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UKC Scenthound · FCI standard 229

Serbian Tricolor Hound.

FCI 229 utilization: scent hound; Group 6 section 1.2, medium sized scenthounds, with working trial. Behaviour: devoted, kind, lively; dependable, showing remarkable tenacity. UKC: scenthound; lively, kind and dependable, with great tenacity; considered a variety of the Serbian Hound until it was given its own standard in 1946. Wikipedia EN: a versatile hunter, hunted in small packs, working predominantly by scent but also using its very good vision. Wikipedia SR: well developed sense of smell and an excellent hound..

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.

20 / 19INHeightdogs 20.1, bitches 19.3. 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 20.1 in (17.7 to 22) · bitches 19.3 in (17 to 21.3)

Breed clubFederation Cynologique Internationale

Center is the FCI ideal. Low and high span FCI and UKC.

Weight

44 to 55.1 lb

EditorialWikipedia (English)

Editorial only; Wikipedia SR cites zivotinje.rs, Wikipedia EN cites a Serbian breed source. No registry prints a weight.

Coat

FCI: short, abundant, gleaming, slightly thick, lying well; undercoat quite well developed; slightly longer on back of thighs and underside of tail; base coat deep red or foxy red with a black mantle or saddle (black up to the head with marks on the temples), white star on the head and a blaze down the muzzle, a complete or partial white collar, white allowed on the chest to the tip of the breastbone and reaching the belly and inside of the legs, tail end may be white; white not more than one third of the body. UKC: short, thick, abundant and shiny with a good undercoat; same pattern; red or black ticking in the white and a fourth colour disqualify. Wikipedia SR: black with tan marks in the mountain variety, tricolour (yellow-brown with white on head, chest and limbs, black saddle) in this one.

Breed clubFederation Cynologique Internationale

FCI and UKC agree; UKC states the white limit as 'not more than one-third of the body color'. The Wikipedia SR line mixes in the Montenegrin Mountain Hound.

Heat tolerance

4 of 5 · Short, abundant, gleaming coat lying close, with quite well developed undercoat (FCI 229, 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: devoted, kind, lively. UKC: lively, kind and dependable, with great tenacity. Wikipedia EN: usually affectionate and obedient, forming strong bonds with its master; tranquil and relaxed at home, particularly energetic when working. Wikipedia SR: lively and temperamental, attached to its owner and very reliable, enduring and intelligent; lifespan 12 to 15 years (Wikipedia SR, citing two Serbian pet sites; not a measured figure). Wikipedia EN: extremely rare and at possible risk of extinction.

EditorialWikipedia (English)

Text only. The 12 to 15 year lifespan 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'. Small-pack work and the use of sight come from Wikipedia EN, which cites Wilcox and Walkowicz 1989. Editorial views are shown beside the standard, labelled; where they disagree both stand (Chad, Oct 8 2026).

Primary game

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

EditorialWikipedia (English)

Single editorial source (cites Wilcox and Walkowicz 1989); no registry names a quarry.

Search pattern

Wikipedia EN: often hunted in small packs; hunts mainly by scent and also uses its very good vision; hunts known to continue for many hours at a time; particularly energetic when working. FCI: remarkable tenacity. Wikipedia SR: very enduring, with a well developed nose.

EditorialWikipedia (English)

Pack size, sight use and hunt length rest on Wikipedia EN alone; neither FCI nor UKC prints them. Voice on the line is not stated by any source read. 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.

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Also called: Serbian Tricolour Hound, Srpski trobojni gonic, Yugoslavian Tricolour Hound

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