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DEUTSCHE BRACKE


DEUTSCHE BRACKE
COUNTRY: Germany
HEIGHT: 16-21 inches
COAT: Short, smooth, hard and dense
COLOR: Tricolor; tan with black saddle; with white
OTHER NAMES: German Hound, Deutsche Sauerlandbracke
REGISTRY: FCI
GROUP: Hound
Of the many races of bloodhounds who existed before in Germany, he has only remained the bloodhound of Westfalia. Its more significant local species was Holzbracke de Sauerland ? tricolor (small bloodhound for the hunting in the forest).

Through the mixture of these species with Steinbracken local bloodhounds for the stony land hunting, arose a unique type that considers under the name Deutsche Bracke from 1900.

It is a dog of slight and elegant hunting with long extremities, that a corporal with a noble head owns hard, relatively slight structure, good ears and a taken although showy heavy good tail in relation to the general appearance of nobleman of the dog; the belly slightly is dissuaded.