Grand Griffon Vendéen
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A Grand Griffon Vendéen. | |||||||||||||
Other names | Large Vendéen Griffon | ||||||||||||
Origin | France | ||||||||||||
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Dog (domestic dog) |
A Grand Griffon Vendéen is a breed of hunting dog originating in France. It was the first of the Vendée griffons to be bred from the Greffier whose lineage dates back to the 16th Century.[1] There are also several other breeds of Griffons from Vendée, all of them smaller: the Briquet Griffon Vendéen, and the Grand and Petit Basset Griffon Vendéen. Related Griffon breeds include the Griffon Fauve de Bretagne, the Griffon Bleu de Gascogne and the Griffon Nivernais.
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Rosa_Bonheur_Grand_Griffon_Vendeen.jpg/220px-Rosa_Bonheur_Grand_Griffon_Vendeen.jpg)
A 19th-century painting of a Grand Griffon Vendéen.
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