- Deep red, deer red, reddish brown, tan, also clear fawn to biscuit colour, reddish grey as the winter coat of a deer, also brindled or interspersed with black hairs.
- The basic colour on the back is generally more intense, muzzle and leathers dark.
- Tail, mostly, interspersed with dark hair.
- Permissible: Small light-coloured patch on chest (“Bracken Star”)
About the Bavarian Mountain Scent Hound
Origin: GermanyBavarian Mountain Scent Hound
- FCI status
- Recognised by FCI
- FCI group
- Scent hounds and related breeds
- Origin
- Germany
- Also called
- Rastreador Montanes de Baviera
- Known hereditary risks
- Not researched yet
About
What the breed standard says
- Bred for
- In accordance with the hunting requirements as a specialist for the search of hoofed game, the Bavarian Mountain Scent Hound has to show all the of him required abilities to be useful for the more difficult search. This usefulness must be confirmed by the relevant working trials
- Behaviour and temperament
“Calm and balanced, devoted to his owner, reserved with strangers. Required is a sound, self- assured, unafraid, biddable dog, neither shy nor aggressive”
Quoted from FCI standard n°217. It describes the breed the registry recognises, not any individual animal.
Characteristics
- Size
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- Exercise needsRead from what the breed was bred to do, in the registry’s own words: “In accordance with the hunting requirements as a specialist for the search of hoofed game, the Bavarian Mountain Scent Hound has to show all the of him required abilities to be useful for the more difficult search. This usefulness must be confirmed by the relevant working trials” That is a working purpose, not a measured exercise requirement — an individual dog’s needs depend on its age, health and household.
- 4 of 5
- Easy to train
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- Amount of shedding
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- Grooming needs
- 3 of 5
- Good with children
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- Cost to keep
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- Tolerates being alone
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- Intelligence
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- Health of breed
- Not researched yet
Pros & cons
Pros & cons for the Bavarian Mountain Scent Hound
What you get with the Bavarian Mountain Scent Hound
- Purpose stated in the standard: “In accordance with the hunting requirements as a specialist for the search of hoofed game, the Bavarian Mountain Scent Hound has to show all the of…”
- The standard describes the breed as: “Calm and balanced, devoted to his owner, reserved with strangers”
What you are taking on
Nobody has written this side yet. It is a judgement rather than data, so it waits for a person — not for a missing source.
Drawn from sources rather than written as an opinion — cited health research, the registry’s own standard, and peer-reviewed longevity. FCI breed standard. One breeder’s animals can differ from any of it, and an empty column means we hold nothing for that side rather than that there is nothing to say.
Characteristics
FCI standard · Bavarian Mountain Scent Hound
Coat and colour
As the FCI standard sets it out. Every line below is the standard’s own wording, tagged permissible.
Coat
Dense, close fitting, moderately harsh with little gloss.
Finer on head and leathers, harsher and longer on belly, legs and tail
Colour
- Preferred
- Permissible
- Undesirable
- Disqualifying
Preferred, permissible, undesirable and disqualifying are FCI’s own words about the breed. They describe what the standard asks for — not an assessment of any individual dog, and not ours.
Shortened from FCI standard n°217 — each label is the standard’s own wording with the verdict lifted into the tag beside it. Read the full clause at source.
What the standard penalises
What a judge marks the Bavarian Mountain Scent Hound down for, and what puts one out of the ring, in the registry’s own words. This describes the breed standard — it is not a checklist for the animal in front of you, and a pet with a disqualifying fault is an unshowable dog rather than an unhealthy one.
Severe faults
Marked heavily against a specimen in the ring.
- Very loose eyelids.
- Marked hollow or roach back.
- Very in or out at elbows.
- Distinctly overbuilt hindquarters.
- Very flat or barrel shaped chest.
- Hind legs very close, cow-hocked or bow-shaped, in stance or movement.
- Too fine or too thin coat.
- Strong deviation in colour, black colour with red markings.
- Flesh coloured nose
Breed-level information from The Dog API. It describes the Bavarian Mountain Scent Hound in general; any individual animal can differ.
Health guide
What to ask for in a Bavarian Mountain Scent Hound
No breed-specific health panel has been written up for the Bavarian Mountain Scent Hound on this platform yet. That is a gap in our records, not a clean bill of health — ask the breeder which hereditary conditions their lines are tested for, and ask to see the results for both parents, dated and from a named laboratory.
Gallery
No photographs yet
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Puppies
No puppies listed right now
No Bavarian Mountain Scent Hound breeder has a record on this platform yet, so there is nothing to list. That is a gap in our coverage, not a fact about the breed.