- medium
- light
- elegant
- distinguished
- fast
- good sense of smell
- white with strongly demarcated black markings sometimes mottled
- tan markings over eyes and on cheeks. may be all black. tan dominating not preferred
- happy
- sociable
- vigorous
- intelligent
- hardworking
- eager
- stamina
- endurance
- enterprising
- quick plotting
- vocal. some can be timid
- easy to train
- low grooming
- lots of exercise
Ariégeois
France from a cross of a Briquet with a Chien d'Ordre (Bleu de Gascogne or Gascon Saintongeois)
hunting hare
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- companion
- driving game
- coursing
- hunting hare on hilly or rocky terrain or on the plains
- tracking deer and wild boar
- city life
yes
club formed in 1908 to save this dog breed from extinction
12 (year)
- fci
- ukc- (scenthound dog breed group)
- Short
- fine and dense
Auvergne Pointer
- powerful
- elegant
- strong
- tough
white with black or dark gray/charcoal patches/speckles gives blue effect
- Braque d'Auvergne
- 'Blue of Auvergne'
- Auverne Setter
France
bird dog
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- companionship
- gundog
- country or city life
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12~14 (year)
- ukc-(gundog group)
- fci-(Continental pointing dog group)
- arba-(sporting dog group)
- short
- lustrous
Barbet
medium size
- uniform color or multible colors of black
- gray
- chestnut
- tawny
- sand
- white
- tawny and sand. bi-colored
- tri-colored
- blackened (sable)
- spotted/speckled - not preferred
- affectionate
- devoted
- loyal
- friendly
- sociable
- intelligent
- eager and quick to learn
- love to work
- eager to please
- equable
- pliable
- docile
- lively. some may be vicious
- extremely shy
- albino
- high grooming
- consistent training
- sensitive to tone of voice
- not for small spaces
- long back
- short legs
- long floppy ears
- very hardy
any
- laid back
- sociable
- affectionate
- intelligent
- docile
- kind
- loyal
- one-person dog
- stubborn
- gentle
- benign
- love to explore
- thrive on company
- little brushing
- exercise often
- drools
- prone to overweight
- keep ears clean
- apply eye drops if become dry from drooping lids
- tendency to wander
- consistent patient training to reduce 'mind of their own' behavior
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France and Belgium
- royalty
- trailer of deer and rabbits
- hunt game
- squat
- long bodied
- pendulous ears
13~15 (inch)
40~65 (lbs)
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- children and adults
- family
- other pets
- city or country
yes
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12 (year)
- akc
- saku
- ankc
- uk
- nzkc-(hound dog group)
- fci-(medium size scenthound dog group)
- ukc-(scenthound dog group)
- ckc
- short
- hard and smooth
Beauceron
- muscular
- powerfully built
- elegant
- agile
- double dewclaw on rear paws
- bas rouge (bicolor)
- black and tan/fawn/ squirrel red
- harlequin (tricolor)-gray
- black-gray brindle
- black
- red
- gray
- gray and fawn
- exercise
- uncontrollable and dangerous without proper training and affection
- not for city life
- train or will treat sheep and pets like prey
- do not remove dewclaw for show
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- Berger de Beauce
- Bas Rouge
- Beauce Shepherd
- ’King of Sheepdogs’
France
boar herding/guarding/hunting
double dewclaws on back feet
24~28 (inch)
66~85 (lbs)
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- companionship
- guard dog
supervise. requires proper socialization and training.
- rear dewclaws left intact to show
- Briard is longhair version
11~13 (year)
- fci-(sheepdog group)
- akc-(miscellaneous dog group)
- ukc
- saku
- arba-(herding dog group)
- jkc-(sheepdog/cattledog group)
- uk-(working dog group)