We confess that it’s the breed’s name that first captivated us: Porcelain Hound. It sounds fragile, pristine, and delicate, right?
Maybe at home where it’s described as being serene and docile. On a hunt, the Porcelain is fierce, and a bit impetuous. Its excellent nose and musical voice has been favored by French hunters since at least the 17th century. The breed descended from the Montaimboeufs, an ancient breed that stemmed directly from the Talbot Hound. It was a bad break to be a French dog in the 18th century, and like so many other breeds, the Porcelain actually disappeared were it not for the dogs taken by the nobility as they fled France (it’s said that a number of Porcelains ended up in American with the Rousseau family who’d been granted large tracts of land in the Louisiana Territory). In 1845, the Porcelain was reconstructed with the help of Swiss breeders and their Laufhunds which are now regarded as close relatives.
The name, Porcelain” comes from the breed’s shining white coats that gives the dogs the look of a porcelain statue.
Porcelain Hound by LA Shepard/thedoglover
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