Comparison: Grand Griffon Vendéen and Griffon Nivernais

Grand Griffon Vendéen and Griffon Nivernais are marked as similar in our database. The table compares only the data we have on the breeds.

Grand Griffon Vendéen
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Griffon Nivernais
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Grand Griffon VendéenGriffon Nivernais
FCI group6. Scent hounds and related breeds6. Scent hounds and related breeds
Country of originFranceFrance
CategoryLargeLarge
Height at withers60–68 cm53–62 cm
Recognition features
  • Long, sometimes bushy and harsh coat with dense undercoat and pronounced eyebrows
  • Colours: white and black, black and tan, white and orange, tricolour, fawn with black overlay
  • Very old, distinguished, robust but not heavy hound
  • Hard, tousled, shaggy coat, always "darkened" (hair tips darker than the base)
  • Fawn to grey shades (including wild-boar grey), often with tan on eyebrows and legs
  • Dry, lean build made for stamina rather than speed; slightly sad expression
CoatLong, sometimes bushy and harsh coat, dense undercoat; white and black, black and tan, white and orange, tricolour and others.Long, harsh, shaggy coat (never woolly or curly); fawn or grey, always with a black overlay.
PurposeScent hound used on big game (stag, roe deer, wild boar, fox) by hunters with or without guns, in a pack or individually as a limer on a lead.Scent hound used mainly for wild boar, worked in a pack or individually.

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