- Permissible: The colours are the whole range of solid fawn, shading from the dark red fawn with black overlay to light fawn, and black and tan
- The fawn may have white on the muzzle and the skull (symmetrical mask or not), a white star on the chest, white on the neck, on the pastern and hocks, on the feet and the tip of the tail.
- Undesirable: White, and the less there is, the better
- The black and tan may have only the white star on the chest
- in that case, the Segugio is called tricolour
About the Italian Rough Haired Segugio
Origin: ItalyItalian Rough Haired Segugio
- FCI status
- Recognised by FCI
- FCI group
- Scent hounds and related breeds
- Origin
- Italy
- Also called
- Sabueso Italiano de Pelo Duro
- 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
“The Segugio is perfectly adapted to the most difficult terrains and can be used as well in the mountains as on level ground. Very resistant and fast, he works with ardour and passion, alone or in a pack. Compared with the shorthaired subjects, he is more reserved, less exuberant, wise, calm and poised for the job. His expression is friendly, soft and proud, yet veiled by a melancholic reflection. His voice is resonant and very harmonious”
Quoted from FCI standard n°198. 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
- 3 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 Rough Haired Segugio
What you get with the Italian Rough Haired Segugio
- Purpose stated in the standard: “Dog for hunting especially the hare and the wild boar”
- The standard describes the breed as: “The Segugio is perfectly adapted to the most difficult terrains and can be used as well in the mountains as on level…”
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 Rough 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
On the body the length of the hair should not be more than 5 cm.
The hair is definitely rough, except on the head, on the ears, the legs, the tail and the muzzle, where the hair is usually less rough than on the body and the lips
under the lips, the hair, although of moderate length, forms the so-called beard.
The hair on the superciliary arches is of limited length so as not to fall over the eyes or hide them
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°198 — 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 – 60 cm. Females: 50 cm – 58 cm. A tolerance of + 2 cm is allowed for excellent dogs. Weight: Males: 20 kg – 28 kg. Females: 18 kg – 26 kg”
- FCI states a tolerance around the figure.
Quoted from FCI standard n°198. It describes the breed the registry recognises, not any individual animal.
What the standard penalises
What a judge marks the Italian Rough 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.
Severe faults
Marked heavily against a specimen in the ring.
- Convergent cranio-facial axes.
- Size over or under the margins indicated by the standard
Disqualifying faults
Puts an animal out of the ring altogether.
- Concave muzzle.
- Total depigmentation or depigmentation of the greater part of the nose, lip rims or the eyelids.
- Wall eye.
- Overshot mouth.
- Tailless or short tail, whether congenital or acquired.
- Slate or lead colour; brindle coat; coffee, brown or liver colour or predominant white colour
Breed-level information from The Dog API. It describes the Italian Rough Haired Segugio in general; any individual animal can differ.
Health guide
What to ask for in a Italian Rough Haired Segugio
No breed-specific health panel has been written up for the Italian Rough 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 Rough 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.