- Solid coat with very extended or invasive white patches, sometimes ticked, with all the nuances of pale to vivid orangy fawn and slight brown
About the Ariege Pointing Dog
Origin: FranceAriege Pointing Dog
- FCI status
- Recognised by FCI
- FCI group
- Pointing Dogs
- Origin
- France
- Also called
- Braco del Ariege
- Known hereditary risks
- Not researched yet
About
What the breed standard says
- Bred for
- Pointing dog
- Behaviour and temperament
“Stable and sociable with humans and other dogs. Adapted to all types of hunting, he is resistant, docile, and easy to train”
Quoted from FCI standard n°177. It describes the breed the registry recognises, not any individual animal.
Characteristics
- Size
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- Exercise needsRead from what the breed was bred to do, in the registry’s own words: “Pointing dog” That is a working purpose, not a measured exercise requirement — an individual dog’s needs depend on its age, health and household.
- 4 of 5
- Easy to train
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- Amount of shedding
- —
- Grooming needs
- 2 of 5
- Good with children
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- Cost to keep
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- Tolerates being alone
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- Intelligence
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- Health of breed
- Not researched yet
Pros & cons
Pros & cons for the Ariege Pointing Dog
What you get with the Ariege Pointing Dog
- Purpose stated in the standard: “Pointing dog”
- The standard describes the breed as: “Stable and sociable with humans and other dogs”
- Low grooming needs, fitting for a busy owner — the coat is “Short, rather thick and well provided, glossy, finer and smooth on the head and the…”
What you are taking on
Nobody has written this side yet. It is a judgement rather than data, so it waits for a person — not for a missing source.
Drawn from sources rather than written as an opinion — cited health research, the registry’s own standard, and peer-reviewed longevity. FCI breed standard. One breeder’s animals can differ from any of it, and an empty column means we hold nothing for that side rather than that there is nothing to say.
Characteristics
FCI standard · Ariege Pointing Dog
Coat and colour
As the FCI standard sets it out. Every line below is the standard’s own wording.
Coat
Short, rather thick and well provided, glossy, finer and smooth on the head and the leathers
Colour
- Preferred
- Permissible
- Undesirable
- Disqualifying
Preferred, permissible, undesirable and disqualifying are FCI’s own words about the breed. They describe what the standard asks for — not an assessment of any individual dog, and not ours.
Shortened from FCI standard n°177 — each label is the standard’s own wording with the verdict lifted into the tag beside it. Read the full clause at source.
What the breed standard says
- Size
- “Height at the withers: Males: 58 to 65 cm, with a preferred size of 61 cm, + or – 2 cm. Females: 54 to 63 cm, with a preferred size of 59 cm, + or – 2 cm”
- FCI distinguishes an ideal from what is permitted.
Quoted from FCI standard n°177. It describes the breed the registry recognises, not any individual animal.
What the standard penalises
What a judge marks the Ariege Pointing Dog down for, and what puts one out of the ring, in the registry’s own words. This describes the breed standard — it is not a checklist for the animal in front of you, and a pet with a disqualifying fault is an unshowable dog rather than an unhealthy one.
Disqualifying faults
Puts an animal out of the ring altogether.
- Lack of type (the subject no longer resembles to the other dogs of its breed).
- « Double » nose, (nose of which the nostrils are separated by a deep furrow).
- Black nose or of another colour not according to the standard.
- Over- or undershot bite, the gap exceeds 1 mm between the
- incisor arcades. Lack of 3 PM1, or 2 PM2, or 2 PM3, or 1 PM2 + 1 PM3, or any other tooth
- Colour of the eyes excessively light, wall eye.
- Entropion or ectropion, or any sign of surgical intervention to correct the defect.
- Excessive depigmentation of the eyelids.
- Flat ears attached too high on the head.
- Black nails.
- Hindquarters: Clearly hindering movement.
- Presence of dewclaws.
- Coat of a colour not conforming to the standard.
- Black spots on the coat.
- Size outside the limits of the standard, with a tolerance of 2 cm more or less.
- Serious morphological anomalies
Breed-level information from The Dog API. It describes the Ariege Pointing Dog in general; any individual animal can differ.
Health guide
What to ask for in a Ariege Pointing Dog
No breed-specific health panel has been written up for the Ariege Pointing Dog on this platform yet. That is a gap in our records, not a clean bill of health — ask the breeder which hereditary conditions their lines are tested for, and ask to see the results for both parents, dated and from a named laboratory.
Gallery
No photographs yet
This is where Ariege Pointing Dog owners’ own photographs will go, from the pet profiles they keep here. Nobody has added one to a public page yet.
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Puppies
No puppies listed right now
No Ariege Pointing Dog breeder has a record on this platform yet, so there is nothing to list. That is a gap in our coverage, not a fact about the breed.