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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 ...
Liver roan (right) with liver patches, and ticked with liver patches (left) Solid brown. The German Shorthaired Pointer is of medium size: dogs stand some 62–66 cm at the withers, bitches some 3 or 4 cm less. [1] The coat is dense, short and rough-textured. It may be either brown or black, in any of three patterns: the solid-coloured, either ...
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.
Terrier: Frederic C. Hood [31] 1923 Not awarded [3] 1924 Ch. Barberry Hill Bootlegger: Sealyham Terrier: Terrier: Bayard Warren [32] 1925 Ch. Governor Moscow: Pointer: Sporting: Robert F. Maloney [32] 1926 Ch. Signal Circuit of Halleston: Fox Terrier (Wire) Terrier: Stanley Halle [33] [34] 1927 Ch. Pinegrade Perfection: Sealyham Terrier ...
Like most of the longhaired pointing breeds, the breed is descended from the point spaniel. One of the oldest of the "versatile breeds", it is but one of a few that disallow black as a color. [4] The black-and-white Large Munsterlander was split off from this breed after the black-and-white coloration was removed from the breed standard. [3] [5]
The coat is preferably steel gray with brown markings. Other acceptable colors: chestnut brown, white and brown, roan, and white and orange. All brown, all white or white and orange are less desirable. A black coat disqualifies. [1] The griffon has a large and long head, with large rounded eyes covered with eyebrows and complemented with a beard.
A fascination with terriers, fervent nationalism, and a propensity towards genetic engineering were braided together when Lutz Heck presented four black-and-tan Fell terriers—similar to what we now would call a Patterdale Terrier—to Carl Eric Gruenewald and Walter Zangenbert. Gruenewald was a "cynologist" (a self-styled dog man with an ...
Tuxedo: Solid (often black) with a white patch (shirt front) on the chest and chin, and white on some or all of the feet (spats.) The tuxedo pattern is common in dogs that carry only one piebald gene (a heterozygous carrier). Harlequin Great Dane: Harlequin Great Dane: Harlequin: "ripped" splotches of black on white.