Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having a coat of stiff wiry hair. Used especially of breeds of dogs.
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- adjective Having
wiry hair .
Etymologies
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Examples
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As for upland I would choose the german short hair and wirehaired pointer breeds.
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Briefly it seems that a member of German royalty crossed a Spanish poodle with a German wirehaired pointer in 1881 to initiate the breed.
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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!
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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!
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Briefly it seems that a member of German royalty crossed a Spanish poodle with a German wirehaired pointer in 1881 to initiate the breed.
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As for upland I would choose the german short hair and wirehaired pointer breeds.
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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.
Birdology Sy Montgomery 2010
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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."
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She shaves her wirehaired dachshund's coat herself, although the Shetland sheepdogs still go to the groomer.
Creature Comforts 2008
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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.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Loving Our Cats Jack Canfield 2008
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