- The Tatra hound can be found in two colour varieties.
- Black and tan: Black colour with exactly bounded tan or redish marking on head, above the eyes.
- On the sides of muzzle and lips, on the chest and limbs, around the anus, on the lower side of tail.
- White marking on chest and limbs is acceptable also white spot on the top of the head.
- On the limbs between the white and the black coat there is some tan coat in between /heritage from old type of hounds.
- Red: Solid coloured red.
- The shade varies from the light tan to deer red.
- Permissible: Some mixture of black
- Permissible: Colour without the mask is sought after, however, a black mask on the foreface
About the Tatra Hound
- FCI status
- Provisional
- Also called
- Sabueso del Tatra
- Known hereditary risks
- Not researched yet
About
What the breed standard says
- Bred for
- Hound
- Behaviour and temperament
“Intelligent, full of temperament, easy to handle. Balanced in character, no signs of aggressiveness or fear of his surroundings. Friendly with people. Despite his friendly character, he is eager to work and brave in contact with game. Persistent in his work with a great sense of smell and orientation in the field”
Quoted from FCI standard n°377. 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: “Hound” 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
- 2 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 Tatra Hound
What you get with the Tatra Hound
- Purpose stated in the standard: “Hound”
- The standard describes the breed as: “Intelligent, full of temperament, easy to handle”
- Low grooming needs, fitting for a busy owner — the coat is “Coarse, close fitting, with sufficient shine.”
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 · Tatra Hound
Coat and colour
As the FCI standard sets it out. Every line below is the standard’s own wording, tagged permissible.
Coat
Shorter and softer on the head and limbs
- Coarse
- Close fitting
- With sufficient shine
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°377 — 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 Tatra 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.
- Too big or too small dogs or bitches in the relation to the standard size. Poor or absent tan markings in the black- and tan- coloured dogs or bitches. Too light red colouring. Heavy individuals, lacking elegance. Too long in shape. Short muzzle, too heavy lips. Short ears. Too high or too low set ears. Level bite. Absence of more than 2 P1, absence of P2. Incorrect angulations
Breed-level information from The Dog API. It describes the Tatra Hound in general; any individual animal can differ.
Health guide
What to ask for in a Tatra Hound
No breed-specific health panel has been written up for the Tatra 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
This is where Tatra Hound owners’ own photographs will go, from the pet profiles they keep here. Nobody has added one to a public page yet.
A photograph in a pet profile stays private to its owner. We will not put one here unless they ask us to.
Puppies
No puppies listed right now
No Tatra 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.