THE ESTONIAN HOUND

The Estonian Hound is a relatively young breed that is already highly valued in Estonia, it’s country of origin. This breed resulted from the crossbreeding of several foreign dog breeds with local hunting dogs. The Estonian Hound’s development was announced by an ultimatum issued by the Soviet Union’s Ministry of Agriculture and Economy in 1947. The Ministry ordered every Soviet Republic to establish a local breed of hunting dogs to replace the large breeds of hunting dogs bred at that moment. These large dogs were blamed for the rapid decline of Estonia’s wildlife population. It was established that only dogs with a maximum height of 17 inches were allowed to hunt. The result was a very agile and hard-driven breed that has enjoyed tremendous popularity since then: the modern Estonian Hound. After Estonia regained its independence, the Estonian Hound was proclaimed the country’s national dog. The Estonian Hound is a happy and pleasant dog with a balanced, calm, and active temperament and high intelligence. It is friendly and should never be aggressive, so it needs to be socialized and exposed to new situations and environments in order to prevent it from being a bit timid. It is good with other dogs and usually also with cats if used to them as a puppy. They love human attention and can get upset when left alone. Proper human to canine communication is really important to its training. The Estonian Hound is a dog of medium size and a strong muscular body, bone structure, and muscles that are well developed. It has no folds in its skin and drops ears. The coat is short and rough and should be shiny. This breed’s eyes are dark brown colored. The Estonian Hound usually has black patches and a darkly pigmented skin. Blackish-brown color, red patches, and saddle-like patches on the back are also allowed, but the tip of the tail has to be white. The Estonian Hound’s height is 17–21 inches and it weighs 33–44 pounds. The Breed overall tend to have good health and has a life span of 12 to 15 years. PLEASE LEAVE COMMENTS BELOW ABOUT THIS WONDERFUL & LOVELY ANIMAL. AND SUBSCRIBE TO OUR CHANNEL SO WE CAN  KEEP YOU UP TO DATE WITH ALL THINGS CANINE! AND DONT FORGET TO HIT THE LIKE BUTTON. and oh yeah, all my Groovy Canine Lovers around the world, make sure you stay under Beneath of the deep of the funk of the Rock.. you dig?