Definitions
Etymologies
- wire + haired (Wiktionary)
Examples
“And seeing your post I am assuming it's a smooth coat, as Black & Tan isn't a wirehaired color and Longhair Doxies usually are much more "mellow" than the other Miniature Doxie types!”
“As for upland I would choose the german short hair and wirehaired pointer breeds.”
“Briefly it seems that a member of German royalty crossed a Spanish poodle with a German wirehaired pointer in 1881 to initiate the breed.”
“In the back, from their travel crates, the hawks Smoke, Sidekick, and Scout are shrieking like sirens, and from within a portable kennel, a female German wirehaired pointer, Stormy, whimpers with excitement.”
“So meet Topper, a bearded collie; the bouviers des Flandres Flash and Riley; Poppy, an Australian shepherd; Portofino (Portie to close friends), a whippet; Rigi, a greater Swiss mountain dog; Ten, a German shorthaired pointer; and Big, a charismatic wirehaired pointing griffon, named for Carrie Bradshaw's love interest on "Sex and the City.”
The Wall Street Journal: One of the Best of the Dog-Handling Breed
“She shaves her wirehaired dachshund's coat herself, although the Shetland sheepdogs still go to the groomer.”
“Scooter, our wired wirehaired fox terrier, was lying perpendicular across the bed, while Turbo and Tango, our two Himalayan-cross cats, were asleep on each pillow.”
Simon & Schuster: Chicken Soup for the Soul: Loving Our Cats
“Today he's an all-around gunsmith, outdoorsman, and German wirehaired pointer fanatic.”
“Other White House canines included a German shepherd named Clipper; Charlie, a wirehaired Welsh terrier; and a gray Russian wolfhound appropriately enough named Wolf.”
“He was of medium size, a wirehaired male who was nothing less than an energetic mass of textbook muttness.”
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