Dogs
Grand Griffon Vendeen
Other names: Grand Griffon Vendéen, Large Vendéen Griffon
- Origin
- France
- Size
- Large
- Height · Male
- 62–68 cm
- Height · Female
- 60–65 cm
- Weight · Male
- 30–35 kg
- Weight · Female
- 30–35 kg
- Life expectancy
- 11–13 years
- FCI
- FCI group 6 · 6 · n.º 282
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Temperament
Behaviour : Fine nose, has a beautiful voice; assiduous on the track, does not refuse thorny undergrowth, needs large territories.
Temperament : Docile, but wilful and passionate, needs to be kept well in hand.
History
Initially only the Grand Vendéen existed. It was a short-haired variety of Vendéen descending from the « Greffier » * or from the so-called « King ?s white hound »*. Neither should we forget mentioning the « griffon fauve de Bretagne » in its origins because the former enters for an important part into the bloodlines of the « Greffier ». The « Chien Gris de St. Louis » and the « Griffon de Bresse » (descendant of Segusian ancestors) brought as well their contribution to the creation of the Grand Griffon.
(* Early 16th century - Translator?s note.)
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