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About the Schillerstovare

Origin: Sweden
Typical life span
12-15 years
Size
Medium — from its typical weight
Weight
18-25 kg
Height
Male
55-61 cm
Female
52-59 cm
FCI status
Recognised by FCI
FCI group
Scent hounds and related breeds
Origin
Sweden
Also called
Sabueso Schiller
Known hereditary risks
Not researched yet

About

What is a Schillerstovare?

A medium-sized, noble Swedish scenthound with a distinctive tan coat and black mantle, known for its athletic nature and exceptional ability as a hunter of fox and hare. This energetic Scandinavian breed combines endurance with keen scenting abilities.

Schillerstovare history and origins

Developed in the late 19th century by Swedish farmer Per Schiller, who crossed Swiss and German scenthounds with local hounds and English Harrier-type hounds. Created to be an exceptional hunter of fox and hare, first exhibited in 1907.

Schillerstovare appearance and size

Males typically stand 55-61 cm at the shoulder and females 52-59 cm.

What the breed standard says

Bred for
Scent hound that gives tongue and is used for hunting the hare and fox. It is not a pack hound, nor hunted in couples or used for hunting deer
Behaviour and temperament
“Lively and attentive”

Quoted from FCI standard n°131. It describes the breed the registry recognises, not any individual animal.

Breed reference from The Dog API.

Characteristics

Size
Medium
Exercise needs
4 of 5
Easy to train
—
Amount of shedding
—
Grooming needs
3 of 5
Good with children
—
Cost to keep
—
Tolerates being alone
—
Intelligence
—
Health of breed
Not researched yet

Pros & cons

Pros & cons for the Schillerstovare

What you get with the Schillerstovare

  • Purpose stated in the standard: “Scent hound that gives tongue and is used for hunting the hare and fox. It is not a pack hound, nor hunted in couples or used for hunting deer”
  • The standard describes the breed as: “Lively and attentive”

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 · Schillerstovare

Coat and colour

As the FCI standard sets it out. Every line below is the standard’s own wording, tagged permissible.

Coat

Harsh, not too short, lying very close to body.

On head, ears and front of legs coat should be short and smooth.

Under tail and on back of thighs coat may be slightly longer

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.

Base colour

Tan with well defined black mantle

  • Black to cover back of neck and the back, upper part of shoulders, sides of the trunk, the loin and on upper side of tail.
  • Tan to cover head, throat, chest, lower part of shoulders, forelegs, hind legs reaching up to hips and under tail.
  • Tan colour in nuances from golden to rich and deep tan.
  • Permissible: Slight white markings on chest and toes
  • Permissible: Black hair mingled in the tan not in adult specimen
  • Permissible: Black markings on the cheeks though

Shortened from FCI standard n°131 — 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: 53–61 cm, ideal size 57 cm. Females: 49–57 cm, ideal size 53 cm”
FCI distinguishes an ideal from what is permitted.

Quoted from FCI standard n°131. It describes the breed the registry recognises, not any individual animal.

What the standard penalises

What a judge marks the Schillerstovare 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.

  • Aloofness.
  • Pronounced over- or undershot bite.
  • Blue eyes, one or both.
  • Size outside the maximum and minimum limits

FCI standard n°131

Breed-level information from The Dog API. It describes the Schillerstovare in general; any individual animal can differ.

Health guide

What to ask for in a Schillerstovare

No breed-specific health panel has been written up for the Schillerstovare 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 Schillerstovare 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 Schillerstovare 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.

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