Complete list of Scent Hound breeds by Country

For a while there I was getting stumped by what scent hounds were out there. It seemed that I only knew a few of them and there was obviously many more on many more people’s lists than I knew.

Then most people realise that the American lists are very abbreviated and American centric and really of little help when wanting to know all of the types of dogs that can be used for scent hound hunting.

So eventually we all seem to stumble upon the Fedraton Cynnologique Internationale (FCI) list of scent hounds.

As you will see it is quite comprehensive and contains dogs in many sizes and countries, but since the FCI site lists these scent hounds by size it is easy to think you are getting almost duplication of a breed of dog.

The point of this scent hound hunting dog list being categories like this highlights many things:

That America has actually very few scent hunting dogs created here, and they are very recent. I am sure that some hunters would expect all coonhounds to be listed in this category, but since their inclusion in the American AKC list is relatively recently, it may take some time.

That France has by far the most number of individually listed scent hounds of any country. Yes many of these are variations on a breed, but that can be said for the five or so recognised coon hounds that America has, being basically from one main original type of dog. France also has the vast majority of LARGE scent hound dog varieties in the world

Many countries have a single entry in the scent hound category which is its country name followed by the name hound. As many of these European countries have taken hunting seriously for hundreds of years, these single hounds are often very well tuned for the weather and hunting conditions found locally in these countries. Yes countries do vary considerably in environment, however many European countries are considerably smaller than African or other continent countries so the temperatures and type of hunting environment used for their specific breed of hunting dog can be quite refined.

Most of these dog breeds will be unfamiliar to even people within the industry as they are not massively popular outside of the country of origin. You will also find that Americans tend to stick to their breed of hunting dog, often favouring very traditional dogs like the beagle, or American created dogs, like the coonhounds (not all in the scent hound category).

Because of this mystery around many of the scent hounds, I will endeavour to bring you as much hunting specific information on the lesser known scent hound hunting dog breeds as possible on this site!

ALL SCENT hound breeds – Table list

(Scent hounds – SMALL MEDIUM LARGE by country)

 

COUNTRY	Small	Medium	Large
AUSTRIA		Austrian Black and Tan Hound
		Styrian coarse-haired Hound
		Tyrolean Hound
BELGIUM			Bloodhound
BOSNIA		Bosnian Coarse-haired Hound
CROATIA		Istrian Short-haired Hound
		Istrian Coarse-haired Hound
		Posavaz Hound
FINLAND		Finnish Hound
FRANCE	Basset fauve de bretagne	Anglo-Français de Petite Vénerie	Billy
	Blue gascony basset	Ariégeois	Français Tricolore
	Grand basset griffon vendeen	Beagle-Harrier	Français Blanc et Noir
	Norman artesien basset	Chien d’Artois	Français Blanc et Orange
	Petit basset griffon vendeen	Porcelaine	Grand Anglo-Français Tricolore
		Petit Bleu de Gascogne	Grand Anglo-Français Blanc et Noir
		Gascon Saintongeois	Grand Anglo-Français Blanc et Orange
		Briquet Griffon Vendéen	Grand Bleu de Gascogne
		Griffon Bleu de Gascogne	Grand Gascon Saintongeois
		Griffon Fauve de Bretagne	Grand Griffon Vendéen
		Griffon Nivernais
GERMANY	Deutsche bracke (german hound)
	Westphalian dachsbracke
GREECE		Hellenic Hound
GREAT BRITAIN	Basset hound	Harrier	English Foxhound
	Beagle		Otterhound
HUNGARY		Transylvanian Hound
ITALY		Segugio Italiano
MONTENEGRO		Montenegrin Mountain Hound
NORWAY		Dunker
		Haldenstøvare
		Hygenhund
POLAND		Polish Hound
SERBIA		Serbian Tricolour Hound
		Serbian Hound
SLOVAKIA		Slovakian Hound
SPAIN		Spanish Hound
SWEDEN	Drever	Hamiltonstövare
		Schillerstövare
		Smålandsstövare
SWITZERLAND
	Small swiss hound	Swiss Hound
	Small bernese Hound	a)Bernese Hound
	Small jura hound	b)Jura Hound
	Small lucerne hound	c)Lucerne Hound
	Small schwyz hound	d)Schwyz Hound
USA			American Foxhound
			Black and Tan Coonhound
Leash Hounds	Leash Hounds
Austria	Alpine Dachsbracke
Germany	Bavarian Mountain Hound
	Hanover Hound
Related Breeds	Related Breeds
Croatia	Dalmatian
Zimbabwe	Rhodesian Ridgeback