Grand Griffon Vendéen
 A Grand Griffon Vendéen. | ||||||||
| Other names | Large Vendéen Griffon | |||||||
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| Country of origin | France | |||||||
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| Dog (Canis lupus familiaris) | ||||||||
A Grand Griffon Vendéen is a breed of hunting dog originating in France. It existed as early as the 16th Century,[1] and was the first of the Vendée griffons to be bred. It is a descendant of the Canis Segusius used by the Gauls, through the so-called King's whites and the Griffon Fauve de Bretagne, which is also an ancestor of the Basset Fauve de Bretagne.
A 19th-century painting of a Grand Griffon Vendéen.
There are also several other breeds of Griffons from Vendée, all of them smaller: the Briquet Griffon Vendéen, and the Grand and Petit Basset Griffon Vendéen. Related Griffon breeds include the Basset Fauve de Bretagne, the Griffon Bleu de Gascogne and the Griffon Nivernais.
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References
- "Grand Griffon Vendéen" FCI-Standard N° 282, 18 February 2000 Fédération Cynologique Internationale (World Canine Federation) standard;
- Choron, Sandra and Choron, Harry (2005) Planet Dog: A Doglopedia Houghton Mifflin Books, Boston, ISBN 0-618-51752-9 p. 180;
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