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UKC Scenthound · FCI standard 154
Posavaz Hound.
FCI 154 utilization: a hound with excellent stamina, especially suited to hunting hare, fox and boar, but can also be used as a tracking leash hound; Group 6 section 1.2, with working trial. A universal hound with a clear and melodic voice for hunting in all areas; easy to train. UKC: a good scenthound with excellent stamina, used to hunt hare and fox, also as a trailing leash hound; docile, good natured, very attached to its owner and an enthusiastic hunter. Thesis: a very resistant hound for hare and fox, usable as a blood-tracker; its sturdy build suits the brushy forests of the Posavina. Wikipedia: a scenthound from the Sava valley; ideal temperament docile and an enthusiastic hunter..
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
Neither standard prints an ideal. Low and high span FCI and UKC.
Coat
FCI and UKC agree.
Heat tolerance
Derived from the coat description (short dense coat = 4). No measured data.
The dog at home
What the breed asks of a day. The first thing most homes get wrong.
Energy
Text only; no AKC or RKC score.
The work
What it was built to do in the field, and what a test or trial asks of it.
Role
FCI adds boar; UKC and the thesis name hare and fox. Editorial views are shown beside the standard, labelled; where they disagree both stand (Chad, Oct 8 2026).
Primary game
FCI is the only source that adds boar.
Also used on
All three agree.
Search pattern
Voice on the line is stated by FCI and the thesis. Editorial views are shown beside the standard, labelled; where they disagree both stand (Chad, Oct 8 2026).
How common the problems are
Evaluated dogs skew toward breeding stock; the numbers are still the best there are.
Most common disorders
Single editorial source stating an absence of documentation, not a survey result.
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
- Posavac Hound, Posavatz Hound, Posavski gonic
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