Dogs
Grand Bleu de Gascogne
Other names: Large Blue Gascony Hound, Grand Bleu de Gascogne
- Origin
- France
- Size
- Large
- Height · Male
- 65–72 cm
- Height · Female
- 62–68 cm
- Weight · Male
- 32–35 kg
- Weight · Female
- 32–35 kg
- Life expectancy
- 12–14 years
- Litter
- 4–7 puppies
- FCI
- FCI group 6 · 6 · n.º 22
Traits
Social
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History
He is of a very old breed; contemporary of the St.Hubert-Hounds he composed, in the 14th century, the packs of Gaston FEBUS, Comte (count) de Foix who used him to hunt the wolf, the bear or the boar.
Very widespread in the South (midi) and South-West of France, particularly in Gascony, from where he takes his name; he is at the origin of all the scenthounds named « from the South » (du midi).
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