This breed is a fairly recent breed and was developed in Hungary in the 1930s. The intention was said to be to create a breed that would be more hardy than the smooth coated Hungarian Vizsla and able to work closely with a person going out alone to hunt for food for their family. When the breed was initially created, German Wirehaired Pointers were bred with Vizslas. There is also anecdotal evidence about breeds such as Irish Setters and even Bloodhounds being occasionally included in the breeding programs that created the Hungarian Wire Haired Vizsla breed.
This breed should hunt, point and retrieve shot animals and birds. They are also likely to excel at any activity that involves using their nose to search.
This is a breed developed to work closely with their people. They are likely to be happy doing things with you and being close to you. They are also bred to be keen to use their nose to hunt out hidden animals and birds so are likely to be happy given opportunities to use that instinct.
Scent based activities such as tracking, mantrailing, scent work and search and rescue work are likely to be fun for this breed.
You can also ensure that your Hungarian Wire Haired Vizsla is able to do lots of scent hunting on your walks by hiding toys for your dog to find and retrieve. You can build in training as well be teaching your dog to wait while you go off and hide and teaching them to retrieve to your hand. Working closely with on this sort of activity will be satisfying for many Wire Haired Vizslas.
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Predatory Motor Sequence statistics for Wire Haired Vizslas. The graph shows the percentage of Wire Haired Vizslas in my research study that had a strong level of interest in each behaviour.
Hunt: 100%
Orient: 70%
Eye: 40%
Stalk: 40%
Chase: 20%
Grab-bite: 30%
Possess: 50%
Kill-bite: 10%
Dissect: 10%
Consume: 0%
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