Otterhound Litter & Title Statistics


The numbers of individual Otterhounds and litters listed below reflect only Otterhounds included in this database. Columns contain the year, then numbers for that year of Otterhounds whelped in the US/number registered with AKC, number of litters in the US, number of new champions, number of obedience titles, number of tracking titles, number of Otterhounds whelped in Canada, number of litters, number of new champions, number of Otterhounds whelped in the UK, number of litters and number of new champions. US titles refer only to AKC titles. These numbers start with 1937, the year that Dr. Hugh Mouat began the first serious Otterhound breeding program in North America. Though there are records available for the UK for earlier years and a limited amount of information for Otterhounds in the US, the earlier data is more likely to be incomplete. The last 30 years or so of data should include a pretty accurate count of litters, but many of the individual OHs whelped are not included in the database and therefor are not included in this tally. Numbers when incorrect should generally be too low. AKC registration statistics include dogs which may not be included in the database, as well as imported dogs, and dogs whelped in and living in Canada but shown in the US - also, pups and/or litters whelped late in the year often are not registered until the next. Data on the number of championships earned per year in Canada prior to 1986 is not currently included. Otterhounds were not eligible to compete for championships in the UK prior to 1988.
Year     US/Reg. Litters  Ch.  Obed.  Trck.     Canada  Litters  Ch.         UK  Litters  Ch.

1937      5         1                                                        15     3
1938                                                                         14     4
1939                                                                         16     3
1940      2         1
1941                       2                                                        
1942      4         1                                                         5     1
1943      3         1
1944      1         1      2
1945      1         1                                                         4     1
1946                                                                          5     2
1947      2         1                                                         4     2
1948                       2                                                  8     1
1949                       1                                                  5     2
1950      4         1                                                         7     2
1951                                                                          6     1
1952      1         1      1                                                 14     4
1953      1         1                                                         5     2
1954                                                                          8     3
1955                       1                                                  8     2
1956      3         3                                                         9     2
1957      6         1                                                        16     4
1958      9         2                                                        17     5
1959      8         4      2                                                  6     3
1960      2/8       2      3                                                 18     5
1961      4/28      1      4                                                 29     6
1962      2/28      2      5                                                 24     7 
1963     13/45      5      7                                                 23     5
1964     10/48      3      3                                                 14     5
1965      8/50      6      5                                                 23     4
1966      5/59      2      3                                                 11     2
1967     25/49      9      5                                                 39     7
1968     12/38      6     12      1                                          18     6
1969     22/39      5      6      1                  1     1                 18     4
1970      4/27      2      9                                                 18     4
1971     14/31      6      7      2                                           4     2
1972     18/41      6      8      1                                          21     5
1973     13/55      5             1                                           5     1
1974     35/32      6                                                        25     5
1975     36/45     10                                3     1                 18     4
1976     21/52      6                                                        12     2
1977     24/49      6                                4     1                 14     3
1978     12/22      4                                                        20     5
1979     17/30      7                                1     1                 31     5
1980     15/29      5      4      2                                          36     7
1981     17/34      4      6             1           3     1                 32     6
1982     16/34      6      5                         4     1                 48     8
1983     16/27      6      4                         5     2                 42     8
1984     15/23      3      7                         6     2                 51    10
1985     36/38      7      5                                                 35     7
1986     35/48      8     12      2      1           2     1      1          56    10
1987     20/41      4     12      1      1                                   27     5
1988     36/42      9      8      3                  4     1      1          62     9      3
1989     50/37     10      5      2      1           3     1      2          48     8      3
1990     10/57      2     18             1           5     2      2          57    10      4
1991     55/34     11     20             1                        1          47     7      4
1992     81/67     13     12             3                        4          23     4      4
1993     26/70      4     25      2      3           1     1      1          99    16      1
1994     53/30     12     18      3      2           3     1                 50     8
1995     16/48      3     14             1                        2          26     5      5
1996     57/21     12      8      2      4                                   59    10      3
1997     37/45      5     10             1                        1          58    12      3
1998     23/39      4     18      3                  7     1      1          43     9      1
1999     18/17      4      9             3                                   34     7      2
2000     29/26      9     11      2      1                        1          53     8      3
2001     26/35      5     10             1                        1          36     7      2
2002      7/17      1     10             4           6     1      1          39     6      3
2003     41/34      8      9      2      7                                   36     4      5
2004     26/23      4     10      1      3           7     1      1          28     5      3
2005     43/44      7     12      2      6                        1          50     6      5
2006     35/42      8     18      1      2                        1          51     5      3

Year     US/Reg. Litters  Ch.  Obed.  Trck.     Canada  Litters  Ch.         UK  Litters  Ch.