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1.1 Braque, Continental Pointing Breeds
BRACCO ITALIANO
BRAQUE D'ARIÉGE
BRAQUE D'AUVERGNE
BRAQUE DU BOURBONNAIS
BRAQUE DUPUIS
BRAQUE SAINT-GERMAIN
BRAQUES FRANCAIS DE GRANDE TAILLE
BRAQUES FRANCAIS DE PETITE TAILLE
G. BROKEN COATED POINTER
G. SHORTHAIRED POINTER
G. WIREHAIRED POINTER
HUNGARIAN VIZSLA (Shorthaired)
HUNGARIAN VIZSLA (Wirehaired)
OLD DANISH BIRD DOG
PERDIGUEIRO PORTUGUÊS
PERDIGUERO DE BURGOS
PERDIGUERO NAVARRO
PUDELPOINTER
SLOVAK WIREHAIRED POINTER
WEIMARANER
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  • Group 7/Section 1: CONTINENTAL POINTING DOGS: Braque
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    BRACCO ITALIANO
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    aka Italian Pointer
    ITALY: 55-88 lbs. 22"-26" Coat is short, dense, fine and glossy. Color possibilties include white; white/orange; white/chestnut; orange roan; and, chestnut roan.
    FCI/202


    ENCI: Italian Pointer

    Lucia Delor sent in the photo of Orso di Montetricorno, a Bracco Italiano. She says he is an excellent hunter and now European Champion, in 2000.

    BRAQUE D'ARIÉGE
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    aka Braque de l'Ariége, Braque de Toulouse, Ariége Pointer
    FCI/177
    FRANCE: 55-65 lbs. 23"-27" Coat is short and fine. Color is white with orange or chestnut spots; ticking likely.


    BRAQUE D'AUVERGNE
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    aka Bleu d'Auvergne, Auvergne Pointer
    FRANCE: 50-62 lbs. 22"-25" Coat is short, not too fine, never hard, glossy. The two coat color possibilities are a "light coat" - white with black markings and specks/roaning; "Dark" - aka "charcoal" produced by the mixing of white and, more abundant, black/blue markings, specking, and roaning; per the standard.
    FCI/180

    Braque D'Auvergne Page
    Jeff Bradach


    BRAQUE DU BOURBONNAIS
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    aka Bourbonnais Pointer
    FRANCE: 40-57 lbs. 22" Coat is short and hard. Coloring is white with liver, brown, or orange roaning, distributed generously throughout the body. Limited solid patches.
    FCI/179

    Photo at Jeff Bradach's Pointing Dogs Page

    Hunting with the Braque du Bourbonnais
    by Ed Mitchell at the Idaho Afield Website
    Originally published in Gun Dog magazine; June/July, 1993 issue; pages 62-64


    BRAQUE DUPUIS
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    aka Dupuis Pointer, Dupuy Pointer
    FRANCE: 49-62 lbs. 25"-27" Coat is short, fine and smooth. Background color of white with large dark brown markings (preferably a saddle or mantle), with or without flecking, with or without mottling, except on the legs, where one or both are always apparent.
    FCI/178


    BRAQUE SAINT-GERMAIN
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    aka Saint-Germain Pointer, Compiègne Pointer
    FRANCE: 40-57 lbs. 20"-24" Coat is short, thick, but never hard. Color is white, with orange spots, with or without orange ticking.
    FCI/115


    BRAQUES FRANCAIS, DE GRANDE TAILLE
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    aka Large French Pointer; French Pointer, Pyrenean Type
    FRANCE: 45-71 lbs. 22"-27" Coat is short, thick and dense. Color is white with chestnut markings; with or without ticking.
    FCI/133


    BRAQUES FRANCAIS, DE PETITE TAILLE
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    aka Small French Pointer; French Pointer, Gascogne Type
    FRANCE: 37-55 lbs. 19"-23" Coat is short and rather thick. Colors are either brown (chestnut); brown and white; brown and white with abundant ticking; or brown marked with fawn.
    FCI/134


    GERMAN BROKEN COATED POINTER
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    aka Stichelhaar, Deutscher Stichelhaariger Vorstehhund, German Roughhaired Pointer
    GERMANY: 44 lbs. 22"-26" Coat is medium-short, hard, bristly, and close. Color is brown and white, spotted or with roaning.
    FCI/232


    GERMAN SHORTHAIRED POINTER
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    aka Kurzhaar, Deutscher Kurzhaariger Vorstehhund
    GERMANY: 55-70 lbs. 23"-25" Coat is short, thick, and hard. Colors possibilities include solid brown; brown with white; dark brown roan; light brown roan; white with brown head markings, brown patches or specks; or black colour in the same variations as the brown.
    FCI/119, AKC, UKC, KC, CKC, ANKC

    Deutsch Kurzhaar Verband ev (German Shorthaired Association - German Only)

    German Shorthaired Pointer Page
    Rick Petersen & Katie

    German Shorthaired Pointer Club of America
    and GSPCA Rescue

    German Shorthaired Pointer Rescue UK

    GSP News Homepage

    German Shorthaired Pointers in New Zealand
    Chris Lander


    GERMAN WIREHAIRED POINTER
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    aka Drahthaar, Deutscher Drahthaariger Vorstehhund
    GERMANY: 60-70 lbs. 24"-26" Coat is wiry, hard, close-fitting and tight, with a thick water resistant undercoat. Color possibilties are brown roan, black roan, with or without patches; brown with or without white spot at the chest.
    FCI/98, AKC, UKC, KCGB, CKC

    Verein Deutsch-Drahthaar (VDD - German Only)

    German Wirehaired Pointers
    James E. Baldiga

    German Wirehaired Pointer Club of America
    with Rescue Information

    Drahthaar Central
    Todd Hedenstrom

    Deutsch Drahthaar including "The Falconer's Dog", an article by Diana Durman-Waltersan
    Michael Grant


    HUNGARIAN VIZSLA - SHORTHAIRED
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    aka Rovidszoru Magyar Vizsla, Hungarian Pointer
    HUNGARY: 49-62 lbs. 22"-24" Shorthaired coat is smooth, dense and close lying. Color possibilities are varying shades of solid golden rust to sandy yellow.
    FCI/57, AKC, UKC, KC, CKC, ANKC

    Vizsla Encyclopedia
    with Vizsla Rescue Page
    Kay Ingle & Patty Mead

    Hungarian Vizsla Society UK

    Vizsla Newzsletter Pages (NZ)
    Jenny and Steve Peacocke

    Vizsla Club of America
    with Rescue Program Information

    Planet Vizsla @ Praxis Park

    Vizsla.Org Database (US)
    John Parliament


    HUNGARIAN VIZSLA - WIREHAIRED
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    aka Drótszörü Magyar Vizsla, Hungarian Wirehaired Pointer
    HUNGARY: 49-62 lbs. 22"-24" Coat is coarse and bristly, with beard and brows. Color possibilities are varying shades of solid golden rust to sandy yellow.
    FCI/239, CKC

    Wirehaired Vizsla Club of America with Rescue Information

    Vizsla Canada (National Breed Club)
    Short & Wirehaired

    NOTE: This is one of several breed club sites that I have encountered with breeder listings. While it is contrary to standard DI practice to include sites with advertisements of this nature, I have made the exception to include this site, because they are the parent club in Canada and their site features a good deal of informational material on the breed.

    OLD DANISH BIRD DOG
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    aka Old Danish Pointer, Gammel Dansk Honsehund
    DENMARK: 40-53 lbs. 20"-23" Coat is short, thick and close. Coloring is liver/white; with limited ticking.
    FCI/281


    PERDIGUEIRO PORTUGUÊS
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    aka Portuguese Pointer
    PORTUGAL: 35-60 lbs. 20"-22" Coat is short, smooth and close. Coloring is various shades of yellow or chestnut; with or without white patterns, per the standard.
    FCI/18

    Associação do Perdigueiro Português
    Rua 25 de Abril, Casal Novo do Rio, 3140-202 MONTEMOR-O-VELHO
    Tel: 239 689 946 / 919 257 804

    N/A 5/27/2003 Perdigueiro Português
    (Portuguese/English/French Available)
    Jorge Rodrigues


    PERDIGUERO DE BURGOS
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    aka Perdiguero Burgales, Spanish Pointer
    SPAIN: 55-66 lbs. 20"-24" Coat is short and fine. Color is liver and white; usually, with heavy ticking.
    FCI/90

    Photo #1

    Photo #2


    PERDIGUERO NAVARRO
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    aka Old Spanish Pointer, Navarro Pointer, Pachon de Vitoria
    SPAIN: 55-66 lbs. 20"-24" Coat can be short or long. Coloring is orange or liver/white against a white background with ticking.


    PUDELPOINTER
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    aka Poodle Pointer
    GERMANY: 55-70 lbs. 24"-26" Coat is medium-short, dense, hard and close; with a woolly, fine undercoat and limited furnishings. Colors are chestnut to dead leaf; deep liver to autumn leaf; and, occasionally black. Limited white, as per the standard, allowed.
    FCI/216, CKC

    Verein Pudelpointer e.v. (German Only)

    Pudelpointer . . . Whatziss?
    George R. Spangler

    Photo at Jeff Bradach's Pointer Website


    SLOVAK WIREHAIRED POINTER
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    aka Slovakian Wirehaired Pointer, Slovensky Hrubosrsty Stavac
    SLOVAKIA: 55-77 lbs. 22"-27" Coat is hard, straight, and close; with a dense, woolly, undercoat. Coloring is shadings of silver, roe or mouse grey, similar to the Weimaraner.
    FCI/320

    Slovak Wirehaired Pointer, Anatol Vasiljev, Delft, NL


    WEIMARANER
    Long & Shorthaired
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    aka Weimaraner Vorstehund
    GERMANY: 70-85 lbs. 23"-28" Shorthaired's coat is short, fine and hard; with or without minimal undercoat. Longhaired's is 1"-2", soft topcoat, which is smooth or slightly wavy, with fringing; and, with or without undercoat. Coloring is shades of solid light grey such as silver, roe, or mouse.
    FCI/99, AKC, UKC, KC, CKC, ANKC

    Weimaraner Klub e.V.
    Germany

    Weimaraner Club of America with
    The Longhaired Weimaraner by
    Deborah Andrews
    and the WCA Rescue Website

    Weimaraner Home Page
    Jeremy S. Friedberg

    Weimaraner.Com and
    Longhaired/Coat Information Page
    Virginia Alexander & Jackie Isabell

    Baika's Page with a Longhaired Weimaraner FAQ, etc.


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