How tall is a Scottish Deerhound?

What a Scottish Deerhound’s height measures

Height is measured at the withers, the top of the shoulders. The head and ears extend above that line. The American Kennel Club breed profile gives 30-32 inches (male), 28 inches & up (female). Choose the sex or size variety above where the source separates them. A range describes the published listing, not the height of every individual dog.

Ranked by the tallest height its standard names (32 in), the Scottish Deerhound is the joint 2nd tallest of the 297 dog breeds on this site. See the tallest dog breeds ranked.

Drawn at the same 30 in: Greyhound, Cougar and White-tailed deer. Same drawing, different listings: a Scottish Deerhound’s and a white-tailed deer’s figures are each the lower end of its male range, a Greyhound’s the top of its male range, a cougar’s a maximum.

This is a published species or breed reference, not a prediction for an individual animal. Where a range is supplied, both ends appear with the reading. Shoulder height and head height are kept apart when comparing animals.

Other hound dogs near its height

• Borzoi 28 in
• Irish Wolfhound 32 in
• Afghan Hound 27 in
• Bloodhound 27 in
• Otterhound 27 in
• Rhodesian Ridgeback 27 in
• Sloughi 26 in
• Azawakh 25 in

All 50 hound dogs by height, tallest first, or every dog breed. To compare your own dog, measure it at the withers.

Published heights