This is another HPR breed.
They were developed in France by a Dutchman named Eduard Karel Korthals (Kor-tals).
I refuse to call them Wire-haired pointing griffons for two simple reasons:
1. All griffons are wire-haired. Most are scent hounds. One exception to this rule is the Petit Brabançon, which is considered a Brussells Griffon in the AKC. It is a smooth-coated dog.
2. This is an HPR. It doesn’t just point.
I wish they’d actually shown what a “conditioned retrieve” is. I’m going to use the really PC term for the force breaking/force fetching.
That is a great video. If that guy trains your dog, i wonder if you have use a French accent to let the dog know you really mean business?
I have watched this black lab FF video from youtube. Pretty reasonable guy.
That’s Robert Milner:
http://www.fetchpup.com/
http://www.fetchpup.com/training/forcefetch.php
We’ve hunted over a wire-haired pointing griffon. Stella had titles on both ends of her registered name. And she tolerated hunting with our flushing retriever (many owner/handlers of pointers won’t run their dogs with flushing dogs.) Of course, it helped that Pete was willing to sit on command, and watch her point, and wait until we released him after the flush.
Whatever you choose to call the breed, they are great working dogs, and can be trained to point, flush and retrieve. Of course, I’ve hunted with flatcoats that point, flush & retrieve as well.