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Old Danish Pointer
Just as great, but smaller
Original name: Gammel Dansk Hønsehund
Type: Braccoid
Male size: 21¼-23½ inches
Male weight: 66-77 lbs
Female size: 19¾-22 inches
Female weight: 57½-68½ lbs
Degree of grooming
7
Pointing Dogs
FCI
Countries of origin Denmark
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It’s easy to tell apart male and female Old Danish Pointers. The former are powerful and solidly built, the latter lighter, livelier and more impulsive.
Old Danish Pointers are members of a calm breed of steady character, with plenty of determination and courage. These medium-sized, rectangular dogs are strongly built.
Old Danish Pointer In a few words :
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Head
Short, broad, without pronounced stop, with prominent occiput, clearly visible from all angles.
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Body
Well defined withers, firm, very muscular back, short, broad, muscular, well coupled loins, broad, not too short croup, sloping slightly to the base of the tail.
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Coat
White with brown markings, some large patches or lots of small brown specks.
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Ears
Set rather low, broad, slightly rounded at the tips.
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Tail
Medium length, reaching almost to the hock, carried hanging.
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Hair
Short, dense, somewhat hard to the touch.
The origins of the breed can be traced back to around 1710, when a man by the name of Morten Bak in northern Jutland crossed gypsy dogs with local farm dogs for eight successive generations. The piebald white and brown breed he created – a versatile bird dog – was named after him, but nowadays it is known as the Old Danish Pointer.
