German Shorthaired Pointer | Breed Profile
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many of the details surrounding the
German Shorthaired Pointers origin may
have been lost a time
but early versions of the breed had been
traced back to the 17th century credited
with focusing the brits development in
the 1800s Germany’s Prince Albrecht
ozu’s ohms prone fells encouraged
breeders to cultivate the breeds
functionality as a hunting companion
breeding for function diversified the
dogs skill set and developed its
superior capabilities as a pointer
Retriever tracker and athlete in 1925
dr. Charles R Thornton imported the
first known German Shorthaired Pointer
into the United States from Austria and
bred the dog at his Montana kennel
within five years the breed was
officially recognized in the u.s. crime
novelist Robert B Parker’s popular
Spenser series follows a Boston
detective who owns three separate German
Shorthaired Pointers named pearl an
example art imitating life
Parker’s inspiration to a glute pearl
and his novels came from his own German
Shorthaired Pointer also named pearl
when hunting a gspie will fold out one
of his front legs and use his nose to
point directly toward a bird this stance
then reveals the location of the bird to
the hunter a German Shorthaired Pointer
can be trained to use his nose in many
disciplines including fieldwork search
and rescue and tracking an article
search he excels in other events as well
such as obedience and agility
wenting is an instinctual behavior for
the GSP so it’s not uncommon to see a
puppy that has never been hunting
attempt the pointing stance with webbed
paws and water-resistant coats these
dogs are excellent swimmers
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the German Shorthaired Pointer is an
intelligent and friendly though Advent
loves work and activity his stable
temperament and can-do attitude make him
a great candidate as a pet for active
families and he bond strongly to his
family and his tolerant of other dogs
and people he enjoys a hard day’s work
and daily exercise is necessary for this
breed to curb potential behavior issues
he should never appear nervous shy or
fearful common health issues include von
Willebrand’s disease
lymphedema entropion bloat epilepsy and
hip dysplasia
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