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FCI-Standard No 119 / 05.01.1995 / GB FCI-Standard No 119 / 05.01.1995 / GB
| COUNTRY OF ORIGIN | Germany. |
| DATE OF PUBLICATION | 09/07/1994 |
| UTILIZATION | Versatile hunting dog. |
| CLASSIFICATION | Group 7 Pointing Dogs Section 1 Continental Pointing Dogs With Working Trial. |
| TRANSLATOR | Walter Schicker. |
The history of the German Shorthaired Pointer starts with the dogs which
were used for the hunt with nets on feathered game, especially in the Mediterranean
countries, and in combination with falconry. Via France, Spain and Flanders the Pointers
came to the German courts. The most important distinctive feature of these dogs was their
pointing performance. After the first double-barreled gun was made (1750), a pointing dog
was even more required. In full sight of the dog "game birds in flight" were
shot. That was the beginning of the transition from a mere pointer to a versatile gundog.
As a fundamental basis for the structure and development of the breed the " Zuchtbuch
Deutsch Kurzhaar" (Studbook) has been published since 1897. It was Prince Albrecht zu
Solms-Braunfeld who compiled breed characteristics, judging rules for conformation and
finally also simple trial regulations for hunting dogs. Today the German Shorthaired
Pointer still passes through the filter of elaborated breeding- and trial regulations.
The standard stipulates the constitution of the German Shorthaired Pointer, as a versatile
hunting dog, which enables him to perform all requirements in connection with hunting
activities, even when advanced in age.
 | A dog of noble and balanced appearance, the conformation of which ensures strength, endurance and speed. Proud attitude, smooth outlines, lean head, well carried tail, firm shiny coat and well reaching, harmonious strides emphasize its nobility. |
| Length of body should slightly exceed height at withers. |
| Firm, balanced, reliable, restrained temperament, neither nervous nor shy or aggressive. |
| Lean, well defined, neither too light nor too heavy; as to strength and length it matches the substance and the sex of the dog. |
Moderately wide, flatly rounded skull, scarcely pronounced occipital bone, frontal furrow, not too deep set noticeable superciliary ridges.
| Stop : Moderately defined. |
| Length in harmony with general appearance of the dog, progressively thickening towards the body. Very muscular and slightly crested nape. Tight fitting skin of throat |
| Topline : Straight and slightly sloping. |
| Withers : Well defined. |
| Back : Firm and muscular. Vertebral processes should be covered by muscles. |
| Loin : Short, broad, muscular, straight or slightly arched. |
| Transition from back to loin tight and well knit. |
| Croup : Broad and long enough, not abruptly slanting, but slightly slanting towards the tail, well muscled. |
| General : Viewed from the front, straight and parallel, viewed from the side, the legs are well placed under the body. |
| Shoulders : Shoulder-blades well laid back, well attached to chest, and strongly muscled. Shoulder-blade and upperarm well angulated. |
| Upper arm : As long as possible, well muscled and dry. |
| Elbows : Close but not too tight to body, neither turned in nor out, well set back. |
| Forearm : Straight and sufficiently muscled. Strong bone, not too coarse. |
| Pastern joint : Strong. |
| Pasterns : Minimal angulation of pastern and forearm, never standing upright. |
| Front feet : Round to spoon shaped, with well closed and adequately arched toes. Strong toenails. Tough, resistant pads. Feet set parallel, neither turned in nor out in stance as well as in movement. |
| General : Viewed from behind straight and parallel. Good angulations in stifles and hocks, strong bone. |
| Upper thigh : Long, broad and muscular, with good angulation of pelvis with femur. |
| Stifle : Strong, with good angulation of upper-and lower thigh. |
| Lower thigh : Long, muscular with clearly visible tendons. Good angulation between lower thigh and hocks. |
| Hock joint : Strong. |
| Hocks : Strong, vertical. |
| Hind feet : Round to spoon shaped, with well closed and adequately arched toes. Strong toenails. Tough, resistant pads. Foot set parallel, neither turned in nor out in stance as well as in movement. |
| Well extended strides, with forceful propulsion from the hindquarters and adequate reach of the fore limbs. Front- and hind legs moving straight and parallel. The dog is carrying himself in a proud attitude. Pacing gait is not desirable. |
| Close and tight, not wrinkly. |
Short and dense, rough and hard to the touch. Somewhat thinner and shorter on the head and ears, not remarkably longer at the underside of the tail. Should cover the whole body.
a. Brown without markings. b. Brown with faint white or splash markings at chest and legs. c. Dark brown roan, with brown head, brown patches or specks. The basic colour of such a dog is not brown with white or white whith brown, but the coat shows such an even intensive mixture of brown and white which results in that kind of inconspicuous exterior of the dog ever so valuable for the practical hunt. At the inner sides of the hindlegs as well as at the tip of the tail the colour is often lighter. d. Light brown roan with brown head, brown patches, specks or without patches. In this colouring the white hair is dominating the brown hair. e. White with brown head markings, brown patches or specks. f. Black colour in the same nuances as the brown, respectively the brown roan colours. Yellow markings are permitted. Blaze with splash marked flews are permissible.
| Height at the withers : Dogs 62 to 66 centimeters. |
| Bitches 58 to 63 centimeters. |
Any departure from the foregoing points should be considered a fault and the seriousness
with which the fault should be regarded, should be in exact proportion to its degree.
| Faults in attitude not according or typical to gender. |
| Muzzle too short. |
| Flews too heavy or too thin. |
| Ears too long, too short, too heavy, set on too narrow or twisted. |
| Eyes too light. Yellowish "bird of prey" eyes. |
| From the total of 4 P1 and 2 M3 only two teeth may be missing. |
| Loose skin at throat. |
| Slight roach back. |
| Rump too short. |
| Hindquarters too straight. |
| Chest too deep. |
| Elbows turned in or out. Feet turned in our out; forelegs standing close or wide. |
| Slightly bow-legged, cow-hocked or close hocks. |
| Tail strongly bent or carried too high above the topline. |
| Clumsy, lymphatic, coarse conformation. |
| Snipy muzzle, concave bridge of the nose (dish-face). |
| Marked stop. |
| Flesh-coloured or flecked nose (except when basic colour of coat is white). |
| Pincer bite or partial pincer bite (For dogs older than 4 years a so-called pincer bite due to age shall not affect evaluation as long as a "Deutsch-Kurzhaar-Club" has certified that at a previous show a correct bite was confirmed). |
| Distinct roach back, slight swayback. |
| Considerable lack in depth of chest. |
| Poorly developed forechest. Ribs too flat or barrel shaped. |
| Distinctly turned in or turned out elbows. Weak and down on pasterns. |
| Pastern totally vertical. Flat feet. Spread toes. |
| Clumsy gait. |
| Distinctly cow hocked or bow-legged, in stance as well as in movement. |
| Overbuilt hindquarters. |
| Deviation of more than 2 centimeters from the given height at the withers. |
| Distinctly non-typical gender characteristics. |
| Absence of more than 2 teeth from the total of 4 P1 and 2 M3. |
| Absence of 1 tooth or more teeth other than P1 and M3. |
| Non visible teeth have to be considered as missing except when certified by a "Deutsch-Kurzhaar-Club" that at a previous show or trial their existence was confirmed. |
| Overshot and undershot bite, way mouth as well as all intergrades. |
| Excessively loose eyelids, ectropion,
entropion, distichiasis (double row of eyelashes). |
| Excessive swayback, malformation of the spine. |
| Any malformation of the chest, e.g. "clipped sternum" (short sternum blanding abruptly into the abdominal line). |
| Rear dewclaws and front dewclaws. |
| Cleft palate and hare lip. |
| Any surplus teeth arranged outside the dental arch. |
N.B. : Male animals should have two apparently normal
testicles fully descended into the scrotum.
Regulation of the Real Sociedad Canina
About fifty years ago, the modern German shorthaired pointer was born. Nowadays it is a half galloping dog, the speed should not be looked for above everything, rather this dog should be able to gallop a lot of time with the same term, the search should be wide, quite open, covering much ground. The high and mobile head, and the quite free neck, give us the impression of standing out of the shoulders. It projects the back extremities far back, in a harmonious and continuous movement, a well constituted dog that gallops easily."
The stumbling gallop, the dog that moves with a beam movement, is the frequent result of a fault in his members' constitution, of a bad angulation, or of a too short neck that force him, in order to keep the balance, to project his head up and down.In few words, everything in his movement should be balanced, pleasant and natural.
On the other hand, as Alberto Chelini remarks "he should give the impression of always having available a superior tone that doesn't use, because this tone would not allow him to carry out the work that is requested" and it concludes "we shoud avoid then the wild gallops."
The horizontal head carriage is not typical of the German shorthaired pointer in action; on the contrary, a German shorthaired pointer with style carries the neck above the horizontal line, with the head high.
Because of this position, it perceives the game at great distance and it cannot gallop in a too exact way. With this gait, he gives us the impression of a dog that dominates perfectly the situation that is attentive, with a mobile head, that nothing can escape him.
When the dog tightens the neck and it lowers the head to put it horizontal, the head, the neck and the body seem to form a single line. This movement often announces the imminence of the point. The ideal position of a German Shorthaired Pointer in point is the standing position, the head high, the ears attentive; the eye and the pupil widened.
Frequently, all its body is shaken by a slight tremor, the tail is lightly raised and breathes slowly. If the leader is far, behind, the dog can turn the head toward him, later reverts the head toward the game, to indicate the exact location. In this moment, the dog should be immobile, and not to advance toward the game, he shoud only do it at his leader's order.
Domenico Covolo describes this way how takes the emanation and points.
"If the dog perceives the game at great distance, it reduces his gait trotting, the ears raised, the neck tense, with a slight flexion of the members. When he is surprised by the game presence, becomes paralyzed, lowering the body on its members in a complete flexion; sometimes points abruptly, in situ, as if you have shot a spring. There is a great beauty in their points, even in the more desperate pose ."
It is clear that in practice, it is necessary to concede that often the vegetation, the different game pieces and their behaviors, provoke postures very far away from the ideal.
Lastly, it happens that there are dogs that lie down in the point. Germany that decides the destiny of the breed, accepts the two point types, standing and lying dawn.
It is different according to the individuals, some dogs guide slowly, others with authority. In all the cases, the German shorthaired pointer should remain tense. However, if the game gains a lot of distance, the dog can rake some meters, and then take the direct emanation again. At the departure of the game, the dog should remain immobile; the dog sometimes lies down when the game flies.
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