Club du Chien d'Ordre (CCO)
The French club for the pack hound breeds used in vénerie, part of the Société Centrale Canine.
About the Club
Background and role
The Club du Chien d'Ordre was set up in 1978 by Dr Émile Guillet and forms part of the Société Centrale Canine, the French national canine organisation, which was itself founded in 1882 by hunting men and is recognised in France as an association of public utility.
Its remit is the breeds used for vénerie, hunting with hounds from horseback. In the club's own words the aim is the improvement and the continuation of the breeds in its charge, and its work is directed at encouraging breeders to develop them. That is an unusual brief for a breed club, which normally looks after a single breed. The Club du Chien d'Ordre instead holds a whole family of pack hounds together.
The Société Centrale Canine names it as the breed club for the French White and Black Hound, French White and Orange Hound, French Tricolour Hound, Great Anglo-French Tricolour Hound, Great Anglo-French White and Black Hound, Great Anglo-French White and Orange Hound, Billy and Poitevin.
The club's hand is visible in the standards themselves. The FCI texts for the French White and Black Hound and for the Great Anglo-French White and Black Hound both record that the 2007 revisions were drafted by Pierre Astié, president of the Club du Chien d'Ordre, together with his committee and with Raymond Triquet.
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