Characteristic of the Breed

INT Title: Hannoverscher Schweisshund
Group: Scenthounds and related breeds
Section: bloodhounds
Origin: Germany
Origin: 18th century

Group: hounds and bloodhounds
Height at withers (cm): from: 50 to: 55 male
from: 48 to: 53 female

Weight (kg): from: 30 to: 40 male
from: 25 to: 35 female

Hair length: short
Hair type: thick, coarse

 

DESCRIPTION OF BODY


Overall body structure:

Environment has a strong or somewhat smaller dog with a strong, and less elongated physique. Head and tail are usually worn horizontally or obliquely downwards; rarely high. Has a serious expression.

 Height: Dogs up to 55 cm, females to 50 cm.

 Title: great environment, top of head wide, flatly rounded, slightly narrower in front than behind.

 Forehead slightly wrinkled muzzle in good proportion to the skull region of the head, occiput very slightly marked.

 NOSE: it is broader than all other breeds, the black, but brown or red. The muzzle is tapering towards eyes or is slightly sucked, when viewed from the side appears slightly convex or almost flat, but must never be folded down. The slope face is flat.

 EYEBROWS: is clearly developed and prominent.

 MUZZLE: The front is blunt, broad lips, pendulous, with a significant corner.

 EYES: Clear, facing forward, with no trace of red in the inner corner, with a watchful expression, causing eyebrows angularity, which arises when the lift.

 EARS: A little more than medium length, very broad, rounded down, high, and the entire width of the head, smooth, without any extraction, just merging along with the head and lifting the head has not slipped back in folds.

NECK: Long, strong, slowly expanding into the shoulders, the skin on the neck is full and free.

 BODY: Back is long, wide in the lumbar region and slightly arched, sloping rump are considering. Chest wide, deep and long, belly slowly and only slightly tucked back. FOREQUARTERS. Are stronger than the hindquarters. Shoulders are sloping, very free and flexible. Muscles of the shoulders are well developed. Forearm straight or only slightly curved, strongly muscled, broad straight pasterns is built.

 Hindquarters: The thighs are proportionately strong, well developed muscles, leg length, slanting and well furnished. The vamp is almost equal, but not podsadený or articulated.

 FEET: Thick, round, with thick, closely-knit toes, claws strong, curved, large and thick pads.

 TAIL: Long, reaching at least the center instep, thick at root and slowly tapering, almost straight, at the bottom of a longer and thicker feathering, but it does not so. brush; is carried mainly downwards.

HAIR: Dense, smooth and supple, with a matte silky sheen.

 Color: gray-brown winter color of deer hair on the muzzle, the helix of the ear and the eyes of a black-banded, red-brown, or dark brown with black striped, usually with darker coloration on the muzzle, the eyes and ears, as well as dark stripe on the back.

Faults: Narrow, high skull of the head, or Doges too sharp muzzle with too narrow nose, which is up to the same broad forehead, while the top does not diminish, too many ears with narrow folds or ears, chest legs thin, conspicuously curved shoulder bones and forearms, feet built as the dachshund, too short, or very thin and curved tail carried high, and very short body on high legs.

 

It has extremely fine nose, unable to distinguish individual tracks, so you just learn to keep track on which he was released. It is quiet, sober, but very keen for hunting.