German Longhaired Pointer
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Breed at a glance
- Origin
- Germany
- Weight
- Average; 30 kg (66 lb) [ 1 ]
- Height
- Males
- Colour
- solid brown brown, speckled or with white markings dark roan with patches of dark brown pale roan with patches of pale brown white mottled with small brown spots brown-and-white, with or without spott
- Other names
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The German Longhaired Pointer or Deutsch Langhaar is a German breed of gundog of pointer type. It is closely related to the other German pointer breeds, the German Shorthaired Pointer , the German Wirehaired Pointer and the Large Münsterländer . It was definitively accepted by the Fédération Cynologique Internationale in 1954. [ 2 ]
History
The German Longhaired Pointer was developed in Germany for use as a pointer . Selective breeding began in 1879; breed standards drawn up by the Verein zur Veredelung der Jagdhundrassen of Hannover were not found satisfactory, and in 1893 a breed association – the Club Langhaar – was established by Friedrich von Schorlemer-Alst, who in 1897 drew up the breed standard on which the modern Langhaar is based. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] It was definitively accepted by the Fédération Cynologique Internationale in 1954. [ 2 ] In the fifteen years from 2010 to 2024, the annual number of new registrations in Germany averaged about 509, with a low of 352 and a high of 587; the total number of registrations in the period was 7632 , or about 0.68% of the total of 1 127 154 registrations. [ 5 ]
Characteristics
The Deutsch Langhaar is of medium size: heights at the withers for bitches are in the range 58 to 66 cm , with an ideal height between 60 and 63 cm ; the range for dogs is 58 to 66 cm , with an ideal of 63 to 66 cm . [ 1 ] The average body weight for both sexes is about 30 kg . [ 1 ] The coat is of medium length, about 3.5 cm long on the body, shorter on the head and somewhat linger on the underside of the neck and body. [ 4 ] It is thick and either straight or slightly wavy, with a dense undercoat, and lies close to the body. [ 1 ] The colour may be: solid brown; brown, either speckled or with white markings; dark roan with patches of dark brown; pale roan with patches of pale brown; white, mottled with small brown spots; or brown-and-white, with or without spotting. [ 1 ]