- • Brown, with or without white chest patch. • Brown roan, with or without brown patches. • Light roan, with or without brown patches
About the Deutsch Stichelhaar
Origin: GermanyDeutsch Stichelhaar
- FCI status
- Recognised by FCI
- FCI group
- Pointing Dogs
- Origin
- Germany
- Also called
- Perro de Muestra Aleman de Pelo Cerdoso
- Known hereditary risks
- Not researched yet
About
What the breed standard says
- Bred for
- Versatile, easily tractable working gundog
- Behaviour and temperament
“Balanced, calm, resistant, courageous but self-controlled, neither shy nor aggressive. The temperament is calm and even”
Quoted from FCI standard n°232. 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, easily tractable working gundog” 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
- 3 of 5
- Grooming needs
- 4 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 Deutsch Stichelhaar
What you get with the Deutsch Stichelhaar
- Purpose stated in the standard: “Versatile, easily tractable working gundog”
- The standard describes the breed as: “Balanced, calm, resistant, courageous but self-controlled, neither shy nor aggressive. The temperament is calm and even”
What you are taking on
- High grooming needs — the standard’s own description is “On the underside the coat is somewhat longer but without forming an off-standing brust or…”
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 Stichelhaar
Coat and colour
As the FCI standard sets it out. Every line below is the standard’s own wording.
Coat
On the body the coat should be stiff, harsh and bristly
it is lying loosely to the body, all hairs on the respective parts of the body growing the same direction.
It is approximately 4 cm long.
On the shoulders and towards the undersides of the body it is slightly longer with some straight featherings, running from the throat downwards along the central line of the chest and the belly.
Rather frequently, there is a hardly visible undercoat on the whole body.
On the muzzle the hair forms a moderately developed beard.
On the bridge of the nose it is short and harsh, neither long nor soft, nor falling.
On the skull the hair is close lying, short and harsh.
On the ears it is slightly longer than in the German Short-Haired Pointer and not as harsh as on the top of the head.
The head should be free from any soft, woolly or silky coat.
The eyebrows are bushy and strong, the hairs standing off forming an oblique arch.
On the front of the forelegs the short hard coat is flat lying, at the back there is some what longer feathering from the elbows down to the pasterns.
The backsides of the hindlegs are slightly feathered almost down to the hocks.
Between the toes the coat is short and softer but not protruding.
The tail is densely and well covered by coat, the hair lying close to the skin in the direction of their growth.
On the underside the coat is somewhat longer but without forming an off-standing brust or plume
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°232 — 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 standard penalises
What a judge marks the Deutsch Stichelhaar 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.
- Clumsy, awkward appearance
- Excessively big head.
- Conical back skull, too strongly developed occipital protuberance.
- Flesh-coloured or black nose.
- Too long, folded or fleshy ears.
- Swayback, overbuilt back.
- Crooked front legs.
- Elbows distinctly turning in or out.
- Feet flat or splayed or turning out, hare feet.
- Coat parted on the back
Breed-level information from The Dog API. It describes the Deutsch Stichelhaar in general; any individual animal can differ.
Health guide
What to ask for in a Deutsch Stichelhaar
No breed-specific health panel has been written up for the Deutsch Stichelhaar 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 Stichelhaar 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 Stichelhaar 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.