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 The
Hungarian or Magyar Vizsla is named after a village on
the River Danube and it is regarded as one of Europe’s
oldest breeds of sporting dogs. Descended from the
hunting dogs taken in Carpathia by the migrating Magyar
tribesmen in the 9th century, the Vizsla was
bred from a mongrel dog brought into the region by the
invading Turks. Later, cross breeding with
pointing breeds and beagles produced this solid gundog
that has all the HPR attributes.
The very productive Hungarian wetlands ensured this dog
a place with the fowlers of that country in their quest
for duck and snipe. The hunt, point and retrieve
attributes soon found favour with all sportsmen as the
Vizsla proved its value for the upland sportsman in
their quest for pheasants, quail and woodcock.
 Two
versions of the breed exist, the standard of shorthaired
Vizsla and the wirehaired variant. Both are
excellent in their respective roles with the shorthaired
more the upland gundog whilst its wirehaired cousin is
ideally suited for heavy cover and wetlands.
The rich colour of the breed lends to the local name of
‘golden pointer.’ However, russet is a more
accurate description of the colouring
Temperamental
as a breed and quite slow to mature, they need much
understanding if they are to perform well in their role
as a hunt, point and retrieve breed.
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