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The Wirehaired Pointing Griffon is a rough-coated, strong and graceful, medium-sized hunting dog. It has a large, long head, square muzzle, and soft, thick, bushy eyebrows, beard and mustache.
Although notations to Griffon history can be found which date
back to 1545, development of the current day Wirehaired
Pointing Griffon began in earnest in the Netherlands in 1873
by a young Dutch sportsman and avid hunter by the name of
Eduard Karel Korthals (1851-1896). The son of a wealthy banker
and cattle breeder in Schooten (near Haarlem, in The
Netherlands), Korthals endeavored to create what he considered
the ultimate walking hunter's gun dog.
The Wirehaired Pointing Griffon, or "Korthals'
Griffon" as it was then known, remains so named in many
other parts of the world today. The Griff was developed as a
hardy, all-terrain close-working hunting dog, working in the
polders; the marshy low-lying ground of the Netherlands.
Very little, if anything, has changed in the purebred
Griffon since Dr. E.B. Ilyus, the first secretary of the
G.C.A. wrote in 1917; "The chief characteristics in which
the griffon excels, and is superior over setters and pointers,
are his ready adaptability to all species of game, all
climates, and all varieties of terrain, his exquisite nose,
wonderful vitality and endurance, and the pronounced instinct
which makes him the easiest of all dogs to train on game. As a
retriever he has, in my opinion, no superior, and being very
intelligent and affectionate, he makes an ideal man's
companion."
The Wirehaired Pointing Griffon was developed in the period
between 1870 and 1873 by the Dutch breeder named "E. K.
Korthals" through mixing German Griffons with French and
German Pointers, Spaniels, Barbets and a Setter. The result of
his breeding program was an enthusiastic hunting dog with a
fine nose especially good for small game such as hare and
quail. The Griffon Club of America was formed in 1916 and that
same year, 16 Griffons were shown at the big Westminister
Kennel Club Dog Show in New York.
In the 1980's a few breeders elected to import Cesky Fousek
dogs and breed them into the Wirehaired Pointing Griffon
lines. Disagreements over this practice resulted in a rift
among breeders and the subsequent formation of the American
Wirehaired Pointing Griffon Association to preserve the purity
of the original breed. That organization is now the AKC parent
club for the breed. The Wirehaired Pointing Griffon is fairly
rare; about 75-150 puppies are produced in the USA each year.
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