Dogs
Posavaz Hound
Other names: Posavski Gonic, Posavaz Hound
- Origin
- Croatia
- Size
- Medium
- Height · Male
- 48–58 cm
- Height · Female
- 46–48 cm
- Weight · Male
- 16–20 kg
- Weight · Female
- 16–20 kg
- Life expectancy
- 11–13 years
- FCI
- FCI group 6 · 6 · n.º 154
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Temperament
Docile, very attached to its owner, good-natured : reasonably lively temperament. Very enthusiastic hunter.
History
This ancient hound breed is indigeneous to Croatia. Its origins are lost in the mists of time. Frescoes of 1474 (chapel dedicated to St. Mary at Beram, near Pazin), chronicles of 1719 (Bishop Baki? of Djakovo) and of 1859 (Franjo Berti?, a veterinarian, also of Djakovo) and books (Joze Kristen) all bear witness to this breed?s antiquity. These hounds from the Save Valley were sold in Croatia under the name of ?boskini? and highly prized in the neighbouring regions. In 1924, the breed was presented for the first time at a dog show. The first registrations in the Croatian stud-book date back to 1929. FCI accepted the breed in 1955. The first standard bearing the correct name of the breed (Posavatz dog) was published in 1969; this name indicates that the breed originated in the broad and densely wooded Save Valley (Posavina) south-east of Zagreb.