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Originally posted by zuerchers
LOL! good looking dog. he looks like a cross between a cocker spaniel and a chocolate lab.
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Nope, he is a purebred
Deutsch Kurzhaar (German Shorthaired Pointer). German engineering applied to dogs. In the 1800's, hunters typicly had different dogs for different types of hunting, Pointers for upland birds (pheasant, quail, etc) and retrievers for waterfowl. Shorthairs were bred to do both. They were also bred for "sharpness", which simply means that they not only hunt birds, but hunt everything else that hunts birds. He has an innate hatred for anything small and fuzzy. His single minded determination when cats are around is a little disconcerting. We can't even give him fluffy toys, because they lasts about 30 seconds. He holds them on the ground with his front feet and rips them apart. If you are curious, there is some history
here.
He is also a
rescue dog.
Tom