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Langhariger Deutscher Vorstehhund

History

The German Longhaired Pointer (GLP) is considered to be the earliest of the German Pointers.Copperplate engravings and oilpaintings from the 16th century shows longhaired gundogs of wachteltype in diverse types of hunting situations, both bird- and big game hunting. They were relatively small dogs with brown fur, broad heads and docked tails. At that time one hade not yet begun to use the dogs pointing ability. During the 16th and 17th century this gundog developed into a large, sturdy dog with narrow and slow field work, hunting with GLP compared to todays hunting with spaniels. Eventually one started to glance at the Brittish pointing dogs and around 1850 one started to import Brittish pointing dogs, among others Gordon- and Irish setter. Impressed by their litheness and ground covering movements and to gain these traits one started to breed thees dogs to the GLP. Since no breeding plan existed this did not only result in a swifter dog but also in a chaos of types and colours that were named "The old German Marmelade with English Sauce". To structure the breeding one did once again turn to Brittain and decided to use the Brittish way to pure bred dogs. The first breeders association for GLP was formed in 1878 in Berghausen, Germany. The following year a big show took place in Hannover, Germany, and the breed standard for GLP, and also German Shorthaired Pointer (GSP), were estblished. A dog named Mylord-1 set the standard. At the start there were five lines of GLP´s, each from a certain progenitor-Job, Don, Roland, Kalkstein and Mylord - 1. One of these dogs, Kalkstein, brought the white/brown pattern to the breed. It is also worth mentioning that Mylord-1 were bred to a English Pointer bitch and so ancestered several fine GSP. At that time many black n´white GLP´s were to be found. They were considered undesirable. The brown n´white and the black n´white dogs were not to be mixed and the latter were registred separately in the book of pedigrees. This system existed as late as 1943. The black n´white dogs were the base for Large Münsterlander and it were recognised as a separate breed 1919. In the 1960th and 1970th GLP´s were bred to the Large Münsterlander. As a matter of curiosity one can mention that the roan colour of the Small Münsterlander is a result from that GLP´s were bred to Small Münsterlander in the 1920th.
In the early 1900 the GLP had developed to a large and heavy dog called "Deutsche Langsam/German Slow". Now one started a purposeful and planned breeding using middlesized dogs with good hunting skills. Also, once again, Gordon Setter was bred to the GLP. Fast progress were made and with the combination of the Brittish pointing dogs exellent field qualities and endurance, together with the inheritance of the German Pointing dogs; waterpassion, ability to retrieve, sturdy trailing and sharpness towards predators, one thought to have gained the ideal gundog.

GENERAL APPEARANCE Strong, muscular, low set, flowing lines. Small dogs must have plenty of substance. Too massive and thereby heavy dogs are not desired.
IMPORTANT PROPORTIONS
Muzzle and skull of equal length. Dog should not be overbuilt. Slightly higher at shoulder than rump,
BEHAVIOUR AND CHARACTER
Balanced, calm, controlled temperament, good natured, easily trained.

HEAD Special value must be attached to the beautiful longhaired head. Noble appearance, elongated.
Cranial Region:
Skull; slightly rounded. Stop; gently rising, not deep and sharp.
Facial Region * Noseleather; brown, slightly lighter spots permitted. Bridge of Nose; lightly arched, not too slender. Lips; not overlapping too much. Jaws; not too fine. Cheeks; cheekbones not to strong. Eyes; colour, brown, as dark as possible. Lids fitting close to eyeballs, without visible haw. Set neither too deep, nor protruding. Leathers; not set on too low, turned slightly forward. NECK Strong and noble. No dewlap. Getting stronger harmoniously towards the chest. Not too short.

BODY Back; Straight, firm, not too long. Loins; specially muscular. Rump; long, with moderate slope. Chest; Forechest present, ribcage broad and deep, reaching at least to elbows. Tail; carried not too steep.

Forequaters General; in normal stance, the shoulder-blade, upperarm, bones of forearm and of foot, seen from the front, should form an almost vertical line. Shoulders; close fitting. Seen from side, in repose, shoulderblade and upperarm should form approximately a right angle. Elbows; close fitting. Pasterns; Slightly sloping, not quite strait. Feet; pads coarse and strong.

Hindquaters
General; seen from behind, the hippbone, upper thigh, bones of lower thigh and of foot should form a vertical line. Hock; special values is attached to good angulation. Dowclaws: are to be removed at birth.
MOVEMENTS
Ground covering movements with good drive from hindquaters.
SKIN
Close fitting to body, no wrinkles.

COAT Hair; the greatest importance is attached to correct coat, neither excessive growth nor too short hair. On Back and Sides of Body; hair 3-5 cm, close fitting. On underside of neck, on chest and belly, coat may be longer. Belly; well coated Leathers; hair wavy and feathered. Tail; with good plume, coated to tip. Back of Front Legs; coated, feathered. Back of Hind Legs; coated, breeches. Below Hock; hair significantly shorter. Too much feathering is not desired. Dense short hair between toes. Head; Hair much shorter, but all the same, longer than a short haired dog, Topknot not desired. On Body; Hair is sleek, firm, smooth or slightly wavy, close fitting. Dense with good undercoat.

COLOUR Self coloured brown. b) Brown with white or spreckled markings (specially on chest and feet). c) Dark ticking (with large or smaller brown paches; brown head, possibly with white blaze, snip or star). d) Pale ticking (with large or smaller brown patches; brown head, possibly with white blaze, snip or star). e) Trout-ticking (many small brown spots on withe backgruond; brown head, possibly with white blaze, snip or star). f) Brown and white, either pure brown and white with very few small spots (large brown patches with saddle or blanket. Brown head, possibly with white blaze, snip or star). Occasionally fawn marking may occur as a very old thrown-back to the Hounds.

HEIGHT AND WEIGHT Dogs Ideal measurements: 63-66 cm (minimum measurement 60 cm, highest measurement 70 cm).
Bithes Ideal measurements: 63-66 cm (minimum measurement 60 cm, highest measurement 70 cm).
Weight average: 30 kg.

FAULTS Any departure from the foregoing points should be considered a fault and the seriousness with the fault should be regarded should be in exact propotion to its degree.
Eyes; pale hawk-eye, sianting position of eyes. Ears; incorrect carriage, leathery tips. Back; hollow back, roach back. Chest; barrel shaped or too narrow. Tail; curled or hooked tail. Forequaters; steep position. Hindquaters; cowhooked, bow legged. Feet; splayed feet, cat or hare feet. Texture of Coat; longer hair or beard; bushy eyebrows; curly coat.

DISQUALIFYING FAULTS General appearance *** dogs with insufficient bones. Head; dogs with heads diverging from breed type. Eyes; Ectropion (lids turned outwords). Entropion (lids turned inwards). Also eyelids which have been corrected.

Faults Any departure from the foregoing points should be considered a fault and the seriousness with which the fault should be regarded should be in exact proportion to its degree and its effect upon the health and welfare of the dog.

Note * Male animals should have two apparently normal testicles fully descended into the scrotum.