- Permissible: All colours with white markings
- Not is predominant white, merle or liver brown
- Colours should be very well defined.
- White markings should be visible from all angles and shall preferably be in form of a blaze, a full necklace, on legs, feet and tip of tail.
- Preferred: Symmetrical markings
About the Drever
Origin: Sweden
- Typical life span
- 12-15 years
- Size
- Medium — from its typical weight
- Weight
- 14-18 kg
- Height
- 30-38 cm
- FCI status
- Recognised by FCI
- FCI group
- Scent hounds and related breeds
- Origin
- Sweden
- Also called
- Perro Tejonero Sueco
- Known hereditary risks
- Not researched yet
About
What is a Drever?
Short-legged, long-bodied Swedish scent hound with distinctive white markings, known for endurance, keen nose, and even-tempered nature. Built for tracking deer and game over difficult terrain with robust, agile construction.
Drever history and origins
Developed in early 20th century Sweden from German Westphalian Dachsbracke imported around 1910, refined to be slower and better suited for driving deer toward hunters. Name 'Drever' officially adopted in 1947 by Swedish Kennel Club.
Drever appearance and size
Typically 14-18 kg and 30-38 cm at the shoulder — published as one range rather than separately for males and females.
What the breed standard says
- Bred for
- Scenthound
- Behaviour and temperament
“Keen and even-tempered hound. Never aggressive, nervous or shy”
Quoted from FCI standard n°130. It describes the breed the registry recognises, not any individual animal.
Breed reference from The Dog API.
Characteristics
- Size
- Medium
- Exercise needsRead from what the breed was bred to do, in the registry’s own words: “Scenthound” 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
- 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 Drever
What you get with the Drever
- Purpose stated in the standard: “Scenthound”
- The standard describes the breed as: “Keen and even-tempered hound. Never aggressive, nervous or shy”
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 · Drever
Coat and colour
As the FCI standard sets it out. Every line below is the standard’s own wording, tagged preferred and permissible.
Coat
Harsh, straight and lying close to body.
On head, ears and lower part of legs coat should be shorter.
On neck, back and backside of thighs coat should be longer.
On underside of tail bushy but not forming a fringe
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°130 — 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: Ideal size 35 cm with a permitted variation of 32–38 cm. Females: Ideal size 33 cm with a permitted variation of 30–36 cm”
- FCI distinguishes an ideal from what is permitted.
Quoted from FCI standard n°130. It describes the breed the registry recognises, not any individual animal.
What the standard penalises
What a judge marks the Drever 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 low on legs.
- Narrow lower jaw.
- Sway back. Roach back.
- Bandy front fore legs.
- Feet turning in or out
Disqualifying faults
Puts an animal out of the ring altogether.
- One or both eyes blue.
- Pronounced over- or undershot bite.
- Faulty position of one or both canines of the lower jaw which, (when the mouth is shut, can damage the upper gums or the (palate.
- Kinked or otherwise deformed tail.
- Predominant white coat, merle or liver brown colour.
- Under- or oversized
Breed-level information from The Dog API. It describes the Drever in general; any individual animal can differ.
Health guide
What to ask for in a Drever
No breed-specific health panel has been written up for the Drever 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 Drever 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 Drever 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.