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is dense, short and rough-textured. It may be either brown or black, in any of three patterns: the solid-coloured, either with or without small flecks of white on the chest and legs; the white, with coloured head and coloured flecks or patches on the body; and the roan, either dark – in which
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The head is of moderate size, with a convex profile and a long, broad, and strong muzzle suitable for carrying game; the eyes are brown, the ears are rounded and set on high, and hang close to the head. Where not prohibited, the tail of a working dog may be
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in 1954. In 2013 it was in twenty-second place on a list of the most-registered dog breeds world-wide. In the fifteen years from 2007 to 2021, the annual number of new registrations in
Germany averaged about
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and reached the princely houses of the German-speaking world, where at first they were used in bird-hunting with nets or falcons, and later by huntsmen with guns. Bird dogs were also brought from
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of 1751, describes these as taller and stronger than the local type. In the nineteenth century large numbers of dogs of
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in 1879; standards for both the
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In addition to hunting and field trials, German
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Rollston, Christopher A. "A Brief
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461:. German Shorthaired Pointers are also used in law enforcement for
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The German Shorthaired Pointer is of medium size: dogs stand some
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for German dogs would be established at the show to be held in
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593:(in German). Augspurg: Bey Johann Jacob Lotter sel. Erben.
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290:The Kurzhaar was definitively accepted by the
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1429:Westphalian Dachsbracke
1414:Bavarian Mountain Hound
1203:American Cocker Spaniel
831:Club, American Kennel.
587:Carl von Heppe (1751).
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376:coccygeal muscle injury
261:In 1878, at the annual
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372:neurological diseases
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1396:Dogs originating in
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1286:Cantabrian Water Dog
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962:Blue Picardy Spaniel
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312:American Kennel Club
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1487:Small Münsterländer
1472:Large Münsterländer
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1350:Old Spanish Pointer
1291:Irish Water Spaniel
1112:Small Münsterländer
1102:Saint-Usuge Spaniel
1062:Large Münsterländer
1012:Drentse Patrijshond
564:Hans Räber (1995).
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220:Old Spanish Pointer
16:German breed of dog
1657:Standard Schnauzer
1571:Miniature Pinscher
1180:Labrador Retriever
1092:Portuguese Pointer
1082:Perdigueiro Galego
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