Segugio Italiano

The Segugio Italiano takes its origination from the country of Italy, hence its name, “Italiano”. The Segugio Italiano is considered as one of the really old breeds of Italy. The likenesses of these dogs are most often found in many of the ancient sculptures and also in many of the fine art works of the Italian Renaissance. The other name for these dogs is also the Italian hound. It is said that the dogs of this breed were developed in Italy, and this development was done by crossing different breeds of dogs like the Phoenician sight hound with the Celtic hounds of the southern Gaul. There was an added introduction of the mastiff blood into the bloods stream of these lithe sight hounds, and that was the reason for the development of character like ability to work with the help of both their sight and their smell.

This added blood also added more substance to the dog’s ability to work. Originally, the main purpose of developing and for breeding these dogs was for hunting animals like the wild boar. As the popularity of boar hunting declined, the numbers of the Segugio Italiano dogs also started to slowly decline. However, these numbers were also brought back up above the danger level by the early 20th century. Today, these dogs are highly popular as both hunting dogs and as well as a companion dogs too. Even though the dogs of this breed are very popular inside of Italy, they still remain very rare and unpopular outside of Italy. The Segugio Italiano dog is quite medium in size. They are also very lightly built. The dogs of this breed have quite a squarish out line of the body. These dogs are said to be very gentle and very affectionate as well. They do well not only as hunting dogs but on the other hand, they do very well as companion dogs as well. They are very even tempered and clam in nature, this is one of the main reasons why these dogs do very well with children of all ages and kinds. They are gifted with very long legs. The legs appear quire similar to those of any sight hound dog. Their heads however, resembled that of any scent hound dog. The dogs of this breed were highly interested in not only capturing the prey but also in killing it.

They also go by many other names, some of these names are the Italian Segugio and Segugio by itself or as mentioned earlier they are also called as the Italian hounds. When fed properly and given proper food and comfort, they grow up to be about roughly 19 inches to 23 inches in height at their withers and can weigh in at around 40 pounds to 62 pounds. There is no difference between the males and the females of the dogs of this breed when it comes to their size. The coat colors of these dogs may range from black to any shade of deep red. They may have a few white markings on some specific parts of the body, like their head, their chest, and their feet and also on the tip of their tails.