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About the Slovakian Hound

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

About

What the breed standard says

Bred for
This breed is distinguished through its enduring hours-long following of a warm trail or scent while giving tongue. Also distinguished by its keenness and therefore used in its native country for hunting wild boar and predatory
Behaviour and temperament
“Spirited temperament”

Quoted from FCI standard n°244. It describes the breed the registry recognises, not any individual animal.

Characteristics

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

Pros & cons

Pros & cons for the Slovakian Hound

What you get with the Slovakian Hound

  • Purpose stated in the standard: “This breed is distinguished through its enduring hours-long following of a warm trail or scent while giving tongue”
  • The standard describes the breed as: “Spirited temperament”
  • Low grooming needs, fitting for a busy owner — the coat is “2-5 cm long, medium coarse, close fitting and dense”

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 · Slovakian Hound

Coat and colour

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

Coat

longer on back, neck and tail.

Undercoat dense, especially during winter months, but must not be lacking in summer

  • 2-5 cm long
  • Medium coarse
  • Close fitting and dense

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.

  • Black with brown to mahogany coloured tan markings on limbs

Shortened from FCI standard n°244 — 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 Slovakian Hound in general; any individual animal can differ.

Health guide

What to ask for in a Slovakian Hound

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

Gallery

No photographs yet

This is where Slovakian Hound 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 Slovakian 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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