weimaraner

COUNTRY: Germany
WEIGHT: 70-85 pounds
HEIGHT: 23-28 inches
COAT: Shorthaired
COLOR: Solid light gray
GROUP: Gun Dog


The Braco de Weimar (in Weimaraner German) is a dog of hunting especially equipped like Dog collector.

Its coat, short and thick, protects to him very well of the humidity; this allows him to be an effective marshy land hunter. They are easy to train and they behave very well as guard dogs. They are affectionate and obedient.

It takes his name from Great Duke Carl August de Weimar. There is great called photographer William Wegman who photographs with different disguises and situations to him.

The history of the Weimariano begins with Great Duke Carl August and the noble of the court of Weimar. The Great Duke met like the hunter between the kings and the king between the hunters, selected to the gray race silver for the hunting in his forests. According to the German tradition, not only the time has annulled the plans of the origin of the race, perhaps but they were annulled deliberately by the noble of that time, so that this magnificent unit is exclusive of the court of Weimar. The theory today credits that it comes indirectly from France and from North Africa. This by the color of the coat thinks, similar to the one of the race of Saint Louis. The gray color is a recessive hereditary characteristic, reason why it is deduced that it was selected to obtain it.

The head with the bone occipital slightly pronounced, like it implants of the ears, is present also in the gray dog of Saint Louis. The cut tail does not have a particular curvature that remembers the tail of the Saluki. The exceptional sense of smell, can be considered a characteristic inherited of old the Leithund of Thrace, that pres-date to us a little while to previous of the creation of the Republic of Weimar. In century XIII, Luis IX of France, returning of one crossed to North Africa, I take with exemplary himself del that later was called the gray dog of Saint Louis, very used in France for the tracking and capture of pieces in the forests. This race did not coexist with the other dogs, lived with its caretakers, which can explain the union with man and the necessity to be in present family of the Weimaraners. In century XV, other gray dogs were taken to Europe from Asia. Finally Great Duke Carl August, an enthusiastic one of all dog of hunting, selects the race, he looks for and he finds old woman lines French, and following the tendency of the time, a versatile and agile dog, and he probably crosses pointers Spanish and some other races. Of these you cross arises the Weimariano from long hair, that was accepted officially by the German club in 1935.

By the end of century nineteen, the Weimaraner was the king of the hunting dogs, was a timid and somewhat afraid dog, that had to be dealt well and with dulzura, speaking to him in low tone. In 1882 the Braco de Weimar was already a well-known and affirmed good race thanks to its versatility, and was used by the professional hunters and forest guards. The official recognition of the race was not simple to obtain, but finally in 1897 the German Club is born. After World War II, the American zone had prohibited the hunting and the possession of the firearms, and is why many Weimarianos was exported. In 1951 the selection was retaken being based on a standard and performance in the field.

By many years suppositions were done of the origin of this race, evaluating that were the result of you cross Kurzhaar, Bloodhound, Pointer, and until a genetic mutation of the Kurzhaar. Today the origin is clearer, thanks to the studies of the enthusiastic ones of this race, to paintings of the time and the study of the genetics of the color. The export after World War II, explains the boom in the United States of the race. Today we know like the ghosts silver or gray ghosts thanks to the American soldiers saw who them happen moving through the fields German elegant. The true development of the race was in years 50, when the Weimaraner was considered a dog of good taste, upper class, almost human intelligence [mentions required]. Some units accompanied Grace Kelly, Eisenhower, and to Roy Rogers.

Today they are registered more than 500 puppies per month. In the United States the race is revalued in all the senses: tracking, capture of prey, dog guide, drug trafficking, keep, agility and companion of life.