Hungarian Wirehaired Vizsla
The Hungarian Wirehaired Vizsla was created deliberately in the 1930s, when Hungarian sportsmen crossed the smooth Hungarian Vizsla with the German Wirehaired Pointer to produce a…
About the Hungarian Wirehaired Vizsla
The Hungarian Wirehaired Vizsla was created deliberately in the 1930s, when Hungarian sportsmen crossed the smooth Hungarian Vizsla with the German Wirehaired Pointer to produce a dog that could work the cold, wet reed beds of the Danube without suffering for it. It is a breed in its own right rather than a coat variety, and the two are not interbred on the register.
The jacket is harsh, close-lying and around two to three centimetres long, with a pronounced beard and eyebrows, in the same russet-gold as the smooth but usually a shade deeper. Dogs stand roughly 58 to 64 cm and carry noticeably more bone. A correct coat feels like a brush rather than a wool jumper, so an open, soft or curly jacket on a stud is worth noticing.
Hip scoring under the BVA/KC scheme and an annual eye examination are the standing requests, with elbow scores where the dog has been through the scheme. This breed shares the family tendency towards immune-mediated disease, so ask whether any close relative has had a diagnosis of that kind and how the dogs in the line have aged. British numbers are small, which makes the inbreeding coefficient of a proposed mating worth calculating.
Health & breeding
We check every hip, elbow, eye and DNA result you give us against the Royal Kennel Club’s public records by hand, and we record who checked it and when. The Royal Kennel Club’s public records may not include all the screening a dog has had, so a dog with no Royal Kennel Club record showing is not necessarily untested.
Breed Right’s summary — under The Royal Kennel Club Health Standard
Health tests for the Hungarian Wirehaired Vizsla
This panel is Breed Right’s summary of the testing that matters for the breed under The Royal Kennel Club Health Standard. The Health Standard is the Royal Kennel Club’s guidance for breeders, not a registration rule. It describes tests to ask about — it is not a report on any individual dog. The Royal Kennel Club’s public records may not include all the screening a dog has had, so a dog with no Royal Kennel Club record showing is not necessarily untested.
Good Practice — the Royal Kennel Club’s minimum before breeding
The tests the Royal Kennel Club says breeders should, at a minimum, complete before breeding.
| Test | Type | Scheme | What’s involved |
|---|---|---|---|
| DNA test — HUU (Hyperuricosuria) | DNA test | Laboratory | The result printed on the laboratory certificate. |
Best Practice — further tests it recommends
Completing these as well as the Good Practice tests is what the Royal Kennel Club calls Best Practice.
| Test | Type | Scheme | What’s involved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hip score (BVA/KC) | Screening scheme | BVA/KC | Total of both hips, 0–106. Lower is better. |
| Elbow grading (BVA/KC) | Screening scheme | BVA/KC | Grade 0–3. The dog is graded on the worse of the two elbows. |
Breed hip median
Breed median 10 (BVA Hip Dysplasia Scheme breed statistics 2025 — 5 years, 314 dogs scored). Lower is better. Source · How hip scores work
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Hungarian Wirehaired Vizsla stud dogs
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