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Istrian Rough-Coated Hound

The Istrian Rough-coated Hound,

Hound is a hound of medium weight and of snowy-white base colour with yellowish orange markings. It has medium length, wiry, hard topcoat and bushy eyebrows. The head is relatively strong, wider in the forehead and narrowing towards the eyes, with moderate stop. The ears are set wide, slightly above the eye line and hang flat against the jowl. The head is 20-24cms long. Teeth: scissor bite, dentition perfect. An excellent hound, especially for fox and rabbit hunting. It also makes a good blood trail follower. It is slightly taller than the smooth-coated variety. Height at the withers: 46-58cms (The ideal height ? dogs: 52cm; bitches: 50cm). The hounds attain weight of 16-24kgs. Their body length exceeds their height by 10%. The biggest contribution to the development of the breed and to its international recognition was made by Dr. Lovrenčič who created the modern Istrian Rough-coated Hound by crossing the Istrian Smooth-coated Hound with the French Griffon Vendeen. The first Istrian Smooth- coated Hound entered in the register of breeds was Vit bred by Dako Mlakar of Metlika and owned by Matevž Hoegler of Struga. The first Istrian Rough-coated Hound to be entered in the register of breeds was Burin bred and owned by Dr. Lovrenčič. The Istrian Hounds were first exhibited in Vienna in 1866 listed in the catalogue under this name. They were exhibited by the Slovenian dog breeder, hunter and owner of Bistra Castle Karl Galle.The first Istrian Rough-coated Hound to be entered in the register of breeds was Burin, JRB 3, bred and owned by Dr Lovrenčič. The breed characteristics of the Istrian Rough-coated Hound were first published in the JKLB brochure, published in 1939.The Istrian Hounds were first exhibited in Vienna in 1866, listed in the catalogue under this name. They were exhibited by a Slovene dog-breeder, hunter and the owner of Bistra Castle, Karl Galle. The first Yugoslav register of breeds, published in 1938 in Ljubljana, shows that of the 118 registered Istrian Smooth-coated Hounds only 5 lived outside Slovenia (two in Karlovac, two in Zagreb, one in Korčula) and even of these one came from Slovenia (the Podgora kennels); the origins of the other four were unknown.

General appearance and characteristics.

The defining characteristic of Istrian hounds is the head-shape which decides how typical the animal is. The head has to be pear-shaped, neither too rounded nor too flat in the forehead, the jowls must not be prominent while the parietal protuberance must be pronounced. The head should not be too deep nor too flat from the sides and may not resemble that of a pointer or even less so of a setter. In essence the two varieties of Istrian Hound are identical (with the exception of the coat) only that the rough-coated variety is slightly taller (by 2 cm) and more strongly built (including the head) than the smooth-coated variety.

A medium-sized hound, of snowy white base colour with yellowish-orange markings, medium length, wiry, hard topcoat; bushy eyebrows give the eyes a serious, at times even melancholy, expression, the head is relatively strong, wider in the forehead and narrowing towards the eye, with moderate stop.

The nose is black or at least dark-brown

The ears are set wide, slightly above the eyeline and hang flat against the jowl

The head is 20 to 24 cm long

Teeth: scissor-bite, dentition perfect. An excellent hound, especially for fox and rabbit hunting, it also makes a good blood-trail follower

Height at the withers: 46 to 5$ cm, the ideal being 52 cm for males and 50 cm for females

Weight: 16 to 24 kg

Length: height plus 10 percent

Faults Any departure from the foregoing points should be considered a fault and the seriousness should 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.