Comparison: French Pointing Dog - Gascogne Type and Italian Pointing Dog (Bracco Italiano)

French Pointing Dog - Gascogne Type and Italian Pointing Dog (Bracco Italiano) are marked as similar in our database. The table compares only the data we have on the breeds.

French Pointing Dog - Gascogne Type
Photo: Canarian, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Italian Pointing Dog (Bracco Italiano)
Photo: Gábor Essösy, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
French Pointing Dog - Gascogne TypeItalian Pointing Dog (Bracco Italiano)
FCI group7. Pointing dogs7. Pointing dogs
Country of originFranceItaly
CategoryLargeLarge
Height at withers58–69 cm55–67 cm
Weight–25–40 kg
Recognition features
  • Powerful braque-type pointer with strong bone and supple, rather loose skin
  • Broad rectangular muzzle, pendent lips and a slight dewlap
  • Chestnut-brown coat, also white-marked or strongly speckled
  • Markedly sculpted head with chiselled lower orbit and a powerful, muscular build
  • Short, dense, glossy coat, white or white with orange, amber or brown patches or roaning
  • Head carried high when questing, nose above the topline
CoatRather thick and well furnished, finer on head and ears. Colours: chestnut brown; chestnut brown and white; chestnut brown and white strongly speckled; chestnut brown with tan above the eyes, on the lips and on the legs.Short, dense and glossy, finer and shorter on head, ears, front of legs and feet. Colours: white; white with orange or darker amber patches; white with brown patches; orange roan; liver roan - the last with a prized metallic sheen and warm monk-frock shade. A symmetrical facial mask is preferred.
PurposeA large braque-type pointing dog from south-west France, used for pointing work and subject to working trials.A pointing dog for bird hunting, selected for a fast, wide trot and by nature an excellent retriever.

Breed page: French Pointing Dog - Gascogne Type · Breed page: Italian Pointing Dog (Bracco Italiano)

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