Ch Freddy Vom Kapellenhof at Bareve (imp Deu), known as �Freddy� won the best dog, beating the 2004 Crufts Best of Breed, Ch Kimmax Kennedy. He then went up against his litter sister for Best of Breed and has just come runner up in the Gundog Group to the flatcoat retriever from Norway, SUCH/NUCH/ Almanza Far & Flyg.

The judging of German Wirehaired Pointers (Drahthaars) has finished and the imported Drahthaars have dominated the top places this year.
The judge was Mike Blay and the results were:

I was sent the results of the final consultation document today by DEFRA which, as expected, discusses many of the views of various agencies, but did not seek representation from the dog breed clubs.
Despite this, on the face of it the HPR breed lobby has been successful;

Welcome to the all new website of Kimmax German Wirehaired Pointers (Deutsch Drahthaars). If you are one of the thousands of visitors that come to our site each month, then we hope you like the new site.

There are mainly 3 different breed standards that exist for the German Wirehaired Pointer (Deutsch-Drahthaar) Obviously the home country of the breed is Germany.
To help clarify these standards, we include our interpretation of the combined standards of the UK, Germany and America and our opinions on the breed.
General [...]

The GWP is generally a healthy breed with few of the issues present in many of the more common gundog breeds such as hip dysplasia and cataracts.
Von Willebrands Disease (vWD)
If you are considering owning a German Wirehaired Pointer, you should be aware that the a condition known as Von Willebrands Disease (vWD) is well documented [...]

Assuming you have decided the breed is right for you, when you start looking for any puppy, regardless of breed, you should be careful to research where you intend to get a puppy from.
Here is a quick checklist of things to do and ask when researching to find the right breeder.
This is supplied strictly on [...]