- Preferably steel grey shade with brown (liver) patches or self-coloured brown (liver) coat.
- Frequently liver-roan or a close mixture of brown (liver) and white hairs.
- Permissible: Equally white and brown and white and orange coats
About the Wire Haired Pointing Griffon Korthals
Origin: FranceWire Haired Pointing Griffon Korthals
- FCI status
- Recognised by FCI
- FCI group
- Pointing Dogs
- Origin
- France
- Also called
- Grifon de Muestra de Pelo Duro
- Known hereditary risks
- Not researched yet
About
What the breed standard says
- Bred for
- Essentially a versatile pointing dog. Also used for tracking wounded large game
- Behaviour and temperament
“Gentle and proud, excellent hunter, very attached to his master and his territory which he guards with vigilance. Very gentle with children”
Quoted from FCI standard n°107. 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: “Essentially a versatile pointing dog. Also used for tracking wounded large game” 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
- 4 of 5
- Grooming needs
- 3 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 Wire Haired Pointing Griffon Korthals
What you get with the Wire Haired Pointing Griffon Korthals
- Purpose stated in the standard: “Essentially a versatile pointing dog. Also used for tracking wounded large game”
- The standard describes the breed as: “Gentle and proud, excellent hunter, very attached to his master and his territory which he guards with vigilance”
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 · Wire Haired Pointing Griffon Korthals
Coat and colour
As the FCI standard sets it out. Every line below is the standard’s own wording, tagged permissible.
Coat
Harsh and coarse, reminding of the touch of a wild boar’s bristles.
Never curly or woolly.
Under the harsh top coat is a fine dense undercoat
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°107 — 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 Wire Haired Pointing Griffon Korthals in general; any individual animal can differ.
Health guide
What to ask for in a Wire Haired Pointing Griffon Korthals
No breed-specific health panel has been written up for the Wire Haired Pointing Griffon Korthals 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 Wire Haired Pointing Griffon Korthals 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.