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{{Short description|Type of hunting dog}} {{Other uses}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}} [[File:Beagle GRUMPY2.JPG|alt=|thumb|A [[beagle]] is a small breed of hound.]] A '''hound''' is a [[Dog type|type]] of [[hunting dog]] used by hunters to [[Tracking (dog)|track]] or chase prey.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/hound |title=HOUND |work=[[Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary|Cambridge English Dictionary]] |publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]] |language=en |access-date=6 March 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thekennelclub.org.uk/services/public/breed/Default.aspx?group=HDS |title=The Hound Group - Breed Information Centre |website=thekennelclub.org.uk |publisher=[[The Kennel Club]] |language=en-gb |access-date=6 March 2019}}</ref> ==Description== Hounds can be contrasted with [[gun dog]]s that assist hunters by identifying prey and/or recovering shot quarry. The hound [[breed]]s were the first [[hunting dog]]s. They have either a powerful sense of smell, great speed, or both.<ref>{{cite web |title=Hound Dog Breeds |url=http://animal.discovery.com/breed-selector/dog-breeds/hound-dogs.html |work=[[Animal Planet]] |publisher=[[Discovery, Inc.]] |access-date=17 December 2013}}</ref> There are three types of hound, with several [[Dog breed|breed]]s type: * [[Sighthound]]s (also called ''gazehounds'') follow prey predominantly by speed, keeping it in sight. These dogs are fast and assist hunters in catching [[Game (food)|game]]: [[fox]], [[hare]], [[deer]], and [[elk]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.petguide.com/blog/dog/what-is-a-sighthound/ |title=What is a Sighthound? |last=alkir/Bigstock |date=24 February 2019|website=PetGuide |access-date=6 March 2019}}</ref> * [[Scent hound|Scenthound]]s follow prey or others (like missing people) by tracking its scent. These dogs have endurance, but are not fast runners.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.purina.co.uk/dogs/dog-breeds/dog-types/scenthounds |title=Keeping Your Scent Hound Happy |website=Purina |language=en |access-date=6 March 2019}}</ref> * The remaining breeds of hound follow their prey using both sight and scent. They are difficult to classify, as they are neither strictly sighthounds nor strictly scenthounds. ==List of hound breeds== {{div col|colwidth=16em}} * [[Afghan Hound]] * [[Africanis]] * [[Alpine Dachsbracke]] * [[American Foxhound]] * [[American Leopard Hound]] * [[Andalusian Hound]] * [[Artois Hound]] * [[Austrian Black and Tan Hound]] * [[Azawakh]] * [[Basenji]] * [[Basset Artesien Normand]] * [[Basset Bleu de Gascogne]] * [[Basset Fauve de Bretagne]] * [[Basset Hound]] * [[Bavarian Mountain Hound]] * [[Beagle]] * [[Beagle-Harrier]] * [[Billy (dog)|Billy]] * [[Black and Tan Coonhound]] * [[Blackmouth Cur]] * [[Bloodhound]] * [[Bluetick Coonhound]] * [[Borzoi]] * [[Barak hound|Bosnian Broken-haired Hound]] * [[Briquet Griffon Vendéen]] * [[Chippiparai]] * [[Cirneco dell'Etna]] * [[Combai]] * [[Coonhound]] * [[Cretan Hound]] * [[Dachshund]] * [[Drever]] * [[Dumfriesshire hound|Dumfriesshire Black and Tan Foxhound]] * [[Estonian Hound]] * [[English Coonhound]] * [[English Foxhound]] * [[Feist (dog)|Feist]] * [[Finnish Hound]] * [[Galgo Español]] * [[Gascon Saintongeois]] * [[German Hound]] * [[Grand Basset Griffon Vendéen]] * [[Grand Bleu de Gascogne]] * [[Grand Fauve de Bretagne]] * [[Grand Griffon Vendéen]] * [[Greek Harehound]] * [[Greyhound]] * [[Griffon Bleu de Gascogne]] * [[Griffon Fauve de Bretagne]] * [[Hamiltonstövare]] * [[Hanover Hound]] * [[Harrier (dog)|Harrier]] * [[Ibizan Hound]] * [[Indian pariah dog]] * [[Italian Greyhound]] * [[Irish Wolfhound]] * [[Istrian Coarse-haired Hound]] * [[Istrian Shorthaired Hound]] * [[Kai Ken]] * [[Kanni]] * [[Kishu Ken]] * [[Hound trailing|Lakeland Trailhound]] * [[Lithuanian Hound]] * [[Longdog]] * [[Lurcher]] * [[Magyar agár]] * [[Mountain Cur]] * [[Mudhol Hound]] * [[Otterhound]] * [[Petit Basset Griffon Vendéen]] * [[Petit Bleu de Gascogne]] * [[Pharaoh Hound]] * [[Plott Hound]] * [[Podenco Canario]] * [[Polish Greyhound]] * [[Polish Hound]] * [[Portuguese Podengo]] * [[Posavac Hound]] * [[Rajapalayam (dog)|Rajapalayam]] * [[Rampur Greyhound]] * [[Rastreador Brasileiro]] * [[Redbone Coonhound]] * [[Rhodesian Ridgeback]] * [[Sabueso Español]] * [[Saluki]] * [[Schillerstövare]] * [[Segugio dell'Appennino]] * [[Segugio Italiano|Segugio Italiano a pelo forte]] * [[Segugio Italiano|Segugio Italiano a pelo raso]] * [[Segugio Maremmano]] * [[Serbian Hound]] * [[Serbian Tricolour Hound]] * [[Schweizer Laufhund]] * [[Schweizerischer Niederlaufhund]] * [[Scottish Deerhound]] * [[Shikoku (dog)|Shikoku]] * [[Silken Windhound]] * [[Sloughi]] * [[Slovenský kopov]] or Slovak Hound * [[Smaland Hound|Smalandstövare]] * [[Styrian Coarse-haired Hound]] * [[Taigan]] * [[Tatranský durič]] or Tatra Hound * [[Treeing Walker Coonhound]] * [[Trigg Hound]] * [[Transylvanian Hound]] * [[Tyrolean Hound]] * [[Chortai|Ukrainian Chortai]] * [[Welsh Hound|Welsh Foxhound]] * [[Westphalian Dachsbracke]] * [[Whippet]] {{Div col end}} == See also == {{Portal|Dogs}} * [[Dog type]] * [[Hunting dog]] * [[Scent hound]] * [[Sighthound]] ==References== {{Reflist}} == External links == * {{Wiktionary-inline}} * {{Commons category-inline|Hounds}} {{Domestic dog}} {{Hounds}} {{Authority control}} [[Category:Hounds| ]] [[Category:Hunting dogs]] [[Category:Hunting with hounds]] [[Category:Dog shows and showing]]
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