Gascon Saintongeois

The Gascon Saintongeois is a French scent hound from southwestern France, created from the old Saintongeois hound and Grand Bleu de Gascogne-type stock. It is seen in Grand and Petit forms: the larger dogs traditionally hunted big game in packs, while the smaller Petit Gascon Saintongeois is used more often for hare and other smaller quarry. The breed is white with black patches or ticking, tan points on the head, long low-set ears, and a rangy hound outline built for voice, endurance, and scenting ability.

This is primarily a working hound rather than a casual city pet. It does best with hunters, rural owners, or experienced hound people who can provide secure kenneling or fencing, regular conditioning, and legal outlets for tracking behavior. The Gascon Saintongeois is sociable with other dogs but may be single-minded on scent and loud when excited. Routine ear checks, foot care after rough country, and selection for sound movement are practical parts of maintaining these French pack-hound lines.

Colors: Albino, Apricot, Bicolor, Black, Black and Tan, Black and White, Black Mask, Blue, Blue and Tan, Blue Merle, Blue Roan, Blue Tick, Brindle, Brown, Brown and Tan, Brown and White, Chocolate, Cream, Dapple, Domino, Fawn, Fawn and White, Gold, Gray, Grey, Harlequin, Irish Marked, Leucistic, Liver, Liver Mask, Mantle, Mask, Melanistic, Merle, Mottled, Parti-Color, Piebald, Red, Red and White, Red Merle, Red Roan, Red Tick, Reverse Brindle, Roan, Sable, Saddle, Silver, Speckled, Spotted, Tan, Ticked, Tricolor, Tuxedo, White, Yellow