Hertha Pointer

		Hertha Pointer
		He is not recognized by the F.C.I.


Origin			Denmark
Translation			Francis Vandersteen

The Hertha Pointer is a pointing dog from Denmark. As defeated Danish troops withdrew from the German-Danish war, these men had kept a red-orange female Pointer. He was given the name Hertha and proved to be a good pointer. A hunter bought them and gave them to a forester who watched over the great forests of Jutland.

Another branch points to the Duke of Augustenburg, a candidate for the Danish throne. He was known as a breeder of noble horses and English pointers, which were due to planned orange-red inbreeding with small white markings. Many believed that the bitch Herta came directly from this kennel, but this did not match their typical appearance.

Herta was matched with a male, "Sport", from this kennel and formed his own line. For many years before the foundation of the Danish Kennel Club, a breeding club was founded for the Hertha Pointer, and since 1897 there has been a separate standard. The Danish Kennel Club still refuses, for unclear reasons, to recognize the Hertha Pointer as a color variant of the English Pointer.

The Hertha Pointer's coat is short and fine, in yellow-orange with small white patches on the feet, chest and flanks. The standard was revised in 1978 and submitted to the FCI for approval this time, but still awaited by the Danish club.