General Appearance
The German Wirehaired Pointer is a well muscled, medium sized dog of distinctive appearance. Balanced in size and sturdily built, the breed's most distinguishing characteristics are its weather resistant, wire-like coat and its facial furnishings. Typically Pointer in character and style, the German Wirehaired Pointer is an intelligent, energetic and determined hunter.

Size, Proportion, Substance

The height of males should be from 24 to 26 inches at the withers. Bitches are smaller but not under 22 inches. To insure the working quality of the breed is maintained, dogs that are either over or under the specified height must be severely penalized. The body is a little longer than it is high, as ten is to nine. The German Wirehaired Pointer is a versatile hunter built for agility and endurance in the field. Correct size and balance are essential to high performance.

Head

The head is moderately long. Eyes are brown, medium in size, oval in contour, bright and clear and overhung with medium length eyebrows. Yellow eyes are not desirable. The ears are rounded but not too broad and hang close to the head. The skull broad and the occipital bone not too prominent. The stop is medium. The muzzle is fairly long with nasal bone straight, broad and parallel to the top of the skull. The nose is dark brown with nostrils wide open. A spotted or flesh colored nose is to be penalized. The lips are a trifle pendulous but close to the jaw and bearded. The jaws are strong with a full complement of evenly set and properly intermeshing teeth. The incisors meet in a true scissors bite.

Neck, Topline, Body
The neck is of medium length, slightly arched and devoid of dewlap. The entire back line showing a perceptible slope down from withers to croup. The skin throughout is notably tight to the body. The chest is deep and capacious with ribs well sprung. The tuck-up apparent. The back is short, straight and strong. Loins are taut and slender. Hips are broad with the croup nicely rounded. The tail is set high, carried at or above the horizontal when the dog is alert. The tail is docked to approximately two-fifths of its original length.

Forequarters
The shoulders are well laid back. The forelegs are straight with elbows close. Leg bones are flat rather than round, and strong, but not so heavy or coarse as to militate against the dog's natural agility. Dewclaws are generally removed. Round in outline, the feet are webbed, high arched with toes close, pads thick and hard, and nails strong and quite heavy.

Hindquarters
The angulation of the hindquarters balances that of the forequarters. The thighs are strong and muscular. The hind legs are moderately angulated at the stifle and hock and, as viewed from behind, parallel to each other. Dewclaws are generally removed. Feet as in front.

Coat
The functional wiry coat is the breed's most distinctive feature. A dog must have a correct coat to be of correct type. The coat is weather resistant and, to some extent, water-repellent. The undercoat is dense enough in winter to insulate against the cold but is so thin in summer as to be almost invisible. The distinctive outer coat is straight, harsh, wiry and flat lying, and is from one to two inches in length. The outer coat is long enough to protect against the punishment of rough cover, but not so long as to hide the outline of the dog. On the lower legs the coat is shorter and between the toes it is of softer texture. On the skull the coat is naturally short and close fitting. Over the shoulders and around the tail it is very dense and heavy. The tail is nicely coated, particularly on the underside, but devoid of feather. Eyebrows are of strong, straight hair. Beard and whiskers are medium length. The hairs in the liver patches of a liver and white dog may be shorter than the white hairs. A short smooth coat, a soft woolly coat, or an excessively long coat is to be severely penalized. While maintaining a harsh, wiry texture, the puppy coat may be shorter than that of an adult coat. Coats may be neatly groomed to present a dog natural in appearance. Extreme and excessive grooming to present a dog artificial in appearance should be severely penalized.

Color
The coat is liver and white, usually either liver and white spotted, liver roan, liver and white spotted with ticking and roaning or solid liver. The head is liver, sometimes with a white blaze. The ears are liver. Any black in the coat is to be severely penalized.

Gait
The dog should be evaluated at a moderate gait. The movement is free and smooth with good reach in the forequarters and good driving power in the hindquarters. The topline should remain firm.

Temperament
Of sound, reliable temperament, the German Wirehaired Pointer is at times aloof but not unfriendly toward strangers; a loyal and affectionate companion who is eager to please and enthusiastic to learn.

Approved July 9, 1985
Reformatted May 14, 1989

German Wirehaired Pointer(德国刚毛指示犬)

[简介] 德国刚毛指示犬是一种肌肉发达，中等体型的狗，外貌与众不同。大小和谐且结构稳固，这个品种最主要的特征在于能抵御恶劣气候的，刚毛状的被毛和面部装饰。典型的指示犬风格，德国刚毛指示犬是一种聪明，精力充沛且坚定的猎犬。

[体型] 雄性肩高大约24~26英寸；雌性略小，但不低于22英寸。为了保证其工作能力得到很好的维持，肩高大于上限或低于下限都属于严重缺陷。身体长度略大于肩高，大约为10比9的比例。德国刚毛指示犬在陆地上是一种多用途猎犬，敏捷而有耐力。恰当的尺寸和比例是得到好成绩的基本条件。

[头部] 头部长度适中。眼睛：褐色，中等大小，卵形轮廓，明亮而整洁，下垂的、中等长度的眉毛。黄色眼睛不合需要。耳朵：圆，但不很宽，贴着脑袋下垂。脑袋：宽，但后枕骨不很突出。止部：中等。口吻：相当长，鼻梁骨直，宽，于脑袋相互平行。鼻镜：深褐色，鼻孔开阔。有斑点的鼻镜或肉色鼻镜属于缺陷。嘴唇：轻微下垂，紧贴颌部且有胡须。颌部：结实而丰满，牙齿位置匀称且相互啮合的很好。咬合：剪状咬合。

[颈部、背线、身躯] 颈部：中等长度，略微圆拱且无赘肉。背线：可以察觉到从马肩隆向臀部方向，向下倾斜。明显上提。背部短，直而结实。腰部：整洁而苗条。臀部：宽，且屁股呈精细的圆形。尾巴：位置高，警惕时上举，超过水平线。断尾大约为整个长度的2/5。

[前躯] 肩胛向后倾斜。前肢直，肘部贴近身躯。腿骨平而不圆，结实，但不过分沉重，或粗糙，而影响了它天生的敏捷。狼爪通常需要切除。足爪外形圆，有蹼，脚趾高度圆拱且紧密，脚垫厚实而坚硬，指甲结实且相当沉重。

 [后躯] 后躯的角度与前躯平衡。大腿结实而肌肉发达。后腿在膝关节和飞节角度适中，且冲后面观察，彼此平行。狼爪通常需要切除。足爪与前躯相同。

[被毛] 功能丰富的刚毛质被毛是这个品种显著的特点。它必须具有正确的被毛和正确的类型。被毛能抵御恶劣的气候条件，在某种程度上，还可以防水。冬天底毛浓厚，可以抵御寒冷，而在夏天底毛薄的几乎看不见。与众不同的外层披毛笔直，粗硬，刚毛质地且平躺着，长度大约为1~2英寸。被毛有足够的长度，能很好的保护身体不受伤害，但不能太长，而遮住它的轮廓曲线。在腿部下方的毛发略短，且脚趾之间的毛发质地柔软。脑袋上的毛发，天生就比较短，且紧贴着皮肤。肩胛周围和尾巴周围的毛发浓厚而沉重。尾巴上的毛发精致，下面更为独特，但没有羽状饰毛。眉毛是强健而直的毛发。胡须和络腮胡中等长度。肝色斑纹或肝色部分的毛发略短于白色毛发。短而平顺的被毛，柔软而羊毛质的被毛，过分长的被毛都属于严重缺陷。虽然短而刚毛质的被毛十分重要，但幼犬的毛发比成年犬的毛发短。被毛允许修饰整洁，体现出它的自然轮廓曲线。过度修饰，使它的外貌显得虚假，属于严重缺陷。

颜色] 被毛颜色为肝色和白色，通常，肝色或白色斑点，肝色杂毛，肝色或白色斑点在纯肝色或肝色杂色上，都可以。头部通常是肝色的，有时会有白筋。耳朵为肝色。被毛任何位置出现黑色都属于严重缺陷。

步态] 它需要在中等步态中接受评判。动作舒展而平顺，前躯伸展充分，而后躯驱动有力。背线保持稳固。

[气质] 健康，可靠的气质，德国刚毛指示犬有时会避开陌生人，但不会表现出不友好；一个忠诚而友爱德伴侣，渴望取悦于你，且热衷于学习。

标准通过日期：1985年7月 9日

标准修正日期：1989年5月14日

原作： 酋长

来源： 转译自AKC

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