Key facts
- Other names
- Deutscher Kurzhaariger Vorstehhund Deutsch Kurzhaar Kurzhaar Kurzhaariger Deutscher Vorstehhund German Shorthaired Pointing Dog GSP
- Origin
- Germany
- Height
- Males
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- Commons category
- German Shorthaired Pointer
- Commons gallery
- Deutsch Kurzhaar
- catalog code
- 119
- litter size
- 8.3
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Encyclopedic overview
Dog (domestic dog)
The German Shorthaired Pointer or Deutsch Kurzhaar is a German breed of continental pointing dog of Braque type. It originated in the nineteenth century in what is now Germany. It is of medium size, and is an all-purpose gun dog suitable for hunting and retrieving on both land and water. It may also be kept as a companion dog.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “German Shorthaired Pointer” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.