Pointer

The Pointer has been defined as the hunting dog par excellence, by virtue of its classic forms. It is the pure blood of the dogs of sample, quick and untiring hunter, pride of enthusiastic of the great searches by his great qualities venatorias, that, nevertheless, knows to show almost exclusively on level and clean lands. Equipped with a fine sense of smell, it knows to perceive the slightest scent of any animal, even in warm climates and dry and, by his particular character, he is easily adiestrable.
Although the father of the race to William Arkwright considers itself, who controlled of very precise way the young, fixed his characteristics particular and in 1902 complete and exhaustive bibliography of the race wrote one, the origins of the Pointer, according to some, must look for in the Bracos Spanish, taken to England at the beginning of century XVIII by the soldiers of that country, who returned from the war of Spain. In this race it would have been introduced, approximately a century later, blood of the Foxhound and even of the French Braco. According to others, and among them we found to the own Arkwright, the Pointer would descend from the Italian Braco, ancestor of many other races of sample. Others, still affirm that the Pointer is not another thing that the evolution of a race that, from remote times, was affirmed in England. In one or another case, the result is really extraordinary, until the point of which, in century XIX, the Pointer had displaced, to a great extent of Europe, to almost all the different typical races of Braco from the different regions. Quickly, this dog became study object and many texts of zootecnia and canine anatomy mention it like model. With happening of the years, its notoriety even crossed the oceans and soon it spread in America and, successively, Australia. Today he is present in all the countries, or like helping of the hunter or, mainly, in the canine exhibitions of beauty and the great classic tests of hunting. Nevertheless, its great diffusion been has accompanied by a progressive decay of the own type in its country of origin, England, and is possible to affirm mainly that, at the present time, best the Pointer is those of the Italian deposits, followed by the Danish, and who they achieve great successes, in the races, where they are disputed important classic like the ?Europe Glass?. Also the Italian cinólogo well-known has made a great contribution to the Pointer, professor Solaro, who in 1953 published a book dedicated to this dog, and that has become a classic one for all the cinófilos. Of this work of professor Giuseppe Solaro we transcribed a piece, that represents the synthesis of the characteristics of this dog.

?As it says its name to it, it is the dog shows par excellence. Their lines, similars to those of the old efebos, combatants and discóbolos, reveal the agile athlete, all their parts denote the Maxima power together with the Maxima facility of movements. Untiring Galopador, of impetuous spirit, equipped with quick an own and seeking mechanism olfactory is the true type mesomorfo, conformed to walking continuous quick, light and provided with long muscles with a great muscular tonicidad. It is the ideal dog for the great extensions of plain where it can develop his galopes: in the forest it cannot carry out an action impetuous and, therefore it does not turn out suitable to use it in covered lands. The characteristics of their way to work are the sample to the firing and the indication of starting?. He continues more ahead professor Solaro: ? Their characteristics of type are: head with superior longitudinal axes skull-facia convergent them; frontal depression naso very marked; square snout with trufa heightened, developed affluent lip with clearly visible, ears of high birth, flat, triangular comisuras? ?.

AItura and weight. Males, of 63 to 68 cm.; females, of 61 a65 cm. Weight, 20 to 30 kg.

Head. Dark Trufa and palpebrales cracks safe in the white dogs and target-lemon. Somewhat concave snout. Wide, smooth and humid graves nasal. Skull of average length. Well defined Stop. Remarkably pronouncing occipital Hueso.

Eyes. To equal distance of occipucio and the nasal graves, of color it countersinks or brown according to the color of the layer.

Ears. Of relatively high birth, beaten at the top, of medium length, finishing almost in end.

Neck. Tidbit, well muscular, bent.

Previous extremities. Solid straight lines and, of good bones and made oval section, with strong and visible later sinews. Long, oblique shoulders, thrown well backwards. Carpi turned aside a little towards inside. Metacarpos extended, strong and elastic.

Body. Quite wide thorax. Breastbone fallen to the height of the elbows. Convex ribs. Strong, muscular kidneys, slightly been nauseated.

Later extremities. Developed and muscular thighs and legs affluent. Folded knees affluent. Corvejones low.

Feet. Made oval, of fort it structures, with bent fingers.

Tail. Of medium length. thickness in the base, is sharpened gradually towards the end, Ilevada at level of the body, without tendency to rise over this one.

Coat. Fine, short, rigid, distributed of way it uniforms perfectly smooth and bright. Color: lemon and target, unicolor or tricolor.

FEEDING. The nutritional necessities even east sample dog are different according to the size, for the slightest units vary between the 1,250 the 1,450 Kcal. daily, whereas for heaviest, from 1,450 to 1.700. For the units in training or already put under the prolonged physical efforts of the hunting, the daily contribution in kilocalorías must be tripled. The ration in this case, anticipates an increase of lipids in damage of the carbohydrates that are, in less power parity of weight. On the other hand, an excess of fats the ration of inactive units takes to the obesity inevitably, yet what it means of negative for the animal.

DAILY CARES. If it is wanted to maintain the dog healthy, resistant and balance, the proprietor must rely on the norms of a good one and controlled feeding for the adult unit, respecting its necessities.

DISEASES. In the Pointer, like in other races the momentary collapse has been described, that is to say, an unexpected collapse that takes place during the physical effort. As far as the cause, at a time one settled down like a glucose deficiency in the blood. Today one theorizes on the incapacity on the part of red globules to transport oxygen. The units that when being born present/display spurs in the later extremities must be put under, in the first days of life, to the intervention to amputate them.

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