Talk:Scent hound
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Errr...To whom it may concern, Rhodesian Ridgebacks are not scenthounds; they are sighthounds. I haven't checked the rest of the list. 66.108.4.183 06:56, 11 May 2006 (UTC)
- That ain't what the article on them says. And they are in the category for scent hounds. 144.9.8.21 16:37, 12 June 2006 (UTC)
There is no real Kennel Club in the world that (yet) recognises the Ridgeback, or the Basenji, or the Podenco's, or the Podengo's, or the Pharaoh Hound or the Cirneco etc as "Sighthounds". That may happen some time in the future - because in North America they are accepted by ASFA as lure coursing eligible breeds. The first, the RR, is farm and hunting dog, the rest are hunting dogs, scent hunting dogs, they are simply Hounds - not Sighthounds. Verify the identity of a breed by researching its function and use. Provide that information and the provenance. Do not simply assume status because other people have approriated a foreign breed - and mistakenly afforded it a false status. --Richard Hawkins 14:29, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
