German Spaniel

• Group 8: Retrievers - Flushing Dogs - Water Dogs
• Section 2: Flushing Dogs

• With working trial

Germany

German Wachtel

Males: 48-54 cm Bitches: 45-52 cm

About 18-25 kg

The German Wachtelhund is a by the Fédération Internationale Cynologique (FCI) (No. 104, Gr. 8, sec 2) recognized German dog breed. The AKC leads the race in view of a possible recognition since October 10, 2011 in its Foundation Stock Service.

Origin and History

The breed name and the type of dog can be demonstrated in the literature over the centuries. Since 1903, the German Spaniel is bred as a dog breed with proven descent in pure culture. Rudolf Friess put through a separate breed of color varieties and Brown mold. In Association for German Quail Dog, the only breed club for the breed in the VDH, 2010 nearly 700 puppies were thrown.

Description

Up to 54 -cm and 30 kg heavier hunting dog. He has strong, tight -fitting, usually wavy, sometimes curly ( Astrakhan) or straight long hair with a dense undercoat. The ears of dogs are high and broad, flat droopy without rotation close behind the eye.

Color strokes

There are two color varieties:

• Solid brown, more rarely red; often with white or speckled markings on chest and toes
• Brown mold, rarely also roan; as the base color are brown, or red hair with white mixed -tight; often with brown or red in the face, as well as plates, even coat over the entire back. At this color variety including piebald with white color and large brown or red patches and Tiger where the white color is also speckled or spotted with brown or red tufts.

In awarding the CACIB the strokes are not separated.

Use and nature

The versatile breed of dog that belongs to the Flushing dogs, has a very loving nature. The Wachtelhund is the all-rounder for the forest hunters and the same family dog. Spaniels are very feinnasig with a strong will to find and apportierfreudig usually. Due to its innate joy of the German water spaniel is often used for hunting ducks.

Through their ability to work independently, their will to find the entrenched track volume and its intelligent game sharpness this breed has been used for some years now in the push and Stöber hunts on ungulates in large forest complexes. The German Wachtelhund is suitable for its distinctive hunting behavior only for hunters and foresters. Therefore, it is also released as a rule only to hunters.

Audits on the management of hunting,

• Jugendprüfung (JP ), consisting conditioning trials nose, track volume, track will, track safety, Browse, water joy and shock resistance
• Aptitude test (EP ) consisting of welding, towing work with retrieving field and forest, Browse, obedience, water work, with rabbits track
• Aptitude test utility (EPB ), consisting of welding, towing work with retrieving field and forest, Browse, obedience, water work, without rabbits track
• Utility Test ( GP ), consisting of Browse, water work, beat repeat ( birds and ground game), Obedience, overnight welding work