Great Anglo-French White and Black Hound

This breed comes from the Bâtard Anglo-Saintongeois, a type that appeared in the middle of the nineteenth century as a cross between the Saintongeois and the Foxhound. The FCI standard puts the present population at roughly two thousand dogs with around two hundred births a year, and records what those dogs actually do: they make up the packs of some twenty roe deer hunts and one stag hunt.

The 2007 text was drafted by Pierre Astié, president of the Club du Chien d'Ordre, and his committee, together with Raymond Triquet — the same people who revised the French White and Black Hound.

The Société Centrale Canine describes a large, powerful and robust dog with heavy bone that recalls its Gascon-Saintongeois ancestry, at its best hunting red deer and roe deer in thick or wet country. The same source calls it friendly and close to people, and easy to keep in kennels.

The breed is registered by the FCI.

What the standard asks for

Bred for: Pack Hound for big game

“Big, rather powerful dog, resistant and robust with strong bone which is a reminder of his Gascon - Saintongeois origins”
— FCI standard no. 323

Coat colour: Obligatory white and black, w ith a black mantle and black markings more or less spread out which may show black or bluish speckles, or even tiny tan freckles but the latter only on the limbs.

Size, standard by standard

• FCI — height 65-72 cm (males), 62-68 cm (females)

Full standards: FCI.

• Its ancestor type was called the Bâtard Anglo-Saintongeois.
• The English side of the cross was the Foxhound.
• Its standard records that it forms the packs of about twenty roe deer hunts.
• Around two hundred puppies are born each year.
• The coat must be white and black, with tan markings allowed only on the legs.