The Weimaraner

BREED STANDARD

The Weimaraner or the Weimaraner Standing Dog is one of Germany’s oldest known dog breeds.
According to the French, they are the cradle of the breed, and only when the breeding in France fell into decline was taken over by the German court of Weimar. We assume that the breed was carefully developed by noble patrons at Weimar’s court. There he was used as an all-round hunting dog and guarded fearfully. So you could not simply get a dog there. This was reserved for good owners so people who were going to use this dog in practice otherwise you did not get one.

Today, it is still the case with many breeders in Germany that you cannot buy Weimaraner without hunting deeds, so they want to keep the Weimaraner’s hunting instinct well and do not make it a normal household dog. This does not mean that the Weimaraner is not a good household dog. If he gets enough movement and mental challenge (through hunting training or agility) it is a very calm dog at home.

A brief summary

INCREDIBLY INTELLIGENT DOG

The Weimaraner, with its short, dense, mouse to silver-gray coat, is a dog who needs an obedience training early in order not to become a nasty dog. It is an incredibly intelligent dog that is highly sensitive to reward with voice and sweets. A well-trained Weimaraner is a very good and reliable hunting dog. It is a dog who needs a long walk every day, where he runs loose. But you’re not there yet. As mentioned earlier, they also need mental challenges. Obedience, hunting and agility courses are therefore spent on a Weimaraner. It is good for the relationship between you and your Weimaraner to do things together.

Nowadays they are used in police work, search and rescue actions, tracking and in agility sports. And of course in the hunt; fieldwork, play fetch and sweat work. We breed with a crossing of English, German and American lines, that is, the dogs ask for a clear guidance. The dogs find it great if they can work for you, do assignments, agility is just as good as hunting training. But for a Weimaraner the last is ideal. The dogs we breed are real hunting dogs with a well-developed hunt instinct, that is, you need to train them early on and so that they keep returning to you and leaving wildlife alone (e.g. ducks in the ditch).

Basics

BREED STANDARD

TRANSLATION: C. Seidler / Official language : DE.
ORIGIN: Germany.
DATE OF PUBLICATION OF THE OFFICIAL VALID
STANDARD: 19.03.2015.
UTILIZATION: According to his the hunting purpose as a versatile hunting dog, the Weimaraner must possess all the talents required of him, and be able to be used for all works in the field, wood, and water, in a performance oriented manner, before and after the shot.
FCI-CLASSIFICATION:

• Group 7 Pointing Dogs.
• Section 1.1 Continental Pointing Dogs, Type “Braque”.
• With working trial.

GENERAL APPEARANCE: Medium to a large size hunting dog. Functional working type, pleasing in shape, sinewy and very muscular. The difference in type between dogs and bitches easily distinguished.

IMPORTANT PROPORTIONS: Length of the body to the height at withers approximately 12:11. Proportions of the head; from the tip of nose to stop slightly longer than from stop to occiput. Forequarter distance from elbow to mid-pastern and distance from elbow to point of withers about equal.

BEHAVIOR / TEMPERAMENT: Versatile, easily trained steady and passionate hunting dog. Persevering in systematic search, yet not too lively. Remarkable ability to pick up the scent. Ready to seize the game and other prey; he is a good watchdog, without aggressiveness, however. Reliable pointing dog and worker in water. Remarkable inclination to work after the shot.

Faults

BREED STANDARD

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 and its ability to perform its traditional work.

SEVERE FAULTS:
• Widely spread woolly coat in the shorthaired variety.
• Extremely curly or sparse feathering in the longhaired variety.
• White markings except on chest and toes.
• Ears: Feathering extremely short or long, not turned.
• Back: Severe sway or roach back. Definitely overbuilt at croup.
• Particularly pronounced dewlap.
• Definitive bow or cow hocks.
• Poor angulation definitely turned outward turned elbows. Open paws.

DISQUALIFYING FAULTS:
• Aggressive or overly shy.
• Any dog clearly showing physical or behavioral abnormalities shall be disqualified.
• A significant deviation in type, untypical for sex.
• Serious deviation in the proportions.
• Size more than 2 cm outside the standard.
• Absolutely untypical, above lumbering or weak.
• Absolute disproportionate.
• Extremely impaired when walking.
• Skin malformations and defects.
• Partial or total hair loss.
• Lack of feathering on belly or ears.
• Deviations from grey tones, such as yellow or brownish, tan brand.
• Colour other than gray. Blue coloring.
• Foreface absolutely untypical.
• Facial region: Absolutely untypical i.e. distinctly concave nasal bridge. Muzzle too short, pointed, roman nose or with too short flews.
• Entropion, ectropion. Slight and one-sided lid defects.
• Jaw and teeth: Missing more than two PM1 or M3.
• Chest, belly: malformations; barrel chest; insufficient chest depth or length; definitely tucked up belly.
• Malformed legs.
• Other malformations.
• Excessively aggressive towards dogs or people, excessive fear.
• Clearly showing behavioral abnormalities

N.B.:
• Male animals should have two apparently normal testicles fully descended into the scrotum.
• Only functionally and clinically healthy dogs, with breed typical conformation, should be used for breeding. The latest amendments are in bold characters.