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FCI standard 354
Polish Hunting Dog (Gonczy Polski).
FCI 354 utilization: hunting dog; classed Group 6, Section 1.2 medium sized hounds, with working trial. A lithe dog of compact construction with great aptitude for mobility and resistance to difficult working conditions in mountainous regions. During the hunt it gives voice with a characteristic melody in various intonations, higher pitched in females. Polish Wikipedia: used mainly for wild boar and fox hunting and as a guard dog, also as a blood-tracker (tropowiec)..
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.
The body
What the breed is built like. Registry standards give an ideal, not a range.
Height at the shoulder
No ideal printed; the FCI range.
Weight
Wikipedia only; no registry prints a weight. Low and high span the English 22 kg and the Polish 30 kg (48.5 to 66.1 lb).
Coat
FCI and Polish Wikipedia agree. Rarity of colours is Wikipedia only.
Heat tolerance
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 'easy to educate' and Wikipedia 'requires assertive guidance' differ in tone; both stand. The 10 to 13 year lifespan is editorial and not entered in median_lifespan_yr.
Grooming
Single editorial source. No RKC or AKC band was read for this breed (The Kennel Club recognised it on 1 April 2024 per Wikipedia; the KC page was not read).
The work
What it was built to do in the field, and what a test or trial asks of it.
Role
Wikipedia adds guard and blood-tracking use that the FCI line does not state. Editorial views are shown beside the standard, labelled; where they disagree both stand (Chad, Oct 8 2026).
Primary game
FCI says deer; Polish Wikipedia names boar and fox only. Both stand.
Also used on
Guard use is stated by both FCI behaviour text and Polish Wikipedia.
Search pattern
Pack or single work is not stated by FCI or the Wikipedia text read. Editorial views are shown beside the standard, labelled; where they disagree both stand (Chad, Oct 8 2026).
Field trial standard
The Polish working-trial rules were not read; see open_gaps.
How common the problems are
Evaluated dogs skew toward breeding stock; the numbers are still the best there are.
Most common disorders
Population note, not a disease list. The Goleman paper itself was not opened.
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. 3 sources on this page. Found something wrong? Tell us and the correction is logged with its date.
- Also called
- Goncy Polski, Gończy Polski, Polish Scenthound, Polish Hound (light type)
Every breed, read the same way.
The breed index grows as entries clear the standard. Gun dogs first.
All published breedsYour polish hunting dog (gonczy polski), on the record.
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