Editing German Shorthaired Pointer (section)

== History ==

[[File:Hector IV, Kurzhaariger Deutscher Vorstehhund; from Corneli, Die Deutscher Vorstehhunde, 1884.png|thumb|Hector IV, a Short-haired German Pointer, illustration from 1884]]
The [[pointing dog]] breeds of Europe all derive from the now-extinct [[Old Spanish Pointer]], which spread through France and the [[Low Countries]] and reached the princely houses of the German-speaking world,{{r|ag|p=2|vdh3}} where at first they were used in bird-hunting with nets or falcons, and later by huntsmen with guns.{{r|vdh3}} Bird dogs were also brought from England; {{ill|Carl von Heppe|de}}, in his ''Aufrichtiger Lehrprinz'' of 1751, describes these as taller and stronger than the local type.{{r|hans|p=523|heppe|p2=17}} In the nineteenth century large numbers of dogs of [[Burgos Pointing Dog]] type were brought to Germany.{{r|ag|p=5}} In the early part of that century the resulting mixed population had no specific name – the dogs were called {{lang|de|Hühnerhunde}} ('bird dogs') or {{lang|de|Jagdhunde}} ('hunting dogs').{{r|hans|p=523}}

In 1878, at the annual [[dog show]] of the {{lang|de|Verein zur Veredelung der Hunderassen|italic=no}} in [[Frankfurt am Main]], it was agreed that [[breed standard]]s for German dogs would be established at the show to be held in [[Hannover]] in 1879; standards for both the Deutsch Kurzhaar and the Deutsch Langhaar were introduced in that year.{{r|hans|p=606}} The first [[stud-book]] for the Kurzhaar was published in 1897.{{r|gab|p=84|vdh3}}

The Kurzhaar was definitively accepted by the [[Fédération Cynologique Internationale]] in 1954.{{r|fci}} In 2013 it was in twenty-second place on a list of the most-registered dog breeds world-wide.{{r|skk}} In the fifteen years from 2007 to 2021, the annual number of new registrations in Germany averaged about {{val|1300}}, with a low of {{val|1102}} and a high of {{val|1842}}.{{r|vdh}}

It was recognised by the [[American Kennel Club]] in 1930;{{r|akc}} a three-year-old dog of this breed was classed "best in show" at the [[Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show]] in 2016.{{r|wkc}}