- Red to yellow with black saddle or mantle and the white « Bracken » markings : Blaze or snip, white muzzle and white collar, white chest, legs and tip of tail
- Undesirable: Undesirable are bicoloured dogs as well as dogs with black markings on head.
- Undesirable: Chocolate brown
About the Westphalian Dachsbracke
Origin: Germany
- Typical life span
- 10-15 years
- Size
- Medium — from its typical weight
- Weight
- Male
- 15-18 kg
- Female
- 14-17 kg
- Height
- 30-38 cm
- FCI status
- Recognised by FCI
- FCI group
- Scent hounds and related breeds
- Origin
- Germany
- Also called
- Perro Tejonero de Westfalia
- Known hereditary risks
- Not researched yet
About
What is a Westphalian Dachsbracke?
Short-legged, sturdy German scent hound with tricolor coat, developed for hunting in dense terrain and tracking wounded game
Westphalian Dachsbracke history and origins
Developed in Westphalia region of Germany by crossing Deutsche Bracke with Dachshunds to create a short-legged tracking hound for dense terrain hunting and tracking wounded game
Westphalian Dachsbracke appearance and size
Males typically weigh 15-18 kg and females 14-17 kg.
Westphalian Dachsbracke temperament and personality
Generally described as alert, intelligent, friendly, work-focused and loyal.
That is the breed in general, not a promise about one animal. Ask the breeder what their own line is like, and meet the parents before you decide.
What the breed standard says
- Bred for
- Hound
Quoted from FCI standard n°100. 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: “Hound” 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
- 5 of 5
- 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 Westphalian Dachsbracke
What you get with the Westphalian Dachsbracke
- Purpose stated in the standard: “Hound”
- Low grooming needs, fitting for a busy owner — the coat is “Short on head, leathers and lower part of legs, longer over back, neck and underside of…”
- Commonly described as: “Alert, intelligent, friendly, work-focused”
What you are taking on
- Expect a lot of shedding — “The whole body, including the underside, with a very dense and coarse coat.”
Drawn from sources rather than written as an opinion — cited health research, the registry’s own standard, and peer-reviewed longevity. FCI breed standard; The Dog API. 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 · Westphalian Dachsbracke
Coat and colour
As the FCI standard sets it out. Every line below is the standard’s own wording, tagged undesirable.
Coat
The whole body, including the underside, with a very dense and coarse coat.
Short on head, leathers and lower part of legs, longer over back, neck and underside of tail
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°100 — each label is the standard’s own wording with the verdict lifted into the tag beside it. Read the full clause at source.
Temperament
Alertintelligentfriendlywork-focusedloyal
Breed-level information from The Dog API. It describes the Westphalian Dachsbracke in general; any individual animal can differ.
Health guide
What to ask for in a Westphalian Dachsbracke
No breed-specific health panel has been written up for the Westphalian Dachsbracke 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 Westphalian Dachsbracke 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.