American Foxy Dane Breed Pictures, Characteristics, and Facts

The American Foxy Dane is a mixed breed, so they don’t have history as their own breed. Both parent breeds, however, are well known and loved. The American Foxhound was developed from English hunting dogs brought to the Americas in the 1700s. Today, there are four types of working American Foxhounds. Field trial hounds are known for their incredible speed and competitive abilities. Slow-trailing hounds are known for their melody-like baying and are primarily used for hunting foxes on foot. Drag hounds, also known as trail hounds, are raced or hunted using an artificial lure instead of real prey. Pack hounds are used by hunters on horseback in large packs. Of course, this breed can still be kept solely as a companion animal.

Great Danes originally were known as Boar Hounds, because boars were what they were bred to hunt; their large size and powerful muscles helped them take down even the strongest prey. Their ears were typically cropped to prevent boar tusks from tearing them during the hunt. In the 16th century, the name of the breed was changed to « English Dogges. » Late in the 1600s, however, German nobles began keeping the largest and most handsome of their dogs in their homes, calling them Kammerhunde (Chamber Dogs). These dogs were pampered and wore gilded collars lined with velvet. The name Great Dane arose in the 1700s, when a French naturalist traveled to Denmark and saw a version of the Boar Hound who was slimmer and more like a Greyhound in appearance. He called this dog Grand Danois, which eventually became Great Danish Dog. The name stuck, even though Denmark did not develop the breed. We don’t know when the first Great Danes were brought to the U.S., or even where they came from, but the Great Dane Club of America was formed in 1889. It was the fourth breed club allowed to join the American Kennel Club. Much of the breed’s current popularity can be attributed to media representations like Scooby-Doo and Marmaduke.