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French tricolour hound

French tricolour hound

FCI standard Nº 219
Origin
 France
Translation
 Mrs. Peggy Davis, revised by Dr. Paschoud
Group
 Group 6 Scenthounds and related breeds
Section
 Section 1.1 Large sized Hounds
Working
 With working trial
Acceptance on a definitive basis by the FCI
 Tuesday 15 December 1959
Publication of the official valid standard
 Tuesday 01 August 2023
Last update
 Friday 06 October 2023
En français, cette race se dit
 Français tricolore
Diese Norm ist in deutscher Sprache sichtbar
 Französischer Dreifarbiger Laufhund
En español, esta raza se dice
 Sabueso Francés Tricolor
In het Nederlands, wordt dit ras gezegd
 Franse tricolor

Usage
Pack Hound for big game.

General appearance
Large pack hound, elegant, sufficiently well boned and muscled.

Head

Cranial region
Head
 Not too imposing, but quite elongated; occipital protuberance marked.
Skull
 Very slightly domed, skull quite developed. 
Stop
 More accentuated than in the Pointevin.

Facial region
Nose
 Black; open nostrils.
Muzzle
 Straight, rather long and sometimes slightly arched.
Lips
 More substantial than in the Pointevin, i.e. very slightly square.
Eyes
 Big and brown, sometimes circled with black. Intelligent expression.
Ears
 Broader than those of the Poitevin, set at eye level, slightly curled, not too supple, preferably extending to the set-on of the nose or within two fingers of it.

Neck
Long, rather strong and sometimes with a slight trace of dewlap.

Body
Back
 Sustained and solid.
Chest
 Deep and well let down, at least as far down as the point of the elbows. Ribs long and not too flat.
Underline and belly
 Very slightly tucked up.

Tail
Quite long, carried high and with elegance.

Limbs

Forequarters
Generality
 Well positioned, broad and straight.
Shoulders
 Long and close to the chest.

Hindquarters
Generality
 Hips : Well laid, in harmony with the forequarters.
Upper thigh
 Long, sufficiently muscled.
Hock
 Rather broad, low set, slightly bent.

Feet
Lean.

Gait and movement
Easy and light.

Skin
Quite fine.

Coat
Hair
 Short and rather fine.
Colour
 Tricolour, with black mantle more or less spread out. Tan preferably bright or even copper-taned. Neither blackend tan on the cheeks and on the lips nor blue or tan fleckings on the legs and on the body are to be sought after. The grizzled « wolf colour » is admitted.

Size and weight
Height at withers
 From 62 to 72 cm for the males and from 60 to 68 cm for the bitches.

Faults
• Any departure from the foregoing points should be considered a fault and the seriousness with which the fault should be regarded should be in exact proportion to its degree and its effect upon the health and welfare of the dog and its ability to perform its traditional work.
• Faults listed should be in degree of seriousness.

General faults
 Pink spots on the nose.
 Under-or overshot mouth.
 Light eyes.
 Leathers too flat, too short or set too high.
 Legs badly positioned or thin.
 Hocks too straight.
 Fat feet.
 Any apparent trace of English hound blood, especially in the head.
 "Smoky" coloured heads which indicate cross-breeding with the White and Black Hound and all other colours than those above mentioned.

Disqualifying faults
 Aggressive or overly shy.

NB :
• Any dog clearly showing physical or behavioural abnormalities shall be disqualified.
• The above mentioned faults when occurring to a highly marked degree or frequently are disqualifying.
• Male animals should have two apparently normal testicles fully descended into the scrotum.
• Only functionally and clinically healthy dogs, with breed typical conformation should be used for breeding.

Bibliography
http://www.fci.be/
Details
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