Hortaya are excellent, enduring hunting dogs endowed with a good, basic obedience and completely lacking aggression towards humans. All breed standards for Hortaya are performance based, rather than appearance based, but because certain characteristics make for skilled hunting dogs, most Hortaya are very similar in shape and build. The legs are long, the spine flexible, and the chest disproportionately deep in comparison to the waist, in order to accommodate large, powerful lungs. All breed standards for Hortaya are performance based, rather than appearance based, but because certain characteristics make for skilled hunting dogs, most Hortaya are very similar in shape and build.