- Permissible: Obligatory white and black, with a black mantle or with more or less widely spread black markings and possible black or bluish speckling, or even tan freckles but the latter only on the limbs
- A pale tan dot above each eye as well as a pale tan on the cheeks, below the eyes, below the ears and at the base of the tail.
- The “roebuck mark” is quite frequent on the thigh
About the French White Black Hound
Origin: FranceFrench White Black Hound
- FCI status
- Recognised by FCI
- FCI group
- Scent hounds and related breeds
- Origin
- France
- Also called
- Sabueso Frances Blanco y Negro
- Known hereditary risks
- Not researched yet
About
What the breed standard says
- Bred for
- Pack Hound for big game
- Behaviour and temperament
“These very appreciated by many deer hunts for the following qualities: fine noses, diligence, seriousness and throat. It is a friendly dog, close to humans and easy to manage in the kennels. dogs are”
Quoted from FCI standard n°220. 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: “Pack Hound for big game” 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
- —
- Amount of shedding
- —
- Grooming needs
- 2 of 5
- Good with children
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- Cost to keep
- —
- Tolerates being alone
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- Intelligence
- —
- Health of breed
- Not researched yet
Pros & cons
Pros & cons for the French White Black Hound
What you get with the French White Black Hound
- Purpose stated in the standard: “Pack Hound for big game”
- The standard describes the breed as: “These very appreciated by many deer hunts for the following qualities: fine noses, diligence, seriousness and throat”
- Low grooming needs, fitting for a busy owner — the coat is “Short, quite strong and dense”
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 · French White Black Hound
Coat and colour
As the FCI standard sets it out. Every line below is the standard’s own wording, tagged permissible.
Coat
Short, quite strong and dense
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°220 — 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 breed standard says
- Size
- “Males: 65 to 72 cm. Females: 62 to 68 cm. With tolerance of +/- 1cm”
- FCI states a tolerance around the figure.
Quoted from FCI standard n°220. It describes the breed the registry recognises, not any individual animal.
What the standard penalises
What a judge marks the French White Black 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.
- Head: Any indication of English Foxhound blood in the too voluminous, muzzle short and not head (skull sufficiently square at the end when seen from the side). Jaws: Overshot or undershot.
- Nose: Important lack of pigmentation.
- Eyes: Too light in colour.
- Ears: Short and flat.
- Dewlap: Excessive.
- Colour: On the cheeks, black extending to the lips
Disqualifying faults
Puts an animal out of the ring altogether.
- Limbs: Frail.
- Severe deviation of limbs.
- Feet: Round.
- Colour: Tricolour coat
Breed-level information from The Dog API. It describes the French White Black Hound in general; any individual animal can differ.
Health guide
What to ask for in a French White Black Hound
No breed-specific health panel has been written up for the French White Black 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 French White Black 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.