Italian Short Haired Segugio: What should an owner prioritise during the first month?
For a Italian Short Haired Segugio puppy, the first month should be predictable, quiet enough for sleep, and built around small successful habits. Keep Italian Short Haired Segugio close to a calm handler and use reward-based cues during the first repetitions. Prioritise sleep, predictable toilet opportunities, gentle handling, socialisation, and one or two easy cues before adding distractions. Repeat one calm routine across several days before adding a new place, person, surface, or cue.
What matters in the first month
Italian Short Haired Segugio's temperament is recorded as The Segu gio is perfectly adapted to the most difficult terrains and can be used as well in the mountains as on level ground. Here, that matters because it is a clue about the dog's likely response to people, animals, handling, or change, not a guarantee.
The first few habits to build
- Prioritise sleep, predictable toilet opportunities, gentle handling, socialisation, and one or two easy cues before adding distractions.
- Let the temperament note (The Segu gio is perfectly adapted to the most difficult terrains and can be used as well in the mountains as on level ground) set the reinforcement, session length, and distance from distractions.
- Repeat one calm routine across several days before adding a new place, person, surface, or cue.
Get help if
Get veterinary or behaviour support if the puppy cannot settle, eat, sleep, or recover between ordinary routines.
References
Official FCI name: SEGUGIO ITALIANO A PELO FORTE
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FCI group: n°6 - Scent hounds and related breeds
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Country of origin: ITALY
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FCI standard date: 12/17/2015
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FCI standard PDF: https://www.fci.be/Nomenclature/Standards/198g06-en.pdf
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Utilization: Dog for hunting especially the hare and the wild boar
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Temperament: The Segu gio is perfectly adapted to the most difficult terrains and can be used as well in the mountains as on level ground. Very resistant and fast, he works with ardour and passion, alone or in a pack. Compared with the shorthaired subjects, he is more reserved, less exuberant, wise, calm and FCI-St. N° 198 / 17.12.2015 4 Muzzle: The muzzle measures half…
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General appearance: The forequarters, seen in profile, follow a vertical line which, from the scapulo -humeral articula tion, must reach the ground while touching the point of the toes, whereas a lowered vertical from the elbow point must divide in two almost equal parts, (the large being the front part), the forearm and the carpus, coming out at mid length on the back of t he…
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Coat: Hair: On the body the len gth of the hair should not be more than 5 cm. The hair is definitely rough, except on the head, on the ears, the legs, the tail and the muzzle, where the hair is usually less rough than on the body and the lips; under the lips, the hair, although of moderate length, forms the so -called beard. The hair on the superciliary arches is…
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Important proportions: Height from ground to withers is equal to the length of the body measured from the scapulo -humeral articulation to the point of the ischium (from point of shoulder to point of buttock). The withers mus t not be too prominent, but they should be slightly above the level of the croup. The length of the muzzle must reach half the length of the head. The depth…
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