Base colour
Dull white with orange (fawn) markings
- Permissible: Some mottling, but not sought after
- Permissible: The ear is fawn (a very sparse amount of white but not sought after)
About the Saint Germain Pointer
Origin: FranceSaint Germain Pointer
- FCI status
- Recognised by FCI
- FCI group
- Pointing Dogs
- Origin
- France
- Also called
- Braco Saint Germain
- Known hereditary risks
- Not researched yet
About
What the breed standard says
- Bred for
- Pointing breed used principally on feather but can also hunt fur bearing game
- Behaviour and temperament
“Hunter above all, it is very sociable, equable and affectionate and won’t suffer brusque treatment during its training. Everything considered, it is easy to train. It hunts with passion pheasant, partridge and woodcock on any terrain, retrieving with a soft mouth. Very close to man, it appreciates living with the family”
Quoted from FCI standard n°115. It describes the breed the registry recognises, not any individual animal.
Pros & cons
Pros & cons for the Saint Germain Pointer
What you get with the Saint Germain Pointer
- Purpose stated in the standard: “Pointing breed used principally on feather but can also hunt fur bearing game”
- The standard describes the breed as: “Hunter above all, it is very sociable, equable and affectionate and won’t suffer brusque treatment during its training”
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 · Saint Germain Pointer
Coat and colour
As the FCI standard sets it out. Every line below is the standard’s own wording, tagged permissible.
Coat
Short, not too fine
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°115 — each label is the standard’s own wording with the verdict lifted into the tag beside it. Read the full clause at source.
Breed-level information from The Dog API. It describes the Saint Germain Pointer in general; any individual animal can differ.
Health guide
What to ask for in a Saint Germain Pointer
No breed-specific health panel has been written up for the Saint Germain Pointer 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
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Puppies
No puppies listed right now
No Saint Germain Pointer 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.