Hound

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"Hound" is a synonym for "dog", also used in a more specific sense to refer to a type of dog used by hunters to track or chase prey.

Description

Hounds can be contrasted with gundogs, which assist hunters by identifying the location of prey and/or recovering shot quarry. The hound breeds were the first hunting dogs. They have either a powerful sense of smell or great speed.^[1]

There are three types of hound, with several breeds within each type:

• Sighthounds (also called gazehounds), which follow prey predominantly by speed, keeping it in sight. These dogs are fast and assist hunters in catching game—fox, hare, deer and elk.
• Scenthounds, which follow prey or others (like missing people) by tracking its scent. These dogs have endurance but are not fast runners.
• The remaining breeds of hound follow their prey using both sight and scent; difficult to classify as they are neither sighthound nor scent hound.

List of hound breeds

Hound Group

This may not include all hound-type dogs. The international kennel club association, the Fédération Cynologique Internationale, does not have a Hound Group and includes most hound-type dogs in Group 6, Scenthounds and related Breeds, and Group 10, Sighthounds.

	Afghan Hound		American English Coonhound		American Foxhound (recognised only by the AKC, CKC and UKC)
	Andalusian Hound		Andalusian Hound Maneto		Australian Dingo (recognised only by the ANKC)
	Azawakh (recognised by the KC & ANKC)		Basenji		Basset Bleu de Gascogne (recognised only by the KC)
	Basset Fauve de Bretagne (recognised only by the ANKC, KC and NZKC)		Basset Hound		Bavarian Mountain Hound (recognised only by the KC)
	Beagle		Black and Tan Coonhound (recognised only by the AKC, ACHA, CKC, PKC and UKC)		Bloodhound
	Bluetick Coonhound (recognised only by the AKC, ACHA, ANKC, NZKC, PKC, and UKC)		Borzoi		Cirneco dell'Etna (recognised only by the AKC and KC)
	Dachshund		Drever (recognised only by the CKC)		English foxhound
	Finnish Spitz (AKC Non-sporting Group)		Galgo Español		Grand Bleu de Gascogne (recognised only by the KC)
	Greyhound		Hamiltonstövare (not recognised by the AKC and CKC)		Harrier (not recognised by the KC)
	Ibizan Hound		Irish Wolfhound		Norrbottenspets (recognised only by the CKC)
	Norwegian Elkhound		Norwegian Lundehund (recognised only by the AKC, KC and CKC)		Otterhound
	Petit Basset Griffon Vendéen		Pharaoh Hound		Plott Hound (recognised only by the AKC, ACHA, PKC, and UKC)
	Podenco Canario		Portuguese Podengo (small) (recognised only by the AKC, ANKC & KC)		Redbone Coonhound (recognized by the AKC, ACHA, PKC, and UKC)
	Rhodesian Ridgeback		Sabueso Cántabro		Sabueso Español
	Saluki		Segugio Italiano (recognised only by the KC)		Silken Windhound
	Sloughi (recognised by the AKC, KC, NZKC and ANKC; not recognised by the CKC)		Treeing Walker Coonhound (recognised only by the AKC, ACHA, PKC, and UKC)		Whippet
	Xarnego Valenciano

Abbreviations

See also

• Breed Groups (dog)
• Dog type
• Hound Group
• Hunting dog
• Scent hound
• Sighthound
• Sighthound & Pariah Group

References

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