Gascon Saintongeois

Gaskoňsko-saintgeoiský honič

Gascon Saintongeois – front view — Photo: Petit_Gascon_de_Saintonge.JPG : Jérôme BARDIAU derivative work: Anka Friedrich, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

Gascon Saintongeois – head — Photo: Jérôme BARDIAU, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

Key facts

FCI group	6. Scent hounds and related breeds
Country of origin	France
Category	Large
Height at withers	54–72 cm

Recognition features

White coat with black patches, pale tan cheeks and tan spots above the eyes (a "four-eyed" look)
Two varieties: great (62–72 cm) and small (54–62 cm)
Short, tight coat and a sonorous voice

Purpose

Hound for hunting big game and hare with the gun, in a pack or alone as a tracking hound; exists in a great and a small variety.

History

In the mid-19th century Count Joseph de Carayon-Latour set out to regenerate the declining Saintonge Hound by crossing its last descendants with Baron de Ruble’s Gascony Blue, creating the Gascon Saintongeois, though the old Saintonge Hound became extinct as a result. The small variety was created in the mid-20th century by selecting the smallest dogs from Great Gascon Saintongeois litters, originally for hare hunting.

Coat

Short, tight coat; white ground with black patches, pale tan on cheeks and above the eyes.

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