📊Group | 📌 |
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📊Size | Medium📌 |
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📊Utilization | Dog for hunting especially the hare and the wild boar |
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✨Appearance | A dog of medium proportions, robust construction, well balanced, with well-developed bone, lean shape, provided with good muscles without the least trace of fat; longish head of which the upper longitudinal cranial-facial axes are divergent; short-haired coat. |
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🖍️Nicknames | Segugio Italiano a Pelo Raso Italian Short-Haired Hound |
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🌐Country of origin | Italy |
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⌛Lifespan, years | 12 - 15 |
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📏Height | 50 cm - 60 cm |
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⚖Weight | 18 kg - 25 kg |
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🌡Temperament | Scent hound well adapted to varied terrains; endowed with great resistance and good speed; extremely eager, whether working alone or in a pack; steady temperament but not very outgoing. |
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📜History | The origin of the Segugio goes back to ancient times. These dogs are certainly descendants of the primitive hounds of ancient Egypt, used for hunting game. They were introduced along the Mediterranean coast by Phoenician merchants and finally arrived in Italy. Numerous drawings executed under divers dynasties of Egyptian Pharaohs bear witness to the presence of dogs very much resembling the present Segugio. |
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