Francais Tricolore 

         

  Origine 

The Grand Anglo-Francais Tricolore hound is descended from tri coloured Poitevins and Foxhounds. This combination has strongly influenced this breed in many ways. These animals are strong and compact in stature like the foxhound with a black blanketed tri-colour coat. They were used as a pack dog to hunt large game such as Roe Deer.

 

GENERAL APPEARANCE   Large pack hound, elegant, sufficiently well boned and muscled.

 

SIZE   Height at the withers: from 62 to 72 cm for the males; from 60 to 68 cm for the females.

 

SKIN * Quite fine.

 

COAT * HAIR: Short and rather fine.    

 

COLOUR * Tricolor, with black mantle more or less spread out. Tan preferably bright or even copper-tanned. Neither blackenedtan on the cheeks and on the lips nor the blue or tan flecking on the legs and on the body are to be sought after. The grizzled "wolf" color is admitted.\

 

 

 

 

HEAD  Not too imposing, but quite elongated; occipital protuberance marked.

 

Skull * Very slightly domed, skull quite developed.

Stop * More accentuated than in the Pointevin.

Muzzle * Straight, rather long and sometimes slightly arched.

Nose * Black; open nostrils.

Lips/Flews * More substantial than in the Pointevin, i.e. very slightly large.

Eyes * Big and brown, sometimes circled with black. Intelligent expression.

Ears/Leathers * Broader than those of the Poitevin, set at eye level, slightly curled, not too supple, preferably extending to theset-on of the nose or within two fingers of it.

 

 

 

 

NECK  Long, rather strong and sometimes with a slight trace of dewlap.

 

BODY * Back * Sustained and solid.

Chest * Deep and well let down, at least as far down as the point of the elbows.

Ribs * Long and not too flat.

Belly * Very slightly tucked up.

Croup * Well laid, in harmony with the forequarters.

 

 

 

 

FOREQUARTERS  Well positioned, broad and straight.

Shoulders * Long and close to the chest.

Forefeet * Lean.

 

HINDQUARTERS

Thighs * Long, sufficiently muscled.

Hocks * Rather broad, low set, slightly bent.

Hindfeet * Lean.

 

TAIL * Quite long, carried high and with elegance.

 

GAIT * MOVEMENT * Easy and light.

 

 

 

 

 

 
ELIMINATING FAULTS  Any dog clearly showing physical or behavioural abnormalities shall be disqualified.

FAULTS * should be regarded in exact proportion to its degree.
Leathers too flat, too short or set too high.
Undershot or overshot mouth.
Pink spots on the nose.
Light eyes.
Legs badly positioned or thin.
Hocks too straight.
Fat feet.
Any apparent trace of English hound blood, especially in the head.
Smoky" colored heads which indicate cross-breeding with the White and Black Hound and all other colors other than those above mentioned.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OTHER NAMES  Grosser Anglo-Franzosischer Draifarbiger Laufhund; Grande Sabueso Anglo-Frances Tricolor; French Tricolor Hound; Chien Français Tricolore.

 

CLASSIFICATION F.C.I.* Group 6        Scent hounds and related breeds.
                                             Section 1.1   Large sized Hounds.
                                             With working trial.

 

UTILIZATION* Pack hound for big game.

 

ORIGIN  *  France.

 

DATE OF PUBLICATION OF THE ORIGINAL VALID STANDARD: 27.01.1983.

 

 

 

 

 

 
FAULTS    Any departure from the foregoing points should be considered a fault and the seriousness with which the fault should be regarded should be in exact proportion to its degree.

NOTE * Male animals should have two apparently normal testicles fully descended into the scrotum.

 

 

 

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