gascogne

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UKC Scenthound · FCI standard 31

Petit Bleu de Gascogne.

FCI 31: multipurpose hound used for hunting with the gun, sometimes for coursing (Group 6 Scenthounds, Section 1.2 medium-sized hounds, with working trial); a voluntary reduction in size of the Great Gascony Blue, linked directly to the utilization. UKC: a scenthound developed from the Grand Bleu, generally used to hunt hare; a trail hound of moderate speed. Wikipedia (fr): versatile hunting dog for both shooting (a tir) and hunting with hounds (a courre); a deliberate reduction of the Grand Bleu to suit smaller quarry..

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 20.5 to 24 in · bitches 19.7 to 22 in

Breed clubFederation Cynologique Internationale

Low and high span FCI and UKC; the UKC one-inch tolerance is not counted in 'high'. No center.

Coat

FCI 31: hair short, semi-thick, dense (profuse); entirely mottled black and white giving a slate-blue effect, marked or not with black patches, with the Gascony head patches and tan marks. UKC: short, thick and very dense; any other coat is a disqualification.

Breed clubFederation Cynologique Internationale

Heat tolerance

4 of 5 · Short, semi-thick to very dense coat (FCI 31, UKC)

DerivedFederation Cynologique Internationale

Derived from the coat description (short dense = 4). 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 31: multipurpose hound used for hunting with the gun, sometimes for coursing (Group 6 Scenthounds, Section 1.2 medium-sized hounds, with working trial); a voluntary reduction in size of the Great Gascony Blue, linked directly to the utilization. UKC: a scenthound developed from the Grand Bleu, generally used to hunt hare; a trail hound of moderate speed. Wikipedia (fr): versatile hunting dog for both shooting (a tir) and hunting with hounds (a courre); a deliberate reduction of the Grand Bleu to suit smaller quarry.

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 31: his favourite game is the hare; also successfully well adapted for big game hunting. UKC: generally used to hunt hare; characteristics line lists deer, fox and hare. Wikipedia (fr): reputed on hare and fox; packs up readily on big game, the size suiting both small and large quarry.

Breed clubFederation Cynologique Internationale

Also used on

FCI 31: big game hunting, and coursing. UKC: deer and fox.

Breed clubFederation Cynologique Internationale

Search pattern

FCI 31: fine nose, intent in his way of hunting, endowed with a beautiful voice; works well in a pack; calm, affectionate, obeys orders easily. UKC: hunts in a leisurely, methodical manner with great determination, tremendous endurance and a deep, powerful melodious voice; created after the demise of the wolf. Wikipedia (fr): fine nose and a fine voice; calm and affectionate, applied in his way of hunting (as the FCI standard says); needs a lot of exercise and space.

Breed clubFederation Cynologique Internationale

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

Field trial standard

FCI 31 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.

No KENAI kennel lists the Petit Bleu de Gascogne 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

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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. 1 sources on this page. Found something wrong? Tell us and the correction is logged with its date.

Also called
Small Gascony Blue, Petit Bleu

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