Talk:German Shorthaired Pointer

Unencyclopedic

This article, particularly the section on temperament, is extremely unencyclopedic. I removed the most extreme, eyeroll-inducing example, "Even when these dogs are elderly they still act like puppies!". Can someone re-write the article? Many citations are done incorrectly as well. 67.142.130.19 (talk) 00:56, 25 May 2009 (UTC) !!!

Presentations

Someone removed all the presentations and added a very unencyclopedic picture of two dogs (although cute) with christmas ornaments. Thanks to whoever fixed that. Whoever has done this change has also COMPLETELY removed the rest of the presentations. Can someone please fix that?--Spincrus (talk) 05:33, 19 October 2009 (UTC)

Lead rewrite

The current lead is not general--it's mostly about specific details, such as eye color and where to dock the tail. I suggest a complete lead rewrite in order to fit WP:LEAD
--Oeoi (talk) 23:44, 2 January 2016 (UTC)

German Shorthaired Pointer

The opening section of the article on German Shorthaired Pointers (GSP) should be expanded to include the German Registry and its name and qualifications for the Deutsch Kurzhaar (DK) breed. A citation that would simplify the expansion could be the North American Deutsch Kurzhaar Club, http://www.nadkc.org/index.html Basically, GSPs originated with DKs that were imported into the United States and eventually recognized by the American Kennel Club as 'pointers.' In fact, DKs are not truly pointers, but instead and unlike English Pointers, are 'versatile hunting dogs,' that retrieve on land and water, track scent and blood trails and pursue vermin, in addition to their naturally tendency to point at any game. The difference between GSP and DK lies with the registration programs - AKC in the US and Canada and the German hunting federation (FCI) and its DKV (DK breed club) which controls the registration of DKs. All true DKs are registered in the German program, which has strict breeding qualifications for brood bitches as well as for stud dogs. For example, to qualify for breeding, a dog must pass at least one advanced hunting test, be adjudged "good" coat and conformation (cannot have faults such as bad bite, gun shyness, incorrect size, poor conformation) and must have hip X-rays submitted to the German registry and been approved "Hip Dysplasia Free" as evaluated by the DKV (x-ray sent to Germany). Another odd difference between AKC GSPs and DKs is that, although DKs were recognized in Germany 100+ years before the AKC recognized the breed and DKs can be black and white, as well as liver and white, the AKC does not recognize black and white GSPs for shows and trials.

The above post was placed on the Project Dogs page, probably by accident, copied to here. Regards, William Harris • WikiProject Dogs • talk • 19:58, 18 February 2016 (UTC)

References

I've done a bit of cleaning up of this page. I'm thinking of trying to doing a bit more to it, including adding some proper independent reliable sources, expanding the text and editing for neutral encyclopaedic tone. If I were to do so I would change the reference format to the list-defined system – references defined in the reference section, not in the text – and to hand-written refs (without cite templates). I'll probably do that in a day or two if no-one minds, but will of course leave well alone if there's any objection. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 20:09, 28 June 2024 (UTC)