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UKC Scenthound · FCI standard 68

Tyrolean Hound.

FCI 68: the ideal working dog for the hunter in wood and mountains; a scenthound hunting hare and fox on its own while giving tongue, and tracking all kinds of wounded game (Group 6, Section 1.2, with working trial). UKC: excellent hunting dog for woods and mountains. Wikipedia EN: steady, passionate, independent hunter that can follow wounded game a long way..

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.

35–60LBWeight, all linesbreed dogs 35 to 60 lb.

The body

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

Height at the shoulder

dogs 17 to 19.7 in · bitches 16.5 to 19 in

Breed clubUnited Kennel Club

All three agree.

Weight

dogs 35 to 60 lb

EditorialWikipedia (English)

Editorial only; the two Wikipedia pages differ. Conversion kg x 2.2046. No female weight stated.

Coat

Thick double coat, undercoat coarse rather than fine (FCI 68, UKC). Two colour varieties: red (red, deer red or red-fawn) and black and tan (black mantle or saddle, red usually not sharply defined markings on legs, belly and head), tricolour also allowed. White neck stripe, chest patch and white on feet and legs permitted; lack of white is not a fault. Distinctly pied and liver are disqualifying. UKC: red, black and tan or tri-color.

Breed clubFederation Cynologique Internationale, 1995

FCI 68; UKC and Wikipedia DE agree on the two varieties.

Heat tolerance

3 of 5 · Thick double coat, undercoat coarse rather than fine; hairy belly, well-feathered buttocks, dense brush on the tail (FCI 68; UKC agrees).

DerivedFederation Cynologique Internationale, 1995

Derived from the standard's coat description (medium double = 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 68 utilization; UKC; Wikipedia EN (editorial).

Primary game

Hare and fox (FCI 68, UKC).

Breed clubFederation Cynologique Internationale, 1995

Also used on

Tracking all kinds of wounded game (FCI 68, UKC). FCI history: Emperor Maximilian I used the breed around 1500 and took his lead hounds (limiers) from it. Wikipedia EN: bred as a dog adapted to hunting in snow.

Breed clubFederation Cynologique Internationale, 1995

Wikipedia EN snow remark is editorial.

Search pattern

FCI 68: steady, passionate hunting hound with fine scenting ability; works independently and hunts with endurance, giving tongue clearly and following scent firmly with a good sense of direction. Gait ground covering, very quick and enduring. UKC: steady, passionate, independent hunter. Hunts on its own, not in a pack, per the FCI utilization.

Breed clubFederation Cynologique Internationale, 1995

FCI 68 behaviour and utilization.

Field trial standard

FCI 68: 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.

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Also called: Tiroler Bracke, Tyroler Bracke

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