Bavarian Mountain Hound
A light, tenacious and well-balanced mountain tracker. A specialist in finding wounded big game, and a calm companion at home.
From the Bavarian Alps to the Spanish hills
The Bavarian Mountain Hound, also known as the Bavarian Mountain Scent Hound (in German, Bayerischer Gebirgsschweißhund), descends from the ancient tracking hounds of central Europe, from which the calmest and most biddable dogs were selected to follow the blood trail of wounded game.
After 1848 and the arrival of modern firearms, mountain hunters needed a lighter tracker than the Hanoverian Scent Hound. After 1870, Baron Karg-Bebenburg fixed the present-day type in Reichenhall, and in 1912 the breed club that still watches over it was founded in Munich.
FCI Standard No. 217
A harmonious, light, very active and muscular dog of medium size, slightly longer than tall and slightly higher at the croup.
Calm and well-balanced, devoted to its owner and reserved with strangers. Self-assured, fearless and biddable.
Broad head with a pronounced forehead and a well-defined stop. Dark brown eyes with an alert expression.
Dense, close-lying and moderately harsh. Dark red, deer red, reddish brown, pale fawn, reddish grey or brindle.
Males 47–52 cm and 20–30 kg. Females 44–48 cm and 17–25 kg. No tolerance in height.
Free and ground-covering, with good reach and drive. Preferred gaits: walk and gallop.