German Short Haired Pointer Pup

We have German Shorthairs, but no pups right now.
If you are looking for a pup without the docked tail,
please rethink.
I am very familiar with the breed as well as English Pointers. Typically the English Pointer does not have a docked tail. If you have ever hunted over a pointer you will quickly realize why the tails are docked. Their tails wag with enthusiasm and are bloody after 5 minutes of hunting. After a while the tails do not heal up. The scar tissue on their tail becomes very weak, and the bleeding problem will only get worse.
As an added note, the decision to dock a tail on an adult dog is not recommended because they do not want to heal.
 
There are not many anywhere any more. I am starting to see a few where I have just about eliminated ALL of the predators.(you know what I mean) Anyway my little boy is wanting another dog so I thought I would get GSP or an English Pointer and buy a few quail and train a pup and my son at the same time. You can get a shoot to kill permit from the game and fish a train dogs thru March. I think I may go English pointer.
 
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A GSP would have been my second choice after the Brittany.
My Britt only has 1 shortcoming, he doesn't want to swim, even when retrieving ducks and geese.
A GSP might be more apt to swim.
The GSP puppies are cute little things.

Shayne
 
I would absolutely go German Short Hair and dock the tail. What a great bird hunting breed they are. Very versatile and lots of heart and lungs.
 
You are looking at a great breed for upland game. Shorthairs are truly a bird hunting machine and a good friend to have around.
As has been posted there is a reason that they have their tails docked. You will not find a "good responsible" breeder to leave a pup's tail un-docked. It is what our breed's standard is. Find a good breeder and you will have an awesome dog in a well bred shorthair and you will learn to love that docked tail. Nothing beats a shorthair running along and slamming the brakes on point with it's tail pointing to the sky........pure heaven.
 
How are their undocked tails becoming bloody during the hunt...and please dont say buckshot lol.

We have a 6 month old GSP that was a gift to our family. We have had a LOT of differnt dogs(my wife use to work a vet)that we fostered and this GSP, Felon is THE smartest dog I have ever had.
 
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They don't all bleed. I've had several pointer's and one actually snapped off about a half inch of tail. Either cracking like a whip of hit something with it. Two others used to bloody them by cracking them in my opinion. Cracking as in the end of a whip cracking. I had five others that never bloodied a tail.

I've had ten or twelve shorthairs and they are a great dog. Much more biddable than the pointers, make better walking dogs. Britts are long haired and will require som maintence due to burrs ect in the hair. I have setters now and an A5 Oster clipper. I shave them in the spring and again in early fall. Still have to do some burr work. They are slower to develope than the other breeds but I think they look better on point. They can be pretty unforgiving of heavy handed training techniques!
 
I've had two English Pointers.They can range out pretty far.If you go with an E. Pointer,find a breeder who has close working dogs.When you train your pup,use a check cord.Also,take it to a play ground or something,and let it burn off that first burst of energy.Training after this is much easier and more productive.I suggest finding a breeder who is into the National Shoot To Retrieve Association.In my opinion the best dogs come from breeders in the NSTRA.
 


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