{"topic_id":"companion_breed_standard_segugio_italiano_dog","category":"companion-breed-standard","context":"---\ntopic_id: companion_breed_standard_segugio_italiano_dog\ncategory: companion-breed-standard\ntitle: \"Segugio Italiano — breed standard (FCI: size, coat, temperament, type)\"\nlang: en\nsource: \"FCI (Fédération Cynologique Internationale) official breed-standard factual data for Segugio Italiano, extracted verbatim (field values + section outline) from source_file; C1 substring-verified. Pulled 2026-08-02.\"\nsource_file: pdf-raw/breed-standard/segugio_italiano_combined.txt\ndate_parsed: 2026-08-02\ntokens_estimated: 0\nverification:\n  method: paraphrase\n  claims: 9\n  passed: 9\n  date: 2026-08-05\nrecovered: false\npath: companion-breed-standard/companion_breed_standard_segugio_italiano_dog/01_companion_breed_standard_segugio_italiano_dog.md\nsource_document: \"FCI (Fédération Cynologique Internationale)\"\ncitation:\n  authority: \"FCI (Fédération Cynologique Internationale)\"\n  title: \"Segugio Italiano — breed standard (FCI: size, coat, temperament, type)\"\n  url: \"https://www.fci.be\"\n  retrieved: \"2026-08-02\"\n  ref: \"Official breed standards (factual data points + section outline extracted verbatim)\"\n  doc_type: \"official kennel-club breed standards\"\n  needs_review: false\nlicense: paraphrase\ncopyright_note: \"Sources (AKC/FCI breed-standard texts) are not openly licensed; per COPYRIGHT_POLICY §3 every claim is a paraphrased derived fact summary (numbers and proper nouns preserved, sentences rewritten), not a verbatim quotation.\"\nauthority_tier: T1\nauthority_tier_basis: \"T1:kennel-club-breed-standard\"\nauthority_tier_date: 2026-08-05\n---\n\n# Segugio Italiano — breed standard (FCI: size, coat, temperament, type)\n\n## Claims\n\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* Origin and use: an Italian scenthound (rough-haired \"pelo forte\" variety) used for hunting hare and wild boar; under FCI it sits in Group 6, the scenthounds and related breeds, placed in Section 1.2 among the medium-sized hounds and shown with a working trial.\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* Size: height at withers 52 to 60 cm for males, 50 to 58 cm for females, with a +2 cm tolerance for excellent dogs; weight 20 to 28 kg (males) and 18 to 26 kg (females).\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* Build: a medium dog of square outline, lean and well muscled without fat, capable of working from dawn to dusk; the tail is set high and carried sabre-fashion.\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* Coat: rough hair not exceeding 5 cm on the body, less harsh on the head, ears, legs, tail and muzzle, with a beard formed under the lips; the hair above the eyes is kept short so it does not hide the eyes.\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* Colour: the whole range of solid fawn, from dark red fawn with a black overlay to light fawn, and black-and-tan. Fawn dogs may show white on the muzzle and skull (a mask), a white star on the chest, and white on the neck, pasterns, hocks, feet and tail tip, though white is undesirable; black-and-tan with only the chest star is called tricolour.\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* Temperament: very resistant and fast, working with ardour alone or in a pack; compared with the smooth variety it is more reserved, calm, wise and poised, with a friendly, soft and proud expression touched by a melancholic look and a resonant, harmonious voice.\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* Faults and disqualifications: constant pacing is a fault, and convergent cranio-facial axes or size outside the margins are severe faults. Disqualifying faults include aggressive or overly shy dogs, any clear physical or behavioural abnormality, a concave muzzle, loss of pigment on the nose, lip rims or eyelids, a wall eye, an overshot mouth, a absent or short tail, and slate/lead, brindle, coffee, brown, liver or predominant-white colour; males should have two normal descended testicles.\n","sources":["companion-breed-standard — Segugio Italiano — breed standard (FCI: size, coat, temperament, type) (retrieved 2026-08-02)"],"source":{"authority":"companion-breed-standard","title":"Segugio Italiano — breed standard (FCI: size, coat, temperament, type)","url":"https://www.fci.be","retrieved":"2026-08-02","ref":"","doc_type":"official PDF","source_document":"FCI (Fédération Cynologique Internationale)","verification_file":"pdf-raw/breed-standard/segugio_italiano_combined.txt"},"source_document":"FCI (Fédération Cynologique Internationale)","source_file":"pdf-raw/breed-standard/segugio_italiano_combined.txt","trust":{"authority_tier":"T1","fidelity":"paraphrase","license":"paraphrase","display_grade":"C"},"tokens_estimated":698,"generated_at":null,"tip":"Use /api/v1/topics to discover more topics. /api/v1/nutrient for precise single-point queries. /api/v1/cross_compare for 2-3 standard comparisons."}