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The Wirehaired Pointing Griffon (also called the Korthals Griffon and the Griffon d'arrêt à poil dur Korthals in France and Quebec) is a breed of dog used in hunting as a gundog. It is sometimes considered to be Dutch in ancestry, due to the nationality of the breed founder, Eduard Karel Korthals.
The Slovak Rough-haired Pointer is a gundog breed developed after World War II in Slovakia.It is known by many confusingly similar names in English, including the Slovak Wirehaired Pointer, [1] the Slovak Pointing Griffon, [1] the Slovak Wirehaired Pointing Griffon, [2] and the Slovak Wirehaired Pointing Dog. [3]
Wire-haired may refer to a number of dog breeds with a harsh, wiry coat: German Wirehaired Pointer; Istrian Coarse-haired Hound, also known as the Wirehaired Istrian Hound; Styrian Coarse-haired Hound, also known as the Wirehair Styrian Mountain; Wire Fox Terrier; Wire-haired Dachshund; Wirehaired Pointing Griffon; Wirehaired Vizsla
The Braques Français are hunting dogs, from a very old type of gun dog used for pointing the location of game birds for a hunter. There are two breeds of Braque Français, both from the south of France, [1] [2] the Braque français, type Gascogne (French Pointing Dog – Gascogne type, larger size) and the Braque français, type Pyrénées (French Pointing Dog – Pyrenean type, smaller size ...
Having a dog doesn't mean your home must become a nest of pet hair. Some dogs are literally hairless, and even ones with long coats can be non-shedding.
[citation needed] Separately, this happened again in the US in the 1980s and 1990s with infusion of the Český Fousek into the Wirehaired Pointing Griffon, causing a split among members and the forming of two new and separate clubs, [2] the Cesky Fousek North America (formerly Bohemian Wirehaired Pointing Griffon Club of America) and the ...
The German Wirehaired Pointer traces its origins back to 1880. The breed originated in Germany, where Baron Sigismund von Zedlitz und Neukirch was a leading breeder, [1] wanting to create a versatile hunting dog that would work closely with either one person or a small party of persons hunting on foot in varied terrain; from the mountainous regions of the Alps, to dense forests, to more open ...
Griffon is a type of dog, a collection of breeds that were originally hunting dogs.There are three lines of the griffon type recognized by the Fédération Cynologique Internationale (FCI): the Griffon Vendéens, the wirehaired pointers, and the smousje (Belgian companion dogs or Dutch Smoushond).