Westphalian Dachsbracke
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The Westphalian Dachsbracke is a dog breed from Germany recognized by the FCI ( FCI Group 6, Section 1, Standard No. 100 ).
Origin and history
The Westphalian Dachsbracke is a smaller, low-barreled variant of the German Bracke , but appears more compact and powerful. It was bred from smaller German bracken and stone bracken at the end of the 19th century . The reason for this was the general downsizing of the hunting grounds, which no longer allowed bracing with long-legged dogs.
description
The Westphalian Dachsbracke is a 30 to 38 cm high hunting dog with a well-set tail , which is carried saber-shaped upwards or hanging with a slight bow at the tip when walking calmly. The hair is very dense and coarse all over the body, longer on the neck and underside of the tail, in the colors red to yellow with a black saddle or coat and white markings. The ears are medium-long and wide, well-fitting, bluntly rounded at the bottom.
use
Due to its size, the Westphalian Dachsbracke is also suitable for smaller hunting grounds . It is used for the following types of hunting :
- Rummage (“loud hunt”) for hare, fox and rabbit
- Use in Drück- and key hunts for ungulates , including deer on
- Welding work ( hunting for hoofed game)
- Finding and retrieving small game
Appearance
All Westphalian Dachsbracken wear the white bracken badge:
- Blaze, muzzle, neck ring and belly, chest, legs and tail tip
They exist in two colors:
- tricolor / classic: mostly red to yellow, with a black saddle
- two-colored / less often: red to yellow or black
Crossbreeding of other races
The breeding base of the Westphalian Dachsbracke is very small. In order to broaden them, other breeds were crossed again and again, most often Drever . This Swedish breed has its origin in the Westphalian Dachsbracke, but is now larger and heavier than it. From 2012 to 2017 there was another project to cross Drevern, in the course of which several cross litters were made.
Individual evidence
- ^ Johannes Lang, Elke Lawrenz: Westphalian Dachsbracke. Solo hunter. In: Lower Saxony hunter. 2/2015
Web links
- Breed standard No. 100 of the FCI: Westphalian Dachsbracke (PDF)
- The German Bracken Club - breeding club for German Bracken and Westphalian Dachsbracken
- Application from the German Bracken Club to the VDH to improve the genetic situation in Westphalian badger dogs ( memento from April 7, 2014 in the Internet Archive ); Lots of background information on the breeding situation.