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[5]: 523 [6]: 17 In the nineteenth century large numbers of dogs of Burgos Pointing Dog type were brought to Germany. [3]: 5 In the early part of that century the resulting mixed population had no specific name – the dogs were called Hühnerhunde ('bird dogs') or Jagdhunde ('hunting dogs'). [5]: 523
A Vizsla pointing . Pointing dogs, sometimes called bird dogs, are a type of gundog typically used in finding game. [1] [2] Gundogs are traditionally divided into three classes: retrievers, flushing dogs, and pointing breeds. [3] The name pointer comes from the dog's instinct to point, by stopping and aiming its muzzle towards game. This ...
The first dog registered by the Kennel Club Italiano, founded in 1882, was a Bracco Italiano. [2] Early in 1949 a breed standard was approved by the Ente Nazionale della Cinofilia Italiana , and later the same year a breed society , the Società Amatori Bracco Italiano , was formed.
Hector IV, a Short-haired German Pointer, illustration from 1884. The pointing dog breeds of Europe all derive from the now-extinct Old Spanish Pointer, which spread through France and the Low Countries and reached the princely houses of the German-speaking world, [3]: 2 [4] where at first they were used in bird-hunting with nets or falcons, and later by huntsmen with guns. [4]
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 ...
The encyclopedia of dog sports and activities: a field guide to 36 fun activities for you and your dog. Neptune City: T.F.H Publications. ISBN 978-0-7938-1275-2. Moxon, P. R. A. (1974). Gundogs: training and field trials (10th revised ed.). London: Popular Dogs Publishing Ltd. ISBN 0-09-121670-2.
The Pointer, sometimes called the English Pointer, is a medium-sized breed of pointing dog developed in England.Pointers are used to find game for hunters, and are considered by gundog enthusiasts to be one of the finest breeds of its type; however, unlike most other hunting breeds, its purpose is to point, not retrieve game.
The breed was accepted by the FCI in 1985 [1] or 1995 [3] and categorized as a Continental Pointing Dog of the braque type. It is not yet recognized by the AKC in the U.S. First introduced into the United Kingdom in 1997, [ 6 ] they were featured in a "meet the breed" segment of the 2007 broadcast of the famed Crufts dog show in Britain.