Sighthounds (also called gazehounds) are a type of hound dog that hunts primarily by sight and speed, unlike scent hounds, which rely on scent and endurance...
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Lurcher (category Sighthounds)
lurcher is a crossbred dog resulting from mating a greyhound or other sighthound with a dog of another type such as a herding dog or a terrier. The lurcher...
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Greyhound (category Sighthounds)
The English Greyhound, or simply the Greyhound, is a breed of dog, a sighthound which has been bred for coursing, greyhound racing and hunting. Since the...
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Whippet (category Sighthounds)
The whippet is a British breed of medium-sized dog, of the sighthound type, related to the larger greyhound and the smaller Italian greyhound. Apart from...
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Italian Greyhound (category Sighthounds)
The Italian Greyhound or Italian Sighthound (Italian: Piccolo levriero Italiano) is an Italian breed of small sighthound. It was bred to hunt hare and rabbit...
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Hound, the sighthound used by the Banjara people. Bully Kutta – an Indian mastiff used for hunting and guarding Chippiparai – a sighthound from Tamil...
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Borzoi (category Sighthounds)
The Borzoi or Russian Hunting Sighthound is a Russian breed of hunting dog of sighthound type. It was formerly used for wolf hunting,: 125 and until 1936...
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The Old Croatian Sighthound (Croatian: hrt, 'greyhound'), also known as the Old Bosnian Sighthound, is an extinct breed of sighthound from the countries...
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Kennel Club uses the term pariah dog to classify various breeds in a sighthound and pariah group. In Israel In Malaysia In Sri Lanka In Taiwan Canaan...
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Silken Windhound (category Sighthounds)
of sighthound. Like most sighthounds, Silkens are noted coursers.[citation needed] Silken Windhounds are graceful, small- to medium-sized sighthounds with...
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Polish Greyhound (category Sighthounds)
Greyhound (Polish: chart polski, pronounced [xart ˈpɔlskʲi]) is a Polish sighthound breed. Despite its name, it is not a direct relative of the Greyhound...
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List of dog sports (redirect from Sighthound Disc Sport)
"Coursing". American Kennel Club. Retrieved 2024-08-06. "Coursing | Sighthounds, Hares & Rabbits | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2024-08-06...
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Rampur Greyhound (category Sighthounds)
The Rampur Greyhound is a breed of sighthound native to the Rampur region of Northern India, which lies between Delhi and Bareilly. It is believed the...
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Magyar Agár (redirect from Hungarian Sighthound)
The Magyar agár (MA) is a dog breed. It is a type of sighthound originating in Hungary and lands that previously belonged to the Austro-Hungarian Empire...
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hieroglyphs, separated by vertical lines. Abuwtiyuw appears to have been a sighthound, a lightly built hunting dog similar to a greyhound, with erect ears and...
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or both. There are three types of hound, with several breeds type: Sighthounds (also called gazehounds) follow prey predominantly by speed, keeping...
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Irish Wolfhound (category Sighthounds)
The Irish Wolfhound is a breed of large sighthound that has, by its presence and substantial size, inspired literature, poetry and mythology. One of the...
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Sloughi (category Sighthounds)
is an ancient breed of domesticated dog, specifically a member of the sighthound family. It originates from North Africa and is found in Algeria, Tunisia...
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Tazy (category Sighthounds)
Tazy is a breed of sighthound hunting dog originating from Kazakhstan. Though it looks similar to the Saluki sighthound, it is a related but different...
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Taigan (category Sighthounds)
тайганы) (Kyrgyzskaya Borzaya in Russian), Mongolian Taiga dog is a breed of sighthound from Kyrgyzstan. The Taigan is found in the alpine Tian Shan region of...
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Longdog (category Sighthounds)
long-dog or longdog) is any dog of sighthound type, whether pure-bred or not. It is usually a cross-breed between two sighthounds of different breeds, one of...
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All scent hounds, these breeds are believed to also have some early sighthound blood in their ancestry. According to Serbia's national kennel club the...
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Scottish Deerhound (category Sighthounds)
The Scottish Deerhound, or simply the Deerhound, is a breed of large sighthound, once bred to hunt the red deer by coursing. In outward appearance it is...
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whippets in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A whippet is a medium-sized sighthound. Whippet may also refer to: Whippet (A1 locomotive), a 4-4-0 passenger...
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is a sighthound-type dog bred and used for hunting by the nomadic Banjara of Maharashtra. The Banjara Hound is a rough-coated breed of sighthound, usually...
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The Great Dane is a German breed of large mastiff-sighthound, which descends from hunting dogs of the Middle Ages used to hunt bears, wild boar, and deer...
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Saluki (category Sighthounds)
The Saluki (Arabic: سلوقي) is a standardised breed developed from sighthounds – dogs that hunt primarily by sight rather than strong scent – that was...
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Afghan Hound (category Sighthounds)
that of the very earliest dog shows and the Kennel Club (UK). Various sighthounds were brought to England in the 1800s by army officers returning from...
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Mudhol Hound (category Sighthounds)
The Mudhol Hound, also known as the Caravan Hound, is a breed of sighthound from India. The Kennel Club of India (KCI) and Indian National Kennel Club...
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Kangaroo dog (category Sighthounds)
dog or kangaroo hound is an Australian type of sighthound purposely crossbred from a variety of sighthound breeds to produce a hunting dog. Kangaroo dogs...
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