English Foxhound

  • Group 6: Run Scent hounds and related breeds
  • Section 1: Hounds
  • With working trial

Great Britain

About 58-64 cm

The English Foxhound is one of the FCI recognized British breed ( FCI group 6, section 1.1, Standard No. 159).

The English Foxhound is a running dog that is particularly suitable for fox hunting and hunts in a pack. He is the most popular dog pack for drag hunts in Germany and is often used in England.

Fox hunts have been conducted since the Middle Ages. The existence of the packs has been documented for centuries. However, the packs were not as uniform as the current breed standard in the past. In the 19th century, people began to breed the mobs targeted. So pedigrees of English Foxhound packs can be traced back about 200 years away, once in dog breeding. Today, these dogs are still kept in kennels. With kennels here are large plants meant, in which the whole pack is housed. The maintenance of kennels is very costly. The pack - in kennels causes the animals are marked on their fellows and highly socialized. English Foxhounds are rarely kept as pets, plus they would have early on are taken out of the pack, so they can be imprinted on humans.

Description

The English Foxhound is one to 64 -cm and 35 kg heavier pack dog. This powerful and enduring dog has thick, straight hair in the colors: white, white and black or white and orange, with reddish-brown markings.

Specific diseases

Foxhounds have a predisposition for the Hound ataxia.

308672
de