German Shorthair Pointer´s standard


F.C.I. STANDARD Nr. 119/D            Copyright © by Michael Hammerer15.06.2002

Origin:	Germany
Original standars's date of publication:	Oktober 25th,2000
Use:	versatile Pointer
Classification	Group 7 Pointer Section 1 continental Pointers, type "Braque". With work-examination

Short historical summary:

The history of German Short Hair Pointer starts with those dogs, established at the net chase for birds, primarily into this on Mediterranean countries, and at the "Beiz"-hunting. Via France, Spain and Flanders the pointers came to it German royal courts. The most important quality of these dogs was their in front of standing performance. They became even more prominent after the first double shotgun (1750) was manufactured. Flying game was shot in the "flight" in front of the dog. This was the beginning of the transition of a pure pointer to the versatile hunting use dog.

Since 1897 the "studbook German-Shorthair" has been published as a decisive basement for structure and development of the breed. It was prince Albrecht zu Solms-Braunfels who has introduced breed-characteristics, body shape judgementrules and finally even simple examination rules. today the German-shorthair is running through a filter of well-selected breed- and examination order.

The standard defines how the versatile hunting use dog German-Shorthair has to be obtained. This enables him to meet all hunting requests until his high age.

General phenotype
noble, harmonic dog, whose physique ensures power, staying power and speed. Straight posture, fluent outlines, dry head, well-carried tail, tight, shiny fur and harmonic movement are underlining his nobility.

Important proportions
The length of the trunk should slightly surpass the height of the Widerrist.

Behave / Character
Strong, balanced, reliable, checked temperament, neither nervous, shy, nor aggressive.
Head
Dry, clearly defined, neither too light nor too heavy, in strength and length according to the body shape and sex.
Upper part of the head/ skull 
Wide enough, flat bent skull, feint distinctive prickle at the back of the head, groove at the front of the head not too deep, recognizable developed eyebrow-bow.
Stop
only moderate developed.
Face skull
Nose-sponge 
A little projecting. Nose opening wide and mobile enough. In principle brown, at black dogs but also at black mould dogs. Only on a white ground color a flesh-colored or speckled nose is allowed.
Catch 
Long, wide and strong to make caring the game easier for the dog. The bridge of the nose shows, seen from the side, a slight curvature in all upper ways from a noble formed "Rams-nose" to a slight hill over the straight line, more developed at a male. A straight line at the bridge of the nose is allowed but less attractive. A bent (concave) bridge of the nose is a hard defect.
Chaps 
Enclosed, not too much overhanging, well-pigmented. They are almost falling vertically from the nose to the seperation point, are going in a flat bend to a moderate developed corner of the chaps.
Jaw/dentures
Teeth, strong jaw with a perfect, regular and complete scissors-dentures, in which the upper row of incisors should grip into the lower one without a gap and the teeth staying vertically in the dentures; with 42 healthy teeth in accordance with the formula of teeth.
Cheeks 
Strong, well-muscled
Eyes 
Medium sized, neither emerging nor deep-seated. The ideal color is dark brown. The eyelids are well gut enclosed.
Hanging 
Moderate long, set high and wide , smooth and without any turning, closely hanging at the head, below blunt rounded. Neither too fleshy nor too fine. It should end if put to the front, at the corner of the cheeks.
Neck 
Neck in harmony to the overall picture, getting wider to the trunk. Neck very muscular and slightly bent. Smooth enclosed to the skin at the thought.

Body

Upper Profile-line 
Straight and slightly going down.
"Widerrist" 
considerably.
Back 
Strong, well-musculated. The awl-residue should be hidden by the musculature.
Loins 
Short, wide, muscular, straight or slightly bent, transition from the back to the loins tight and well-closed.
Croup 
Wide and long enough, not too short beaten off and to the tail more and more going down, well-musculated.
Breast 
More deep than wide with well-developed Front breast and if possible with far to the back reaching breastbone. Breastbone and elbow joint shall be in the same height. Rips well-rounded, neither flat nor barrel-shaped, rips at the end well down going.
below profile line and stomach 
In an elegant bend slightly pulled up going to the back end, dry.
Tail 
Set in high, strong in rudiment, rejuvenating, medium length. For the Pointer cutted about the half. When quiet hanging down and in movement horizontal and not too high over the back line or carried hard bent. (In countries where the legislator has introduced a prohibition to cut tails, the tail can be left in the natural way. It should reach until the ankle joint and be carried straight or slightly saber formal).

Limbs
Front hand
Common things 
Seen from the front straight and parallel, seen from the side well staying under the body.
Shoulder 
Sloping and backwards flat enclosed shoulder blade. Strong and dry musculature. well-twisty between shoulder blade and upper arm.
Upper arm 
If possible long, well and dry musculated.
elbow 
Enclosed to the body, but not pressed, neither outturned nor in turned, set far backwards. Good angel between upper arm and forearm.
Forearm 
Straight, well musculated. Strong, not rough bones.
Forefoot-root-joint
Strong.
Front 
Minimal Angel between Forearm and fore-middle-foot, never staying steep.
Forepaw 
Round till spoon-form, with narrow-together laying, enough bent toes. Strong toe claw. Tough, resistible bales. They are going parallel, when staying and in movement neither ingoing nor outgoing.
Hindquarters
Common things 
Seen from the front straight and parallel. Well angled. Strong boned.
thigh 
Long, wide and muscular. Well angled between hip and thigh.
Knee 
Strong, well angled between thigh and lower leg.
Lower leg 
Long, muscular and wiry. Well angled between lower leg and back-middle-foot.
ankle joint 
Strong
Back-middle-foot 
Vertical staying and strong.
Back paw 
Round till spoon form with close together laying, enough bent toes. Strong toe claw. Strong and resistant bale. They are going parallel, when staying or in movement neither ingoing nor outgoing.
Walk 
Room gripping with much push and appropriate precedence, in forehand and backhand straight and parallel; but also well lifted posture.
Skin 
Smooth enclosed without fold development
Hair
Short and thick, should be tough and hard. It should be shorter at the head and at the hanging, at the underside of the tail not longer. It should cover the whole body.
Color 
a) Brown, without badge.
b) Brown , with little white or speckled badges at breast and legs.
c) Dark brown mould with brown head and brown puncture or spots. The ground color of a dog colored like that is not white with brown or brown with white, but the hair shows a so intimate mix with brown and white that there arises the typical unobtrusive and for the hunter dog so valuable outer appearance. At the inside of the backlegs and at the underside of the tail the color is considerably lighter.
d) Light brown mould with brown head, brown badges and spots or without badges. At this color there are only a small minority of brown hairs, the white hairs prevail.
e) White with brown head markings, brown badges or spots.
f) Black color in the same nuances like the brown and brown mould color. 
g) Yellow fire is allowed.
h) Blaze, and spotted chaps are allowed.

Size
Height of the "Widerrist" 
males: 62 to 66 cm
females: 58 to 63 cm

Defects 
Every difference from the named points has to be recognized as a defect, whose assessment should be in exact relations to the degree of the difference.
- Defects in raising, defects in sextype.
- Too short catch.
- To hard or too little chaps.
- Missing of 2 teeth(P1 and M3), that means from the altogether 4 P1 and 2 M3 at most 2 are allowed to be missing.
- Too light eye. light yellow bird of prey eyes.
- Too long, too short, to heavy, too narrow setor turned hanging.
- Loose throat skin.
- slight carp-back.
- Too short croup.
- Too deep breast.
- Tail too high, carried over the back line or hard bent. - Out- or in turned elbows. toe narrow or toe wide, floor narrow or floor wide.
- steep backhand.
- slight barrel boning, "Kuhhessigkeit" or "Enghessigkeit".

Hard defects
- Clumsy, lymphatic big-boned physique.
- distinctive stop
- Flesh colored or spotted nose (apart from white ground color).
- Sharp catch. Concave bridge of the nose.
- Tongs dentures and also particular tongs.
(At dogs over the age of 4 years tongs caused by the age does not have any influence on the judgment if a German-Shorthair Club confirms that correct dentures were assessed on a show in the past.)
- Considerably carp-back. Slightly lower back.
- Substantially missing breast depth. Too flat or ton- formed thorax.
- Strong in-, or outturned elbow joint.
- Soft, too much overstretched Front-food-root.
- Steep standing Front-middle-food.
- Hard "kuhhessig" or hard "faßbeinig",as well while standing as when moving.
- Overbuilt hindquarters.
- Unnatural toes.
- Flat paws
- Clumsy walk-work.
- Deviation of more than 2 cm from the mentioned height of the "Widerrist".

Exclusive defects
- Coarse deviation from the type of sex.
- More than 2 from the 4 P1 and 2 M3 are missed.
- Missing of one tooth or more teeth( except P1 and M3).
- Not visible teeth are valid as missing teeth if a German-Shorthair Club confirms that their existence was noticed on a show in the past.)
- Fore or back bite, Cross bite as well as all transitions. - Further or more teeth out of the row of teeth.
- Gap in the jaw or in the chaps.
- Very loose eyelid Ektropium, Entropies, Distichiasis (double row of eyelash).
- Very much lower back. curvature of the spinal column.
- Deformed thorax, e.g. "Lower Breast".
- Claws or toes of the wolf.
- Each kind of weakness in the nature.

N.B.: Studs do have to have two obviously normal developed testicles, which are completely in the scrotum.