German Wirehaired Pointer

Pointing dogs

Medium

Median 13 y

FCI group 7 · Pointing Dogs · Derived from the adult weight midpoint (26.5 kg)

Median survival across 700 UK dogs (VetCompass, McMillan 2024) · half live 10–15 y

The German Wirehaired Pointer or Deutsch Drahthaar is a German breed of pointing dog of Griffon type. It is closely related to the other German pointer breeds, the German Short-haired Pointer, the German Long-haired Pointer and the Large Münsterländer. It was definitively accepted by the Fédération Cynologique Internationale in 1954.

Affectionate

Eager

Enthusiastic

Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA) · reference ranges from the Kintail breed dataset

Adult weight

Reference

Male

25–32 kg

Female

20–29 kg

Breed club figure (the American Kennel Club)

Weight for age

Stock data

Male

Female

Expected range

Expected range from the breed's own adult weight, kilograms. Growth reference: Salt et al. 2017, WALTHAM (15–30 kg band).

Heat cycles · females

Stock data

First heat

8–12 mo

typical

Interval

180 d

typical

Bleeding

~9 d

typical

Proestrus 9d

Estrus 9d

Diestrus 52d

Anestrus 110d

General figures for dogs, not for this breed — individual cycles vary widely.

Questions people ask

Adult males usually weigh 25–32 kg and females 20–29 kg. Most are close to their full size by around 15 months, though the last little bit of filling out takes longer. Growth reference: Salt et al. 2017, WALTHAM (15–30 kg band).

No German Wirehaired Pointer cycle figures are published here yet, so this is general guidance rather than a breed number: most females have a first season somewhere between six and fifteen months, and cycles then settle to roughly every 180 days. Smaller breeds tend to start earlier and larger ones later.

The median is 13 y. Median survival across 700 UK dogs (VetCompass, McMillan 2024) · half live 10–15 y. How the later years go comes down to weight, teeth, exercise and regular check-ups far more than to the breed.