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Short answer first: Good with children. That is the Segugio Italiano a Pelo Raso's record with children, before the conditions every breed carries. Supervision, respectful children and a dog allowed to walk away are the universal conditions; the Segugio Italiano a Pelo Raso asks no others.
With energy at 4 out of 5, an unexercised Segugio Italiano a Pelo Raso invents its own work; the official bill is 60 to 90 minutes, every single day. Breeds earn family reputations one ordinary afternoon at a time, and the Segugio Italiano a Pelo Raso's Calm, sociable, musical and single minded on a trail character is built for those afternoons.
The growth record behind the breed: a Segugio Italiano a Pelo Raso puppy weighs 8 weeks at about 6 to 9 lb, 9 months at about 33 to 46 lb, 12 months at about 39 to 55 lb, on the way to 44 to 62 lb fully grown at 19 to 23 inches. Standard colors: fawn, from dark red to very pale. The breed belongs to the Hound group and its home ground is Italy.
Holidays stress test the pairing annually, and a Segugio Italiano a Pelo Raso whose exercise of 60 to 90 minutes travels with it holidays as calmly as it lives.
One more anchor from the record: with strangers the breed reads Friendly with strangers, and with other dogs, Good with dogs; both verdicts colour the answers on this page.
Expect a companionable, elegant dog that treats every walk as an Italian detective story. Owners describe a hound of antiquity and quality: the smooth Segugio, a Renaissance statue that sings. Grandparents and childminders get the same briefing as the children in a Segugio Italiano a Pelo Raso household: the signals, the retreat and the house rules, once and kindly.
Children old enough to ask for the dog are old enough for a share of its routine, and a Segugio Italiano a Pelo Raso bonds fastest with whoever feeds and walks it.
A Segugio Italiano a Pelo Raso comfortable with dogs (Good with dogs) and strangers (Friendly with strangers) makes the whole family calendar, parties included, simpler to run. At 4 out of 5 for barking, plan early training to a quiet cue; the Segugio Italiano a Pelo Raso notices everything and believes the household should know.
Breed is only the opening hand with children: socialisation, coaching and supervision decide how a Segugio Italiano a Pelo Raso's story in a family actually goes.
Usually the easiest pairing of all: teenagers can walk, train and play with a Segugio Italiano a Pelo Raso properly, and a breed rated Good with children with energy at 4/5 often bonds hardest with the household's teenagers.
The candidates share the record on this page: Good with children with children, Friendly with strangers with strangers and trainability to pass the assessments. Plenty of Segugio Italiano a Pelo Rasos do the work beautifully; the individual dog's enjoyment of it is the deciding test.
Children old enough to follow handling rules, usually school age and up, get the best of a breed rated Good with children. At 44 to 62 lb the practical question cuts both ways: small children can hurt a small Segugio Italiano a Pelo Raso, and a big one can bowl a small child over without malice.
The Segugio Italiano a Pelo Raso in detail: the facts and the honest verdict behind this owner question.
How long a Segugio Italiano a Pelo Raso really lives, stage by stage, with the screening and habits that move the odds.
Yes, with the supervision every breed deserves: the Shih-poo's record with children reads Good with children.
Last updated: November 4, 2026