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Slovensky Kopov

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Slovensky Kopov.

FCI 244 utilization: distinguished by enduring, hours-long following of a warm trail or scent while giving tongue; keen, and used in its native country for hunting wild boar and predators (FCI text: 'predatory'). AKC breed page: a spirited, persistent hunter that will follow a scent for hours; hardy, hardworking, courageous with great endurance; originally developed to hunt wild boar. Wikipedia: a scenthound bred for deer tracking and boar hunting; developed and used as a hunting dog, not a pet or show dog; most commonly used for tracking downed deer in North America..

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18 / 17INHeightdogs 18.1, bitches 16.9. An ideal from the standard, not a range.
33–44LBWeight, all linesbreed 35.3 lb (33 to 44).

The body

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

Height at the shoulder

dogs 18.1 in (16 to 20) · bitches 16.9 in (15.7 to 20)

Breed clubFederation Cynologique Internationale

Center is the FCI ideal. Low and high span FCI and the AKC page, which prints one range for both sexes.

Weight

35.3 lb (33 to 44)

Breed clubFederation Cynologique Internationale

Center is the FCI ideal. FCI prints one weight range for both sexes.

Coat

FCI: hair 2 to 5 cm (0.8 to 2 in) long, medium coarse, close fitting and dense, longer on back, neck and tail; undercoat dense, especially in winter but not lacking in summer; black with brown to mahogany tan markings on limbs; white markings and colours other than black are faults. Wikipedia: short coat, always black with tan markings.

Breed clubFederation Cynologique Internationale

Shedding

Shedding 3 of 5 (AKC breed page trait score)

Breed clubAKC

AKC breed page trait score, 1 to 5: a breed-club tendency, never a measurement.

Heat tolerance

Short (2 to 5 cm), medium coarse, close fitting, dense coat with a dense undercoat that must not be lacking in summer (FCI 244)

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

AKC breed page trait bands (1-5): Energy Level 3; Mental Stimulation Needs 3; Playfulness 3; Trainability 4; Barking Level 3; Adaptability 3; Affectionate With Family 5; Good With Young Children 3; Good With Other Dogs 4; Openness To Strangers 3; Watchdog/Protective Nature 3. FCI: spirited temperament. Wikipedia: independent but intelligent and easy to train; laid back as a house dog; protective of property and family, not known as aggressive.

Breed clubAKC

AKC bands are the page's own scores, not a measurement. Editorial views are shown beside the standard, labelled; where they disagree both stand (Chad, Oct 8 2026).

Grooming load

1 of 5

Breed clubAKC

AKC breed page trait score, 1 to 5: a breed-club tendency, never a measurement.

Grooming

AKC breed page trait band: Coat Grooming Frequency 1 of 5; Shedding Level 3 of 5; Drooling Level 2 of 5.

Breed clubAKC

AKC bands (1-5) are the page's own scores, not a measurement.

The work

What it was built to do in the field, and what a test or trial asks of it.

Role

FCI 244 utilization: distinguished by enduring, hours-long following of a warm trail or scent while giving tongue; keen, and used in its native country for hunting wild boar and predators (FCI text: 'predatory'). AKC breed page: a spirited, persistent hunter that will follow a scent for hours; hardy, hardworking, courageous with great endurance; originally developed to hunt wild boar. Wikipedia: a scenthound bred for deer tracking and boar hunting; developed and used as a hunting dog, not a pet or show dog; most commonly used for tracking downed deer in North America.

Breed clubFederation Cynologique Internationale

FCI Group 6, Section 1.2, with working trial. Editorial views are shown beside the standard, labelled; where they disagree both stand (Chad, Oct 8 2026).

Primary game

FCI: wild boar and predators (vermin). AKC: wild boar. Wikipedia: wild boar; deer tracking (downed deer).

Breed clubFederation Cynologique Internationale

Wikipedia's deer tracking is not in the FCI or AKC text. Both stand.

Search pattern

FCI: follows a warm trail or scent for hours while giving tongue; extraordinarily developed sense of direction; spirited temperament. AKC: persistent, follows a scent for hours. Wikipedia: has a good sense of direction; unlike a typical hound it is not vocal unless a stranger comes onto the property or at a carcass find.

Breed clubFederation Cynologique Internationale

FCI and AKC describe giving tongue on the track; Wikipedia says the breed is not vocal outside those moments. They disagree on voice; both stand. FCI does not say pack or single work.

More

akc bands

AKC breed page trait scores (1-5): Energy Level 3; Mental Stimulation Needs 3; Trainability Level 4; Barking Level 3; Watchdog/Protective Nature 3; Good With Young Children 3; Openness To Strangers 3; Good With Other Dogs 4; Shedding Level 3; Coat Grooming Frequency 1; Drooling Level 2; Affectionate With Family 5; Playfulness Level 3; Adaptability Level 3.

Breed clubAKC

Fourteen AKC bands in one row; the selector reads each by name. Breed-club ratings: a tendency, never a measurement.

No KENAI kennel lists the Slovensky Kopov 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

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
Slovenský kopov, Slovakian Hound, Slovak Hound, Black Forest Hound, Schwarzwildbracke

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