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About the Deutsch Langhaar

Origin: Germany
FCI status
Recognised by FCI
FCI group
Pointing Dogs
Origin
Germany
Known hereditary risks
Not researched yet

About

What the breed standard says

Bred for
Versatile working Gundog. In accordance with his various requirements as a versatile gundog the German Longhaired Pointing Dog needs to have the required abilities for all work in field, water and forest and for working well before and after the shot
Behaviour and temperament
“Balanced, calm, temperament, good natured, easily trained”

Quoted from FCI standard n°117. It describes the breed the registry recognises, not any individual animal.

Characteristics

Size
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Exercise needs
4 of 5
Easy to train
—
Amount of shedding
4 of 5
Grooming needs
4 of 5
Good with children
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Cost to keep
—
Tolerates being alone
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Intelligence
—
Health of breed
Not researched yet

Pros & cons

Pros & cons for the Deutsch Langhaar

What you get with the Deutsch Langhaar

  • Purpose stated in the standard: “Versatile working Gundog”
  • The standard describes the breed as: “Balanced, calm, temperament, good natured, easily trained”

What you are taking on

  • High grooming needs — the standard’s own description is “Tail with good plume, coated to tip. Back of front legs feathered.”

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 · Deutsch Langhaar

Coat and colour

As the FCI standard sets it out. Every line below is the standard’s own wording.

Coat

The greatest importance is attached to correct coat.

Neither excessively long nor too short hair.

On back and sides of body: Hair 3 - 5 cm, close fitting.

On underside of neck, on chest and belly, coat may be longer.

Hair on head much shorter, but longer than on a short-haired German Pointing Dog.

Topknot not desired.

Hair on ears wavy and feathered.

Hair on body is sleek, firm, smooth or slightly wavy, close fitting and dense with good undercoat.

Well coated belly.

Tail with good plume, coated to tip.

Back of front legs feathered.

Back of hind legs feathered, forming breeches.

Below hock hair is significantly shorter.

Dense short hair between toes.

Too much feathering is not desired

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.

Base colour

Self coloured brown

  • Brown with white or speckled markings (especially on chest and feet).
  • Dark roan (with large or smaller dark brown patches
  • brown head, possibly with white blaze, snip or star).
  • Pale roan (with large or smaller pale brown patches
  • brown head with possibly white blaze, snip or star).
  • Mottled (many small brown spots on white background
  • head brown, possibly with white blaze, snip or star).
  • Brown and white, either pure brown and white or with very few small spots (large brown patches with saddle or blanket.
  • Head brown, possibly with white blaze, snip or star).
  • Occasionally fawn markings may occur as a very old throw-back to the Hounds

Shortened from FCI standard n°117 — 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: 60 – 70 cms, ideal height 63 – 66 cms. Females: 58 – 66 cms, ideal height 60 – 63 cms. Weight: Average: 30 kgs”
FCI distinguishes an ideal from what is permitted.

Quoted from FCI standard n°117. It describes the breed the registry recognises, not any individual animal.

What the standard penalises

What a judge marks the Deutsch Langhaar 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.

  • Insufficient bone and muscles.
  • Head diverging from breed type.
  • Ectropion (lids turned outwards). Entropion (lids turned inwards or eyelids which have been corrected

FCI standard n°117

Breed-level information from The Dog API. It describes the Deutsch Langhaar in general; any individual animal can differ.

Health guide

What to ask for in a Deutsch Langhaar

No breed-specific health panel has been written up for the Deutsch Langhaar 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 Deutsch Langhaar owners’ own photographs will go, from the pet profiles they keep here. Nobody has added one to a public page yet.

A photograph in a pet profile stays private to its owner. We will not put one here unless they ask us to.

Puppies

No puppies listed right now

No Deutsch Langhaar 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.

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