Comparison: French Tricolour Hound and Gascon Saintongeois

French Tricolour Hound and Gascon Saintongeois are marked as similar in our database. The table compares only the data we have on the breeds.

French Tricolour Hound
Photo: Canarian, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Gascon Saintongeois
Photo: Jérôme BARDIAU, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
French Tricolour HoundGascon Saintongeois
FCI group6. Scent hounds and related breeds6. Scent hounds and related breeds
Country of originFranceFrance
CategoryLargeLarge
Height at withers60–72 cm54–72 cm
Recognition features
  • Tricolour coat with a more or less spread-out black mantle
  • Bright, even copper-coloured tan markings
  • Large, elegant pack hound, well boned and muscled
  • 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
CoatShort and rather fine coat; tricolour with black mantle and bright tan, grizzled "wolf colour" is admitted.Short, tight coat; white ground with black patches, pale tan on cheeks and above the eyes.
PurposeLarge pack hound for big game.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.

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The information is indicative. Texts are based on available sources and may contain inaccuracies; for binding details (e.g. for breeding or shows) use the official breed standard.