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

https://www.fci.be/

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French tricolour hound