The Dog with the Coat Like Glass

The Porcelaine Hound was so named because of the incredibly short, very fine smooth hair, and the black mottling on pink skin that gives the coat the sheen likened to porcelain. At a distance, the coat looks like pale glass with a nearly imperceptible hint of blue.

Also known as Lunéville Hound and Franché-Comté Hound, the Porcelaine is a scent hound of France originally bred to hunt hare and roe deer. It’s a vigorous and tireless hunter that possesses outstanding scenting abilities and has a melodious, resonant voice. The dogs hunt in packs, and are so independent that they would hunt on their own without waiting for orders from their owner.

For many years, Porcelaine Hounds were kept by monks in monasteries and abbeys in the Luxeuil and Cluny regions. They were considerably larger and noted to have coarser hair back then (the dogs, not the monks). The French Revolution almost decimated the breed population because they were mostly kept by the upper classes. When the French nobility fled France, the dogs were taken with them and a good number of hounds reached other lands. Breed enthusiasts in France also instigated a breed revival program, some using the Laufhund breed in reviving the Porcelaine in 1845. Reconstruction was successful and the scenthound now has a stable population. Although still considered rare, a breed club was formed in 1971, the dog officially named because of that white glossy coat.

Image found on Pinterest and happily credited upon receipt of information. For now, all we know about this particular dog is that she is Champion in Hungary, Moldova, Russia, Georgia and Romania, and a Junior Champion in Bulgaria, Lithuania, Czech Republic and Luxembourg, and a Grand Champion Slovakia European Winner in 2012.

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