German Wirehaired Pointers Love the Water!

Most German Wirehaired Pointers love the water, and will naturally go into the water to retrieve.  Many hunters like to use GWPs for waterfowl hunting, in addition to upland game.  GWPs have been bred to retrieve, but it is important to nurture this natural instinct in your new puppy by playing "fetch" with it, and once you are in the field, it may take a few birds for your pup to decide to bring the bird back to you.  But, once the pup has learned you will shoot more, it will happily return shot birds to you.  GWPs usually have good noses, too, and use their noses to find birds that have been shot that you may not find without a dog. 

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Pistol playing fetch

Hoover Retrieving a Duck

Quiz playing ice water

Wonka playing Fetch

Einstein Playing Fetch

Hunting with your new Pup

When you get your new puppy, you are going to want to see it work in the field. Remember it is just a baby, and even though the pup has a lot of natural instinct, it still needs to learn what hunting and game are all about. The pup may want to chase game at first, but it will quickly learn to point game, and that you're the guy who's going to shoot game for them!

You should have introduced your puppy to the shot before its first hunting trip, and we recommend using your smallest shot-gun until it gets used to the shot.
And, even though you're proud of your new pup, it is best if you can limit your first hunting trips to just you and your new pup--it will help your pup to learn what hunting is all about if they learn to work with you as a partner. So, leave your buddies and their dogs at home until your pup knows that you are his hunting buddy.

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Pointing Dogs

German Wirehaired Pointers are a pointing breed--they have been bred to stop and "point" game when they find the scent. Pointing dogs have a very different style of hunting than spaniels or retrievers, which are "flushing" dogs. While flushing breeds work close to the hunter, pointing dogs hunt more independently.

A pointing dog should typically range at least 100 yards away from the hunter in a quartering manner, and many times, they will work much farther from the hunter in big open country. This is desirable, since a dog that ranges farther and covers more ground is more likely to find game than a dog that is hunting close to the hunter. If your dog is hunting too close to you, they won't find any game you wouldn't have found by yourself, without a dog! It is the job of the dog to find whatever game is in the area you are hunting, point that game, and then find and retrieve it if you shoot it.

Trust your pointing dog to do their job when they are a long range from you--when they find game, they will freeze into the classic
"point" and will wait for you to come and shoot the game for them.