PROPOSED FUNCTIONAL GROUPING FOR

A SPECIAL HUNTING DOG SHOW

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Purpose. This proposal groups hunting breeds according to their traditional hunting function rather than simply reproducing the general WKU group structure. It is intended for judging and Best in Group competition at a specialised hunting-dog show.

Principle. Each breed should compete in one functional group only. Obvious non-breed/unclear entries from the supplied list are omitted. Recognised hunting breeds missing from that list have been added where they fit the functional concept of the show.

 

GROUP 1 – POINTING DOGS

Dogs bred to locate quarry and indicate its position by pointing.

1. English Pointer

2. English Setter

3. Gordon Setter

4. Irish Red Setter

5. Irish Red and White Setter

6. German Shorthaired Pointer

7. German Wirehaired Pointer (Drahthaar)

8. German Longhaired Pointer

9. Weimaraner

10. Hungarian Shorthaired Pointer (Vizsla)

11. Hungarian Wirehaired Pointer

12. Brittany Spaniel

13. Braque d’Auvergne

14. Braque de l’Ariège

15. Braque du Bourbonnais

16. Braque Français – Gascogne type

17. Braque Français – Pyrenean type

18. Burgos Pointing Dog (Perdiguero de Burgos)

19. Italian Pointing Dog (Bracco Italiano)

20. Spinone Italiano

21. Slovakian Wirehaired Pointer

22. Cesky Fousek

23. French Spaniel

24. Picardy Spaniel

25. Blue Picardy Spaniel

26. Pont-Audemer Spaniel

1. Stabyhoun

2. Small Münsterländer

3. Large Münsterländer

4. Wirehaired Pointing Griffon (Korthals)

5. Portuguese Pointer

6. Danish Pointer (Old Danish Pointing Dog)

 

GROUP 2 – RETRIEVERS

Dogs primarily bred to find and retrieve shot quarry.

1. Labrador Retriever

2. Golden Retriever

3. Flat-Coated Retriever

4. Curly-Coated Retriever

5. Chesapeake Bay Retriever

6. Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever

 

GROUP 3 – FLUSHING & WATER HUNTING DOGS

Dogs that flush quarry from cover and/or work in water.

1. English Cocker Spaniel

2. American Cocker Spaniel

3. English Springer Spaniel

4. Welsh Springer Spaniel

5. Clumber Spaniel

6. Sussex Spaniel

7. Field Spaniel

8. German Spaniel (Deutscher Wachtelhund)

9. Russian Hunting Spaniel

10. Irish Water Spaniel

11. Barbet

12. Wetterhoun

13. Portuguese Water Dog

14. Spanish Water Dog

15. Lagotto Romagnolo

 

GROUP 4 – EARTH DOGS / HUNTING TERRIERS

Dogs traditionally used for hunting in dens and underground, especially fox and badger.

1. Dachshund – all sizes and coat varieties

2. German Hunting Terrier (Deutscher Jagdterrier)

3. Fox Terrier – Smooth

4. Fox Terrier – Wire

5. Jack Russell Terrier

1. Parson Russell Terrier

2. Border Terrier

3. Lakeland Terrier

4. Welsh Terrier

5. Irish Glen of Imaal Terrier

 

GROUP 5 – SCENT HOUNDS FOR SMALL & MEDIUM GAME

Scent hounds traditionally used mainly for hunting hare, rabbit, fox and comparable quarry.

1. Beagle

2. Beagle Harrier

3. Basset Hound

4. Basset Artésien Normand

5. Basset Fauve de Bretagne

6. Grand Basset Griffon Vendéen

7. Petit Basset Griffon Vendéen

8. Blue Gascony Basset

9. Drever (Swedish Dachsbracke)

10. Dunker

11. Finnish Hound

12. Estonian Hound

13. Hamiltonstövare

14. Schillerstövare

15. Swiss Hounds – varieties

16. Small Swiss Hounds – varieties

17. Porcelaine

18. Artois Hound

19. Briquet Griffon Vendéen

20. Italian Hound (Segugio Italiano – varieties)

21. American Foxhound

22. English Foxhound

23. Anglo-Français / French Hounds – recognised varieties

 

GROUP 6 – BIG GAME HOUNDS & BLOOD-TRACKING DOGS

Dogs used for hunting wild boar, deer and other large quarry, including specialised blood-tracking breeds.

1. Bloodhound

2. Bavarian Mountain Scent Hound

3. Hanoverian Scent Hound

4. Alpine Dachsbracke

5. Slovakian Hound (Slovenský Kopov)

6. Bosnian Coarse-haired Hound – Barak

7. Polish Hound (Ogar Polski)

8. Polish Hunting Dog (Gończy Polski)

1. Serbian Hound

2. Serbian Tricolour Hound

3. Montenegrin Mountain Hound

4. Bulgarian Scenthound

5. Rhodesian Ridgeback

6. Otterhound

 

GROUP 7 – LAIKAS, ELKHOUNDS & PRIMITIVE HUNTING DOGS

Nordic and primitive hunting breeds traditionally used on elk/moose, wild boar, bear, birds or other quarry according to breed and region.

1. East Siberian Laika

2. West Siberian Laika

3. Russian-European Laika

4. Karelian Bear Dog

5. Finnish Spitz

6. Norwegian Elkhound Grey

7. Norwegian Elkhound Black

8. Swedish Elkhound (Jämthund)

9. Norrbottenspitz

10. Shikoku

11. Shiba

12. Pharaoh Hound

13. Cirneco dell’Etna

14. Portuguese Podengo

15. Ibizan Hound (Podenco Ibicenco)

16. Canarian Warren Hound (Podenco Canario)

 

GROUP 8 – SIGHTHOUNDS

Hunting dogs whose traditional hunting method relies primarily on sight, speed and pursuit.

1. Afghan Hound

2. Azawakh

3. Borzoi (Russian Hunting Sighthound)

4. Greyhound

5. Hungarian Greyhound (Magyar Agár)

6. Irish Wolfhound

7. Polish Greyhound (Chart Polski)

8. Saluki

9. Sloughi

10. Scottish Deerhound

11. Whippet

12. Tazy / Tasy

13. Taigan