Gończy Polski
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Other names | Polish Hunting Dog | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Origin | Poland | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Dog (domestic dog) |
The Gończy Polski, sometimes translated as the Polish Hunting Dog, is a breed of scent hound originating in Poland.
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The Gończy Polski is a medium-sized hound, usually black and tan in colour. A smaller variety of the more common Polish Hound, it almost became extinct after the Second World War and only became known in the West after the fall of Communism.[1][2][3]
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- ^ Alderton, David (2000). Hounds of the World. Shrewsbury: Swan Hill Press. p. 114. ISBN 1-85310-912-6.
- ^ Fogle, Bruce (2009). The Encyclopedia of the Dog. New York: DK Publishing. p. 185. ISBN 978-0-7566-6004-8.
- ^ Hancock, David (2014). Hounds: Hunting by scent. Ramsbury, Marlborough: The Crowood Press. p. 169. ISBN 978-1-84797-601-7.