Hungarian Vizsla
Modified: 30-11--0001 00:00:00
The Hungarian Vizsla orignaed in Hungary and were as hunting dogs, more commonly now they are kept as pets.
Appearance
The Vizsla is a medium-sized short-coated hunting dog of distinguished appearance and bearing. Robust but somewhat lightly built; the coat is an attractive solid golden rust.
There are two coat types: smooth or wire-haired. The FCI, CKC, and the KC(UK) consider the smooth-haired and wire-haired as separate breeds. Male Vizslas weigh between 55 and 65 lb (25 to 29 kg) and are 22 to 24 in. tall, females 45 to 55 lb (20 to 25 kg) and are 21 to 23 in. tall.
Temperament
Vizslas are lively, gentle mannered, loyal and highly affectionate. They form close bonds with their owners. They are great hunters with an natural ability to take training. Not only are they great pointers, but they are excellent retrievers.
Like all sporting breeds, Vizslas require a good deal of exercise to remain healthy and happy. A bored Vizsla is a destructive Vizsla who will engage in unwanted behavior, chewing anything and everything in your home.(Bored Visla = Goodbye Nikes) Thirty minutes to an hour of exercise daily in a large off-leash area is desired. Vizslas are excellent swimmers and often swim in pools if one is available.
They are most intelligent, and unless intellectually stimulated may tend towards deviant behavior to entertain themselves. (Editor ? I once owned one that was able to open a locked sliding door by lifting it off its railing, could open the fridge or pantry door, and would go on food raids. We ended up padlocking the back door from the inside.)
They are most affeionate and crave company. Once allowed to sleep on the end of the bed, expect to wake up with them under the covers, head on your pillow.
History
There are two theories pertaining to the Vizsla's history. The first, and most prevalent theory traces the Vizsla back to early times in Hungarian history. Ancestors of today's Vizsla were the hunting dogs used by the Magyar tribes living in the Carpathian Basin in the Eighth Century. Primitive stone etchings seem to validate this theory. Vizslas faced and survived near extinction by the end of WWII.
The other theory holds that the Vizsla is a product of the nineteenth century, having been the product of other pointer breeds.
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