Base colour
Black and tan
- Permissible: A small white patch on the chest
- The visible mucous membranes, the nose and the nails black
About the Hellenic Hound
Origin: GreeceHellenic Hound
- FCI status
- Recognised by FCI
- FCI group
- Scent hounds and related breeds
- Origin
- Greece
- Also called
- Sabueso Helenico
- Known hereditary risks
- Not researched yet
About
What the breed standard says
- Bred for
- Hound with a fine sense of smell and of great resistance; he is an active hunter either alone or in a pack and responds completely in all terrains of lowland or mountains and even in the more rocky and unworkable terrains; his voice is resonant and harmonious
Quoted from FCI standard n°214. It describes the breed the registry recognises, not any individual animal.
Characteristics
- Size
- —
- Exercise needsRead from what the breed was bred to do, in the registry’s own words: “Hound with a fine sense of smell and of great resistance; he is an active hunter either alone or in a pack and responds completely in all terrains of lowland or mountains and even in the more rocky and unworkable terrains; his voice is resonant and harmonious” 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
- —
- Cost to keep
- —
- Tolerates being alone
- —
- Intelligence
- —
- Health of breed
- Not researched yet
Pros & cons
Pros & cons for the Hellenic Hound
What you get with the Hellenic Hound
- Purpose stated in the standard: “Hound with a fine sense of smell and of great resistance”
- Low grooming needs, fitting for a busy owner — the coat is “Short, dense, a little hard, close fitting”
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 · Hellenic Hound
Coat and colour
As the FCI standard sets it out. Every line below is the standard’s own wording, tagged permissible.
Coat
- Short
- Dense
- A little hard
- Close fitting
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°214 — 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
- “Height at the withers: For males: 47-55 cm. For females: 45-53 cm. Tolerance of more or less 2 cm. Weight: 17-20 kg”
- FCI states a tolerance around the figure.
Quoted from FCI standard n°214. It describes the breed the registry recognises, not any individual animal.
Breed-level information from The Dog API. It describes the Hellenic Hound in general; any individual animal can differ.
Health guide
What to ask for in a Hellenic Hound
No breed-specific health panel has been written up for the Hellenic 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 Hellenic 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 Hellenic 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.