Its colour is usually a variation of liver, although some are black, while others are light brown or fawn. The ideal Pudelpointer coat is harsh, wiry and dense but all kinds of variations are possible. The tail is docked leaving two-thirds of its original length. By nature, the dog is friendly, inquisitive, and eager to please and posseses a dash which makes it a pleasure to work with in the field
. It's cooperative attitude also makes it a pleasure to relax with in the comfort of your home. The individuals behind the selective breeding program which has produced the Pudelpointer of today, have always had a dual target. It had been to produce a dog which could do them proud in the field and in the home. They have sought and found a dog which will hunt, point upland game, track birds or furred quarry, retrieve from land and water, blood track big game and also be an unobtrusive fireside companion and watch dog. The well-bred Pudelpointer has a high degree of pointing instinct and most are natural retrievers. In short, the whiskery immigrant is the class dog of the versatile category yet a companion dog of which you can be proud. The Pudelpointer breed dates back to 1881! As might be gathered from the name, it's origins are in the English pointer and the standard poodle, a German rather than a French breed, known in its native land as the Pudel. It was a dog, which served many purposes including work as a retriever. The beginnings of the breed go back to around 1881 when a Pudel bitch was bred to an English pointer, Tell, owned by Kaiser Frederick III. From that crossing came the first of the line, dogs which it was hoped would have the fire and drive of the pointer, the devotion to master and trainability of the Pudel. There were 15 original Pudel crosses and a total of 87 pointer crosses. Some of the back crosses to pointers became necessary because of depletion of breeding stock. Such crosses were made only with the approval of a special elected breeding committee. The first specimen to arrive on this continent was Cati vom Waldorf, imported in 1956 by Sigbot Winterhelt and H. Since then many other specimens have been brought in, and a careful breeding program followed to maintain the desirable qualities of the breed and control production in North America.
