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The Polish Hunting Dog, formerly Polish Scenthound (Polish: Gończy Polski) is a breed of scent hound originating in Poland. Stable and gentle. This dog is truly courageous and can even demonstrate proof of bravery. He is intelligent and easy to educate. Not aggressive but remaining wary towards strangers. To his qualities as a hunting dog, must be added those of an excellent guardian.
One of five Polish breeds, still not recognized by FCI. Hounds were used to hunt even in Middle Ages. Gall Anonim, a chronicler, mentions this type of dogs in his chronicles. In XVIIth century having a pack of hounds was popular among Polish nobility.
The Polish indigenous hound, like so many of the European hounds, is unfamiliar outside his home borders. He is a big, slow, heavy dog, but without the ponderous head, long ears, and excessive skin of the St. Hubert type. He is proba-bly related to the deliberate tracking dogs of Germany and Austria.
He has the German hound's large, stiff, flat ears with a bit of flew. In past centuries, he was highly prized for his superlative tracking ability. The War years decimated the breed, but it made a post-War comeback, achieving FCI recognition in 1966. At one time, a smaller version called the Gonczy Polski existed as well.
During the hunt he moves at a steady trot or a heavy gallop, and is highly prized for his perseverance and beautiful voice. Adapted to all terrain and weather, he is a dog of kind and gentle spirit. In recent years, he has again become scarce and is reputed to be quite rare.
At home they are calm, gentle, suspicious towards strangers, excellent guarding dogs. They are not fastidious about food, clean. At a walk lively, love running, swimming. Easy to train.
Hunting with scent hounds was referred to in Polish literature as early as the XIIIth century. Poland has always been a country covered by deep forests, full of big game where the scent hound was the precious auxiliary of the hunter. Hunting with scent hounds was highly esteemed by Polish nobility as attested by XIVth century chronicles. In the XVIIth century, at least two different types of Polish scent hounds were already well distinguished.
Detailed descriptions are found in XIX th century hunting literature : in 1819 Jan Szytier (Poradnik Mysliwych) describes the Polish “brach” and the Polish scent hound; in 1821, in the magazine “Sylwan”, W.Kozlowski gives a description and provides illustrations of both types, the Polish “brach” (heavier) and the Polish scent hound (lighter); the very detailed description of Ignacy Bogatynski (1823- 1825, Nauka Lowiectwa) could be used as the first breed standard.
After the first World War, the Polish scent hound was still used for hunting in Poland; in the eastern regions but especially in the mountains on particularly difficult terrains. In the Podkarpacle region, the famous Polish cynologist, Jozef Pawuslewicz (1903 – 1979) hunted with Polish scent hounds; he was engaged in the development of breeding this dog. He wrote the first Breed Standard and it is thanks to him that these dogs were officially registered by the Polish Cynological Association.
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