📊Group | 📌 |
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📊Size | Large📌 |
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📊Utilization | Scenthound used for hunting with the gun and sometimes for coursing big game, but also hare hunting, generally in a pack or individually as a tracking hound |
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✨Appearance | An ancient breed of dog, of outstanding French type with a calm strength and great nobility. |
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🖍️Nicknames | Grand Bleu de Gascogne Great Blue Gascony |
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🌐Country of origin | France |
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⌛Lifespan, years | 10 - 12 |
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📏Height | 62 cm - 72 cm |
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⚖Weight | 30 kg - 36 kg |
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🌡Temperament | Very fine nose; endowed with a sonorous howling voice; calm temperament; obeys orders easily. |
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📜History | Origin: France. A very old breed, contemporary of the St. Hubert Hounds, used in the 14th century by Gaston Febus, Count of Foix, for hunting wolves, bears, or boars. |
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