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Bavarian Mountain Hound


Bavarian Mountain Hound
COUNTRY: Germany
WEIGHT: 55-77 pounds
HEIGHT: 20 inches or less
COAT: Short, thick and shiny
COLOR: All shades of black-masked fawn or brindle
OTHER NAMES: Bayrischer Gebirgsschweisshund
REGISTRY: FCI
GROUP: Hound
Both races are of especially German origin, are dogs of pedigré Germanic. The Bavarian Mountain Hound genetieamente speaking comes from the symbiosis between the CHM and the hunting red type. The Bavarian Mountain Hound was very wide in mass, too great and heavy to work and to desarrallar itself in Bavarian mountains where there was to go everywhere in the steep thing of the land. By such reason the hunters for such regions necesitarom dogs that were but small and light, more skillful to sobir in mountains.

The last quarter of century XIX crosses of the Bavarian Mountain Hound development in Bavaria member state (nineteen).

Are communications in Germany and the European mountainous regions, and better are known like “bloodhounds”. At the moment they have taken control of mote of “dogs police more popular”.


It is of medium, short size of stature with red spots and muscolarmente small body. Under coat he is smooth, brown color, dark coffee, golden, tastado or red (thus “red deer” is called.)

Mainly it is of black face. Peros with parts in target or of fight is not allowed. Their lengths and thin ears are cleared in the final part. His altora oscillates between the 19,60 and 20,40 inches (in males) and 18,20 inches (in females).

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