By Lata Sivadasan on March 11, 2009
Other Names: Fawn Brittany Basset
Group: Hound
Description:
Basset Fauve de Bretagnes are short legged dogs. They have coarse, dense fur which may require stripping. The hair on the ears is shorter, finer and darker than that on the coat. The ears just reach the end of the nose rather than trailing on the ground. They [...]
Posted in Basset Fauve de Bretagne | Tagged Basset Hound, hunting dog, outgoing dogs, scent hounds, short legged dogs
By Lata Sivadasan on February 15, 2009
Other Names: Chien d’Artois, Picard, Briquet
Group: Scent Hound
Description:
The Artrois Hound is a strong moderate-sized dog that has a compact and muscular body. It has a heavy, broad, fairly short head, slightly domed skull. Stop is not pronounced. The nose is black, well-developed and the bridge is broad and straight, not very long. The [...]
Posted in Artois Hound | Tagged artois, bloodhound, briquet, brisket, hunting dog, muscular body
By Lata Sivadasan on November 22, 2008
Classification:Primitive Hound.
Alternative names: African Dog, Bantu Dog, Hottentot Hunting Dog, Khoikhoi Dog, Kafir Dog, Zulu Dog, Umbwa Wa Ki-Shenzi
Appearance
The Swahili name for the Africanis is umbwa wa ki-shenzi meaning common or mongrel or “traditional dog”. Africanis is also an umbrella name for all the aboriginal dogs in southern Africa. The Africanis is a short-coated, medium-sized [...]
Posted in Africanis | Tagged aboriginal dogs, africanis, facet, hounds, hunting dog, pariah, shenzi, zulu