{"topic_id":"companion_breed_standard_german_wirehaired_pointer_dog","category":"companion-breed-standard","context":"---\ntopic_id: companion_breed_standard_german_wirehaired_pointer_dog\ncategory: companion-breed-standard\ntitle: \"German Wirehaired Pointer — breed standard (AKC: size, coat, temperament, type)\"\nlang: en\nsource: \"AKC (American Kennel Club) official breed-standard factual data for German Wirehaired Pointer, extracted verbatim (field values + section outline) from source_file; C1 substring-verified. Pulled 2026-08-02.\"\nsource_file: pdf-raw/breed-standard/german_wirehaired_pointer_combined.txt\ndate_parsed: 2026-08-02\ntokens_estimated: 0\nverification:\n  method: paraphrase\n  claims: 6\n  passed: 6\n  date: 2026-08-05\nrecovered: false\npath: companion-breed-standard/companion_breed_standard_german_wirehaired_pointer_dog/01_companion_breed_standard_german_wirehaired_pointer_dog.md\nsource_document: \"AKC (American Kennel Club)\"\ncitation:\n  authority: \"AKC (American Kennel Club)\"\n  title: \"German Wirehaired Pointer — breed standard (AKC: size, coat, temperament, type)\"\n  url: \"https://www.akc.org\"\n  retrieved: \"2026-08-02\"\n  ref: \"Official breed standards (factual data points + section outline extracted verbatim)\"\n  doc_type: \"official kennel-club breed standards\"\n  needs_review: false\nlicense: paraphrase\ncopyright_note: \"Sources (AKC breed-standard texts) are not openly licensed; per COPYRIGHT_POLICY §3 every claim is a paraphrased derived fact summary (numbers and proper nouns preserved, sentences rewritten), not a verbatim quotation.\"\nauthority_tier: T1\nauthority_tier_basis: \"T1:kennel-club-breed-standard\"\nauthority_tier_date: 2026-08-05\n---\n\n# German Wirehaired Pointer — breed standard (AKC: size, coat, temperament, type)\n\n## Claims\n\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* A medium-sized, well-muscled gundog of the Pointer family, developed in Germany for all-round field work; intelligent, energetic and determined.\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* Males stand 24–26 inches at the withers; bitches are somewhat smaller, yet never below 22 inches, and any dog outside the height limits is severely penalized.\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* The frame is a little longer than it is tall, in roughly a ten-to-nine proportion, with a short, straight and strong back.\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* The signature coat is harsh, wiry and weather resistant (somewhat water-repellent); the flat-lying outer coat is 1–2 inches long over a dense winter undercoat.\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* Accepted colours are liver and white, seen as liver-and-white spotting, liver roan, ticked or roaned spotting, or solid liver; the head and ears are liver, sometimes with a white blaze.\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* The eyes are brown, the nose dark brown, and the bite is a true scissors; the ears are rounded and hang close to the head.\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* Temperament is sound and reliable; the dog may be aloof but not unfriendly with strangers, and is a loyal, affectionate, eager-to-please companion.\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* The tail is set high and docked to about two-fifths of its natural length.\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* Penalties: a spotted or flesh-coloured nose, any black in the coat, a short smooth or soft woolly or overly long coat, and excessive artificial grooming are all severely penalized.\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* The AKC standard lists no formal disqualifications; deviations from the ideal are penalized in proportion to their severity.\n","sources":["companion-breed-standard — German Wirehaired Pointer — breed standard (AKC: size, coat, temperament, type) (retrieved 2026-08-02)"],"source":{"authority":"companion-breed-standard","title":"German Wirehaired Pointer — breed standard (AKC: size, coat, temperament, type)","url":"https://www.akc.org","retrieved":"2026-08-02","ref":"","doc_type":"official PDF","source_document":"AKC (American Kennel Club)","verification_file":"pdf-raw/breed-standard/german_wirehaired_pointer_combined.txt"},"source_document":"AKC (American Kennel Club)","source_file":"pdf-raw/breed-standard/german_wirehaired_pointer_combined.txt","trust":{"authority_tier":"T1","fidelity":"paraphrase","license":"paraphrase","display_grade":"C"},"tokens_estimated":601,"generated_at":null,"tip":"Use /api/v1/topics to discover more topics. /api/v1/nutrient for precise single-point queries. /api/v1/cross_compare for 2-3 standard comparisons."}