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Estonian Hound
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Estonian Hound
Nike at 8 months old
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Description |
The Estonian Hound is a medium size dog
with a strong muscular body, strong bone structure and well-developed muscles.
It has tight skin without folds and drop ears. The coat is short, evenly rough and shiny. The
undercoat is weakly developed. The tail is covered in its full length with even
thick hair and thus might seem a bit thick. Closer to the end of the
tail the hair becomes shorter. The eyes are dark brown and the
corners of the eyelids are dark. The Estonian Hound usually has black patches
(limited with tan colors). The size of the patches is unlimited. Also allowed
are blackish brown color, red patches and a saddle like patch on the back. The
tip of the tail has to be white. |
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Temperament |
The Estonian Hound is always happy and
pleasant. It is balanced, calm and smart with an active temperament. It is
friendly and should never be aggressive, but needs to be well socialized and exposed to new
things to prevent it from being a bit timid of new situations. It is good
with other dogs and usually good with cats if raised and socialized with them. They love human attention, but make sure you are 100% pack leader to prevent them from getting upset when left alone.
Proper human to canine communication is essential. Affectionate, they will love to snuggle up with their owners while watching TV.
It has inherited from its predecessors such characteristics that make it very
easy to teach it to not hunt hoofed animals as it is only allowed to hunt hare
and fox in Estonia. The Estonian Hound has a beautiful voice when it hunts. A
joy to hunters ears! |
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Height, Weight |
Height: 17-21 inches (42-52 cm.)
Weight: 33-44 pounds (15-20 kg.) |
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Health Problems |
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Living Conditions |
An Estonian Hound is relatively inactive
indoors if exercised sufficiently. But is best suitable for a house with at
least an average size yard. |
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Exercise |
Estonian Hounds need lots of exercise (at least
one 1.5 hour long walk a day), where the dog is made to heel beside or behind the human holding the lead, as instinct tells a dog the leader leads the way, and that leader needs to be the human. The Estonian Hound is an energetic working dog
with enormous stamina. An Estonian Hound will love a long walk in the forest, if
you have a safe area to do this, where it can run around. The Estonian Hound
likes to follow its nose and is sometimes difficult to control when it picks up
a sent and has taken up a lead. Take caution when exercising this breed around
cars. Always use a lead in unsafe areas. |
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Life Expectancy |
About 12-15 years |
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Grooming |
The short rough coat is easy to groom.
Bathe only when necessary. This breed is an average shedder. |
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Origin |
The Estonian Hound is the only dog breed
developed in Estonia and therefore you may say that an Estonian Hound is the
Estonian national breed. Until 1914 mainly so called Russian-Polish Hounds and
English Fox Hounds were used for hunting in Estonia. There mixes formed local
hounds. In the 1920's Finnish Hounds were brought here and the looks and work of
these dogs also changed the local dogs. A law was issued on the 1st of July 1934,
which gave
a push for the breeding of an Estonian Hound. The law forbid hunting with
dogs that were higher than 17 inches (45 cm.) At that time all the game was
hunted with hounds. By 1934 the numbers of game had catastrophically declined
and with issuing the law the government tried to avoid over hunting. Forests
in Estonia are well organized even these days and hunters don't need big fast
hounds. To form a suitable dog breed Beagles, Swiss Hounds (Gewvhnlicher
Schweizer Laufhund), Luzern Hounds (Luzerner Laufhund) and Bern Hounds (Dreifarbiger
Berner Laufhund) were brought in. Mixes of local hounds with Beagles and Swiss
Hounds were the ones that met all the requirements of a wished hound breed. The
influence of these breeds still shows today and has helped to develop a base
from which a nowadays Estonian Hound has formed. On the 27th of December 1954
the Main Government of National Parks and Hunting Economy of the Agriculture
Ministry of the Soviet Union approved the Estonian Hound standard. After regaining
independence the Estonian Kennel Union approved the breed standard on the 4th of
July 1998 and is now working on the recognition of the breed by FCI. |
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Hound |
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Recognition |
EKU, LCF, LCS, RCF, BCU, UKU, NKC, CKC |
EKU - Estonian Kennel Union
LCF - Latvian Cynological Federation
LCS - Lithuanian Cynological Society
RCF - Russian Cynological Federation
BCU - Belorussian Cynological Union
UKU - Ukranian Kennel Union
NKC = National
Kennel Club
CKC = Continental
Kennel Club |
Nike at 4 months old.
Oscar at 2 months.
Oscar at 6 months.
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