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Originally Posted by elkhunter11
A Drahthaar is basically a GWP whose parents were bred and tested under the German system. They have to meet the German requirements, which are more stringent than the CKC/AKC.
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The CKC/AKC both have a rudimentary hunt test(instituted about 20 years ago) as such and can't really be compared to the VDD tests as you said they are much more stringent. But correctly the VDD also encompass more tests for different attributes for a general hunting dog that would be suitable and considered for breeding purposes. NAVHDA does much the same thing and is a fairer comparison.
The GWP and the Drahtharr though both look alike and are from common breeding stock are quite different in many ways. The Drahtharr has been breed along traditional European standards for a traditional alaround hunting dog. However the CKC/AKC took the original German/Dutch dogs and reg. them as GWP's as they didn't know were to put them in their reg. The only sporting competition for the GWP at that time was pointing dog field trials and hence the breeding of those GWP focused more on those desires hence run and pointing abilities. So if you look closely they have similarities and differences....didn't want to steal the post but wanted to point out their are differences which exist between these dogs.......