Specific game
hunters include the Dachshund, which hunted badgers; the Irish Wolfhound, which hunted wolves; the
American Foxhound and the English Foxhound, that hunt fox; the Scottish Deerhound, bred to hunt deer; the Rhodesian Ridgeback, originally a lion
hunter; the Pharaoh Hound, which are excellent
rabbit hunters; and the Otterhound, for hunting otters.