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About the French Tricolour Hound

Origin: France
FCI status
Recognised by FCI
FCI group
Scent hounds and related breeds
Origin
France
Also called
Sabueso Frances Tricolor
Known hereditary risks
Not researched yet

About

What the breed standard says

Bred for
Pack Hound for big game

Quoted from FCI standard n°219. It describes the breed the registry recognises, not any individual animal.

Characteristics

Size
Exercise needs
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 French Tricolour Hound

What you get with the French Tricolour Hound

  • Purpose stated in the standard: “Pack Hound for big game”
  • Low grooming needs, fitting for a busy owner — the coat is “Short and rather fine”

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 · French Tricolour Hound

Coat and colour

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

Coat

Short and rather fine

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

Tricolour, with black mantle more or less spread out

  • Tan preferably bright or even copper-taned.
  • Neither black and tan on the cheeks and on the lips nor blue or tan fleckings on the legs and on the body are to be sought after.
  • The grizzled « wolf colour »

Shortened from FCI standard n°219 — each label is the standard’s own wording with the verdict lifted into the tag beside it. Read the full clause at source.

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

Health guide

What to ask for in a French Tricolour Hound

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

Puppies

No puppies listed right now

No French Tricolour 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.

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