50 Fun Facts About Weimaraner

The Weimaraner is a hunting breed from which country?

It is named for the city of Weimar, now in the state of Thuringia.

The Weimaraner takes its name from which city?

At the time the city lay in the Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach.

In which modern German state does the breed's home city lie?

The state is known as the green heart of Germany for its dense forests.

In which year was the Weimaraner recognised as a distinct breed?

A breed standard followed in 1896 and a club in Erfurt in 1897.

How does the German breed club view the Weimaraner as a pet?

It calls the breed a hunting dog through and through, and whelps go mainly to hunters.

Which 17th-century painter depicted silver-grey dogs resembling Weimaraners?

Jean-Baptiste Oudry painted similar dogs in the eighteenth century.

At whose court are Weimaraners said to have been kept in the early 1800s?

The Grand Duke was also Goethe's patron and made Weimar Germany's intellectual centre.

From 1879 the Weimaraner was registered as a colour variant of which breed?

It was treated as a blue variant and entered in the Kurzhaar Klub stud-book.

In which city did Weimaraners first appear at a dog show in 1880?

Fourteen dogs of three different types were presented.

How many Weimaraners were shown at that first 1880 show?

They came from three kennels and three types.

Which was the most elegant of the three Weimaraner types shown in 1880?

The Thuringer was the traditional type and the Sanderslebener sat between the two.

In which city was the first Weimaraner breed association founded in 1897?

Its long name was soon shortened to Verein zur Zuchtung des Weimaraner Vorstehhundes.

When did the Weimaraner come close to extinction?

It was reconstituted from the few surviving examples.

In which year did the FCI definitively accept the Weimaraner?

The German Shorthaired Pointer was accepted by the FCI in the same year.

About how many Weimaraners were registered in the homeland each year from 2007 to 2021?

The range ran from a low of 390 to a high of 607.

How tall does a male Weimaraner stand at the withers?

Bitches stand about 57 to 65 cm.

What is the weight range for a male Weimaraner?

Bitches weigh 25 to 35 kg.

Which three shades does the standard allow for the coat?

Minor white markings on the feet and chest are tolerated.

What colour are a Weimaraner's eyes?

They range from pale to dark amber.

Which two coat lengths does the Weimaraner standard recognise?

A double coat of intermediate length is sometimes seen as well.

How are a Weimaraner's ears described?

The eyes are amber, from pale to dark.

Which of these is a neurological disease associated with the Weimaraner?

Hypomyelinogenesis and spinal dysraphism are the others listed.

Which immune problem is listed as affecting male Weimaraners only?

Pododermatitis and tricuspid dysplasia are also noted in dogs only.

What median lifespan did a 2024 UK study find for the Weimaraner?

That compared with 12.7 years for purebreds and 12 for crossbreeds.

What must a Weimaraner complete before it can be registered at home?

The breed may track, point, flush or retrieve birds and other game.

Which American artist is famous for photographing his Weimaraners in costumes?

His dogs have appeared on Sesame Street and Saturday Night Live.

What was the name of Wegman's first Weimaraner, acquired in Long Beach?

He was known for his deadpan presence in photographs and videotapes.

Which publication named Wegman's dog Man of the Year after his death in 1982?

Wegman did not get another dog until Fay Ray in 1986.

Which large-format camera did Wegman use extensively with Fay Ray?

Fay's 1989 litter gave him Battina, Crooky and Chundo.

In which children's TV show did Wegman's Weimaraners first appear in 1988?

Fay Ray starred in segments such as Old McFay Counts to 40.

What did Wegman's dogs form in the TV segment Dog Alphabet?

A separate segment, Dog Numbers, had them form 1 to 9 and count back to 0.

Wegman's New York Times best-selling children's book was called what?

His later picture book Flo & Wendell came out from Dial Books for Young Readers.

Where in Maine does Wegman keep his second home?

His wife Christine Burgin is also his manager.

Which famous writer did Grand Duke Karl August summon to his court in 1776?

He made the poet a member of his privy council and was praised by people of discernment for possessing this man.

Grand Duke Karl August fought at which 1792 battle alongside his poet friend?

He had taken service in the Prussian army as a major-general in 1788.

Which design school did Walter Gropius found in the breed's namesake city in 1919?

It stayed in Weimar until 1925 before moving to Dessau.

In which year was the breed's namesake city the European Capital of Culture?

Its Classical Weimar and Bauhaus sites are both on the UNESCO World Heritage list.

What is the capital of the Weimaraner's home state?

Weimar was the state capital until 1948.

The Weimaraner's home state is nicknamed what for its dense forests?

It is Germany's most central state.

Only which breed is more likely than the Weimaraner to develop gastric torsion?

Great Danes are ten times more likely; Weimaraners 4.6 times.

How many times more likely than average is a Weimaraner to develop GDV?

Deep-chested and large breeds are especially at risk.

What surgical step is often added during bloat surgery to stop it recurring?

Without surgery, up to 80% of medically treated dogs suffer recurrence.

What body shape puts a dog most at risk of gastric dilatation volvulus?

Breeds with a high chest depth-to-width ratio are significantly more likely to develop it.

Which Hungarian breed is most often confused with the Weimaraner?

The Vizsla is typically leaner, and the Weimaraner generally larger.

Which breed is said to have been used in the Weimaraner's development?

The German Shorthaired Pointer and Wirehaired Vizsla share the same debt.

Compared with the Hungarian Pointer's, how long is the Weimaraner's docked tail?

Dobermanns, Boxers and Australian Shepherds are docked short like the Weimaraner.

Among pointing breeds, the Weimaraner stands out for which coat colour?

Most pointers are liver brown or piebald; the Vizsla and Portuguese Pointer are orange.

Which extinct breed do all European pointing dogs descend from?

They were first used in bird-hunting with nets or falcons before guns.

In which year was the Deutsch Kurzhaar standard first drawn up?

The same year the Weimaraner began to be registered as its blue variant.

Which inflammatory skin disease lists the Weimaraner among susceptible breeds?

In long-coated breeds it shows as silvery dandruff stuck to the coat and hair loss.