Hound
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A hound is a type of dog that assists hunters by tracking or chasing the animal being hunted. It can be contrasted with the gun dog, which assists hunters by identifying the location of prey, and with the retriever, which recovers shot quarry.
There are three types of hound, with several breeds belonging to each type:
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| Sighthounds (also called gazehounds), which follow prey predominantly by speed, keeping it in sight. These dogs are very fast and will catch and kill game (e.g., hares, gazelles, deer) by themselves. |
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Whippet |
| Scent hounds, which follow prey by tracking its scent. These dogs have endurance, but are not fast runners. |
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Basset Hound |
| The 'other' hounds follow prey by both sight and scent. These breeds are difficult to classify other than to say they are neither sighthounds nor scent hounds. |
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Rhodesian Ridgeback. |
[edit] List of hound breeds
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See also: Hound Group
- Afghan Hound
- Africanis
- Artois Hound
- Azawakh
- Basenji
- Basset Bleu de Gascogne
- Basset Fauve de Bretagne
- Basset Griffon Vendéen (Grand)
- Basset Griffon Vendéen (Petit)
- Basset Hound
- Bavarian Mountain Hound
- Beagle
- Bloodhound
- Borzoi
- Cirneco dell'Etna
- Coonhound
- Cretan Hound
- Dachshund
- Deerhound
- Dumfriesshire Hound
- Estonian Hound
- Finnish Hound
- Foxhound
- Grand Bleu de Gascogne
- Greyhound
- Hamiltonstovare
- Harrier
- Hungarian Vizsla
- Ibizan Hound
- Irish Wolfhound
- Jagdterrier
- Kanni
- Combai
- Otterhound
- Pharaoh Hound
- Plott Hound
- Polish Hound
- Portuguese Podengo
- Rajapalayam (dog)
- Rhodesian Ridgeback
- Saluki
- Segugio Italiano
- Serbian Hound
- Schweizer Laufhund
- Scottish Deerhound
- Silken Windhound
- Sloughi
- Taigan
- Thai Ridgeback
- West Highland Terrier
- Whippet
