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Hound

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Hound

A hound is a type of dog that assists hunters by tracking or chasing the animal being hunted. It can be contrasted with the gun dog, which assists hunters by identifying the location of prey, and with the retriever, which recovers shot quarry.

There are three types of hound, with several breeds belonging to each type:

List of hound breeds

*Afghan Hound
*Artois Hound
*Azawakh
*Basenji
*Basset Bleu de Gascogne
*Basset Fauve de Bretagne
*Basset Griffon Vendéen (Grand)
*Basset Griffon Vendéen (Petit)
*Basset Hound
*Bavarian Mountain Hound
*Beagle
*Bloodhound
*Borzoi
*Cirneco dell'Etna
*Coonhound
*Dachshund
*Deerhound
*Dumfriesshire Hound
*Estonian Hound
*Finnish Hound
*Foxhound
*Grand Bleu de Gascogne

*Greyhound
*Hamiltonstovare
*Harrier
*Ibizan Hound
*Irish Wolfhound
*Kanni
*Combai
*Otterhound
*Pharaoh Hound
*Plott Hound
*Polish Hound
*Portuguese Podengo
*Rajapalayam (dog)
*Rhodesian Ridgeback
*Saluki
*Segugio Italiano
*Schweizer Laufhund
*Scottish Deerhound
*Silken Windhound
*Sloughi
*Taigan
*Whippet


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