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| altname = Slovensky Hrubosrsky Stavac (Ohar)<br>
(Slovenský hrubosrstý Stavač)<br>
(Slovenský Ohař Hrubosrstý)
| country = [[Slovakia]]
| fcistd = http://www.fci.be/Nomenclature/Standards/320g07-en.pdf
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| name = Slovak Rough-haired Pointer
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The '''Slovak Rough-Haired Pointer''' (SRHP) is a [[gundog]] breed developed after [[World War II]] in [[Slovakia]].  It is known by many confusingly similar names in [[English language|English]], including the Slovak Wirehaired Pointer,<ref name="SRHP">[http://www.slovakianroughhairedpointers.com/breed%20standard.htm Slovak Rough Haired Pointer history.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070812152328/http://www.slovakianroughhairedpointers.com/breed%20standard.htm |date=2007-08-12 }} Accessed May 28, 2007.</ref> the Slovak Pointing Griffon,<ref name="SRHP"/> the Slovak Wirehaired Pointing Griffon,<ref name="FCI-7">[http://www.dogdomain.com/fci-7.htm FCI Group 7 Breed Listing] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201124010028/http://www.dogdomain.com/fci-7.htm |date=2020-11-24 }}. Accessed May 28, 2007.</ref> and the Slovak Wirehaired Pointing Dog.<ref name="FCIgroup">[http://www.fci.be/nomenclatures_detail.asp?lang=en&l=S&file=group7&name=Slovensk%FD+Hrubosrsty+Stavac+%28Ohar%29 FCI Pointing Dog Group] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120206204150/http://www.fci.be/nomenclatures_detail.asp?lang=en&l=S&file=group7&name=Slovensk%FD+Hrubosrsty+Stavac+(Ohar) |date=2012-02-06 }} Accessed May 28, 2007</ref> Its closest relative is the [[Bulgarian Hound]].<ref name=Hristov2018/>

Despite the nearly identical names, the SRHP is ''not'' the same as the [[Wirehaired Pointing Griffon]], a smaller but similar breed with a slightly longer coat developed for essentially the same purposes by the [[Dutch people|Dutch]] and now most common in [[France]].

In the original [[Slovak language|Slovak]], the SRHP breed is known as the Slovensky Hrubosrsty Stavac (Ohar),<ref name="SRHP"/><ref name="FCIgroup"/> or the Slovenský Ohař Hrubosrstý<ref name="Wiki Griffon">[[Griffon (dog type)|Griffon]] Accessed May 28, 2007.</ref> In other languages, this breed is referred to as the Griffon d'arret Slovaque a Poil Dur, Slowakischer Rauhbart, and the Grifon de Muestra Eslovaco de Pelo Duro.

At one point, the Slovaks who developed the breed asked the Weimaraner Club of Germany to recognize this dog under the name Rough-haired Weimaraner, but the request was rejected.<ref name="SRHP"/>

==Origin==
The breed was established by crossing [[German Wirehaired Pointer]]s, [[Weimaraner]]s, and the [[Cesky Fousek]] (also known as the Bohemian Wirehaired Pointing Griffon).  The SRHP breed has had slight input from the [[German Wirehaired Pointer]] and [[Pudelpointer]] as well.<ref name="SRHP"/> The developer, Koloman Slimak, wanted a dog with great stamina which would track, point, retrieve in water or land, and be suitable for a range of prey from birds, hares and other small animals, and large game up to the size of deer.<ref name="SRHP"/>

The breed was accepted by the [[Fédération Cynologique Internationale|FCI]] in 1985<ref name="SRHP"/> or 1995<ref name="FCIgroup"/> and categorized as a Continental Pointing Dog of the braque type.  It is not yet recognized by the [[American Kennel Club|AKC]] in the U.S.

First introduced into the [[United Kingdom]] in 1997,<ref name="SRHPgundogs">[http://www.slovakianroughhairedpointers.com/aucassin%20gundogs.htm Slovak Rough Haired Pointer photographs] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070812152208/http://www.slovakianroughhairedpointers.com/aucassin%20gundogs.htm |date=2007-08-12 }} Accessed May 28, 2007.</ref> they were featured in a "meet the breed" segment of the 2007 broadcast of the famed [[Crufts]] dog show in Britain.<ref name="2007Crufts">''Dog Shows and Competitions:  Crufts Dog Show 2007'' May 28, 2007 on [[Animal Planet]] cable channel in the U.S.</ref>

The breed is also recognized by the [[North American Versatile Hunting Dog Association]] and the [[Malaysian Kennel Association]].<ref name="Maylay">[http://www.puppy.com.my/breedrecognized.html List of MKA-Recognized Breeds] Accessed May 28, 2007.</ref>

==Appearance==
With a body type much like the three breeds from which its foundation stock was derived, the SRHP has an intelligent, alert expression and a "rough" or "broken" coat, with harsh, wiry hair and whiskers ("facial furnishings" or, informally, "moustaches") like those of the German Wirehaired Pointer or the Cesky Fousek.  The coat is of moderate length in any shade between a tweedy gray-brown and the classic pewter-silver coat of the Weimeraner. The eyes may range from the deep amber of the German Wirehaired Pointer to the light shades seen in the Weimaraner.

The FCI has developed a detailed standard which states the eyes of juveniles may be "azure" but those of adults must be amber.  White is permitted on the chest and feet.  Lighter and darker shades of gray are permitted throughout the coat, even to the point of speckling.  The FCI standard further requires a dark nose, eyelids, and pads of the feet; a scissors bite; and a moderately sloped stop of about 45°.  Per the FCI standard, the tail is docked at 50% of natural length, and the dewclaws are removed.  The back is straight, and the height at the [[withers]] ought to be from  {{convert|62|-|68|cm|in|abbr=on}} for males and from  {{convert|57|-|64|cm|in|abbr=on}}  for bitches.  The FCI standard also states that "the ratio of length of the body to the height at the withers must be of 10:9 in the males and of 10:8 in the females."<ref name="FCI-7"/>

==References==
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<ref name=Hristov2018>{{cite journal|title=Mitochondrial diversity of Bulgarian native dogs suggests dual phylogenetic origin, 2018|journal=PeerJ|volume=6|pages=e5060|doi=10.7717/peerj.5060|pmid=29967734|pmc=6026455|date=2018-06-27|last1=Hristov|first1=Peter|last2=Radoslavov|first2=Georgi|last3=Gadjev|first3=Dimitar|last4=Teofanova|first4=Denitsa|last5=Marinov|first5=Miroslav |doi-access=free }}</ref>
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==See also==
* [[Portal:Dogs|Dogs portal]]
* [[List of dog breeds]]
* [[Griffon (dog type)|Griffon]]
* [[Pointing breed]]
* [[Wirehaired Pointing Griffon]]

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