German Shorthaired Sprointer

The German Shorthaired Pointer is a sporting and hunting dog crossed between the German Bird dog, German Scent Hounds and Spanish Pointers. These breeds originated in Germany during the 1600s and 1800s with the sole purpose of tracking, hunting, retrieving and flushing game animals. They were valued for their keen sense of smell, their high endurance level and their love of the hunt. Towards the 1900s, breeders began to enhance the personality traits so that this intelligent canine was able to approach prey gently on land, and also swim in water quickly. In order to do this the German Shorthaired Pointer was further crossed with Bloodhounds and Foxhounds. The German Shorthaired Pointer was officially recognized by the American Kennel Club in 1930. The English Springer Spaniel is another sporting dog that is thought to have originated between the 1500s and 1600s in England. The lineage of Spaniels however, is considered to have originated in Spain. These dogs served as flushing dogs, whereby they assisted their masters in flushing out prey animals from burrows and dens. During the 1600s, the English Springer Spaniel was part of the Cocker Spaniel line with the only major difference being that each breed had different duties. In 1910, the American Kennel Club officially recognized the English Springer Spaniel as a purebred in the Sporting group. As the German Shorthaired Sprointer is considered a new designer hybrid, not much is known about its history and origins as of yet.