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The Old Danish Pointer or Old Danish Chicken Dog is a medium-sized breed hailing from Denmark. Initially, used as a pointing breed in finding a game, the Old Danish Pointers are now popular as family companions. These strongly built dogs are characterized by a short and broad head with a clearly visible occiput, well-defined withers, […]

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Pointer. Not only is an excellent bird dog but also has the stamina to run for hours. Consequently, it needs lots of exercise or it can become frustrated and destructive. It is gentle and sweet but may be too energetic and boisterous at times for very small children. Weighs up to 75lbs, lives 12-15yrs.

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Denmark has five distinctive dog breeds: A Broholmer or Danish Mastiff, Old Danish Pointer, Danish Spitz, Danish-Swedish Farmdog and Greenland Dog. Interestingly, there is controversy about whether Great Danes are a German or Danish breed. [Images, clockwise: Spitz by Wright Barker in 1800s, Pointer by Emil Jansen ~1900 courtesy of fotohistorie, and Broholmer by Otto Bache in 1871]

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