- • Brown roan with or without patches. • Black roan, with or without patches. • Brown with or without white chest patch. • Light roan.
- Permissible: No other colour
About the German Wire Haired Pointing Dog
Origin: GermanyGerman Wire Haired Pointing Dog
- FCI status
- Recognised by FCI
- FCI group
- Pointing Dogs
- Origin
- Germany
- Also called
- Perro de Muestra Aleman de Pelo Duro
- Known hereditary risks
- Not researched yet
About
What the breed standard says
- Bred for
- According to his purpose of a versatile working gundog the German Wirehaired Pointer must possess all the dispositions asked for the breed. He must be usable for all the work in the field, in the woods and in water before and after the shot
- Behaviour and temperament
“Firm, self-controlled, well- balanced, without shyness of game, neither sensitive when shots are fired nor shy or aggressive”
Quoted from FCI standard n°98. 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: “According to his purpose of a versatile working gundog the German Wirehaired Pointer must possess all the dispositions asked for the breed. He must be usable for all the work in the field, in the woods and in water before and after the shot” 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
- —
- Amount of shedding
- 3 of 5
- Grooming needs
- 3 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 German Wire Haired Pointing Dog
What you get with the German Wire Haired Pointing Dog
- Purpose stated in the standard: “According to his purpose of a versatile working gundog the German Wirehaired Pointer must possess all the dispositions asked for the breed”
- The standard describes the breed as: “Firm, self-controlled, well- balanced, without shyness of game, neither sensitive when shots are fired nor shy or…”
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 · German Wire Haired Pointing Dog
Coat and colour
As the FCI standard sets it out. Every line below is the standard’s own wording, tagged permissible.
Coat
Wirehaired harsh, lying and dense.
Outer coat approximately 2 to 4 cm long
dense, water resistant undercoat.
The outlines of the body may not be obscured by longer coat.
Through its harshness and density it should provide as good protection against weather and injuries as possible.
The lower parts of the legs, as well as the lower region of the brisket and the belly, should be shorter but densely coated, the head and the ears to be shorter and at the same time denser but never softer coated.
Pronounced eyebrows and a well developed not too long, as harsh as possible beard emphasize the determined expression
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°98 — 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 German Wire Haired 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.
- Short or narrow or pointed muzzle.
- Weak dentition.
- Very loose eyelids.
- Swayback or roach back.
- Heavily overbuilt.
- Elbows heavily turning in or out.
- Bandy-legged, cow hocked or close behind, in stance as well as in movement.
- Pacing permanently when stepping or trotting, stiff or mincing gait.
- Sparce coat, lacking undercoat
Breed-level information from The Dog API. It describes the German Wire Haired Pointing Dog in general; any individual animal can differ.
Health guide
What to ask for in a German Wire Haired Pointing Dog
No breed-specific health panel has been written up for the German Wire Haired 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
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Puppies
No puppies listed right now
No German Wire Haired 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.