Breeding commenced just over a century ago with a cross between the English Pointer and a German standard pudel, and was cemented after further crosses to pointers.
The resulting harsh coated dogs have been strictly bred for all round performance in the field.
The Pudel Pointer was developed to be an upland bird dog, tracker of fur and feather and reliable retriever from land, pond and marsh.
In particular the Pudel Pointer should be a friendly, happy companion and family dog with sensible watchdog attributes.
A spirited but moderate ranging dog, the Pudel Pointer is, despite it’s intensity and speed, an easily trained and cooperative field dog that has the appearance of a heavy type of pointer.
Head is of moderate width and length with an obvious stop, that is break in the planes between skull and muzzle. The muzzle is long and broad with large high set nostrils. Eyes are large, round and colour is yellow brown to green brown (bird of prey). Ears are medium size and held flat to skull.
Back is short and straight, rump long. Chest is strong and deep, flank tucked up, loins short and strong.
Tail is docked by 1/3 and should cover the genitals.
Coat is harsh, wiry and dense. There is some variation from an almost smooth coated dog to one with a longer woolly coast. It is important that the eyebrows are shaggy and the muzzle is whiskered.
Colour is a dark liver brown to a light leaf brown, or black. A little white on chest and paws allowed.
Height: 60 - 65cm. Minimum allowable height for dogs is 56cm, bitches 54cm.
Updated 17th Oct 2002
