Is this a Pointer?

• 07-31-2008 3:48 PM

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  jiml Joined on 07-30-2008 Posts 12 Points 25	Re: Is this a Pointer? Reply Contact others have said she looks like a english pointer. She does have that hound bark.
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• 07-31-2008 4:30 PM

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  VanMorrison Joined on 07-02-2007 Probably North of you... Posts 1,987 Points 820

  Re: Is this a Pointer? Reply Contact I've only met about a dozen english pointers (plus Jazzie and Jif who I haven't actually met) but she doesn't look like an english pointer to me.  I've never heard a pointer with a hound like bark either - most of what I've heard is a whiney, sing-song type of "talking" with little or no guarding bark. Perhaps there is some beagle blood in her as well, that would explain the stockiness.

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• 07-31-2008 10:33 PM

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  luvmyswissy Joined on 09-10-2007 Posts 2,102 Points 25	Re: Is this a Pointer? Reply Contact What a beautiful dog!  GSP are usually very lean through the back area so he/she is over weight.  Too bad they don't allow it some social time and walks.  Any dog I know that is tied lunges and barks they just want to be loose.  My own dog years ago was a babe, but when I would tie him outside inbetween walks he would lung at people and bark like crazy.
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• 08-01-2008 10:03 AM

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  jiml Joined on 07-30-2008 Posts 12 Points 25

  Re: Is this a Pointer? Reply Contact   I have seen pics of dogs that look very similar and have been told by some that have owned pointers that this is what she is.   http://www.showdog.com/general/user_information.aspx?user=lizziemac   she at least at this point is missing the usually boxy snout, but a side view  would show that the head is identicle. And there is that bark, Im thinking pointer/ coonhound

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• 08-01-2008 2:25 PM

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  polarexpress Joined on 02-14-2007 Posts 716 Points 35

  Re: Is this a Pointer? Reply Contact She could be part Pointer but I don't think she is GSP---it is hard to tell with this photo because it is taken from above---a side view would be good but the coloring seems right for Pointer. A Pointer's head has a distinctive shape---the "stop" is very pronounced. At seven months and 50 pounds she is pretty big and is in the middle of the weight range for pointers.  How tall is she? I wish I could see her legs better... I'm sure I have been no help at all... The difference between the almost right word & the right word is really a large matter--it's the difference between the lightning bug and the lightning. - Mark Twain, 10/15/1888

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• 08-04-2008 1:59 PM

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  diane303 Joined on 09-10-2007 SW Michigan Posts 900 Points 130

  Re: Is this a Pointer? Reply Contact  I'm confused.  The OP's photo is a rather fat German Shorthaired Pointer.  (maybe a little lab - but just for size) Same question different dog.  This dog is a rescue she looks to most like a pointer. She does have a deep hound bark occasionally. Were you referring to the above post?  This pup looks like it is mostly hound of some kind.  Those ears are definitely too big for either a GSP or English Pointer.   Maybe a coonhound of some sort.

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• 08-04-2008 2:04 PM

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  diane303 Joined on 09-10-2007 SW Michigan Posts 900 Points 130

  Re: Is this a Pointer? Reply Contact   VanMorrison: I've never heard a pointer with a hound like bark either - most of what I've heard is a whiney, sing-song type of "talking" with little or no guarding bark. Yep, that's true,  they don't bay like a hound.  They "yodel" and "yummer" when they're unhappy.  Not easy to get an English pointer to bark much.  Sometimes, when when Grace is really excited, she will "A-Rooo" - that's the max.

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• 08-04-2008 3:15 PM

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  AuroraLove Joined on 11-26-2007 Posts 1,196 Points 330

  Re: Is this a Pointer? Reply Contact Oh I love me some GSP's! Rory and Primo have a GSP friend, this is Willie..... Not to sound mean but he really is one of the dumbest dogs I've ever met, LOL. He had parvo when he was younger and was nursed back to health so maybe it fried his brain a little. I preffer the ones like VM.....with more chocolate coloring. I used to think I wanted one but they are just to rambunctious for me. Maybe they all anrt like that but Willie is the biggest escape artist I've ever met.

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• 08-05-2008 10:26 AM

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  diane303 Joined on 09-10-2007 SW Michigan Posts 900 Points 130

  Re: Is this a Pointer? Reply Contact  A fellow bird dog person reminds me that only about 1% of these dogs (usually the AKC registered dogs) are purchased as house pets.  The rest are bred and purchased to be hard-wired hunting dogs. - especially English Pointers.  They are all really good at escaping a yard to follow a bird (or, heaven forbid, a rabbit).  They require a lot of exercise and training from an early age to truly be a good companion dog.  One thing that I love about the English Pointers is that they are specifically bred to be non-aggressive, quiet and pretty mellow inside (no birds around).  I trust Grace implicitly with my grand kids.  GSPs can be a bit more feisty, but they stay closer to the handler off lead.

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• 08-06-2008 4:04 PM

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  jiml Joined on 07-30-2008 Posts 12 Points 25

  Re: Is this a Pointer? Reply Contact She does look like exactly like some pointers Ive seen. Does not have that distinktive stop that most E pointers have though. There is that loud deep warning bark that is hound like. she has many diff barks Im thinking pointer w maybe some type of coonhound?   sim pointers  http://www.ledgands.co.uk/ShowPics/pclub2006/image007.html http://www.ledgands.co.uk/ShowPics/pclub2006/image019.html

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• 08-06-2008 10:10 PM

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  Liesje Joined on 03-02-2007 Posts 9,901 Points 655	Re: Is this a Pointer? Reply Contact Here is my neighbor's dog doing the pointer thing.  Again, the dog is quite far away and I can see it better in pics than in person.  Now I can see it's a fat pointer.   http://vankelderdogs.dutchbingo.net http://www.schhmi.com
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• 08-08-2008 2:37 PM

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  miranadobe Joined on 04-06-2006 Purgatory Posts 5,432 Points 315

  Re: Is this a Pointer? Reply Contact jiml, those heavy rounded ears, and the fact that the jowls are pretty close to the bottom of her chin, makes me think she isn't so much of a scent hound.  Look at Jif and Jazzie and the other pointers posted - their jowls hang lower (I know there's another term, but it's escaping me.)  Your dog's face makes a pretty neat appearance when you look at her straight on.  She looks more like a Treeing Walker Coonhound w/out the tan.   Paige - dog.community moderator & Gracie - 6yr old Doberman www.fortunatek9.com Fight for your opinions, but do not believe that they contain the whole truth, or the only truth. ~W. Hamilton "So you've 'had dogs all your life'? I've had teeth all my life. Doesn't make me a dentist." - JV McDonough, Certified Dog Trainer

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• 08-11-2008 6:17 AM

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  Pwca Joined on 09-10-2006 Dallas, Texas Posts 1,485 Points 310	Re: Is this a Pointer? Reply Contact IAWTP - I'd call her a hound mix. I've seen some neat-faced pointers but they're not that common. And I *have* seen hounds marked just like her.    Cait & critters Kaylee (rough collie) LIzzie (german spitz)
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