Pudelpointer

The Pudelpointer is a peculiar dog breed that is often described as “weird” or “funny” looking. Their eyes are dark-amber-colored, and their coat color influences eye pigmentation. These dogs have a double coat that has a rough and wiry outer coat and a soft, wooly undercoat.

The Pudelpointers standard allows these dogs to come in brown, dead-leaf color, or black. Their most distinct characteristic is their mustache and their beard.

Grooming

Pudelpointer has a hard and rough coat that is medium long. Regular weekly grooming is required to keep him looking at his best.

Pudelpointer coat colors:

• Brown
• Black
• Dead leaf color

By breed, standard small white markings are permitted.

 The rest is basic care; trim their nails when needed (if they don't wear them down naturally), brush their teeth weekly to prevent tartar buildup and bacteria development. Regularly check their ears for any sign of redness or a bad odor that can indicate an infection. You can wipe their ears with a cotton ball dipped into an ear cleaner.

The key for your dog to get used to everything mentioned above is to start early with them. Make a positive experience for the dog, full of praises and rewards, and you can be sure your dog will enjoy all these things when they grow up.

Temperament

The Pudelpointer is primarily a working, hunting dog breed, and that is exactly what you should expect. It is active, alert, and eager to please its owner. These traits, combined with fairly high intelligence, make for a very trainable dog. These dogs will need plenty of exercise and activity. Their life needs to be filled with mental and physical challenges, and they are the happiest when they have a job to do.

They are usually great with kids, but they make a better fit with older kids that understand how to approach and interact with a dog. This is not your typical family pet. It is a hard-working dog breed that was primarily and selectively bred for centuries for hunting purposes.

The Pudelpointer requires a lot of your time and energy. You will need to spend a lot of quality time with your dog, and as long as you do that, you will have a great family pet.

Training a Pudelpointer

The Pudelpointer is highly trainable, and they love all sorts of training sessions and exercises. The most important thing is to use a lot of treats and food as motivation and to try and come up with new and innovative ways to approach the training of this breed.

Avoid using negative training methods, as they can cause the dog to become aggressive and shy. Use only positive reinforcement and correct the unwanted behavior in a non-aggressive way.

Socializing a Pudelpointer

The Pudelpointer, like any other breed, needs early socialization. This is a hunting breed and, as such, will need to learn how to behave as a family pet. Expose your Pudelpointer puppy to different situations, sights, sounds, dogs, and people. That way, your puppy will learn how to handle and react to any situation they might find themselves in.

Health problems

The Pudelpointer is generally considered a healthy breed, but they are prone to some health issues and concerns like any other dog breed. These dogs have an average lifespan of 13-15 years. 

When getting any breed, the breeder must show you the health tests that they have done for their breeding dogs. Dogs must be adequately tested because taking a chance and hoping that the puppy’s parents are healthy is a risk no one should ever take. Only healthy dogs should be bred because that is the only way to ensure that bloodlines will remain healthy and without any problems. Health problems associated with this breed are;

• Epilepsy - Brain problem causing mild to severe seizures.
• Hip dysplasia - Genetic problem affecting hips resulting from an improperly formed hip joint.

To be sure that your dog will be healthy, always buy him from a responsible dog breeder who regularly tests their breeding dogs to secure that their puppies will be healthy as well.

Breeders

This dog breed is not for everyone, and we advise you that you do your research before you go after Pudelpointer. You will need to dedicate your time and energy to training and socialization if you want to end up with a dog you can control. When you decide to search for Pudelpointer breeders, always buy a dog from a responsible and official breeder.

By doing so, you can be sure that you will get the best possible dog because a good breeder takes good care of their breeding dogs and their puppies. If you have any questions or doubts, any good breeder will welcome your questions because they also want their puppies to go into a good home.

Buying a dog from a responsible breeder will cost you more money, but you can be sure you will get a healthy puppy. If you are unable to buy a dog, we advise you to search for local animal shelters because there is a chance you can find a Pudelpointer dog in it.

When you bring your new puppy home, start with the training and socialization immediately. By doing so, you will end up with a well-behaved dog whom you can trust.

If you are unsure whether this is the breed for you, check out this FREE GUIDE that will help you decide which dog breed is right for you.

World Dog Finder team

This is a fairly “young” breed that came to life in the early 19th century. A German hunter and a dog breeder wanted to create a dog breed that could work on both land and water. He decided to do an experiment and cross the German hunting Poodle with an English Pointer.

His main goal was to create a dog that would have the ability to point, flush, and retrieve. Needless to say that his experiment was successful. The hunter’s name was Baron von Zedlitz, and he used seven specific German hunting Poodles and over a hundred different pointers. The creation of the Pudelpointer lasted over 30 years.

Soon these dogs became very popular all over Europe. In 1956, the first Pudelpointers were introduced to the United States, and their numbers have been on a steady rise since then.