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The German Wirehaired Pointer

The German Wirehaired Pointer comes from aas to protect in from injury while on the
country that has a long tradition of breedinghunt. The ears are natural . The head is
dogs with purpose and careful attention toalways either liver or black and the coat
maintaining the strong instinctive drives ofcolor is liver and white, solid liver, or
the dog. In this case, the hunting instinctsblack and white. The black and white
of the breed were derived from the Germancoloring is a disqualification in the show
Pointer and the Pudel Pointer and the bramblering in the A.K.C. The dog is registerable
resistant coat was brought in from thein both the United Kennel Club and the
Griffon. The general public has held theAmerican Kennel Club in the United States.
mistaken idea that the German ShorthairedThe German Wirehaired Pointer is medium
Pointer and the German Wirehaired Pointer aresized, standing 23-25 inches at the shoulder
the same breed but with a difference in theand slightly longer than it is tall.The breed
coat. This is incorrect.. the Germanis very popular in Europe and has the highest
Wirehaired Pointer is a separate breed andregistration of pointing breeds of any gun
has different characteristics physically anddog in Germany. It is a hunt, point and
instinctually. Some people know it by theretrieve gun dog of strong instincts and
German name of Drathaar. The Wirehairedpersistence, proving invaluable to the upland
Pointer is a persistent gundog that does notgame hunter. This is a dog which is gaining
quit and thrives on the hunt, possessingin popularity in the United States. He can
strong "prey drive". This drive has provenbe a mannerly house dog if trained early but
useful in the area of Search and Rescue andis suspicious of strangers and aloof to all
there are handlers using this breed as aexcept his family. His favorite occupation
Search dog and finding that it is quite ais to be out in the field and hunting with
capable dog for this pursuit, provided he ishis Master. He is a faithful friend and
trained from the beginning to channel histhrives on human companionship but also can
hunting drive to the human scent.The wirybe very happy as an outside dog. This is a
coat of the Drathaar is dense and double,dog who does well as a kennel dog provided he
requiring little in the way of care. Anis given plenty of exercise.Responsible
occasional hand stripping and wiping down isbreeders have been careful to preserve the
all that is needed the majority of time tobreed's integrity and this dog remains a true
keep this dog in clean condition. The headhunting dog with little change over the years
sports a beard of about two inches in length.in structure or soundness. There have been
The coat is stiff and affords protectionsome problems with hip dysplasia but the
from brambles but should not be long. Thebreed in general is long-lived and healthy.
tail is docked to a length of two-fifths so



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