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Hunting dogs from france?

winter05
March 7th, 2006, 07:03 PM
I saw this cute little puppy, I wanted to know what breed it was so i asked, well the girl didn't know the name of the breed in english but it sounded like it had Griffin in the name but i am not sure, the girl barely spoke english. She said the breed is a popular dog in france, the puppy looked like german wired hair pointer. Is there other hunting dogs that look similar? At first i thought it had a cropped tail but i am not sure because it was dark and i was in the car. Any info would be great.

phoenix
March 7th, 2006, 08:21 PM
The only one I know that sounds like that is Brussels Griffon and it certainly does not look like a GSP...

Lucky Rescue
March 7th, 2006, 08:38 PM
There is the Wire Haired Pointing Griffon, which is a hunting dog, about 50lbs or so.

winter05
March 7th, 2006, 08:43 PM
I was just wondering, it was a very cute puppy not as cute as a St bernard puppy. But since I don't speak enough french i will never know what breed it is. We live in a really small town so i will probably see her again, hopefully with my bf who speaks french.

Lucky Rescue
March 7th, 2006, 09:08 PM
As I mentioned, the Wire Haired Pointing Griffon is a French hunting dog.

The puppies look like this:
http://www.griffonpoint.com/images/pupsbeingheld.JPG

winter05
March 8th, 2006, 03:01 PM
I am sorry i read the thread to fast but now re-reading it, the puppy I saw definitely looked like those. I guess i was only reading the wire haired part, again i apologize for not reading it right.

Prin
March 8th, 2006, 04:41 PM
Yeah, we had one of those at our dog park. VERY high energy doggies.