Weimaraner - standard
Weimaraner - FCI model:
THE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Germany
The date of the publication of the valid standard: 27 th February 1990.
THE PURPOSE: a versatile hunting dog, a pointing dog.
THE FCI CLASSIFICATION:
Group 7: Pointers
Section 1.1: Continental type
A dog being subject to tests at work
A little bit of history ...
The ancestors of Weimaraners are St.Louis dogs coming from France, which stayed at the French royal court until the mid XV century. It was in 1631 that A. van Dyck painted Prince Rupert Pfalz with a silver dog with a white spot on the chest and a long tail by his side, which resembles a contemporary Weimar Pointer by the size and the type. However, it does not mean that the race was already bred in the pure line at that time. In the seventeenth century, there was established a kennel of grey dogs at the manor house of the Dukes of Weimar, where one achieved, through the rigorous selection, the silver-grey colour resembling the one of the today's Weimar Pointers. (At the end of the eighteenth century, the Prince Saschsen-Weimar , Charles August crossbred the German short-haired pointer with the English pointer. In the result, a silver-grey dog came into the world, which later became the founder of the line of Weimar pointers). The first Weimar Pointers appeared on the exhibition in Berlin in 1880. There were presented 14 dogs at that time. The end of the kennel in Weimar was caused by the World War I. The war turmoil swept kennels of Weimar Pointers from Europe. New kennels appeared only during the World War II in the U.S.A. and the UK, and in the mid-twentieth century also in Australia and Europe.
GENERAL APPEARANCE:
Medium to large size hunting dog. The body building is typical for working dogs, with beautiful shapes, dry and muscular. Distinct features of the sex.
IMPORTANT PROPORTIONS:
The length of the body to the height at the withers: 12 to 11. Proportions of the head: the viscerocranium is a bit longer than the brain box (measured from stop to occiput)
Front legs: the distance from the elbow to the middle of the metacarpus is about equal to the distance from the elbow to the withers.
THE CHARACTER:
A versatile and balanced hunting dog with a great passion, easy to train. Persevering in the systematic searching in a field, but not excessively impetuous. Very good smell. The dog is snappish towards predators and other animals, a very good watchdog, but it does not demonstrate excessive aggression. Reliable in fields and in water. The dog is demonstrating the tendency to work after the shot.
THE HEAD
THE BRAIN BOX:
In the harmony with the size of the body and the viscerocranium, broader by males than by females, however, kept in good proportions between the width of the brain box and the length of the entire head by both genders. There is a forehead furrow. The occipital protuberance is slightly or moderately developed. Zygomatic arches well developed.
The stop: extremely slight.
THE VISCEROCRANIUM:
The nose: large, protruding over the mandible, dark-flesh-coloured merging gradually into grey.
The snout: long and strong, especially by males, appearing almost angular. The mandible and the jaw equally strong. The upper part of the nose is straight, often slightly convex, never concave.
The upper lips: not very generous, dark-flesh-coloured from the inside (as well as the palate) Poorly marked corners of lips.
Teeth: The jaw and the mandible are strong, teeth complete, regular and strong. Scissor bite.
Cheeks: Muscular, well-marked. Definitely dry head.
Eyes: Colours: from bright to dark-amber, with an intelligent expression. Blue by puppies. Round, settled lightly at the angle. The eyelids well fitting.
Ears: Flat, broad and relatively long, reaching more or less the corner of lips. Settled high and narrowly, rounded at the ends, folded. When the dog is vigilant and is listening, they are turned slightly ahead.
