German hunting terrier

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German hunting terrier
German hunting terrier
FCI Standard No. 103
  • Group 3: Terriers
  • Section 1: Tall terriers
Origin :

Germany

Withers height:

33-40 cm

Weight:

Males : 9-10 kg
. Bitches: 7.5-8.5 kg

List of domestic dogs

The German Hunting Terrier is a German dog breed recognized by the FCI ( No. 103, Gr. 3, Sec. 1 ) .

Origin and history

The German hunting terrier was developed from the fox terrier and other primeval terriers . The aim was a robust, water-loving, clear dog .

description

He is up to 40 cm tall and weighs 9 to 10 kg as a male and 7.5 to 8.5 kg as a bitch. The hair of the hunting dog is thick, straight or rough in black, dark brown or mottled black and gray with red-yellow and sharply delineated markings. The ears are set high and show a slightly lying tilted ear.

The robust, relatively large hunting terrier has a long, powerful muzzle with strong teeth. The thick fur is usually black or dark brown with tan markings, but can also be colored completely red. Both rough and smooth haired varieties occur. Some white on the chest and toes is allowed. It is a pure hunting dog that is famous for its excellent nose.

use

The term terrier is derived from lat . Terra derived for "earth". The German hunting terrier belongs to the "earth dogs" in hunting jargon . The dogs were and will be let into inhabited burrows for so-called "blasting" in order to drive the fox out of another tube, where it is then killed by the hunter.

The Jagdterrier does an excellent job of hunting ground and is a very good poke dog, especially for wild boars . He works excellently as a bloodhound and when retrieving light game and is also used for all types of water hunting .

His innate sharpness and hardness as well as the pronounced urge for freedom and movement and a good portion of persistence make consistent leadership necessary. The German Jagdterrier is a robust and hard-working dog that was created through performance selection; Beauty breeding was not known in this breed. That is why it belongs in the hands of people who can give him sufficient exercise and satisfy his zeal for work.

Health issues

In the German Jagdterrier there is a tendency to a genetically determined weakness of the suspension system of the eye lens and thus to a lens displacement , possibly with secondary glaucoma . There is a genetic test to detect this eye disease.

Web links

Commons : Deutscher Jagdterrier  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Andrea Steinmetz: Glaucoma - how to recognize and how to treat it correctly. In: Kompaktvet No. 9 (2013), pp. 2-3.