- Permissible: The colours are solid fawn in all nuances, from intense red fawn to a faded (washed out) fawn, and the black and tan
- The tan markings, as in all black and tan dogs, should be on the muzzle, eyebrows, chest, on the legs, from carpus to foot and tarsal to foot, also on the perineum.
- Fawn dogs may have white on the muzzle and the skull, (symmetrical mask or not), a white star on the chest, white on the neck, the pastern, hocks, on the feet and the tip of the tail.
- Undesirable: The white however and the less there is of it the better
- The black and tan may show a white star on the chest
- in that case the Segugio is called tricolour
About the Italian Short Haired Segugio
Origin: ItalyItalian Short Haired Segugio
- FCI status
- Recognised by FCI
- FCI group
- Scent hounds and related breeds
- Origin
- Italy
- Also called
- Sabueso Italiano de Pelo Raso
- Known hereditary risks
- Not researched yet
About
What the breed standard says
- Bred for
- Dog for hunting especially the hare and the wild boar
- Behaviour and temperament
“Scent hound well adapted to the most varied terrains; endowed with a great resistance and good speed, is extremely eager, whether working alone or in a pack; of a steady temperament but not very outgoing, has a soft expression and a resonant very pleasant voice”
Quoted from FCI standard n°337. 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: “Dog for hunting especially the hare and the wild boar” 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 Italian Short Haired Segugio
What you get with the Italian Short Haired Segugio
- Purpose stated in the standard: “Dog for hunting especially the hare and the wild boar”
- The standard describes the breed as: “Scent hound well adapted to the most varied terrains”
- Low grooming needs, fitting for a busy owner — the coat is “Short hair all over the body”
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 · Italian Short Haired Segugio
Coat and colour
As the FCI standard sets it out. Every line below is the standard’s own wording, tagged permissible and undesirable.
Coat
Short hair all over the body
straight horse hair texture, dense, close and uniformly smooth
Notes
- there may be a few scattered coarse hairs on the body, on the muzzle, also on the legs which does not constitute a fault
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°337 — 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: Males: 52 cm – 58 cm. Females: 48 cm – 56 cm. Tolerance: ± 2 cm, only for excellent Weight: 18 kg – 28 kg. subjects”
- FCI states a tolerance around the figure.
Quoted from FCI standard n°337. It describes the breed the registry recognises, not any individual animal.
What the standard penalises
What a judge marks the Italian Short Haired Segugio 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.
Disqualifying faults
Puts an animal out of the ring altogether.
- Cranio-facial axes convergent.
- Depigmentation total or on major part of the nose.
- Concave muzzle.
- Overshot mouth.
- Wall eye, total depigmentation on the major part of the eyelid.
- Lack of tail or short tail, whether congenital or artificial.
- Slate or lead colour; brindle; coffee, chestnut brown, liver or when white predominates.
- Size exceeding the indicated margins of tolerance
Breed-level information from The Dog API. It describes the Italian Short Haired Segugio in general; any individual animal can differ.
Health guide
What to ask for in a Italian Short Haired Segugio
No breed-specific health panel has been written up for the Italian Short Haired Segugio 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 Italian Short Haired Segugio 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.