Transylvanian Hound (Erdelyi Kopó): Dog Breed Profile
The Transylvanian Hound is classified as a scenthound, which means it uses its excellent sense of smell to track and trail large game like bear, bison, deer, lynx and wild boar, as well as small game like fox and rabbits. The breed continues to hunt wild boar to this day in Transylvania. Though they have the instinct to track and chase, Transylvanian Hounds never kill anything. Known as driving hounds, Transylvanian Hounds point and flush game (scare it from its hiding place), then drive it toward the hunter with high-pitched, ringing barks and other vocalizations. Transylvanian Hounds can also be taught to retrieve downed game.
