- White with brown markings, a few large or many small, brown specks (freckles) on white.
- Preferred: The brown colour may vary, but brown to dark brown
About the Old Danish Pointing Dog
Origin: DenmarkOld Danish Pointing Dog
- FCI status
- Recognised by FCI
- FCI group
- Pointing Dogs
- Origin
- Denmark
- Also called
- Antiguo Perro de Muestra Danes
- Known hereditary risks
- Not researched yet
About
What the breed standard says
- Bred for
- Versatile gundog for birds
- Behaviour and temperament
“Conveys the impression of a quiet and stable dog showing determination and courage. During the hunt progressing rather slowly, always maintaining contact with the hunter and accomplishing its task as a pointing Dog without creating unnecessary disturbance of the ground. The breed is suited for small as well as large hunting grounds”
Quoted from FCI standard n°281. 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: “Versatile gundog for birds” 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 Old Danish Pointing Dog
What you get with the Old Danish Pointing Dog
- Purpose stated in the standard: “Versatile gundog for birds”
- The standard describes the breed as: “Conveys the impression of a quiet and stable dog showing determination and courage”
- Low grooming needs, fitting for a busy owner — the coat is “Short and dense, somewhat hard to the touch.”
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 · Old Danish Pointing Dog
Coat and colour
As the FCI standard sets it out. Every line below is the standard’s own wording, tagged preferred.
Coat
Short and dense, somewhat hard to the touch.
Hair must cover the body entirely
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°281 — 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: Male preferred, : 54-60 cm, above 56 cm Bitch : 50-56 cm, above 52 cm preferred. Weight: Mature male 30-35 kg, Bitch 26-31 kg”
- FCI distinguishes an ideal from what is permitted.
Quoted from FCI standard n°281. It describes the breed the registry recognises, not any individual animal.
What the standard penalises
What a judge marks the Old Danish 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.
Severe faults
Marked heavily against a specimen in the ring.
- Bone too fine.
- Pronounced stop.
- Muzzle snipey.
- Pincer bite.
- Missing teeth one tooth other than PM1.
- Pronounced roach back, slight swayback.
- Obvious lack in chest development. Brisket not sufficiently defined. Ribcage too flat or barrel shaped.
- Elbows turned strongly in or out.
- Heavily cow-hocked or bow-legged.
- Weak pasterns.
- Flat or splay-feet.
- Weak, timid behaviour
Disqualifying faults
Puts an animal out of the ring altogether.
- Strong deviation in sex characteristics.
- Teeth: More than two P1 plus one other tooth missing. Non- visible teeth will be considered missing unless their existence at a previous show can be certified.
- Undershot, overshot bite or any other faulty bite.
- Cleft palate or hare lip.
- Ectropion, entropion, distichiasis (double row of eyelashes).
- Malformation of chest or ribcage (e.g. too short sternum causing abrupt rise of underline behind ribs).
- Deviations from size more than 2 cm above or below limits.
- Very shy and weak behaviour
Breed-level information from The Dog API. It describes the Old Danish Pointing Dog in general; any individual animal can differ.
Health guide
What to ask for in a Old Danish Pointing Dog
No breed-specific health panel has been written up for the Old Danish 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 Old Danish 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 Old Danish 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.