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UKC Scenthound · FCI standard 150

Serbian Hound.

FCI 150 utilization: scent hound; FCI-classified Group 6 section 1.2, medium sized scenthounds, with working trial. Behaviour: kind, lively, dependable, showing remarkable tenacity. UKC: scenthound (UKC history: originally the Balkan Scenthound, renamed Serbian Hound in 1996). Wikipedia EN: a scent hound that both tracks game and captures it; traditionally kept as a pack hound; a distinctive high-pitched voice when hunting. Wikipedia SR: a hunting hound of the hound family, with an innate hunting instinct..

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.

40–44LBWeight, all linesbreed 39.7 to 44.1 lb.

The body

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

Height at the shoulder

dogs 18 to 22.1 in · bitches 17 to 21.3 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 UKC.

Weight

39.7 to 44.1 lb

EditorialWikipedia (Serbian)

Editorial only; both pages trace to older breed encyclopedias and a Serbian breed article. No registry prints a weight.

Coat

FCI: short, abundant, gleaming, quite thick, lying well over the body, with undercoat; slightly longer on back of thighs and underside of tail; red (fox coloured), from yellowy red to rust, with a black mantle or saddle that reaches the head with black marks on both temples; a round white chest mark no larger than 2 cm is allowed. UKC: short, thick, abundant and shiny; any shade of red with a black mantle or saddle; a small white chest mark allowed, white elsewhere disqualifies. Wikipedia SR: short, lush, shiny and slightly harsh.

Breed clubFederation Cynologique Internationale

FCI and UKC agree. UKC does not print the undercoat or the 2 cm limit.

Heat tolerance

4 of 5 · Short, abundant, gleaming coat lying close, with undercoat (FCI 150, UKC)

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: lively and energetic, full of character. UKC: lively, kind and dependable. Wikipedia EN: well-disciplined, energetic, tenacious and lively. Wikipedia SR: extremely temperamental and very active; intelligent, eager to learn and to please; with proper socialisation gets on well with children; lifespan 12 to 15 years (Wikipedia SR, citing a Serbian pet site; not a measured figure).

EditorialWikipedia (Serbian)

Text only. The 12 to 15 year lifespan is an editorial figure from a Serbian pet site and is not entered as median_lifespan_yr. 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

FCI and UKC print only 'scent hound'. Pack work, voice and quarry come from Wikipedia EN, which in turn cites older general encyclopedias (Alderton 1987, Morris 2001). Editorial views are shown beside the standard, labelled; where they disagree both stand (Chad, Oct 8 2026).

Primary game

Wikipedia EN: wild boar, deer, fox and hare (usual quarry). FCI and UKC name no quarry.

EditorialWikipedia (English)

Single editorial source (cites Alderton 1987, Morris 2001); no registry names a quarry.

Search pattern

Wikipedia EN: traditionally kept as a pack hound; tracks by scent and captures game; a distinctive high-pitched voice when hunting; known for great stamina. FCI: a scent hound of remarkable tenacity. Wikipedia SR: very hardy and full of energy; strong innate hunting instinct, so not advised to keep with smaller animals.

EditorialWikipedia (English)

Voice and pack work rest on Wikipedia EN alone; FCI and UKC print neither. Editorial views are shown beside the standard, labelled; where they disagree both stand (Chad, Oct 8 2026).

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

Also called: Srpski gonic, Balkan Hound, Balkan Scenthound, Balkanski gonic

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