Pharaoh Hound
Size: Medium
Barking: High
Energy: High
Coat: Short/Smooth
Shedding: Little
Suitability for Children: Medium
Other Animal Compatibility: Medium
Female:
Ht: 20" - 24"
Wt: 40 lbs - 50 lbs
Male:
Ht: 22" - 25"
Wt: 50 lbs - 55 lbs
Pharaoh Hound
The Pharaoh Hound has an ingrained desire to hunt and has the stamina to keep going with or without you. Cats and other small animals are seen as prey to an unsocialized Pharaoh Hound. The Pharaoh is not a dog for the faint-hearted; they have a way of reading your next action and beating you to the punch. They can be fairly vocal. This isn’t a breed suited to someone who has little time.
Pharaoh Hound
Remnants of dogs similar in appearance to the Pharaoh Hound have been found in the Nile Valley from around 4000 B.C. Around 1000 B.C., the island of Malta was colonized by the Phoenicians and their sight hounds. These dogs were valued for their ability to hunt rabbits and became known as the rabbit dog, which is the Pharaoh Hound that we know today. The island became deserted of people, but the dogs remained and bred for nearly two thousand years without any other dogs being introduced. The dog was introduced to Britain in the 1930’s.