- Silver, roe or mouse grey, as well as shades of these colours.
- Head and leathers generally slightly paler.
- Permissible: Only small white markings on chest and toes
- Sometimes a more or less defined trace occurs along the back
About the Weimaraner
Origin: Germany
- Typical life span
- 10-13 years
- Size
- Large — from its typical weight
- Weight
- Male
- 32-41 kg
- Female
- 25-34 kg
- Height
- Male
- 64-69 cm
- Female
- 58-64 cm
- FCI status
- Reconhecida pela FCI
- FCI groupFCI divides this breed into varieties, and our sources don’t record which one a breeder works. Ask them which variety their line is.
- Pointing Dogs
- Origin
- Germany
- Known hereditary risks
- 4 documented conditions, with the test for each
About
What is a Weimaraner?
Large, sleek, athletic sporting dog with distinctive silver-gray coat and striking amber or blue-gray eyes, known for speed, stamina, and intelligence. Originally bred for hunting large game, earning the nickname 'Gray Ghost' for its coat and stealth.
Weimaraner history and origins
Developed at the court of Weimar, Germany, in the early 19th century by German nobility who sought to create an all-around hunting dog for large game. The breed's parentage was a closely guarded secret for many years.
Weimaraner appearance and size
Males typically weigh 32-41 kg and stand 64-69 cm at the shoulder; females 25-34 kg and 58-64 cm.
O que diz o padrão da raça
- Criado para
- According to his hunting purpose as a versatile hunting dog, the Weimaraner must possess all the talents required of him, and be able to be used for all works in field, wood and water, in a performance oriented manner, before and after the shot
- Comportamento e temperamento
“Versatile, easily trained steady and passionate hunting dog. Persevering in systematic search, yet not too lively. Remarkable ability to pick up scent. Ready to seize game and other prey; he is a good watchdog, without aggressiveness however. Reliable pointing dog and worker in water. Remarkable inclination to work after the shot”
Quoted from FCI standard n°99. It describes the breed the registry recognises, not any individual animal.
Referência da raça de The Dog API.
Características
- Tamanho
- Large
- Necessidade de exercícioLida a partir daquilo para que a raça foi criada, nas palavras do próprio registo: “According to his hunting purpose as a versatile hunting dog, the Weimaraner must possess all the talents required of him, and be able to be used for all works in field, wood and water, in a performance oriented manner, before and after the shot” Isso é uma função de trabalho, não uma necessidade de exercício medida — as necessidades de um cão em concreto dependem da idade, da saúde e da casa onde vive.
- 4 of 5
- Facilidade de treino
- —
- Queda de pelo
- 5 of 5
- Cuidados com o pelo
- 2 of 5
- Convivência com crianças
- —
- Custo de manutenção
- —
- Tolera ficar sozinho
- —
- Inteligência
- —
- Saúde da raça
- 4 conditions documented
Short-haired5 of 5
Longhaired1 of 5
Short-haired2 of 5
Longhaired4 of 5
Pros & cons
Prós e contras da raça Weimaraner
O que ganha com a raça Weimaraner
- Função declarada no padrão: «According to his hunting purpose as a versatile hunting dog, the Weimaraner must possess all the talents required of him, and be able to be used for…»
- O padrão descreve a raça assim: «Versatile, easily trained steady and passionate hunting dog»
- Exige poucos cuidados com o pelo, adequado a quem tem pouco tempo — o pelo é «Short (but thicker than with most longer and comparable breeds), strong, very dense,…»
O que tem de assumir
- Estão documentadas 2 doenças hereditárias graves, sobretudo em ossos e articulações e cérebro e nervos. O separador do guia de saúde tem o exame a pedir para cada uma.
- Conte com muita queda de pelo — «Short (but thicker than with most longer and comparable breeds), strong, very dense,…»
Retirado de fontes e não escrito como opinião — investigação de saúde citada, o padrão do próprio registo, e estudos de longevidade revistos por pares. Padrão da raça, FCI; Weimaraner Club of America — 2021 CHIC Breed Health Testing Profile. Os animais de um criador podem diferir de tudo isto, e uma coluna vazia significa que não temos nada desse lado, não que não haja nada a dizer.
Characteristics
Padrão da FCI · Weimaraner
Pelo e cor
Tal como o padrão da FCI o estabelece. Cada linha abaixo está nas palavras do próprio padrão, etiquetada com permissible.
Coat
Short-haired: Short (but thicker than with most longer and comparable breeds), strong, very dense, smooth lying topcoat.
Without or with only very sparse undercoat.
Smooth or slightly wavy.
Long flowing hair at ear set on.
Velvety hair is permissible on tips of leathers.
Length of coat on flanks 3–5 cm.
On lower side of neck, forechest and belly, generally somewhat longer.
Good feathering and breeching, yet less long towards ground.
Tail with good flag.
Hair between toes.
Hair on head less long.
A type of coat similar to a double-coat (Stockhaar) with medium length, dense, close fitting topcoat, thick undercoat and moderately developed feathering and breeching, sometimes occurs in dogs of mixed ancestry
Notes
- Longhaired: Soft, long topcoat with or without undercoat.
Cor
- Preferred
- Permissible
- Undesirable
- Disqualifying
«Preferred», «permissible», «undesirable» e «disqualifying» — preferida, admissível, indesejável e desqualificante — são as palavras da própria FCI sobre a raça, e ficam em inglês porque é assim que constam do padrão. Descrevem o que o padrão exige — não são uma avaliação de nenhum cão em concreto, nem nossa.
Resumido de FCI standard n°99 — cada etiqueta está nas palavras do próprio padrão, com o veredito passado para a etiqueta ao lado. Leia a cláusula completa na fonte.
O que o padrão penaliza
Aquilo que faz um juiz descontar pontos à raça Weimaraner, e o que a põe fora do ring, nas palavras do próprio registo. Isto descreve o padrão da raça — não é uma lista de verificação para o animal que tem à frente, e um animal de companhia com um defeito desqualificante é um cão que não pode ir a exposição, não um cão doente.
Defeitos graves
Contam fortemente contra um exemplar no ring.
- Widely spread woolly coat in the shorthaired variety.
- Eminently curly or sparse feathering in the longhaired variety.
- White markings except on chest and toes.
- Ears: Feathering extremely short or long, not turned.
- Back: Severe sway or roach back. Definitely overbuilt at croup.
- Very pronounced dewlap.
- Definite bow or cow hocks.
- Serious anomalies in the positioning of the limbs, i.e. poor angulation, elbows definitely turned outward; open paws
Defeitos desqualificantes
Põem o animal fora do ring por completo.
- Significant deviation in type, untypical for sex.
- Serious deviation in the proportions.
- Size more than 2 cm outside the standard.
- Absolutely untypical, above lumbering or weak.
- Absolute disproportionate.
- Extremely impaired when walking.
- Skin malformations and defects.
- Partial or total hair loss.
- Lack of feathering on belly or ears.
- Deviations from grey tones, such as yellow or brownish, tan brand.
- Colour other than grey. Blue colouring.
- Cranial region absolutely untypical.
- Facial region: Absolutely untypical i.e. distinctly concave nasal bridge. Muzzle too short, pointed, roman nose or with too short flews.
- Entropion, ectropion. Slight and one sided lid defects.
- Jaw and teeth: Missing more than two PM1 or M3.
- Chest, belly: malformations; barrel chest; insufficient chest depth or length; definitely tucked up belly.
- Malformed legs.
- Other malformations.
- Clearly showing behavioural abnormalities
FCI varieties
FCI divides the Weimaraner into these varieties, listed in the registry's own words. Depending on the breed they separate colour, coat, size or line — they are not a full list of colours, which no registry we hold publishes. Ask a breeder which variety their line is.
- Short-haired
- Long-haired
Informação ao nível da raça, de The Dog API. Descreve a raça Weimaraner em geral; qualquer animal em concreto pode ser diferente.
Health guide
Health & screening guide for the Weimaraner
Riscos hereditários conhecidos na raça Weimaraner, e a documentação específica a pedir a qualquer criador antes de pagar um sinal. Um criador responsável tem esta documentação à mão; desviar a conversa é um mau indício.
4 doenças documentadasIsto é literatura ao nível da raça, não aconselhamento veterinário sobre um animal em concreto — o seu veterinário conhece o animal.
Health checklist (PDF)Bones & joints
Hypertrophic osteodystrophy (HOD)
Serious
A painful inflammatory bone disease of rapidly growing puppies between roughly 8 weeks and 8 months old, causing limb swelling, fever and reluctance to move. Whole litters and related dogs are sometimes affected, which points to a real hereditary component, though no causative gene has been identified. A suspected link to modified-live vaccine timing rests on one small case series with no control group, and the breed is also known to develop HOD without any vaccination — that link is not established.
O que pedir
No DNA test exists. Ask whether the sire, dam or littermates had documented HOD as puppies, and what vaccination protocol the breeder follows.
Kidneys & urinary
Hyperuricosuria (HUU)
Monitor
Elevated uric acid in the urine (SLC2A9 gene) that predisposes to bladder or kidney stones. It is manageable with diet and monitoring once known, but a stone blocking a male dog's urethra is a veterinary emergency.
O que pedir
DNA test result for the SLC2A9 mutation on both parents; required for a CHIC number under the Weimaraner Club of America's breed health testing profile.
Brain & nerves
Hypomyelination
Serious
A deficiency of myelin in the central nervous system causing tremor from early puppyhood. It has long been described as often improving with age, but a 2024 study found affected dogs also had lipofuscin-like accumulations alongside the myelin abnormality — evidence the condition may be more than a simple developmental delay, not yet reflected in the older, more reassuring breed-club description.
O que pedir
DNA test result for the Weimaraner-specific hypomyelination mutation on both parents; required for the same CHIC number as HUU.
Spinal dysraphism (SD)
Monitor
A congenital malformation of the spinal cord (NKX2-8 gene) causing an abnormal hopping gait and hind-limb weakness, visible from early puppyhood. It is a developmental defect rather than a progressive one, so affected dogs generally neither improve nor deteriorate once past the growth period.
O que pedir
DNA test result for the NKX2-8 spinal dysraphism mutation on both parents; required for the same CHIC number.
Quanto tempo vive a raça Weimaraner, nos registos
Sobrevivência mediana de 12,8 anos
Intervalo de confiança a 95% de 12,6–13,0 anos, a partir de 1229 mortes registadas entre 3112 cães
Risco de mortalidade de 0.8 (0.75, 0.84) em relação a cães de raça indeterminada, cuja mediana é de 12,0 anos.
Medido no Reino Unido a partir de 584 734 cães. A sobrevivência mediana não é uma previsão para um cão em concreto.
McMillan, K.M., Bielby, J., Williams, C.L., Upjohn, M.M., Casey, R.A. & Christley, R.M. (2024) Longevity of companion dog breeds: those at risk from early death. Scientific Reports 14, 531.
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