The ancestor of the Taicang Hound is the British Jack Russell Terrier, which is a very good British native and has the blood of the British Royal Hound. Jack Russell Terrier is agile and good at running, and these excellent skills have been inherited by the Taicang Hound and have become a famous dog of the Chinese generation.
Taicang Hound Origin Shanghai, Jiangsu and Zhejiang around Taihu Lake, Taicang Hound aliases are: Pudong Hound, Taihu Hound, Jiangnan Hound. Taicang Hounds are divided into bristle Taicang Hounds and short-haired Taicang Hounds according to their fur, which are divided into: Taicang Hounds and Taicang Hounds, male Taicang Hounds weigh 15 to 20 kg (the largest does not exceed 20 kg), female Taicang Hounds weigh 13.5 to 17.5 kg, and Taicang Beagles weigh 5 to 10 kg and will not exceed 10 kg. The Taicang Hound can also be used as a hole dog as a gun hound, and the Taicang Beagle is mainly used as a hole dog.
Although the Taicang Hound is not large, but the courage is not small, like to hunt, the hunting is very strong, the bite force is large, the discovery of the prey will be super excited, in the pursuit of search focused and persistent. The Taicang Hound hunts hares, hedgehogs, and is also used to catch weasels and badgers. The Taicang Hound has a keen sense of smell, agility, vigilance and self-confidence, diligent search, strong explosiveness and durability, and is a very good hunting dog.
The Taicang Hound is a medium-sized dog with a coordinated body proportion, balanced body length and shoulder height, and a calm and confident gait. The head of the Taicang Hound is of moderate size and has an inverted triangle. The mouth is large and the bite force of the teeth is excellent. The Taicang Hound is most impressive for its V-shaped ears, with larger ears, wide roots, thin tips, medium thickness, tips hanging down to the eye position, folding lines flush or slightly higher than the top of the head.
The head and body of the Taicang Hound are well proportioned, the eyes are large, the color is black, triangular, there is a slight depression, it looks like the corner line of the eye is relatively long, the eyes are godly and mighty, and the whole face looks very domineering and fierce. The Taicang Hound is larger than the height of the body, the forebreast is broad, the waist is thin and powerful, and it has a very strong explosive force.
The higher the tail of the Taicang Hound, the better, and when it is erected autonomously, it is best to exceed the back. This Taicang Hound is relatively pure, but also has a fierce force, no matter what danger is encountered, the tail will be erected to fight, rather than running away with the tail between the legs.
Taicang Hound has black back four-legged yellow (not the general yellow, a bit similar to the kind of yellow of Doberman), yellow and white, black and white, pure white, and yellow black and white, generally based on the yellow on the body as the standard, the deeper the yellow, the better, the local dialect is called yellow gas heavy, indicating that the dog has great courage and is not afraid of death.
Taicang Hound has a lively and cheerful personality, is very docile and loyal to its owner, easy to train, may have a certain aggression towards strangers, and is also suitable as a guard dog. The disadvantage of the Taicang Hound is that it is easy to get excited, too lively, requires a lot of activity every day, and will be more fierce if not trained.
The Taicang Hound has a brave and courageous personality, as long as the owner gives an order, the sword mountain fire sea is also fearless, and it does not flinch in the face of a large fierce dog that is taller than it. In its consciousness never know what is called retreat, only the master's command in the mind, depending on the owner's order above all else, although the Taicang Hound has the pedigree of foreign dog breeds, it still has the excellent quality and loyalty and simplicity of the Chinese pastoral dog.