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A hound is a type of
A hound is a type of hunting dog
A hunting dog is a Dog, canine that hunts with or for hunters. There are several different Dog type, types of hunting dog developed for various tasks and purposes. The major categories of hunting dog include hounds, terriers, cur type dogs, and ...
used by hunters to track or chase prey.
Description
Hounds can be contrasted with gun dogs that assist hunters by identifying prey and/or recovering shot quarry. The houndbreed
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s were the first hunting dog
A hunting dog is a Dog, canine that hunts with or for hunters. There are several different Dog type, types of hunting dog developed for various tasks and purposes. The major categories of hunting dog include hounds, terriers, cur type dogs, and ...
s. They have either a powerful sense of smell, great speed, or both. There are three types of hound, with several breed
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s type:
* Sighthound
Sighthounds (also called gazehounds) are a Dog type, type of hound dog that hunts primarily by sight and speed, unlike scent hound, scent hounds, which rely on scent and endurance.
Appearance
These dogs specialize in pursuing prey, keeping it ...
s (also called ''gazehounds'') follow prey predominantly by speed, keeping it in sight. These dogs are fast and assist hunters in catching game
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: fox, hare, deer, and elk.
* Scenthounds follow prey or others (like missing people) by tracking its scent. These dogs have endurance, but are not fast runners.
* The remaining breeds of hound follow their prey using both sight and scent. They are difficult to classify, as they are neither strictly sighthounds nor strictly scenthounds.
List of hound breeds
* Afghan Hound * Africanis * Alpine Dachsbracke * American Foxhound * American Leopard Hound * Andalusian Hound * Artois Hound * Austrian Black and Tan Hound * Azawakh * Basenji * Basset Artesien Normand * Basset Bleu de Gascogne * Basset Fauve de Bretagne * Basset Hound * Bavarian Mountain Hound * Beagle * Beagle-Harrier * Billy * Black and Tan Coonhound * Blackmouth Cur * Bloodhound * Bluetick Coonhound * Borzoi * Bosnian Broken-haired Hound * Briquet Griffon Vendéen * Chippiparai * Cirneco dell'Etna * Combai * Coonhound * Cretan Hound *Dachshund
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* Drever
* Dumfriesshire Black and Tan Foxhound
* Estonian Hound
* English Coonhound
* English Foxhound
* Feist
* Finnish Hound
* Galgo Español
* Gascon Saintongeois
* German Hound
* Grand Basset Griffon Vendéen
* Grand Bleu de Gascogne
* Grand Fauve de Bretagne
* Grand Griffon Vendéen
* Greek Harehound
* Greyhound
* Griffon Bleu de Gascogne
* Griffon Fauve de Bretagne
* Hamiltonstövare
* Hanover Hound
* Harrier
* Ibizan Hound
* Indian pariah dog
* Italian Greyhound
* Irish Wolfhound
* Istrian Coarse-haired Hound
* Istrian Shorthaired Hound
* Kai Ken
* Kanni
* Kishu Ken
* Lakeland Trailhound
* Lithuanian Hound
* Longdog
* Lurcher
* Magyar agár
* Mountain Cur
* Mudhol Hound
* Otterhound
* Petit Basset Griffon Vendéen
* Petit Bleu de Gascogne
* Pharaoh Hound
* Plott Hound
* Podenco Canario
* Polish Greyhound
* Polish Hound
* Portuguese Podengo
* Posavac Hound
* Rajapalayam
* Rampur Greyhound
* Rastreador Brasileiro
* Redbone Coonhound
* Rhodesian Ridgeback
* Sabueso Español
* Saluki
* Schillerstövare
* Segugio dell'Appennino
* Segugio Italiano a pelo forte
* Segugio Italiano a pelo raso
* Segugio Maremmano
* Serbian Hound
* Serbian Tricolour Hound
* Schweizer Laufhund
* Schweizerischer Niederlaufhund
* Scottish Deerhound
* Shikoku
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* Silken Windhound
* Sloughi
* Slovenský kopov or Slovak Hound
* Smalandstövare
* Styrian Coarse-haired Hound
* Taigan
* Tatranský durič or Tatra Hound
* Treeing Walker Coonhound
* Trigg Hound
* Transylvanian Hound
* Tyrolean Hound
* Ukrainian Chortai
* Welsh Foxhound
* Westphalian Dachsbracke
* Whippet
See also
*Dog type
Dog types are broad categories of domestic dogs based on form, function, style of work, lineage, or appearance. Some may be locally adapted dog types (or ''landraces'') that may have the visual characteristics of a modern purebred dog. In cont ...
* Hunting dog
A hunting dog is a Dog, canine that hunts with or for hunters. There are several different Dog type, types of hunting dog developed for various tasks and purposes. The major categories of hunting dog include hounds, terriers, cur type dogs, and ...
* Scent hound
* Sighthound
Sighthounds (also called gazehounds) are a Dog type, type of hound dog that hunts primarily by sight and speed, unlike scent hound, scent hounds, which rely on scent and endurance.
Appearance
These dogs specialize in pursuing prey, keeping it ...
References
External links
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