Slovakian Rough-haired Pointer

The Slovak Rough-haired Pointer is a recently recognized gundog breed developed after World War II in Slovakia. It is known by many confusingly similar names in English, including:

• Slovak Wirehaired Pointer
• Slovak Pointing Griffon

• Slovak Wirehaired Pointing Griffon
• Slovak Wirehaired Pointing Dog

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 and now most common in France.

In the original Slovak, the SRHP breed is known as the

• Slovensky Hrubosrsty Stavac (Ohar)
• Slovenský Oha? Hrubosrstý

In other languages, this breed is referred to as the

• Griffon d’arret Slovaque a Poil Dur
• Slowakischer Rauhbart
• 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.