The Versatile Breeds
The North American Versatile Hunting Dog Association defines versatility as "the dog that is bred and trained to dependably hunt and point game, to retrieve on both land and water, and to track wounded game on both land and water."
There are several breeds of versatile dogs common in continental Europe, and with four exceptions, all were developed during the last decades of the 19th century. The four exceptions are much older breeds that provided a base for some of the others. These are the Weimaraner, the Vizsla, the Brittany, and its German cousin, the Small Munsterlander. The tracking hound, pointer and waterpudel were the basic breeding stocks most widely used to develop the short and wirehaired groups. The longhaired group evolved from the Small Munsterlander and flat-coated retriever.
- BA - Braque d'Auvergne
- BB - Braque du Bourbonnais
- BF - Braque Francais
- BI - Bracco Italiano
- BS - Brittany
- CF - Cesky Fousek
- DP - Drentse Patrijshond
- ES - English Setter
- FP - French Spaniel
- GL - German Longhaired Pointer
- GO - Gordon Setter
- GR - Wirehaired Pointing Griffon
- GS - German Shorthaired Pointer
- GW - German Wirehaired Pointer
- IR - Irish Red & White Setter
- IS - Irish Setter
- LM - Large Munsterlander
- PS - Picardy Spaniel
- PP - Pudelpointer
- PO - Portuguese Pointer
- PT - Pointer
- SW - Slovakian Wirehaired Pointer
- SM - Small Munsterlander
- SP - Spinone
- ST - Stichelhaar
- VI - Vizsla
- WM - Weimaraner
- WV - Wirehaired Vizsla
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