Styrian Coarse-haired Hound.

FCI 62: the breed's work is not only hunting by giving tongue but very often purely tracking wounded game in difficult mountain territory (Group 6, Section 1.2, with working trial). Wikipedia DE: suited to work before or after the shot (with the Brandlbracke); considered weather-hardy, which is useful in high mountains and forest..

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.

The body

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

Height at the shoulder

dogs 18 to 21 in · bitches 17.7 to 21 in

Breed clubUnited Kennel Club

Low/high span both; no ideal printed.

Coat

Rough, harsh and coarse, not shaggy, without gloss; shorter on the head, forming a moustache (FCI 62, UKC). Colour red and fawn (deer-red to pale yellow per Wikipedia DE); a white mark on the chest permitted; any other colour disqualifies. Faults: coat too long, thin, curly or soft.

Breed clubFederation Cynologique Internationale, 1995

FCI 62; UKC; Wikipedia DE.

Heat tolerance

3 of 5 · Rough coat, not shaggy, without gloss, harsh and coarse; head coat shorter than the body, forming a moustache (FCI 62). UKC agrees. Wikipedia DE: considered weatherproof and frugal.

DerivedFederation Cynologique Internationale, 1995

Derived from the standard's coat description (rough medium coat, no undercoat described: 3). No measured data.

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, 1995

FCI 62 utilization; UKC; Wikipedia DE (editorial).

Primary game

Wounded game in difficult mountain terrain (FCI 62). UKC: determined tracker. No quarry species is named in FCI 62 or UKC.

Breed clubFederation Cynologique Internationale, 1995

A search-result summary of a pet-guide site called it a boar blood-tracker in the mountains; that page was not read and is not used.

Also used on

Hunting by giving tongue (FCI 62). Related to the Tyrolean Hound, Brandlbracke, Slovak Kopov and Bavarian Mountain Hound (Wikipedia DE). Bred from a Hanoverian Scenthound bitch and a coarse-haired Istrian Hound dog by Carl Peintinger from 1870.

Breed clubFederation Cynologique Internationale, 1995

FCI history; Wikipedia DE.

Search pattern

FCI 62: passionate, tough hunting dog that gives tongue unceasingly; a firm and determined tracker. Wikipedia DE: follows game with loud, loose cry (Hals) even in difficult terrain. Single-dog work.

Breed clubFederation Cynologique Internationale, 1995

FCI 62 behaviour; Wikipedia DE for the voice.

Field trial standard

FCI 62: with working trial (Group 6, Section 1.2). The trial rules themselves were not read.

Breed clubFederation Cynologique Internationale, 1995

Classification only; see open_gaps.

No KENAI kennel lists the Styrian Coarse-haired Hound 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

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Also called: Steirische Rauhhaarbracke, Peintinger Bracke, Coarse-Haired Styrian Hound

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